As expected, we were able to have Grandma Ria come visit us again this June. Every year the whole family looks forward to her arrival with great anticipation. This year did not fail us. We had another fantastic visit. We kept very busy. We managed to make it up to South Fork campground for our …
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Playin’ a little soccer!
This year we decided to sign both Ellie and Drew up for a soccer team with all their little buddies (ages 3-5). Four of the eight players were three years old so it was interesting to say the least. Ben, a good friend of ours, generously offered to be the coach of these little rascals …
Preschool Graduation
We are closing another chapter in Drew’s life. He has completed preschool at Bear Hollow and will be heading to kindergarten in the fall. He has really enjoyed his time with Miss Molly and has grown so much in the last eight months. I can’t, however, pretend that he isn’t super excited to start school …
Preschool at the Zoo
Drew is in Bear Hollow Preschool. For their final field trip of the year, they headed to the Hogle Zoo. I partnered up with my good friends Claire and Emily, who also have children at the preschool, and arranged for all of us to be together. This allowed us to see all the sites, but …
Plymouth FC
Megan has been playing D1 soccer for Plymouth Football Club over the past year. Her coach, Adam Lockyer, has turned my dear daughter into a soccer fanatic. He has been a fantastic coach and she has excelled so much under his instruction. It is so fun to watch her and her team play. Unfortunately, the …
Great American Challenge, Take 2
Megan is in the A.L.L. (accelerated learning lab) program this year. At the beginning of the school year Megan’s teacher, Miss Louw, told the students about the “Great American Challenge.” She told them it was strictly optional. She went on further to say that those kids that did it would be rewarded. There were a …
Tulip Festival
We braved the crowds last week and went to Thanksgiving Point to see the tulips at the Tulip Festival. It is a yearly tradition that we make with my in-laws but due to scheduling conflicts, we went with friends this year. As always, the flowers were amazing. It is such a beautiful place to visit. …
Spelling Bee 2013
And folks, we have another fantastic speller in our family! As you have probably read in years past, Jake has participated and done well in several spelling bees. Megan was hesitant to participate for fear she wouldn’t do as well as Jake has done, but she was wrong. She did great! She came in at …
Happy 7th Birthday Claire!
Our “not-so” little Claire turned seven in April. She had a small family party on her birthday, but later the next week celebrated with TWENTY of her friends. Needless to say, I wasn’t expecting quite so many kiddos to come, but thrilled everyone wanted to come and spend time with Claire on her special day. …
Somebody got a haircut!
Nearly five inches cut off and Claire has a new hairdo! Although I was a little hesitant to let her cut off so much length and get bangs, I have to say it turned out pretty darn cute!
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