Today is my granddaughter Alannah’s 8th birthday.  She is quite the young lady.  She loves dancing and shopping.  Yes I said shopping.  She loves to shop for clothes and shoes and jewelry.  She definitely takes after her mother’s side of the family.

Alannah dances in competition.  She started when she was 5.  She usually wins too.  She is such a delight.  I call her my Twinkle Toes.  This is a picture of her at her recital in May.

Today is also the day we lost my father-in-law,  Hal Williams.  We can never celebrate Alannah’s birthday without also celebrating dad’s life too.

Spend some time today with a needle and thread.