Mari made this cool art piece this year in her 3-d foundations course.
Susan with Mari’s Hair
This is the kind of thing that happens around our house.
Christmas Lights
Mari always insists on doing the roof work and Lucia and Rose like to join her on the roof. Mari wants to do the high part above the driveway, but after doing it myself the first year we lived here, no more.
Cross Country Banquet
Only Runner
Elliot was our only runner at the conference cross country meet this afternoon. It has been a rough season for all our kids because we have had several colds and Mari has been dealing with an abdominal strain, or something of that sort. We all had a cold in September that I know took me a while to recover from. Elliot had the cold and Andrew is still coughing and unable to run. Hopefully everyone can get healthy and have a strong finish to the season.
Homecoming
Andrew and Mari went to Valley High School’s homecoming dance today.
September sports
August 2021
Working on the deck railing 
Bike ride for Rob’s birthday 
Patio planning 
Andrew Senior Pictures 
Andrew Senior Pictures 
Senior Picture Moms 
Ian and Andrew 
Night Swimming 
Coloring at Elsie’s 
Mari and Hope 
Ice Cream 
Crushed rock for the patio 
Mini Golf 
Triathlon 
Susan and Rob in the pool 
State Fair 
Working on the patio 
Lemonade Stand 
XC Campout 
XC Camput 
Elliot first day of school (9) 
Mari first day of school (10) 
Andrew first day of school (12) 
Lucia and Rose first day of school (3,1) 
At the bus stop 
They got on the wrong bus the first day of school, and went to the wrong school 
Andrew at first XC meet 
Elliot at first XC meet
July 2021
Gray’s Lake 
Lucia getting her ears pierce 
Working on the deck 
Clive Festival 
Deck Stairs 
Giant Waterslide 
Giant Waterslide 
Our pool is not the right color 
Garden Vegetables 
Fireworks at the Anhalt’s 
Worlds of Fun 
Froghopper 
Dance Party 
Mary, Mari, and Luke went on the giant swing.
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.
Happy Birthday Mari!
It was a low-key birthday for Mari this year because there is a lot going on. The Reagens are out of town and soccer is still in full swing as Mari’s team preps for a tournament this weekend.
Mari turned 16 this year and is already driving herself to school and some other school-related places. She gets up around 6:30 and school days and we wake her up around noon on off-days. She likes to play soccer, read, and spend time on her phone. Her favorite app is TikTok. She watches some shows including Grey’s Anatomy and Outer Banks. For Friday night pizza she insists on Papa John’s. I think she goes to bed around 2 when there is not school.
The rest of May
I have been woefully behind on the blog. I decided that to catch up I would just do a few posts that cover entire months. Here comes May. . .
