May Things + Tennis Banquet

We're so glad the weather is finally nice!

I loved this note. :) It gave me such a sweet chuckle and made me wish they could stay little forever.

Dana in all his yardwork glory.

Last Friday I celebrated 20 years at my job!

Throwin' in back to old country.

Clara's class did a caterpillar project and just the other day released the butterflies that made it all the way through to that stage.

Last night was a tennis banquet at Brynn's school. It was a potluck dinner with awards and a slide show. I enjoyed meeting the coaches and putting some faces to names I've heard Brynn mention. I can't believe the season is over already! The team did really well!

Brynn was one of the managers and Brooklyn played.

One of the girls brought Capri-Suns for the potluck. haha. Love this picture.

Poor Clara came down with a nasty case of croup on Monday and stayed home from school again today. She got some good rest so hopefully she'll get a good night's sleep tonight and be able to go back to school tomorrow.

It was a bit of a windy, chilly night on our side-by-side ride tonight.

Brynn putting in the work on her Invisalign. Turns out they aren't any less painful than braces. :-/

Comments

theweckerlys said…

Love Clara's note, aw. That picture of Dana with the weed eater is gold. Congrats again on 20 years! What a fun celebration! I'm glad you were allowed to go to the tennis banquet, ha. I hope Clara is feeling better, poor thing! Same for Brynn and her teeth!

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