Family – Page 43

Valentine Program

February 13, 2017

Happy Monday! Spencer’s school did a little Valentine Program and art show for the grandparents to come and visit (and give money!). It was super cute and I loved getting to see Spencer up on stage again! We got lucky and he had a little solo at the beginning so was front and center…

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He was ready to shake those maracas!

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Well, until it actually came time to shake them! Ha! He was much better at tapping sticks and did great singing and giving me a thumbs up!

We were so glad Granddaddy and Lou Lou could make it up for the program!

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Spencer was very proud of his art…

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and we were very proud of him!

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Love this little guy!

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Happy almost Valentine’s Day!

Oh Two-dles!

February 2, 2017

We celebrated Samantha’s birthday last weekend with a perfectly pink Minnie Mouse party! Maxwell suggested the idea of a Minnie party and I thought it sounded just right!

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Samantha was wearing pink, of course, and was ready to party!

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The house had plenty of decorations, including some impressive Minnie Mouse drawings by Maxwell!

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We had family over for lunch and cake – and plenty of cousin fun! We were so grateful to have LuLu, Granddaddy, baby Margaret, Jenny, Ronnie, Katie, Anna, GJ and Daddo there to help us celebrate! I was so happy to get this good shot of the kids with my parents (I say Samantha’s big smile cancels out Spencer’s sour face. ha!)…

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although this shot is probably more realistic and made me laugh! 🙂

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Everyone had fun chatting and playing…

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and then we put on our (too tight!) party hats…

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and had a great lunch (Ousler’s, fruit, deviled eggs, salad with walnuts and apples, and chips) followed by the very best cake from Olexa’s!

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Samantha did pretty good at blowing out her candles!

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Favorite pic of the day right here…

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Everyone enjoyed the cake. It was so, so good!

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It was then time for presents! Baby had plenty of help getting everything open!

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She got some really fun stuff including a Sit N Spin, a tutu, a remote controlled Minnie car, a singing Elsa doll, a doctor kit, and a princess dress! What a lucky little girl! I’d say she loved it all – and loved dressing up and dancing with Elsa and GJ! 🙂

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What a fun day getting to celebrate the TWO-riffic birthday girl!

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Happy birthday Samantha!

More Florida

January 11, 2017

We had a nice stay in Naples with plenty of time to go to the pool…

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(Samantha looks like a little figure skater! ha!)

and the beach!

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We only lasted about 15 minutes on the beach before the boys started asking to go up to the pool! Not surprised! Of course, there was also time for breakfast at Skillets…

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playing outside…

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plenty of good food…

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and, when the temps dropped a little, movies! We saw Sing and Rouge One. Both really good! I promised to take the boys to get ice cream after Sing and, note to self, take something other than your Amex with you to the ice cream shop because you can’t pay with that! Luckily Robert drove up with cash and saved the day!

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Overall, it was a lot of fun…

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and Robert and I loved getting to spend quality time with our 3 favorite people…

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Unfortunately, the week came to an end so we had to hug everyone goodbye…

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and make our way back to the airport to head home.

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It was a great trip and we can’t wait to go back! Bye bye!

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See you tomorrow!

FL or bust!

January 10, 2017

After Christmas we had one day at home to play with new toys (yay!), get all the Christmas decorations put up (ugh!), and apparently get strep throat (double ugh!). Yes, by Christmas night Maxwell was in tears because his throat hurt so bad and when the fever came too, I knew it was strep. We were up at the doctor first thing the morning of the 26th and got that strep positive test! So thankful we had a day at home to rest and start a round of bubblegum medicine!

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I was also pretty proud of myself for getting the tree down and ALL the inside decorations put up that day. I knew I wasn’t going to want to come home from the trip to a decorated house so I made myself get it done. Check check!

By the morning of the 27th, we were feeling good and ready to head to sunny Florida!

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