How my mama face was when she saw that Rachel was just BEAMING from her 3 nights of Nutcracker performances...Mark and I were ELATED!!  It was a thrill.  I have seen The Nutcracker before and ever since Rachel was very little she dreamed of an experience like this.  To see your child living one of their dreams - there really are no words...

We are looking forward to some down time and some quiet during the Christmas season and into the New Year. 

*On a side note:  I have to figure out how to make my pictures not have red-eye with 4 out of the 5 of us with light, blue eyes.  Yep, just me with brown.