The Russo's

Jules had her 7th birthday party One afternoon water started coming out from the toilets and laundry room drain in the house. It was the sewer backing up!! Josh was at a work function, so Hudson turned off the water to the house and it stopped. He started to dig when he got home to find the problem. He started out in the yard, but the block was close to the house. It took hours to figure it out, but our neighbor Mr. John was a huge help.  He added a clean out by the house, so it will be easier if that happens again. We got the septic tank pumped the next day also.  Gianna and Grace did a summer workshop in June at dance Hudson had been wanting to fish a pond near dance, so he came one day. It had "No Fishing" signs everywhere, but he still went!  Father's Day breakfast at church  I am so thankful to have Josh as our children's father! So grateful for everything he does!  We went to Raising Cane's for lunch with my Dad Hudson bought this cart for his fishing stuf...

My mom was going to Huntsville for Mother's Day weekend, so we celebrated during week. We got our nails done and ate dinner at The Overpass Merchant. It was a good time, just missed Jen! I chose to do a family activity for my Mother's Day. We all went to see the movie, "Unsung Hero" in the theater.  It was a good movie and I'm glad we went even though my family is not crazy about going to the movies. I enjoyed it and the popcorn, candy and coke!  My kids have passed me up, I am now the shortest one in the family! I have loved watching them grow into young people and love being their mom 💕I am grateful for all these years at home with them because it is still going by so fast!   Breakfast at church was homemade cinnamon rolls Mrs. Angie, Jennifer and Cadie did a good job on their sharing in a panel type format We went to Raising Cane's for lunch (I sent a pic to Jen because she misses Cane's) Josh cooked hibachi at his Mom's house that night and it was...

The DDA dance recital was on Sunday May 5th at The Dunham School theater. Gianna was in all three showcases, but our tickets were for Showcase 1. She was in a lot more dances this year with her extra classes.  This was backstage at the rehearsal  Their dressing room was more like a closet, but they made it work Jazz - "Revolutionary"  Pointe - "When You Wish" She was so excited to dance on pointe and it's so pretty! Ballet- "Have Your Way" Grace and Gianna doing a jump  Grace celebrated her 10th year of dance  Tap- "Young" Ballet Elite- "I Can Only Imagine" Hip Hop - "King Jesus" Finale  We are so proud of her and all the hard work she put in this past year! I cried a few times watching her! So glad her and Grace are still doing it together  Some of their friends from class 

The ladies from church attended the Flourish conference in Pearl River from April 18th-20th. Mom and I rode together and stayed at the Wingate in Slidell.  The theme this year was "Becoming" .Mrs. Angie shared in a main session on being vulnerable and it was really good. Jennifer was on a panel and she did very well also All the sessions were good and it was hard to decided which ones to go to. It was a great time with our ladies!  Hudson bought a trolling motor for his kayak and went to try it out at the camp pond  The horses like to see Camo when we walk