MeMoRiaL DaY!!!

We love our HOOD!
Pop out of our garage Saturday morning,

see some Hoodies, mention

a cook out........and BAM...we're ON!

Although we were very much missing

some of our hoodies who

had to galavant off on a vacation!!!

Walker, being the only BIG boy this time,

seemed to handle the ladies JUST FINE!!!

I absolutely LOVE that it doesn't take

much to entertain the little hoodies!!!Hoodie Men discussing how to end

the war on terror...or just how to take

down a wasp nest!?!BLESSED by BEEEEEAUTIFUL friends!

Missing our RoRo though!!!Did somebody say WaTeR BaLLoOns?!?Fun to play with...not fun to make...

TRuST mE! Especially when about 60 are

gone in .5 seconds flat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Real.men.ride.in.pink.strollers. Memorial Day weekend also had to

involve some of Daddy's homemade

banana ice cream. YUMMY!!!And, of course, some rice cereal...And even better....some very special

Grandparents who brought along three

American Flags (and dinner!)!!!

But MOST OF ALL,

the best part of Memorial Day weekend

was thinking about, giving thanks for,

and praying for the men and women

who have served and are serving

our country so we CAN have

a weekend like this...

I have more gratitude and appreciation

to the men and women who fight for our

freedom than I EVER have before..................

I bet you can guess why!

Happy Memorial Day 2010!

Give my Regards to Hadlee

Hadlee's first year of dance at

Dance By Emily has been wonderful!

And it was topped off by a

fabulous recital..............

Of course I thought the star was...

Hadlee Ballerina McCall Pierce

Also starring were a few of

our very most favorite little

Hoodie Girls, too!!!

I even learned a few "bun" tricks!!!

I love being a stage mom......to this precious little princess!!!Hadlee's group (which ranges in age

from 3 to 5 years old) was the first

group to perform...They were ALL so darling!!!Right as I was about to leave to go and take

my seat, I thought Hadlee seemed a little

worried about this whole thing. When I took my seat, I worried a tiny

bit about her actually going out on stage!!!My worry was for ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!

Hadlee was on that stage and she did an

absolutely AMAZING JOB!!!

She really, really knew the routine!

This was right afterwards when we met up

again. She was SO EXCITED and

I was SO PROUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By this point, Haddie Girl was ALL ABOUT

performing! She had a hard time waiting

her turn to go back "on stage"!

I love my little performer!!!Luckily the girls played while they waited.I played with my best hoodies backstage, too!Time for Tap!!!Their routine was to "Put on a Happy Face"!Haddie puts a happy face on ME!

We couldn't take pictures during the show.

But when that curtain opened,

Haddie's little feet were already tapping!
Again, she knew her stuff!!!

At the end of her tap routine,

she started waving! ADORABLE!!!

Macy took dance from Mrs. Emily

for about ten years. She and Aunt

Michelle couldn't wait to come see

our family's newest dancer!The whole night was perfect!Miss Priss kept her happy face on all night long!I found it so funny at rehearsal that morning

when Hadlee first went on stage because

I heard some little girls say,

"That's Walker's little sister!"

These were girls from Walker's school.

In fact here is a sweet one with Haddie...Next it was time to line up for the

Grand Finale!!!Aren't they just precious!?!

I love you, Haddie Girl!!!When I went to take a seat for the

finale, I found THE Hoodie BROTHERS

way in the back!!!Thank Goodness they had each other to

make it through the evening!!!

Hudson was a dreamboat himself

at his big sister's recital...

even napping on Daddy Love!All of the dancers on stage were so beautiful!Hadlee was waving at everyone!!!

Aunt Kitty & Daddy both think Haddie

was waving right at them!Mrs. Emily had to tell Hadlee to exit the stage...

the little Showboat couldn't stop waving at her fans!!!

Daddy couldn't wait to see his best girl

and give her some flowers!

Daddy was really smitten with his dancer that night!

Daddy wasn't the only happy

guy to see Hadlee!

Pretty flowers from Mamaw, too!

Mamaw was so proud of her sweet girl!

Hadlee...you are so lucky!

You will always

have a daddy to LOVE

and PROTECT you like CRAZY!!!

He's just that type of daddy!

In fact, you are even more lucky

because you'll actually always have

THREE guys to love and protect you!!!

Hadlee had quite the FaN CLUB

at her recital!!! Haddie Girl...so many

of your family and sweet friends were

there just to see YOU! Look how loved

you are by so many...

never, ever forget that!

(Aunt Lynna was also there but she

left before I got a picture!)

Hadlee asked me backstage all night long

if Mrs. Janice and Miss Adrienne

were out in the audience!!!

Grandmother and PaPa gave Hadlee

the webkinz she has been wanting!Walker took a moment to have his

picture with a precious girl

from his class. Isn't she a doll?!?Hudson was all giggles for

PaPa and Brother! An extremely

Proud Pierce Party of Five...

Life just doesn't get any better than this!!!Haddie Girl...

you are our precious, precious dancer!!!

You gave dance class and the recital

all your heart.

I just couldn't be more proud of you!!!
For as long as I live, I'll never

forget seeing you so precious up

on that stage dancing your little heart out.

Your family loves you more than

you could EVER, EVER imagine!!!