Monday, September 26, 2022

March

March 1

Such an incredible moment!! Harrison said it was a miracle!! My nephew’s team came up to compete against our Snowflake team

⚾️ This was their cousin that was in a serious boat accident, ran over by the propellers… first he wasn’t supposed to live… lots of miracles, many surgeries, a month in the hospital, more rehab and therapies, shark skin, they were able to save his legs and now he’s running!! Living his dream again





March 2
Ha ha! Happy Dr. Seuss Week! 🐱❤️I felt bad because he forgot his Dr. Seuss hat for school. So I ran it down to him thinking I let him down. And the fact was he didn’t want it! 🤷‍♀️😅He’s growing up! He told me “no” when I brought it. LOL! Woops!!! These fun moments make me happy because this means he is developing well!






March 3
One of our most favorite people, doctors, that has been so powerful for us in our lives, especially with helping with my kids becoming their best selves!💥👏🏻🙌🏼 join us tonight!











Beautiful colorful costumes 🥰😍🎶
Bring your friends and family 🙌🏼👏🏻
$6 @7 Snowflake Highschool, starting tomorrow, this weekend and next weekend



Yay!!! Beauty and the Beast tonight 🙌🏼 #backstage


Fun at home!



March 4
What a Beautiful Memorable night! Beauty and the Beast












March 5

Angie Brooks
I want to shout out to Anna Pember Merrill and Loren Lawlor Merrill. A big thank you to you both for all the work you put into the special Olympics. Eddie has come out of his shell and been very excited about sports (besides soccer) again. You guys rock.

It gets better and better every night!!! 🎶🥀 three more shows next week -march 10, 11th and 12th

March 6
Villagers, mob, enchanted castle...




I was in charge of photography, advertising and Media

Photography/Media from Beauty and the Beast, please reach out if you would like a better quality/pixels, prints off of facebook aren't the highest quality. (quickest and easiest way to get the pictures out to the cast and their friends and family.) Isn't this cast marvelous! Just so talented!!










March 7
Charlotte, I am at a loss for words!! I realized how scared I was today for her to turn 18 because she is growing up and she is a leader! She has been a leader and such a beautiful example since she was born! And I realized today how scared I am as her mother, to lead her as my leader. I love her so much! She has so much to offer the world. I am beyond grateful to be her mother and thank her for leading and guiding me! She deserves the best birthday ever! Happy Birthday Charlotte! I was never sure she would make it to adulthood. They still don't know life expectancy or how her disease is going to effect her, but I know how courageous she is, her desire to love, to live and to serve others!! She wants Everyone to have the chance to live and to be Happier and Healthier!! YOU, Charlotte, are amazing!!!


















March 8
Happy International Women’s Day🌹You are strong, You are smart, You are talented, You are beautiful! Always keep your head up and accomplish all of your dreams ❤️🙏
“A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
Happy International
Women’s Day 💃 #letsGOOOOO
UNSTOPPABLE 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌♥️♥️♥️









March 9
More to come! Steal and share with friends and family. Three more shows! Thursday, Friday and Saturday! Come dressed up in your favorite Beauty and the Beast costumes. Loved seeing all our little Belle/princesses in the audience! Adorable!











March 10
All 91 of them are fabulous! The energy just keeps getting better and better! #madnesswiththemerrillbudz #SnowflakeHighSchool #BeautyAndTheBeast








March 11
Two more nights!! And this is the cast performing tonight! Wonderfully animated and beautifully talented! Both casts are incredible!!

Jennifer Brimhall
Your last chance to see Gideon and all his best peeps at Beauty and the Beast is at 7pm tonight! This production is so well done! Tickets are $6 at the high school. Come early to get a seat! (Thank you to Anna Pember Merrill for the fantastic photos!)








March 12
Yay!! I hope I got every cast member's picture several times!! All these courageous talented kids! Simply Amazing!



 





March 13
Ronita Campfield
Great job Special Olympics Unified Taylor/Snowflake Basketball Track-Swim-Cheer you y’all did great 👍 good job cheer for taking home the gold you are all amazing people I love you all








Christmas in the Spring with Tammy, Alex and Bradley


 

What an incredible couple days! 🙌🏼Thank you to the parents who helped coach our Special Olympics Unified Team going to state!! Congratulations on taking gold! While I stayed here and helped with the Beauty and the Beast performance🤩 And we said our final goodbyes to our dear friend and physical therapist, Cheryl Byrd. Loved getting to spend time and be close to her wonderful family. Such gratitude for the love and tears we got to share with them today and to feel of her love.







March 14

Michelle Poe
When your leadership team at the end of our team call asks to pray for Shawn Poe for his trip to Poland
🇵🇱 this week to help with the Ukrainian 🇺🇦 people … 😭
I literally couldn’t talk afterwards….
Chills✨…gratitude🙏🏼, peace ☮️ ….
We “work” with the BEST of the BEST humans on the planet 🌎. This is why I say what we do isn’t work. It’s a MISSION. People are our mission and oh my gosh…#overwhelmed ✨ #grateful #ohmygoodness
If your heart is calling you to donate 👆🙏🏼♥️🇺🇦🤩☮️… Shawn will make sure everyone is taken care of the best he can. My gosh I love this man






Wow!!! We are still coming down from a big exciting 🎶emotional ❤️crazy weekend 🤩 ended with a fun cast party at our home! I feel honored that I got to have all these amazing teenagers singing “Beauty and the Beast” songs and enjoying each other‘s company 😄 eating good food together! Thank you parents for your support.💙💙💙🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 Thanks for raising such incredible kids
They knocked it out of the park with their incredible music, beautiful voices, talented band and oh my their face expressions!!! So animated! I loved watching how they loved and supported each other on stage and backstage. They filled and overfilled the house every night! Sold out!








March 17
Leprechaun traps…. He got away! The one fun day a year my kids get lucky charms! That tricky leprechaun left a big mess😅🍀 May your luck and wishes come true!🤪 #madnesswiththemerrillbudz #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #everyonehappierandhealthier #happystpatricksday













March 19
My Sweet Caroline shared this with me today. Beautiful reminder and she is living her dreams and loving others


March 20
#findinggratitude #madnesswiththemerrillbudz We are all grateful for so many things… we couldn’t even find common ground today! Such gratitude flowing through our home…












March 22

I always enjoy the music program at the high school and these incredible choirs 🎵 bitter sweet watching Charlotte singing in the choir for the last times. I think one more to go 😞🙃 so grateful my daughters get to be part of the great music program ☺️ they love it!!




March 26 Pro 5 Summit











 
 















March 28

Hey family and friends my kids got hacked on their Instagram account and they’re also somehow sending texts out to people and it’s really messing peoples accounts up so please just report on Instagram so we can shut this down and do not respond to any links. Sorry for any frustration or inconvenience! My kids are sad if anybody knows how to get our account back that was a whole history of pictures and journaling.

The Next Day.....







March 29
….. oh the fun 🥳when your German family comes to visit and brings his girlfriend, so we can meet her🤩🙌🏼 Automatic holiday! Always a good reason to miss a little bit of school! 😅 we love “Donuts”! Sweet Caroline could never say Jonas it always came out Donuts when she was little. Ganz Tol!! #madnesswiththemerrillbudz #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #ganztol #lovedonuts❤️












March 30
#wellnesswednesday 🙏🏻It’s been a rough couple days emotionally, moments of failure as a mother, reminding myself to have grace for myself. Taking this moment to be with my family. Be in the moment, have grace for yourself and others 🙏🏻 stress and heartache can be very harmful for your health 💙💙💙 #madnesswiththemerrillbudz #everyonehappierandhealthier