Proud Mom Moment

In August, when Sage and Kai were creating their invite list for their birthday party, Sage made me so proud. After he rattled off his close friends’ names, he said, “and Nathan.” I know Nathan from working at the school and know that he’s a boy with severe disabilities. Sage has known him since kindergarten.

Sage said he remembered that, last year, Nathan had written on his “All About Me” poster that his one wish was to be invited to a birthday party. Apparently in all his years, he hadn’t. We invited Nathan to the party and he had a great time! My heart was so full that Sage showed such compassion by including his special friend. It was definitely a proud mom moment.


















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Kelly Family Vacation - July 2018

In July, we enjoyed a Kelly family vacation to “The Blue House” in Panama City Beach, Florida. We spent 7 days with the whole Kelly and Frigerio family relaxing on the white sand beaches, cooling off in the clear ocean water, chatting by the pool, and family style breakfasts each day. The kids had a blast together. We even spent a day with the family of Jared’s army buddy, James in San Destin. It was a wonderful week!

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Happy 10th Birthday, Sage!

Happy 10th birthday to our witty, wise, and wonderful Sage. We love you!



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Happy 9th Birthday, Kai Bear!

Today we celebrated Kai’s 9th birthday! We started with Eddie’s Donuts for breakfast, a full day of Mosaics at school, McDonald’s lunch with his pals Oliver and Max, presents, and fun and food at Incredible Pizza. Kai got lots of love and special phone calls from his family (who he pranked with his new Whoopee Cushion). We ended the day by reading his birthday book as a family. Kai said it was the best birthday ever!

Kai at 9 continues to be awesome! He’s loud and crazy, but so much fun! He makes us laugh until we cry nearly every day. He’s also loving and kind with a big heart. He makes our days better and brighter. We love him more than all the stars in the sky!

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Six Flags 2018

Had a great afternoon/evening at Six Flags. We played in the arcade with cousins for a couple hours during the rain. Had funnel cake and ice cream for early dinner. By then, the rain stopped and we rode rides for a few more hours with no wait time at all! We each tried something new, screamed a little, and laughed til our tummies hurt. 💙 adventures with my boys!






















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Welcome to the family, Lando!

This week, we added a new member to the family, Lando. He’s a four month old rescued pup. He was described by his foster mom as a “mellow fellow.” We are enjoying him!









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School’s Out For Summer!

Yesterday, the boys celebrated the last day of school for the 2017-2018 school year.

Kai finished second grade with Mrs. Roth. Sage finished third grade with Ms. Moyes. They both learned a ton and made new friends. It was another awesome year!



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Snuggle Party

Sage just came into the living room and announced, “I’m having a snuggle party in mommy and daddy’s room. You’re all invited!” He’s almost ten years old and he still wants his nightly snuggles. I am going to enjoy this while I can knowing it won’t be long before he won’t even want to hug me.


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WOW! What a weekend!

What’s a 4 day weekend without an adventure?! On a recent 4 day weekend while Jared was in Georgia for work, the boys and I had a weekend getaway.

We started our adventure at the Strafford Safari Park. We loved seeing and feeding all the animals. Our favorites were the gentle giraffe and her baby, the crazy camels, and the lemurs. We also had a run in with the lioness. She was a little grumpy and tried to pounce on the boys while giving a ferocious roar! Thank goodness she was in a cage!

Day 2, we headed to the Wonders of Wildlife Museum and Aquarium in Springfield. It’s known as WOW for short and truly lives up to that name. It was incredible - by far, the best aquarium I’ve seen. The best parts were the hands on and up close experiences!





























After the aquarium, we headed to the lake for a quick visit with PaPa. We played sand volleyball at Captain Ron’s, caught a few keepers, and spent lots of time outside.






















We continued our adventure with a trip to Noah and Charlotte’s house. The kids played for a few hours and watched a movie before we headed home.



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“This is Fun” Hugs

I’m not sure if I’ve blogged about Kai’s “This is fun” hugs before or not. I want to make sure I have. Ever since Kai was able to walk, he’s given us “This is fun!” hugs. Whenever he was doing something enjoyable such as playing on the playground, he would spontaneously stop, run over to us, give us a quick hug, and run back to whatever he was doing. Sometimes he would say, “This is fun!” Other times, he would just smile and give a good squeeze.

The best part is, he still does it even at almost nine years old. On Friday night, we were at Captain Ron’s playing sand volleyball. Kai was with his PaPa on the other side of the net. After one play, he was laughing, stopped, ran over to my side, gave me a big hug and said, “This is fun!,” and ran back over to his side of the net. Even though it was only for a few seconds, it made my heart happy and made me remember all the other times I’ve gotten a “This is fun!” hug. It’s a moment to remember.


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