Mother's Day was a lovely affair this year. The kids worked hard to make breakfast for us and Grammer and Pops. Ben cut the strawberries and handled the toast, Evie made scrambled eggs and Maggie made French toast. My mom and I went to pick out some flowers afterward (my happy place) and then we visited with the Donoghues later in the day!
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| A beautiful day! |
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| Hard at work |
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| Happy Mother's Day, Grandma! |
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| Mother and son |
Maggie has had several orchestra concerts this year, and continues to improve on the viola! She did a great job at their last concert.
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| We were kind of far away to zoom in... |
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| Proud of our girl |
As a 5th Grader, Evie had a lot of special events for the end of her time at elementary school.
Soccer is done for all three kids! Maggie thinks this might have been her last season playing in rec, but is thinking about training to be a referee next fall. Evie tried out for premier again and is on the black team next year. Ben had a great season and still loves it, will continue playing next year!
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| Students vs. Staff basketball game - a lot of fun! |
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| Sweaty but happy |
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| Evie's promotion ceremony - officially a 6th grader now! |
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| Proud of our smart and sassy girl |
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| Friends |
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| Squirt gun party to celebrate! |
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| Evie's chalk art |
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| I remember visiting this spot when she was getting ready for 1st grade here, how scary and new it all seemed |
Last day of school! Each year seems to get a little harder to juggle work and family, so I was counting down the days this year - looking forward to some downtime this summer!
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| First day of 1st grade |
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| Last day of 1st grade |
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| First day of 5th grade |
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| Last day of 5th grade |
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| First day of 7th grade |
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| Last day of 7th grade |
Soccer is done for all three kids! Maggie thinks this might have been her last season playing in rec, but is thinking about training to be a referee next fall. Evie tried out for premier again and is on the black team next year. Ben had a great season and still loves it, will continue playing next year!
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| Last day of rec soccer! |
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| Ben's team |
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| Grammer and Pops came to watch! |
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| I love this picture |
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| Do not mess with Evie on defense |
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| Last game with Coach MJ |
Some others:
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| I organized a tour of the wastewater treatment plant - super gross, but super cool too! |
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| Went to the Piston's playoff game along with Dustin and his friend... |
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| Sadly it was the worst blowout of all time... I need to stop going to important games |
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| Ice cream after soccer, such ladies |
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| Red, White and Blue day at school! |
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| Fifty Nifty United States! |
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| First pool swim, Maple is here to protect (or just run around the pool barking) |
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| Chilly swim |
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| Ghetto s'mores on the stove |
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| Took Ben to our Memorial Day parade since my other kids were too tired to get going |
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| Fun with friends! |
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| Can't stop won't stop |
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| Laser Edge officially closed this weekend - this is where Jamie and I met, and he had to go see the murals he painted as a teenager one more time |
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| He put a holly bush in the intergalactic space scene just for me |
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| Gotta play |
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| The start of summer |
