This evening we hosted Lucia’s birthday party redo. She ended up being sick the first time we were going to host and luckily everyone could make it this time.
Birthday Party Redo
Happy Birthday Lucia
We sang Happy Birthday to Lucia tonight, with just our family. She didn’t go to school today, but is feeling much better.
Missing In Action
Today was Lucia’s birthday party, but we didn’t take any pictures because she was not feeling well. We still had the Hylands, Liesses, and Reagens over for dinner, but Lucia wasn’t feeling well, so it was a short night.
Neighborhood Birthday Party
The neighborhood kids put together a birthday party for Lucia in the pine tree in our street.
Colorado Visit
This past weekend we went to Colorado to spend the weekend with Andrew. He is on Fall Break at school, which lined up nicely with his birthday. We left Des Moines on Friday, picked up Andrew, and then went to Woodland Park, which is up the hill from Colorado Springs. We spent Saturday and Sunday exploring the area and then on Monday we drove Andrew back to school and headed home.
It was great to see Andrew again and get the gang back together. We all miss having him around.
Happy Birthday, Susan!
Tonight we celebrated Susan’s birthday with the Reagens and Mimi and Papa.
Birthday Weekend
This weekend we celebrated Mari’s 17th birthday and my 41st birthday. The Reagens and Mimi and Papa came over a couple of times for cake and ice cream.
Rose 7th Birthday
Today we celebrated Rose’s birthday, a day late because yesterday was a busy day.
Rose at 7 is a lot of fun. She and Lucia still spend 99% of their time together and get along extraordinarily well. Rose’s ideal schedule is waking up at 8 and going to be at 10. She likes waffles and bagels for breakfast, mac and cheese for lunch, and walking tacos for dinner. This past year she did dance and soccer, and loved the 2nd grade.
Happy Birthday 15th, Elliot
Today we celebrated Elliot’s 15th Birhday! The Reagens and Mimi and Papa came over for dinner, cake and ice cream.
Happy 9th Birthday, Lucia!
Today we celebrated Lucia’s 9th birthday. Lucia and Rose left school early and we went to Howell’s for some fun fall activities. This is the second year in a row we have done this.
Lucia is still a sweetie and joy to have around the house. She is excited and enthusiastic about school. She wakes up most days around 7:45 when someone wakes her up. Without a wake-up she would get up around 8 or 8:30. She likes toaster waffles for breakfast. Susan packs her school lunch most days, but she likes to get hot lunch a couple of days a week. When not in school, she likes reading, art, playing outside, playing ping pong – pretty much everything. She played soccer this fall and does dance (baller, tap, and hip-hop). She goes to bed at night around 9:30, but I often have to poke my head in after 10 to tell them to stop talking and go to bed.
Happy 18th Birthday, Andrew!
This evening we celebrated Andrew’s birthday with the Reagens and the Liesses.
- Wakes up around 7:40 on school days, 10 on other days.
- Runs
- Works out
- Walks around the house with his airpods in
- Goes out with his friends on the weekends.
- Plays football with his friends
- Plays ping pong with Elliot
- Likes watching sports
- Has already had 3 jobs (Fareway, Target, Chick-fil-A)
- Figuring out where to go to school next year (Xavier, Creighton, Regis)
- Stays up too late sometimes, but the problem is he doesn’t pay for it
Minneapolis Soccer Tournament
This weekend we headed to Minneapolis for a soccer tournament for Mari’s team. We watched a lot of soccer and spent a lot of time hanging out with friends.
