Daddy's Birthday

Last night we were finally able to celebrate Dan's 39th birthday! We were so busy with the muscial and what not, and we wanted to make him a nice dinner and whoopie pies to celebrate the fact that his chronological age is finally catching up with his grey hair!!! Haha!!! We are all so blessed to have Dan!!! I hope his last year in his 30's is just as amazing as he is!!!

I guess those 4 miles he ran before dinner made those candles difficult to blow out. He's such a ham!!!

"It's Saturday"!!!!

Thursday and Friday were the big Summit Elementary musical--"It's Saturday". The kids did a wonderful job,and it' always so much fun to see them all have so much fun. Grace had a solo, so she was really nervous, but she did great!!! I don't know where she gets her voice from. It has to be be from the Hamilton side of the family!!!!

Her big solo!!

Can you tell this was one of her favorite songs she was singing in the whole production?

Four good friends! I can't believe they are almost Jr. High students!!!

XU Fans for Life!!!!

Well, if the Hamilton girls weren't the biggest Women's Xavier Basketball fans, they certainly are now!!! We all went to the game on Saturday, and they had they opportunity to be ball girls during the second half. Grace had it all planned out so they would be at the goal that Xavier would be shooting at and would be able to be right there as they came out of the tunnel after half time. They were estatic!!!! It was so much fun to be able to watch their excitement during the game. After the game we had a tour of the Cintas Center, including the training room, the practice gym, the weight room, and the women's volleyball locker room (since the basketball locker room was occupied). Xavier is truly a high-class program and I'm glad the girls were able to have that experience. I am a little worried, though, because all they talk about is going to college at Xavier, and at 40K a year, I keep telling them they had better either get a scholarship, or start working now!!!

Watching the girls warm-up during half time. Olivia could barely contain herself!

Getting their instructions.

They took their job seriously. This was funny because Grace was trying to sweep close to the huddle. Dan said, "She's trying to get in on the scoop."

Getting a little encouragement.

Daddy-Daughter Dance--80's Style

Tonight was the daddy-daughter dance at the girls' school. It was an exciting and special night. It was special because it is the only school dance that all three of the girls will be able to go to with Dan because Grace is moving on to the middle school next year. The girls were all excited get dressed up-80's style!!!! I remember when I was pregnant with Emma and Grace said to me, "Mom, I hope this baby is a boy so you can go to the mommy-son dances." I thought that was sweet, but I was thinking, "If it is a girl, there will be night when mommy gets a whole evening to herself!" Well, that night was tonight. I think I was just as excited as they were. I headed to the gym and worked out without worrying about having to get home, came home and had a salad with the things that "I" like on it, and then took a nice long, relaxing bath. It was heaven!! I also got to catch up on some blogging, hence this post. The dance is now over and they should be coming home any minute. I can hardly wait to hear about all the fun they had and how daddy danced and embarrassed them (lol)!!!

A Late Christmas with Big Mom

Dan's mom came to stay with us a few weeks ago, and the girls were finally able to give her their Christmas gift they had made her. They had also picked out a few "treasures" at breakfast with Santa back in December.

P.S. As I'm trying to catch up on blogging, I realize that I haven't taken many pictures. We've been very busy and lots of exciting things have been happening. Now I just need to get back in the habit of taking pictures again!!!! Keep your eyes out!!!!