Monday, May 15th
We did Mother's Day with my Mom at the sweetest little breakfast spot in the middle of Nowhere, Northeast CT. Zip code: among the rollings hills and farmland. It's a precious place with amazing food and well-cared for house plants. It's exactly halfway between my home and Tim's home, and just 10 minutes from where my mom lives. So...it's "our spot" where we love to meet to celebrate.
Mother's Day hike with Mom, just 8 short years ago...when I used to have kids small enough to carry.
Now even the "little" kids are big enough to take on the task of setting up the trampoline. Some parental involvement ended up being necessary, but aside from a little squabbling in the beginning (I think to mostly sort out dominance and in-charge-ness), they joined forces, muscle, and brain and achieved!
Renna and I went to cheer on Gianna at her track meet. She's incredibly fast and continues to break her PR's. Her current 800m (1/2 mile) is 2:32! (7th grade!)
Not sure who actually took the picture. But it was shared in the family group chat, zoomed WAY in, jokes made, and the one who laughed the most- Trevor! He's a good sport!
Tuesday, May 16th
Progress on the trampoline- done enough for a test jump.
Taco Tuesday at the house...and all the shenanigans.
Inspired by the fact that Trevor can do a fingertip pull-up on any door frame.
Wednesday, May 17th
Colombo, Renna, and I made yet another trip to Home Depot to sort out decisions for the basement remodel. C and R wanted Blizzards on the way home. The sunset was captured by Renna. It's always a beautiful spot to see it, minus the towering power lines.
Thursday, May 18th
No picture. I was busting to get Rocco's birthday book done...as well as other things.
Friday, May 19th
Walkin' with Lisa.
Harlem's first time on the (completed) trampoline. He LOVES it!
Snuck a picture of some of Trevor's artwork he was trying to hurry and get turned in by the end of the day deadline.
The fam joined others to celebrate Jack's senior night at his baseball game. He pitched, his team won, and he hit a triple his last at-bat. He had quite the fan section- a testament to the people person he is! He had family, grandparents, girlfriend, friends, youth leaders, and three pastors there. He is well-loved and well-networked! He pours his whole self into others and serving, so it made perfect sense to see that reciprocated.
Saturday, May 20th
We attended a beautiful wedding! It's so strange that our peers are all marrying off their children! We've known the bride, Sarah, since she was born and her parents- Tim and Kerry- have been loyal friends and instrumental to our involvement and community at church. Maddy, Kelly, and Sarah grew up together with many sleepovers, birthday parties, and even vacations through the years. It was an honor to see her marry the man of her dreams (and a dream of a guy!), Anthony.
Kelly gave an amazing toast.
Meanwhile, Ninny and Papa paid their dues and covered Renna's 2nd round Cup game in the pouring rain! They won, so we are onto round 3!
Jonathan threw together a "small" get-together very last minute for Andrea's birthday. It grew a bit bigger than he had expected but they know soooo many people! It was a fun group of hockey fams, soccer fams, and other friends. Us 4 hockey moms got the memo!
Jonathan requested a cookie cake...my first time trying one. It was a hit and didn't last long!
Sunday, May 21st
We played the toughest game of the year to date. Our first non-win in two years...but still not a loss! We tied 1-1. They were also the biggest team! Wow! Big difference between 11 year olds and 12 years olds sometimes.
I love this shot because this is sooooo Renna on the field. She just plays through people, sacrifices her body, and leaves it all out on the field every game!
Lisa and Aiden came to support...that's the reason for the great pictures ;)
That night, we gathered at Mason's pick (Mexicali) for our family celebration of Mason and Rocco- our two May birthday boys.
The staff brought dessert and sang, and then our crew rolled right into the Outback birthday song.
Juliet was missing as she was in Texas for two weeks and Kelly was missing because she and her mom went to the long-awaited, much-anticipated Taylor Swift concert. For them, it was a dream come true and a core memory made.
