Category Archives: Anne Louise Pass

I let her get on an airplane…

Anne Louise is…fourteen?!

…and i am 41. Wow! Anne Louise requested a trip to the Ono beach house with Grandonna for her b’day and since mine is so close i got to go, too! Good call, ALP. We spent a weekend in Feb. between my b’day and hers having a truely large time (as PopPop would say). We …

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Chinese New Year

We are so honored to be asked to participate in the Chinese New Year celebration and be involved with the Chinese community around Montgomery. Lovely people. The girls all danced and Katy had a solo line. Anne Louise interpreted as the kids sang one song. And I sang “Molihua” (“Jasmine Flower”) in Chinese with the …

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Christmas Eve

For 42 Christmas Eves, I have been at Oma’s house. i was the only grandchild and i took my first steps there in 1969. As the years have gone by the space has remained the same but the number of people has grown exponentially. What a blessing that we all enjoy being there, all crammed …

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Falloween

We’ve been having big fun with Falloween for the past few years! The little girls did a plethora of fall festivities including an APAC (Alabama Post Adoption Connection) carnival with our friends, the Halls, for which Katy created her own “Nancy Drew” outfit. Next was Frazer’s Fall Festival where we got to hang out with …

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Rob Hat Guy

Anne Louise’s final middle school production and the first in MA’s new theatre was a retelling…the “true story” , if you will…of Robinhood. She was cast as the French professor, one of 3 experts in what really happened. We has so much fun with her accent. Anne Louise has definitely found her niche. She is …

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Chorus

Anne Louise and Katy love to sing. On my side, their great-grandfather was in the 1943 cast of the Grand Ol Opry, their grandmother has a great ear and understanding of musical theory, and their Pa…well you prolly already know about him. When you get my family together aunts and cousins and siblings are all …

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First Days of School

Confirming Faith in Jesus

Anne Louise was sprinkled with baptism waters as a baby, almost 12 years later she stepped into the water of her own freewill and made a profession of faith in front of her family and friends. Our church offers all sixth graders a course in what we believe about God, called “confirmation” and she took …

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Oliver!

First weekend in May, Anne Louise played the role of Oliver Twist in her school’s production of “Oliver!” Clearly her family thought she was phenomenal, but so did everyone else we heard talking!