The Russo's

Jamie's wedding was on Friday, May 26th at 7pm at Grace Life Fellowship. We helped decorate the church on Thursday afternoon. They hung lights in the foyer area which is where the reception would be.  We grabbed some coffee on the way Dillon and Jennifer came in town, so it was so nice to have all the siblings together Josh came after work and helped with the outside lights We went to Rusty's house after for crawfish All the girls met at the nail salon on Friday morning We were accidently matching  We started getting ready in the afternoon at the church. Jen did hair for most of the girls.  The ceremony was beautiful  We took some pictures outside  Jennifer and I had the same dress in different colors. We ordered and returned so many dresses. We ended up liking the same one. For the reception, they had two food trucks. A taco truck and a Cajun truck. All the food was really good.  Really enjoyed watching Dad and Ms. Jo dance  So happy for Jamie and Rus...

I took Gianna shopping at the mall to look for a dress for Jamie's wedding. She wanted to get Boboa tea, so I got a coffee one. It was okay, but cost us $16!  Mother's Day at church My family came to our house for lunch. Trying to make it easy, I ordered shrimp alfredo from Bergeron's and a spinach dip. We did sides and Gianna made a cake.  Josh bought another car for work because his Mini cooper was having a lot of problems. He got a Honda Civic from a co-worker.  On the way home, the car wasn't accelerating. We stopped at Auto Zone and had to fix. It took a while to figure it out, but it was the spark plugs.  We handed out flyers for a church outreach that was coming up. Our family walked and put postcards on doors.  Hudson caught a fish in the cane field near the house  Dillon and Jennifer were in town for Jamie's wedding, so we got to hang out with them for the weekend. 

They handed out awards in class the week of April 27th. Gianna has 8 years of dance  They had rehearsal on Thursday, May 4th  The recital was on Sunday, May 7th back at the River Center. The girls were in the 2:00 pm and 5:00 pm shows. I volunteered for the first time at the first show since Gianna had to be there. Then I sat in the audience and watched for the 5:00 pm  I was backstage with her before the first show. We helped with the 1C class and sat with them in the balcony between costume changes.  Tap was "Happy Medley" - A mashup of Put on a Happy Face and Singing in the Rain Ballet was "Drop Everything" Jazz was  "Not Backing Down"  We are so proud of Gianna and love watching her dance! They put in a lot of hard work to prepare for the recital!