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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Kai’s First Baseball Game

Kai wanted to try baseball this year. He’s doing great considering he hasn’t played since Tball when he was 4. Yesterday was his first game. He played mostly first base, and a little bit of shortstop and centerfield. He batted 4th in the lineup and got on base every time. He had three singles, a double, and a triple! Go, Kai!

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All District Art Show

Sage had two pieces of art selected for the All District Art Show. We are so proud!









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