Songbird sings from the Heart

This last week we were able to hear our lovely songbird sing at her school choir concert. Bailey had a solo for the song "Jonah in the Belly of the Whale". She started the song out -without a microphone. It's been great to hear her voice mature. Bailey and I (Stacy) will also be performing in a musical titled, "The Parable of the Ten Virgins" to be performed on the 31st at our church. It's been a while for me, and my voice is much lower now so we'll see how it goes. I know Bailey will totally rock it.

This Bailey and her choir friends Maddie, Katie and Jazzy.

DRIVERS BEWARE

Who would believe this innocent little child would be one day behind the wheel of a car? (this is her 12 year old birthday picture).
Yes, it is true, Bailey got her driver's permit this week. She's driven in the empty church parking lot, but now she officially on the road. Watch out Bend drivers!
Actually, she doing really well. We even went on the Parkway on Saturday (got up to 50 mph!). She wants to drive every chance she can get-even to school which is not even a 1/2 mile away. I guess we'd better get used to it :)

A Beautiful Flower

Sunrise, Sunset, Sunrise, Sunset........

As a mother you have the right to brag-Bailey attended the Winter Formal at her school with a group of friends. She looked unbelievable in her red dress and had a wonderful time.

She continues to amaze and delight me. Love you Sweetie :)

More snow WooHoo!

Yes, it is snowing once again in beautiful bend. Not to worry, here in the high desert the world doesn't come to a screeching halt when the white stuff comes down. We get it enough that our dept of roads takes care of it in a jiffy. -And people don't freak, unlike some other places.......

Maybe I'll be able to ski again this season after all.

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Ok, so I couldn't figure out how to edit the blog we started, so I made a new one; and since I seem to be the one running the thing, I just took the easy road.

So here's the new Olmstead blog version 2. Olmstead's in 2009! Woohoo!

We recently got back from our Christmas trip to Austin visiting Mark's sister Alicia and her Husband Alan and their beautiful new baby boy, Fhynn. He was one of the happiest babies we have ever met and oh, so cute. It was a joy getting to know him and spending time with our dear family. We went some cool places and did some fun things, but the best part was just being around them. :)

What does 2009 hold in store for us? Good question. I'll have to get back to you all on that one after I think about it a little bit.....