"Being a family means you are part of something wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life. No matter what." ~Author Unknown



Monday, May 11, 2015

Eighty Years

Mark’s dad turned 80 this year, and you just have to have a party!  We did an open house and invited family and friends from then and now.  Going through pictures for his slideshow was so fun.  They show a life of travel, parties, and fun. 

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Recovering from Polio

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Wedding Day

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This seems to be his “look”.

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No words.

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Lots of fishing pictures!

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That’s little Mark on the end.

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Mark and I twinning.

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This seems like forever ago, and yet I can’t believe it’s been 16 years.

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This was the last Christmas we had Mark’s mother with us.

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We ended up with over 200 pictures in a slideshow spanning his life.  It was great fun for everyone to watch!

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We had the party at his place, and they did a great job.  Everything was done for us!  Food, bar, coffee, cake. 

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The room filled up quickly and stayed full to the end.

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This is Al.  Mark and his son Jeff used to cut lawns.  Al has kept their sign all these years!

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It was impossible to get pictures with everyone, but I tried at the end!

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It was a great day, and Covert thoroughly enjoyed himself!  It’s a real testament to who he is to have so many great people show up for him.

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End of Cheer, Start of Cheer

Cheer has an odd season.  It ends in mid-March, and starts back up the beginning of May.  At the end of April we had a banquet to celebrate.  The kids were allowed to swim first, and of course Sof swam her heart out with her buddies. 

The banquet theme was superhero!  They had a wonderful presentation of awards and gifts, with dinner and dancing after.

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Sof loves our neighbor Peyton!  She sticks to her like glue!

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These two are such good buddies!  I hope they are always on the same team!

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Some of the moms and kids:)

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We had a great time celebrating a great season!  The next morning was try outs for the new season, and we’re back in the grind already!  Both girls are happy with their new teams, and we’re looking forward to the new year. 

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Lost Tooth

Sof has been waiting for literally years to lose a tooth.  She’s been telling me forever that her tooth is loose.  One day back in March, it finally really was.  It stayed wiggly for weeks, and I wasn’t in any hurry for it to fall out.  Then I noticed the adult tooth was growing in behind it.  EWWWW.  It finally came out a few weeks ago, and I was good with it.

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So much for the cute toothless grin she should have.  The tooth is already there, and the one next to it is growing in too!

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Bedtime was easy that night.  Can’t risk being awake and having the tooth fairy pass  by! 

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She came and left a note with 3 gold dollars!  Lucky Sof!

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Pretty sure we’ll be getting another visit soon.  That other bottom tooth is ready!

April

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We had some beautiful weather in April.  IMG_4262

Mrs. Winters had a birthday and Sof wanted to bring her a present.  She made a card, and put 25 cents and a littlest pet shop elephant in a Pandora bag.  I debated on whether to warn Barb that her gift was in a deceiving bag!  Sof was so excited though!

She got to crack an egg during cooking that day at school too.  That was a big deal!

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Speaking of baking, Lexi had “cooking” class with Sof and Allie after school one day.

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It was so cute how the girls followed her directions:)

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The weather inspires ice cream stops with friends after school.

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I love sun in the morning, this sunshiny girl, and no coats with cute spring clothes.

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Spring picture day…she loves this dress.  She wants to wear it everyday!  Lucky for her it was warm enough on picture day!

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It was overall a beautiful month, but we had a handful of rainy, and even snowy, days!

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Random messing around with yoga poses…

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Sof had a camping event with her Daisy troop.  When we signed up the troop leader informed me that I didn’t have to buy the vest, but that only 4 out of the 24 hadn’t.  I obviously declined.  There is only 5 meetings this year, and then it’s over.  If the schedule works and we can participate next year, I will buy the vest.  I just can’t see buying it for 5 meetings.  I believe all the other mother’s caved, so we’re the only ones.  I’m not really the caving type though, so Sof might as well get used it!

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We celebrated Kaitlyn’s 9th birthday with dinner out.  Olivia had to leave early for dance, but she was there!IMG_4628IMG_4630IMG_4638

A few days later I took her and Lexi to see Annie at a local theater.  One of my former students was performing in it.

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We had to do dinner first of course!

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Adrienne got to play Elsa again for a special Frozen themed camp at the studio.

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Mark’s Aunt Monnie and Uncle Jack were in town from Florida, and we were able to see them for dinner one night.  They are really amazing, still traveling even though Uncle Jack is over 90!

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Sof won some glow in the dark bubbles at her school’s “Daddy and Me” bingo night.   

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Finally, on April 27, little Paige decided to enter the world.  She’s darling and smushy and I wish I could kiss her face off.

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New life is all sorts of wonderful.