Nutcracker 2022: Sugar Plum Attendant

 Annabelle performed as a Sugar Plum Attendant this year.  The girls backstage at dress rehearsal.

Annabelle is on the far left when they entered the stage.

A picture of the Covenant girls backstage.

Nana and Papa came to opening night.

Annabelle and Luna Hartgrove, a friend since our babies playgroup.

Caden and Daddy came Saturday night.

Annabelle with her friend Adelaide Breed.

Annabelle with her friend, Eleonor, from ballet class. 

Laura was backstage with Annabelle for the Sunday performance.

Several friends from school came to the Sunday performance.  Abby Hawk, Hadley Sullivan, Annabelle, Lily Stewart, and Zoey Seale.

Mimi and Tia came to Sunday's performance, too.

Christmas Chapel

We had quite the excitement one morning this week.  Bear started barking like crazy, and then a neighbor texted that there was a bobcat roaming our street.  I went out there to try to scare him off, but he didn't seem too phased by my antics.  He was pretty camouflaged in the fall foliage.

Another one was spotted the same morning by my across the street neighbor who spotted this mom with babies.

Annabelle shooting a free throw in a tournament last weekend.

The 7th and 8th graders performed together at Christmas Chapel.  

Annabelle and the 5th grade sang, "I Saw Three Ships".

Annabelle's Last Living History Day

 Annabelle had her last living history day.  This year was Texas history.  Walking in.

The girls in Annabelle's class:  Makenna, Annabelle, Hannah, Abby, Maddie, Stella and Lilly.

Laura was in charge of facilitating the 3-legged race.  So the only picture from the games that we have is Annabelle running the 3-legged race with Lilly.  They were super fast and beat the rest of the girls by quite a bit.

Caden had a basketball tournament this weekend, and his team won!

Family Photos

 We took pictures in the backyard for Christmas card pictures.

They had a 7th and 8th grade choir concert.  A few pics of the performance.

Basketball season for Covenant has begun.  After a week long tryout process, Caden was put on the Red (A) team.  He's so excited to play for school.

Here's a pic of Caden shooting a free throw in their first game.

Caden's professional school basketball picture.

Girls Weekend and Halloween

 Becky came in to town for some book events.  After 4 weeks of no driving, Laura got her driver's license back just in time for her visit.  Becky, Melissa, and Laura at one of the book events in Fort Worth.

Halloween was pretty uneventful this year, since it fell on a monday.  The kids weren't planning on dressing up or trick or treating, until they decided they wanted candy the night of halloween.  Annabelle pulled out Bear's costume from last year, which was way too small.  After a few treats, we finally got Bear to cooperate for a picture.

The kids ended up being a minionish costume (wearing a t shirt from spirit week) and Luka Doncic.

Annabelle played rec volleyball again with friends from school.  Annabelle's team ended up winning first place in the end of season tournament.  Annabelle was able to serve for the win in the first match of the day, and then she again served for the win during the championship game.

After the volleyball tournament, Laura headed over to Fort Worth with tennis friends to watch the WTA finals.  Back row: Amy Moore, Mandy VanDenBerg, Jessica Pierce, Laura, Heather Evetts, Donna Lee.  Front row: Liz McCrary, Katherine Rader, Evi Freeman, Amy Wandstrat, and Laura Frazure.

We had the entire 7th grade over for a pizza party before a home football game.  Despite the fact that it was really cold, the kids had a blast.

Annabelle's professional pictures for Nutcracker.