Women's Build, Baby Showers, Celebrating 80 Years & Recital!
It was a whirlwind race on May 3rd and 4th as Amy raced from one event to the other. There was a Women's Build event first, then a luncheon at our house with visiting Gusso family, and then the capstone in the evening was celebrating Grandpa Lyle's 80th Birthday at Shepherds! That Sunday was the baby shower, along with Addison's end of the year piano/voice recital.
Amy sits on the board for the West Orange Habitat for Humanity, and they have an annual Women's Build event - in which we were able to come out and help with various tasks surrounding building a home for underprivileged people. She was a little trepidatious as she isn't the handy one in the family, but they make it so easy that it was really fun, and so special to know that we are making a huge difference in not only the lives of an immediate family today but that it continues to lift that family up out of poverty for generations to come. Having a secure home in which you don't overcrowded, you are in safe conditions and that you can afford the home is a huge game changer - often it is single mothers who end up with these homes (not always, but often) and it is really heart-warming to see the impact we can make.
Our team of ladies!
Megan is our 3 year finance resident at Winter Garden and she was part of our team - we got a golden shovel for being a corporate sponsor for the event.
After the morning was complete, Amy headed home and enjoyed the afternoon with the Gusso family. Lauren is expecting a baby in July and it was her baby shower weekend, so we were delighted to be able to see Millie, Kelsey, Ron and baby Olivia. Addison was of course in love with baby Olivia, so she was in 7th heaven to be able to see her and hold her!
The evening, we headed over to Shepherds and celebrated Grandpa Lyle's 80 years on this year. He has been a blessing to us, and we are thankful to have him as part of our family! Grandpa Lyle's grandkids were mostly there, with his son Brian, Leticia and daughter Sarah coming down from Maryland, and then Tori/Greyson who live here. Happy Birthday Grandpa Lyle!
Addison remembers Greyson from when he was born, so has always held him in great affection!
The next day was Lauren's baby shower at the Brownlow home - a lovely event. We can't wait to meet the baby!
Addison, Olivia, Kelsey and Wendy Everts
And we concluded the weekend with Addison's piano and voice recital at FLEC. She has done a nice job with her piano and sang beautifully. Miss Esther had to put one of her dogs to sleep the end of the week, so she brought her second dog who was in mourning - Addison thought that was quite special! We didn't have a nice outfit for Addison to wear to the recital, so we ran out to the mall and went madly from store to store until we found this dress - very cute, but literally found it, put it on in the car and drove directly to the recital! Talk to sliding into home base!
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