France!

Hello all! Quick update--We arrived in France July 3, and have been busy like crazy! There is no internet where we are staying, so i am relying on the occasional macdonalds or Suzanne's house. :) (Yes, I am alive Cristina!:p) Any way, I really must run and get ready for church. I will try to post later! (eep! those french keyboards keeps confusing me!)
Valerie

Liftoff!!!!!

Space shuttle Atlantis just received a go for launch on June 8, at 7:38 pm EDT. You can watch it launch live on NASA tv at www.nasa.gov , just click on the NASA tv link. NASA tv will follow the whole mission duration from launch to landing, and most everything in between! I am still awaiting the day when I will be the one inside the space shuttle, not just watching! I can see the headlines then: First Ballerina in Space to Perform a Weightless Variation of the Grand Pas from the Ballet Don Quixote. !!!:D

Book Tag

Tagged by Cristina! Sorry it is so late!

Just finished: Farenheit 451, the Westing Game, Anna Pavlova, several Sherlock Holmes, Leave it to Psmith, Leepike Ridge.

Just began: Northanger Abby

In the Middle of:Northanger Abby, The Bible, More of Holmes

I tag: Katie, Deborah Beauchamp:)

Hilarious Video

This is an old video I found on youtube of people messing up in ballet performances. My favorite is the girl who loses her tutu.:)

Wedding!

Oooof! What a day! We are still recovering from it! It was a spectacular wedding, and we have cheese and bread to last an eternity!(well, almost!:)) Here are just a few pictures... if you want the the whole scoop, you can see two pages of pictures at Daniel's blog: www.foucachon.com.

After-math!

The links are finally working!

Bits and pieces

Sighhh...its been a while since I posted...bad, I know. It's called working in a busy restaurant, lots of school, a wedding in 11 days, being sick right before the wedding, and the list could go on and on. :) I am officially starting Intermediate Ballet next year, wich introduces pointe shoe work. I should have been a long time ago, but I only started ballet fall 2005.
Lilly, our newest canine member of the family, is doing very well. Her favorite thing in the world is to jump up on you with muddy paws when you have a new skirt on and are on your way to an event you don't want to be seen at with a mud-covered skirt. :)
Wedding preparations are getting very busy but going well. My parents, Deb, Sue, and Matt and Timmy are picking out shoes and picking up dresses for the wedding, but I am home still sick...Ces't la vie! :) We are closing the restaurant 10 days for the wedding. I am reading a book called We Seven, written through essays by the first 7 astronauts chosen for the first trips into space with the mercury capsules. I am not done yet, but as far as I can tell, it's a great book. You can get it at the Moscow Public Library.