We had a "farewell" dinner at NYY Steakhouse in honor of Ben and his COO, Joe. Both Ben and Joe are starting new jobs at an HCA hospital in Miami; we are so excited for them. Ben started June 5th, Joe starts in a few weeks.
the executive team playing some Blackjack
Joe's wife Haley and I holding farewell gifts. It was a lovely dinner!
The next day, Ben and Walker went to the UM vs. Texas Longhorn baseball game with our neighbor/friend Bill and his daughter Penelope who is a cheerleader at UM.
They got into all sorts of places on campus.
While Ben and Walker were at the game, I was attending (what is most likely) Lainey's final recital. (Ben and Walker went to an earlier recital.) Lainey has decided to "retire" from dance and pursue cheerleading and other activities next year at school. It would have been too hard to "do it all" so she's quitting dance and we fully support her decision. We will dance through mid-July and then take some much needed time off. It's been harder on me than I thought...I feel like we've "broken up" with dance. It was the right thing to do but it still hurts.
Lainey's in black, in the middle
and up front in black
Such a phenomenal show with a phenomenal company - we love Studio 61.
I'm sad that we only had one year with them. They are incredible!
A cute studio shot - this group of kids is awesome. I'm thankful we have a little bit more time with them and their families. I'm so proud of Lainey for making this huge decision for herself. I'm excited to see what next year looks like without dance - we don't know a world without dance, but it'll be fun to explore. :)
