One for the Memory Books!

Last weekend was one for the books! Mackenna participated in her first JR MVC Camp at Winter Park and got to perform with the cheerleaders at halftime for the Vikings/Panthers Game on Sunday Oct. 13th @ noon!!!! It was definitely a proud mommy moment...she was such a big girl and was so excited to be a big girl with all the other big girls!

I'll let the pictures do the talking...

First night of practice - so intent to learn!

Heel...step...heel...step

The cutest lil 'X-Body' I've ever seen :)

Dress Rehearsal at Winter Park :)

My Heart!!!!

Watching the BIG girls :)

So cute...

On the field in the dome for practice!

Just a little excited...

Taking lot of opportunities to pose and take pictures!!!

Rehearsal in the morning at the Dome!

So fun to have her cousins, Emily and Abby there with her too...

She even got her face painted before the big performance!

LUV them!!!!

We had great seats and as you can see, the lil peanut was pretty excited to not only be dancing, but be at her first ever NFL game too!  She was loving all the Football Boys!

Eating her pretzel and cheese with mommy!

The only view I had during the actual halftime performance...

This pic does  most of the talking :) She was EXHASUTED!  Pretty sure that meant it was a GOOD DAY and an even better experience!

Playing in the Leaves...

Over the weekend, Mackenna and I headed to Grandma Sheryl's house while Daddy was coaching and her cousins, Zach and Tyler were there too which means PARTY TIME :)

They were eagerly wanting to help Grandma rake her leaves, so of course she said YES!!!!!!



The rake might be bigger than her, but she still loved it!



Playing was MUCH MORE FUN!

Can't stand the cuteness :)

Cousin Luv!



Jasmine Spotted @ the Airport!

This cute lil lady came to pick her mama up at the airport last week! She got her Halloween costume delivered while I was gone and was so excited to show it to me, she just had to wear it to the airport with Daddy. Well that, and she knew mommy got her Jasmine shoes in Chicago :)

Bath Time = The Best Time!

Lately, Mackenna's favorite thing to do each night is take a bath and play in there as long as she can. It's adorable how invested she is in learning how to take care of herself - you should hear her recite the steps of getting ready for bed each night; ADORABLE!!!!!



Down on the Farm!

This week, Pati started their 'Down on the Farm' curriculum at preschool. We were sent this picture a little while ago :)

My favorite part is how excited Mackenna is to show me what she made each day! So proud of her!



3 Lil Kitty's!!

Pati sent us this picture today...how lucky we are to be in such good hands with our lil peanut!

3 cutest kitty's I've seen!  (note the hand on the hip pose!) such a little diva :)



Dancing with her King...

Got this gem of a picture yesterday with Mackenna and her favorite guy in the world...

True love at it's finest!

A Night at the Ballpark!

We got to go to the Twins/Indians game with Daddy on Friday night and had on-field passes to see the Indians in their BP - I was just whatever about the whole thing, but it ended up being pretty awesome! Nick Swisher played catch with Mackenna and was seriously impressed with her lil arm! Must be all that hard work playing with her dad!

Daddy and his girl with Carlos Santana of the Cleveland Indians

Kenna playing catch with Nick Swisher!

When we were walking out, she wanted to pose with all the statues and cool things around the stadium. She's such a lil poser lately!

We had a wonderful family night - I cherish these things so much with my 2 favorite people!

Pati-Cakes Preschool and Daycare

Mackenna is doing very well in her first year at preschool at Pati's house. It's been fun at pick up to see the projects she gets sent home with too!

Here are some fun pics that we've gotten from Pati...

This was after her first official day of preschool and as you can see, she was VERY proud of herself and so were we

On Tuesdays they have music class with Miss Heather and on Thursdays they have story time with Miss Julie - here is a cute pic from music class!

The 3 Musketeers - Mackenna, Rebecca and Jack

So I took this photo last night and had to only to showcase the lesson that the kids are learning in school this week which is emotions! She's all about showing us her happy face, surprised face, sad face and angry face. This is SO HER that I just had to share...she's hilarious!

Great MN Get Together

With the end of summer it always means one exciting day for our family...heading the Great MN Get Together. And this year, Kenna and I went twice! Once with Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Rob, Aunt Erica and Eric and once with Daddy! Both times we had a great time and Kenna was old enough this year to take advantage of lots of the activities for the kids!

Erica bought Kenna some cotton candy as soon as we got there!

When there's a stage, Kenna is on it!

She got to go on the trampoline this year and loved it! A little too light, but she got some help from the worker and had a blast!

Riding the cars...

Erica and her favorite niece

 

We saw all the animals and pet as many as could :)

When we went back to the fair with Daddy, it was a fall-like day, but in my opinion PERFECT since it wasn't all hot and uncomfrotable with all the people!

Riding the slide with Daddy as they do each year!

More rides...

She went back on the trampoline because she HAD to show Daddy!

Cutest kitty I've seen :) She got quite the ohhhs and ahhhs fromt he fair-goers too!

Lil Farm Hand

Shopping for milk on the farm!

She got her first caricature done too and the best part may have been what she said when she saw it, "Mom, what happened to my cheeks!?"