I was on a hiatus from blogging after my Blogger app on my phone stopped working on my phone. Long story short, I fell out of the habit blogging and poor GG had to search high and low for pictures of my for my 38th birthday card. Sorry G.G.
Here's a brief update since fall.
The kids got older and bigger
Laura is embracing her artistic talents
Sam was in basketball, wrestling, & soccer
The kids had fabulous teachers this year in school
I started writing a children's book called The Silent E Speaks
I taught a morphology class with two other Ankeny teachers
Eric has a new role at Deere (I can't remember the official title)
We had a surprise retirement party for GG (she was really surprised)
Sam got second place overall (and 1st place for his age group) in the Long Grove Strawberry Stampede. He was so confused why he got a first place trophy when he really came in second
I'm sure forgot some important events but those were the main highlights since the fall. I'm uploading some pictures of the highlights as well.
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| Hooray for summer! |
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| I asked Laura, "Did your art teacher teach you how to draw like that?" Laura's response, "No Mom, I'm an artist." |
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| Post Dam to Dam race |
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| Building a fort with Grandma |
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| Even though we surprised GG on her last day teaching at school, she STILL had popsicles on hand for all the grandchildren. |
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| Sam's trophy says first place... |
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| But he really got second place. |
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| Jayson really likes Eric. |
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| Maisie reading Goose Bumps aloud to Laura & Molly. |
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| Laura doesn't need glasses, she's wearing these for fashion. |
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| Teaching big kids. |
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| Father's Day hike |
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| Sam took a picture of me while at tennis camp. My summer look, hat and pony tail. |
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| We love watermelon! |
