All About Ruth

This weekend was all about Ruth. Jeff and Clay and I took her to Ft. Worth on Friday, where we had a fancy dinner at The Melting Pot to celebrate her advancement to the PSIA state Spelling competition. The contest was on Saturday, so we spent the day at TCU. Ruth didn't place, but she was proud of her performance, and she had a good time. The scores were very close, and we are very proud of Ruth for all her hard work and just for getting to be there.

Yesterday afternoon, all grandparents and a great-aunt and uncle joined us for Ruth's piano recital. This was her first time to play in front of a real audience. She played three songs, and she did great. And, besides that, she looked beautiful! We are just so very proud of her and all her many accomplishments, and we had such a great time celebrating and supporting her this weekend!