Open House Videos Part 6 and 7

FINALLY finished them all! I used "I'm Gonna Fly" by Sydney Forest. It's from one of Bry's favorite movies "Kiki's Delivery Service". I also used "Good Time" by Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen. And "Who I Am" by Jessica Andrews. No Bry doesn't have a grandmother named Rosemary, but the rest of the song fits her pretty well! The last video uses "Count On Me" by Bruno Mars and "Hall of Fame" by the Script and will.i.am. We only have 6 more days until graduation. I have kept the tears at bay. Hoping the dam doesn't flood open on Saturday! Gonna take lots of kleenex just in case!

Open House Videos Part 5

Got another one done! This one uses the songs "Firework" by Katy Perry (Appropriate for a girl born on the 4th of July) and "All or Nothing" by the Glee cast. And since Bry has big plans to marry Darren Criss (Blaine from Glee) someday, I thought I should use one of his songs. :) We are now into the summer before her junior year!

Open House Videos Part 4

Got part 4 done! Only 1 song with this one- "Shooting Star" by Owl City. I have been busy working on the center pieces for the tables today. But the one song did get us from 6th grade into the first half of her eighth grade year.

Open House Videos Part 3

Finished part 3 of Bry's open house videos tonight. Once I have them all done, I plan to put them all together into one. Easier for me to do a little at a time! The songs in this one are "Isn't She Lovely" by Stevie Wonder and "I Hope You Dance" by Lee Ann Womack. This got us into the very beginning of Bry's 6th grade year. Gotta find some more songs before I can do anymore. Only 3 more weeks until graduation!

Senior Prom

Sent my girl off to her senior prom last night. She went with her friend, Blake. They had a wonderful time! In four weeks she will be graduating high school! She finally made a college decision- Purdue University. I am so happy because it is only about 1/2 hour away from here! She really had her heart set on the University of New Haven, but money-wise it just wasn't feasible. Purdue is a great school and I know in the end, she will realize she made a good choice. Especially when she isn't drowning in student loans! She has been working really hard on applying for scholarships. She has already gotten a few! I am so, so proud of her!

This is the "real" Bry...

Oh, the drama of it all!

Taking a bow

Blake trying to be short and Bry trying to be tall

Steve and I at our senior prom in 1992. Bryson and Blake headed to their senior prom 21 years later! I love that we both wore purple! :)

Bryson Open House Videos- Part 2

Got the 2nd video done! Songs in this one were "Daddy's Little Girl" by Michael Buble and "Shine Your Way" by Owl City. This got us into her 6th year! Just about 12 1/2 years more to go! Only 4 more weeks until graduation!

Bryson's Open House Videos

I have been working on scanning pics and getting videos ready for Bry's open house. Here's the first one. Songs used were "My Girl" by the Temptations, "My Little Girl" by Tim Mcgraw and "Your Song" by Elton John. Wasn't sure if my emotions could handle the Tim McGraw song, but I sucked it up and made it work! I got her first 2 1/2 years done tonight!

In A Few Short Months....

In a few short months, my first born and only daughter will be graduating high school. Having a real hard time with this! Soooo not ready for her to leave the house and go off to college. She has been accepted into Purdue University (about 30 minutes away) and the University of New Haven in West Haven Connecticut (uummmm about 863 miles away). It doesn't take a scientist to see which school I want her to go to! She has some decisions to make here soon! I tried to use this past weekend's blizzard on the East Coast to help sway her decision. She isn't a fan of cold and snow, so I was hoping 30+ inches of snow might scare her a little. :) She's a smart girl and I know she will make the best decision for herself. Still crossing my fingers for Purdue! Below are her senior pictures. My talented cousin, Fantacy, came over from Ohio to take them in September. I have ordered some wallets, but I am having a terrible time choosing ones that I want for my house. I really want them all!

If you know Bryson, you know she doesn't go anywhere without her purple backpack. It belonged to my brother, Ryan. Ryan used it in preschool. My stepmom gave it Bry several years ago and she first used it as a backpack, but in recent years, it has become her purse. That backpack/purse has been to camp, concerts, everywhere. It has been signed by friends and bands from the concerts that she has been to. She loves to collect buttons and they are displayed on her backpack as well. The puppy in the backpack was given to her by my brother, Trevor, a few months before he died. Puppy has also been a lot of places-vacations, camps, sleepovers. He lost his bark after going through the washer after he was thrown up on one night. He has lost an eye. His ears have had to be re-attached. He has been one loved puppy! He still sleeps with Bry every  night. She wanted a few of her pics to be taken with her special puppy.

Just a few of her favorite things- Her backpack, her puppy and her most comfortable Sperry's!

She wanted to sign her own name to her pics so she uploaded this one into Jordan's tablet and signed it before having it printed off.

She signed this one also.

You won't see too many serious faces. She is far too smiley to be serious!

This right here screams "Bryson"! She is always happy, always dancing and I think this one and the color one below is my favorites of the bunch!

This one took my breath away when I saw it!

I can't decide if I like this one better in color or B&W!

After we got back to the house, we decided to get a few with our kitties. This is CJ, the one below is Mikey!

Bry and Fantacy's daughter, Chloe goofing off in between shots