Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...
Samantha always likes to keep me on my toes! A few weeks ago, she came down at 7:15 in the morning asking for a french braid…actually two french braids! I’ve only french braided her hair once before and have never claimed to be good at it. But, what my baby wants, my baby gets! (I can’t promise she’ll be happy with what she gets but I gave it my best!)…
Thankfully she was very pleased. So pleased that she asked for them again the next week!
Having a girl is fun. 🙂
School picture time!! Growing up before our eyes.
Starting with Maxwell…2011 in the nursery…
2012 in Older Toddlers…
2013 in the Twos…
2014 in the Threes (good hair day! ha!)…
2015 in the Fours (this one was a winner!)…
2016 in Kindergarten…
2017 in 1st Grade…
2018 in 2nd Grade…
2019 in 3rd grade…
2020 in 4th grade…
2021 in 5th grade! Handsome!
2022 with Big Man on Campus 6th grader in his coat and tie…
At the Junior High in 7th grade…
and now 8th grade!
On to Spencer…
He started off strong in 2013 in the nursery….
Then we didn’t get one from Older Toddlers in 2014 because he wouldn’t sit for the photographer. Oh Spencey!
2015 in the Twos (such a cheerful smile)…
2016 in the Threes showed major improvement! Love that little smile!
We also got a belly laughing Spencer…
2017 in the Fours – with a new scar on his cheek!
2018 in Kindergarten…
2019 in 1st grade…
2020 in 2nd grade…
2021 in 3rd grade…So cute!
2022 in 4th! A winning smile!
Then 5th grade! Keeping the blue collar shirt streak alive!
and now he’s the big man on campus in his coat and tie in 6th grade!
Now, on to Samantha…
2016 in Older Toddlers…
2017 in the Twos…(how badly do I want to fix the rubber band in her hair?!)
2018 in the Threes…
2019 in 4K…
2020 in Kindergarten…
2021 in 1st grade…Cutest ever!!
still just as cute in 2022 in 2nd grade…
and, yep, still cute in 2023 in 3rd grade…
and now the cutest 4th grader ever!
Love to watch them grow!
We never properly celebrated Maxwell’s birthday back in August…so why not do it in November?! I booked a hibachi chef to come to the house and cook for him and a crew of friends outside. Of course I had to make it a little themed and decorated!
Even my drinks were on theme!
The birthday boy was too busy for a pic but this guy wasn’t!
The chef was great, the food was fantastic and it was the best way to celebrate Maxwell!
Happy belated birthday to my favorite 14 year old!
Last week the kids were out of school on Monday for Veterans Day so I took Spencer and some of his buddies to Activate…I can be the fun mom sometimes!
Maxwell actually went to Activate with some friends too and also played bartender at his friend’s sister’s birthday party!
Samantha had a friend spend the night and also got to do a little pre-Christmas wish list making up at the tennis shop! Lots of Lululemon on her list!
Gonna be a great week!
Samantha had another fun season of fall soccer! Spirit was back in full force and played great. Samantha continues to be a total baller with her footwork and soccer skills. She plays her position of striker very well! They won most of their games…but couldn’t ever take down their nemesis Lightning Lions! Maybe next season! Lots of action shots from the season…
Of course, soccer is fun because she’s doing it with her buddies!
At the end of the season we did a mother v. daughter soccer game. I must admit I was kind of dreading it but it ended up being pretty fun…and hard! Soccer is a workout! We ended the game tied 1-1 so went to a shoot out. Each team got two kicks. Bonnie made two incredible stops as goalie for the girls to block the mom’s shots. Then Emmy knocked one in for the girls to win. I’m glad they won because those girls can be sore losers!! ha!
Proud of my #9!
Love this team!
Go Spirit!