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March 26, 2019

Last summer we ended up getting some new neighbors – GJ and Daddo! The house directly behind us went on the market and, even though they weren’t planning on buying a house here, the situation was too perfect to resist! With them right next door, it made sense to finally do something to our backyard so we could connect the two houses and clean up all the unusable parts of our yard. Here are the befores:

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Some pics during…

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See that pole up there? Yea, that pole delayed our project by several weeks because we could NOT get the comcast people out to remove it. It was the most frustrating part of the entire process.

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There was a lot of dirt around for a long time and, yes, this is when we had our awesome mud party!

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and the afters! We gutted out an entire area of yard that was nothing but poison ivy and sticks and put in an awesome parking pad. Now we’ll have plenty of space for 16 year old drivers to park their car someday! πŸ™‚ We also took out the beds and put down more sod, got rid of the falling down fence, and put up an entrance between our yard and GJ and Daddo’s new house! We have a gate that we will hang there eventually, but it’s nice for the kids right now to just have it open.

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We love our new backyard…and our new neighbors!

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I got nothing

March 12, 2019

I got nothing for you today so here’s a picture of me and Robert from our anniversary in January…

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I know, I know…back to the cute kids tomorrow! I promise!

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Stuff

March 8, 2019

TGIF! Some stuff around here lately…

Samantha with her class at school…

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and topped off for hat day!

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Maxwell had a fun boy scout hike…

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Spencer’s class won a pizza party so he got to wear pjs and take a stuffed animal to school…

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and he also had a “dress like a Dr. Seuss character” day and we were pretty proud to borrow this Grinch shirt for an easy dress up!

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This came home in sweet Spencey’s bag…

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Love him. I guess Robert makes dinner right after he wipes Samantha’s bottom every day! haha!

Have a great weekend!

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Doughnuts with Dad

March 4, 2019

Robert got to go up to class with Samantha on Friday morning for Doughnuts with Dad!

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Are they the cutest or what?!

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Look at her hugging him. Cutest ever!

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Also, I’m just going to leave this here as maybe one of my very favorite things I’ve ever read…

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Oh yea. Robert has skills!! Ha! Her teacher said she was as serious as she could be with her answers and didn’t hesitate at all. Love her!!

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Red Devils

February 19, 2019

Maxwell’s basketball season finished up a few weeks ago and what a FANTASTIC season it was! I’d say it was largely thanks to his awesome coach – Robert! These guys played so hard and improved a ton over the course of the season. They were aggressive (really aggressive! I would compare 2nd grade basketball to wrestling in some games! ha!) and had great attitudes all season. They lost some but won more and ended the season with a record of 8 and 4.

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They played incredibly well in the tournament and made it all the way to the Final Four where they had to go up against the only undefeated team in the league. It was a great game and our team held their own. Unfortunately, they had a heartbreaking loss by only 2 points. So tough but they played their hearts out and I was so proud of all of them – Coach included!!

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L to R: Tripp, Joseph, Crawford, Henry, Owen, Maxwell, and Spencer

Go Red Devils!!

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