Father Daughter Dance 2011

Jenna had the absolute time of her life on Friday, March 11th, 2011. Her daddy surprised her with a REAL tiara!!! Her smile could not have gotten any bigger when she saw the sparkly gift and quickly had me put it in her hair.

She was getting ready for her first Father Daughter dance. They had a really great time and Jenna felt like a princess. They even took "prom photos" at the dance--- that's the last pic below! Jenna had a good time with her daddy at the dance and she can't wait to do it again next year! Lexie and I ordered a pizza, curled up on the couch and watched Princess and the Frog (for about the 1,342,615th time)... lol- that's a favorite in my household. But I know she can't wait until she's old enough to go with daddy to the Father Daughter dance too. :) then it's ladies night out for me! lol. :)

The dance was put together by Jenna's Girl Scout Troop-- Troop 2995. The purpose of the dance is for the Daddy's to be able to teach their daughters how a gentleman should behave on a date. Daddy's are encouraged to "set the bar high!" ...and I think Eric did an awesome job. He held Jenna's hand as she walked to the car, opened doors for her, and even danced with her even when I know he didn't really want to. (*cough cough* Jenna got him to do the YMCA dance with the other daddy's *cough cough*)... oh yeah- the bar is set pretty high. Jenna will expect nothing but the best treatment... that is, if her daddy ever actually allows her to date. As far as Eric is concerned...she's never allowed to date. haha. :)

Father Daughter Dance 2011

more pictures at www.dropshots.com/pilkentonpearls

Happy 6th Birthday Jenna Jade!

6 years ago today, Eric and I met this precious gift from God... held her for the first time... and we had been in love for months...but upon seeing her face, we were overwhelmed by how much we loved her...who knew, that 9 lbs and 9oz, 21.5 inches long...

..would grow to be this talented, wonderful young lady? And she's only 6!!! My brown eyed girl, I love you so much! And Jenna says "You ain't seen nothin' yet!"

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Another One Bites The Dust!

Another one's gone, another one's gone, another one bites the dust!

Jenna just keeps pulling teeth out of her mouth. They get loose to a certain point, and she just reaches in and plucks them out... and then shows off the blood because she thinks its "cool". I have to turn away... ::shudders::... Here are some pics of my toothless child...though, the two permanent teeth on the bottom seem to be coming in pretty good!

Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Jenna is becoming quite the little actress! She just completed her second production with Greer Children's Theater, as a child of Israel in Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. She sang every song, and learned all the dance moves and just had an absolute ball with this play.

9 weeks of rehearsals, 6 performances spanning over 2 weekends... plus school work and home work and Girl Scouts on top of that... its no wonder I got behind on blogging! :) Busy little bee... its kind of wierd not having any commitments this week. :) Jenna loves it though, she'd rather be at the theater doing anything at all, than be any where else. It's her favorite thing... whether she's watching rehearsal, in a show, helping tear down a set piece at shows end... anything at all, that theater is Jenna's "happy" place (besides the beach of course, which is her favorite place to be)...

THANK YOU so very much to everyone that came out to see her shows. We were overwhelmed with love and can't express enough how wonderful it made Jenna feel to see you all after the shows and hear your compliments-- after 9 weeks of rehearsals and constant critiqueing, it absolutely pays off when she gets the "job well done" from the people she loves... she told me in the car "Momma, I have a lot of people that love me, I sure do." and she had the biggest smile on her face. THANK YOU for that... all of you. Love you all!

Jenna, baby, we are all so very proud of you. You are so talented! We love you!
Below are a few of the pics from the show.... more pics and videos at www.dropshots.com/pilkentonpearls (Of course, there are no videos of the actual show... it is copyrighted... one or two pics are from the show, but they were taken by professional photographer David McLaurin)

Bill Burns as "Jacob" (a.k.a. Israel/Joseph's Dad) and Jenna
Jenna got SO into this part... she had to jump out and scream NO! for each brother, then scream "YES! YES! YES!" for the brother that had Joseph's golden cup... she was so funny with her facial expressions and her energy... I was impressed. Jenna has a gift for theater. :)

This was the picture that was taken at the first rehearsal - the day after she was announced a member of the cast. LOOK! She had all her teeth!! :) lol... it was the week after that the teeth started to fall out... She looks so different, I guess I just forgot what she looked like with teeth hahaha.

One of the scenes in the beginning when Joseph first got his coat from his dad... Jenna is in the center of the photo looking to the left ...haha....something must have caught her attention

Cast Photo! LOOK, I'm in it...I'm standing on the right, Jenna is second from the right (kind of behind the girl in the orange vest)... I was in the photo because I ran sound board for the production. I love it!
different angle of same scene when Joseph first got his coat... this time Jenna is looking where she's supposed to haha. :)

The Children of Israel and their "Stage Mom" Ms. Paula... Jenna adores Ms. Paula!!

Jp McLaurin as "Joseph" and Jenna and Jenna's newest Bestie Emberlynn

Jenna got so many flowers and also a GIANT chocolate bunny, they all made her feel so special. She said Thank you so many times and absolutely loves every gift she got!

Dallas Friedman as "Pharoah" (he was a hoot!) and Jenna