AND SALUTE

once upon a time i did a good job of actually blogging on a regular basis.  now...i'm not so sure what my blogging life has become.  i'm gonna go ahead and blame it on my parents and in laws for being right around the corner and making it so easy to forget about this thing. 
i know.  it's a horrible excuse.  and you are all sick of me and my lack of updates.
however, i come bearing mary pictures! in her costume! no video yet because i need to upload it...i do have to say that i didn't get as many pics as i had hoped for.  you see, they didn't allow any kind of flash photography/filming during the actual recital.  so all the pics/video of her on stage actually come form the dress rehearsal beforehand.  and yeah...it's a bit disappointing.  especially considering the video was just taken with a flip camcorder and the quality isn't so great.  you miss out on the entire mary experience if you ask me.  it's something you just have to be there for.  thought i guess you can still enjoy the cuteness.

brent wasn't so sure about actually bringing flowers to the recital for mary.  i'm pretty sure he said, "she's 3.  will she even care?  and who's going to bring flowers, anyway?"
well, to answer the last question...everyone.  EVERYONE brought flowers for their kids, whether 3 or 17 years of age (don't worry, i insisted on flowers).  as for the first question, mary cared a whole heck of a lot. 
the recital was actually two separate performances.  one at noon and one at 5 pm.  brent couldn't attend the first show because of work.  i went with the in laws and both gma koz and i had flowers for mary.  she was ECSTATIC.  the 5pm show was me, brent, and gpas lub.  when i went onstage after the performance to collect mary, she saw me empty handed and almost cried.  "NO FLOWERS?"  oh dear.  gpas lub had some though, and even though they couldn't stay due to my mom being sick, we passed on the flowers for them.  and mary was happy once again.
overall, i learned from this entire experience to make sure and volunteer for one of the showings.  because let me tell you.  despite it being a fun/entertaining show with lots of cute and impressive...sitting through 2 1/2 hours of the same routine TWICE gets old. 
in other news, brent got a promotion recently.  meat supervisor. wooohooo.  we are very happy with the raise that brings and the opportunity to buy a house even sooner.  it's gonna be awesome. 
that's all for now!