How is it JUNE already? Last year time stood still. This year is doing double time.
Here’s what we were up to in May:
Luke turns SEVEN!
My baby! 
Who remembers playing Parachute games. 
His super cute cake made by Target bakery!
Eat the Rainbow: Strawberries and Raspberries, Carrots and Peppers, Banana slices, Sugar Snap Peas and Kiwi fruit, Blueberries and Grapes. A mandarin orange is the sun.
Eating the rainbow!
I’m having a hard time believing my baby is 7, but he promises me it’s true. We had an old-school backyard birthday. We invited the neighbors over for pizza, cake, and backyard games. It was so much fun. Click here to read about some of the games we played.
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Wrigley’s World
It’s a RUFF life! 
It’s a face off
Wrigley loves getting wet! 
Just like Luke, Wrigley is growing FAST!
He wants to play fetch, all day every day! He also LOVES the water – getting wet and muddy is his hobby – which is not annoying at all.
We took him to the dog park for the first time. We enjoyed watching all the dogs play!
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Mother’s Day Memories
Clark loved his first brunch
Ted gave me flowers, all the boys made me a picture, and we took them to their first ever brunch. They loved it as much as I did.
Brunch highlights:
- Luke was full for the first time in his life. I mean, he usually says he’s full, but that’s because he doesn’t want to finish his dinner. This time he could choose everything he wanted to eat and LOVED it.
- Paul asked if the server writes down everything he takes from the bunch to charge us at the end.
- Clark ate til he was full, then came back with a full plate and asked the server for a to-go box. She gave him one and he was SO excited to get to take some yummy food home with him.
- The boys asked if we could do this on every Mother’s Day, and on my birthday too. 🙂
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George’s Creation
George made some artwork for his room. He picked the background, the verse, and put them together and made this:
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Four boys in Five Sports
Paul in his football gear 
George running track 
Clark with his eye on the ball 
Luke hitting the ball 
Luke in his uniform 
George and a couple friends between races
- George is in Track
- Clark is in soccer and taking a football clinic
- Paul is in soccer and taking a football clinic
- Luke is in T-Ball
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Other highlights:
At the park, a man who earned a full football scholarship to Rutgers, spent a few minutes working with Paul and Clark. I’m grateful for other adults who invest in my kids.
You know you’ve been married a long time when you start to dress alike without planning it.:
Paul and his buddy on the hunt for Morel Mushrooms:
Luke at school, reading and chatting with a friend:
We spent lots of time on the pond behind our house:
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What we watched:
We watched TWO excellent family-friendly movies on Netflix: The Mitchell’s Vs. Machines and Blue Miracle
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What I’m loving:
These popsicles from the Dollar Tree are SO good on a hot day!
Anyone else use a silk pillowcase? It’s supposed to better for your skin and is so nice to sleep on. I love mine!
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What I’ve been listening to:
Click here to listen to a great episode of the Happy Hour with Louie Giglio.
Click here to listen to an amazing podcast with John Eldridge and Annie F. Downs about how the pandemic affected men and women differently, and how we can come out of the pandemic in a healthy way! I loved it!
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A peek back into history
My grandfather Hobart earning his doctoral degree. My mom is the littlest girl in this picture – she’s wearing a purple dress and has glasses.
My grandma June and my mom. Mom was pregnant with my older sister Kara here. Kara had a birthday in May! Happy birthday Kara!
My grandfather loved photography and captured this picture of my grandma, aunts and mom. My mom is the little one and looks just like my niece Evelynn.
For a review of the books I read in May, click here.
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