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Graduation

May 23, 2016

Maxwell’s preschool graduation was on Thursday of last week and it was as sweet as could be! He was all dressed up for the day and looking sharp!

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He had a whole host of people there to watch him graduate – GJ, Susan, Lulu, Granddaddy, and obviously me and Robert. Samantha also got to get dressed up and go with us…

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I smartly chose to put her in the nursery for the graduation ceremony. This was my first time leaving her and apparently she didn’t like it…at all. I think she cried the entire time we were gone. Oh well! I was really glad Miss Wiggle Worm wasn’t with us in the church!

Luckily we had won reserved seats at the front of the church in the Street Party drawing so we could actually see Maxwell throughout the ceremony. What we saw was him standing perfectly still. I mean, perfectly still. He moved his lips to sing but that was about it! My little statue! I asked him later that night if he was nervous up there and he said “no” and then I asked him why he was standing so still and not moving to the music at all and he said, “We were supposed to stand still!” Well, he’s got a point! Maxwell is nothing if not a rule follower!  🙂

Here’s the link to the whole ceremony if you have lots of free time: Graduation 2015/2016

The ceremony was very sweet and the video they showed only made me tear up a few times! A great day all around. It’s so hard to believe his time at IPC is over after 5 fantastic years. Maxwell sure has had a wonderful year with Ms. Edwards…

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Now we can’t wait for the kindergarten adventures to begin!

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graduation

After the ceremony, everyone came over to our house for a quick lunch and a little celebration of the graduate!

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A special day for a special little boy!!!

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Spectators

May 12, 2016

Playing baseball is fun…watching baseball is maybe not as much fun. At least not when you’re 1 and 3!! I had my work cut out for me entertaining Spencer and Samantha during practices and games this t-ball season. But, we made it. Luckily we had some extra spectators with us for the final game to help entertain the crew. We love getting to see baby Margaret!

This is how it all looked from the cheap seats…

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I’d say Maxwell had some pretty good cheerleaders up in the stands! Goooooo A’s!

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Mother’s Day

May 10, 2016

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – it’s good to be momma around here! I had all sorts of fun treats waiting for me on Sunday morning…

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My crew sure does know how to spoil me. 🙂

After breakfast we loaded up and drove down to Montgomery for lunch with Robert’s family. The boys were super excited to see their cousins and we had a wonderful time.

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I tried to get a pic or two of Samantha in her cute dress (that Susu nicely hemmed for her!) but she wasn’t having it…

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she wanted to get inside…

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and eat!

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Once that food got in her mouth she was a happy camper the rest of the day! We had a great brunch and got lots of good pictures of the family!

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The whole gang!

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After lunch, we went over to Ronnie and Jenny’s for a while and got in a nice, long visit!

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We then got in the (very hot!) car to drive home and Spencer started melting down because he wanted shade. So, I made some shade for him….

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Funny boy.

It was a great day with some of my favorite people!

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Happy Mother’s Day!

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Mother’s Day

May 6, 2016

Momma, Susu, GJ, Lulu, Mrs. Susan…they all mean mother to us! Sending lots of love to our favorite mommas….

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GJ

We’re so lucky to have you all and love you VERY much!!!

I get to be Momma to the 3 best kids around. I even got to go to school yesterday for muffins with Maxwell where I saw the portrait he drew of me…

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Pretty spot on with the hair and striped shirt!  🙂

I sure do love this awesome big kid…

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This funny little boy…

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and this sweet baby girl.

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Happy Mother’s Day!

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Lightning Bolts

April 13, 2016

The Lightning Bolts – that might be the new name of Spencer’s soccer team. He and I still vote for the Mighty Lions but we’ll see what the winner is next week! It was a good Sunday at the soccer field. Spencer loved the warmup part of soccer most – especially getting to play red light, green light!

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Look at his face! He’s having a ball!

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The yellow team had plenty of sibling helpers around…

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Including one very cute little sister!

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Spencer was showing off his skills during practice…

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and having fun with his new teammates.

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It was then time for the game and he had some great moves out on the field. He hustled after the ball and played hard!

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He then got bumped on the head and ultimately decided he’d rather play off to the side with Maxwell and the other siblings. We’re working on understanding that you can’t just bail in the middle of your game to go do something else!  🙂 As Coach Robert said, “he did better than last game and that’s all we can ask!” Exactly. This game was an improvement over the last one and I’m proud of him for getting out there!

What made this game even more special? We had the best cheerleader on the sidelines!

gj and spencer

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We love soccer even more when GJ gets to come! yay!

Go Mighty Lion Lightning Bolts!

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