I love watching my daughter dance. She's talented beyond her years! This year her spring recital was "The Veil." The performers were so polished. It was clear that they worked very hard this year, as they do every year. At the end of the show the entire dance company came on the stage. I was surprised that my daughter was tall enough to be in the back row.  It wasn't long ago that my daughter was a little girl in the front line. I love coming back year after year to enjoy to watch her gracefully dance across this stage, but now she is tall enough to be in the back row during the curtain call. My favorite costume from "The Veil" is her black and white pharisee one, I love the black and white against her red rose! I'm glad I was able to document one of her costumes if only for a second before she changed. After the show we went out to celebrate. My son is lactose intolerant so we usually go out for yogurt rather than ice cream since it's easier to digest. We have many special family memories gathered around frozen yogurt tables around Pittsburgh! We all have different styles of preparing our desserts. My husband and son try a little bit of everything. My oldest daughter has great taste and often orders something similar to me! Then the youngest samples a bit from everyones! 

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