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February Recap

Brynn made some cute little clay creations.

Clara competed with her car in the Pinewood Derby for Scouts.


The next day Clara had her second swim meet for the Red Dragons at Brynn's HS. Brynn put together this treat bucket for her. 💓

I'm not sure if that's her in the water there as I thought this was a photo of her when I uploaded it, but I think it was a video and it took a still of that. ha. Anyhow, she did quite well this meet, so that was exciting.


Clara was invited to join the spring session of the robotics league at school. They are still working to finalize a couple more (adult) engineer volunteers so that they can move forward.

We had Clara's friends over to watch the Super Bowl and had some nachos.

Clara doing laundry.

Clara had her crossing over ceremony to a full scout from a cub scout.





The last group the scouts are in before they cross over is called Arrow of Light, so they were presented each with an arrow, the number of bands signifying how many years they've been in scouts.



Love this old photo of Grandma Dorothy (aka Grandma D aka Hottie Dottie) my mom shared with Tessa and me.

My parents' cat, Ninja, bellied up to the table for a snack. Hehe - she's so cute.

Last Friday we headed down to Florida where Holly and Kevin spend January and February in a condo they rent.

They rented a house right on the beach, and also right across from their condo, for all of us to stay in. The house was super nice and the beach and water were beautiful. We were celebrating Holly's 70th birthday which was February 4th.







The nighttime view from our window.








Holly gave Clara these heatless curlers for Valentine's Day and Brynn was helping her with them.













Holly and Kevin's condo complex has a heated pool and hot tub so we were able to use that as well.







Happy birthday, Holly! Thanks for having all of us!

Brynn warming up with some coffee back at home with a mug she painted at Clay Your Way.















Comments

Tessa said…
Clara, I feel you on the laundry! The house and the beach in Florida look fabulous!
February 23, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Amanda Lamm said…
Oh my gosh, the tiny clay creations Brynnie! Congratulations to you Clara! And what a beautiful picture of Grandma D. Hello to Ninja!
February 25, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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