-Jerome K. Jerome
"Sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory."
-Unknown
My calendar quote for today says this...
"We are made happy when the reason can discover no occasion for it. The memory of some past moments is more persuasive than the experience of present ones. "
-Henry David Thoreau
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| Last October I created a book of family photos and memories for Brian's 60th Birthday gift. This page is one that ties so well to this time of year for us. Here is Mariah and Brian taking a little stroll with our family pug, Mocha... on May 24th 2008... this was Mariah's 2nd Birthday. 2 days later Mocha passed away. That same week I had my final show as a full time dance teacher at the 25th annual dance show of BSOBAD. So many TIMELESS MEMORIES in time. |
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| This past week I crafted some cards for the teachers and friends at BSOBAD in honour of my friend, BRENDA'S BSOBAD 30th Anniversary Show... and a card for each of Mariah's dance teachers too. We made many more TIMELESS MEMORIES this dance season. |
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| This past Friday we celebrated another TIMELESS MEMORY here are gifts and a card I crafted for MARIAH'S 7th Birthday, plus a little celebration gift for Beau, too! |
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| I have traditionally wrapped year end gifts for the BSOBAD year-end show since May of 2001. Above are the 72 little gifts I wrapped up this year, along with the program and beautiful flowers I received following the year end show co-incidentally called "TIMELESS" held on National Tap Dance Day... May 25th! |
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| Some TIMELESS photos from Mariah's 7th Birthday family supper on Friday. She was thrilled with the mini ipad she got as a family gift, Beau got some little treasures, too, but was more into the Batman mask on the gift bag! |
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| Grandma Nancy sharing her expertise with supper and some hugs with Beau. Her home made cup cakes were so DELICIOUS & TIMELESS! |
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| Here are some of the Pedersons enjoying the family birthday fun on Friday... Beau in his little PEDERSON shirt with Nancy in the background and him blowing a party horn... along with Ingrid and Mariah enjoying their yummy cupcakes, and Grandpa Arvid trying to capture a snuggle with Beau! |
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| More TIMELESS memories this weekend... Mariah's Auntie Ingrid doing her hair for the show,and photos following the big performance in front of TCU. The show was not only called TIMELESS... The experience will leave us TIMELESS MEMORIES for years to come. |
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| Some of the special and proud moments following the TIMELESS afternoon... here is Mariah and her parents and Grandma Nancy. We missed getting a photo with Grandpa Arvid... but he was there, too...and proud as well! |
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| More TIMELESS MEMORIES from Saturday... Friends Jacquie and Shelane came to watch Mariah's little show. Shelane and Beau joined the family for supper following the afternoon show. Beau spent the afternoon with my sister-in-law Bev. |
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| Saturday morning another TIMELESS MEMORY was made... when we attended a funeral for the father of Jana's business partner's father. Always sad to lose a loved one... but it the TIMELESS MEMORIES that live in our hearts forever. My thoughts and prayers go to the BODNAR FAMILY. |
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| Some more TIMELESS moments... here is my brother Brian sharing a BBQ supper with us yesterday. Our doggie SHUFFLE enjoys the attention from him! Also a couple of pics of Jana and Beau this morning after a visit to the medi centre... Beau has a little infected eye... we think it is a reaction to a bug bite... poor little guy! |
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| Mariah's Birthday weekend was simply TIMELESS... she was so sweet and very appreciative of all the love she received... and she read every card out loud. We are so proud of what a great little reader she has become... kids grow up so fast... so we have to CHERISH the TIMELESS MEMORIES along the way! This past week has been filled with many TIMELESS MEMORIES... such a whirlwind of events in our lives and reminders of ones gone by related to this time of year. Five years ago the weekend of celebrating Mariah's 2nd Birthday... we also lost our family pet of that time, our little pug Mocha. That same week was a milestone anniversary dance recital for BSOBAD where I taught dancing for my final 6 years of my teaching career. So while I was hitting a milestone in my career... Brenda was hitting a TIMELESS season of her studio. I was reminded of those memories this weekend... when we celebrated Mariah's 7th birthday... and Brenda celebrated her 30th TIMELESS year end show milestone. We attended a funeral for Jana's store partner's dad also on saturday. Melissa's dad was well celebrated and honoured through the many cherished and fond TIMELESS MEMORIES they have of him. It was obvious just how well thought of he was by the huge attendance at his memorial service and lunch to follow. My heart goes out to their family. It seems like lots has gone on in just this past week alone... and many photos have been taken along the way...many I have shared on Facebook, but for those of you who follow the blog who are not on FB... these photos are lots of the ones I shred there, too. Congratulations to my good friend BRENDA BENNETT who celebrated her 30th year end Dance Recitals on Saturday. She put on two SPEC-TAP-ULAR shows... the one in the afternoon featured her younger students and the one in the evening was her older and more competitive dancers of her studio. She also invited past alumni to come and one of those ballet teachers brought her 9 year old daughter to perform as a guest feature in the show. This young dancer, TATE, opened the show both in the afternoon and evening and she was an outstanding little dancer. Both shows left the audience with TIMELESS memories to live on for years to come. I'm proud to be considered the SOCIAL DIRECTOR of that studio! Brenda had asked me to write a poem for her program a while back... however due to the fact the show info filled the program, it left no room for the poem ! So here is the little poem I wrote for the TIMELESS Program.... Our lives are just like a song and a dance... TIMELESS MEMORIES at every glance! It's really all about the rhythm and the rhyme, Our life is like a journey as we dance through time. Memories are what we have printed in our heart, That's where they begin right from the very start. Life is so TIMELESS... it's so true... Making MEMORIES filled with me and you |
Love this blog...what a tribute! You truly are a timeless friend...and I value the memories we have made!!!
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Thanks Brenda... You are truly a TIMELESS friend to so many, myself included!... Here's to many more TIMELESS MEMORIES! :)
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