What's in a name?! :)

Taylor and I have been working on this since November and we've managed to keep it a HUGE secret. 

I love surprises! 

She has wanted to add Mingolla to her last name since she was about 15. Everything boils down to timing and the time has come. Here is the letter she gave her Dad, Grandma and Papa this year for Christmas. 

We are proud to introduce to you....Miss Taylor Rae Buck MINGOLLA!!!

Happy 20th Birthday Taylor Rae!

Happy Birthday Sweet girl!  we love and miss you and can't wait to see you!

Christmas 2011 Parade

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Izzy's Guitar concert!

We finally got the guitar to GA!  and Izzy wanted to do after school guitar lessons so we did that, too!  Here is the result of those lessons. We'll see if she wants to do it some more....

Note: go to the bottom of the page first and turn off the radio player I have on.

First song......WIPE OUT!

Next up......THRILLER!

and then there was.....MISSION IMPOSSIBLE!

and then there was this.....do YOU know what the song is?

and lastly......CAROL OF THE BELLS!  (This was her and Helen Marie's favorite of them all!)

Their instructor, Jonathan, said that they were actually his best class and that from going to nothing more than holding a guitar to this is a great achievement.

Tay sees her room for the first time!