We've had a busy month! We finally closed on the fixer upper we've had our eyes on since the Spring! It's on our favorite historic street in Richmond and it's blocks away from Veritas! Halleluiah! No more hours wasted in the car driving across town to and from school. We are so happy that we have found the school and community that we want to help us raise our children, we've found our "Forever Home" and after nearly 10 years, Richmond is finally feeling like home. We won't be moving in for over a year, but when we do Doug and I hope to stay there until we are old and grey, waiting for our grandbabies to come and visit!
Our Fixer Upper
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| She needs some TLC, but when we are done with her she will be our family's "Forever Home!" |
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| The historic entrance to our beautiful, tree lined, one-way street! |
First and Third Grade Are Off To A Great Start!
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| Hangin' around after school! |
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| Avery wanted to stay in Mrs. Garrett's class with Lainey for the day! |
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| Nothing makes me happier than seeing this joyful face with her sweet new friends at school! |
Book Worms!
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| They are reading All. The. Time! I LOVE IT!! |
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| No joke, they are already smarter than me! (one night of homework) |
Piano Lessons with Ms. Hofma
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| Killing time before piano lessons is just as fun! Especially when milkshakes are involved! |
Afterschool Art Class
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| Lainey was not happy to see the "paparazzi" during art class! |
Mrs. Garrett's Surprise Readers
Back to School Night
"Not My Carseat Again Mommy!!"
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| Hours in the car has Caleb like.... |
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| At least I have cute company during my 3-4 hours in the car each day! |
Our Busy Little Buddy
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| Nothing is safe in this house anymore!!! |
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| Fashion first, pants later. Priorities people. |
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| I can't even. He is just too cute! |
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| Seriously. Mama never gets an "alone" moment!! |
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| Sister support for one adorable haircut client! |
Hanging at Gigi and Babu's
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| Their two favorite things about their weekend getaway in the woods....playing outside in Gigi and Babu's fabulous yard, |
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| and the crafting room! (Babu's "Manfort" is looking a little less "manly" lately!) |
Meet the Teacher for Avery and Caleb
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| Showing Baby Bro to his classroom, the Orange Room with Mrs. Christine and Mrs. Debbie. (Both fantastic teachers that Hailey, Lainey and Avery all had!) |
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| Caleb was instantly drawn to the "fishies!" |
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| Caleb made Avery's meet the teacher less conducive for picture taking but Avery loved checking out her Extended Day classroom and "meeting" Mrs. Laura and Mrs. Nancy (also fantastic teachers that we know and love!) |
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| Meet the teacher day wouldn't be complete without a trip to the playground! |
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| Look out St. Stephen's. These two redheads are about to take over!! |
First Day of School for The Reds!
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| Caleb's big sisters were very excited for his first day of school! |
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| Caleb's first day in the Orange Room and Avery's first day in the Yellow Room. |
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| Avery was happy to help Caleb navigate his way during his very first day. |
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| No tears for this little preschooler! |
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| Sweet Big Sis peeking in at her baby brother. His teacher said she walked by a few times with her buddies throughout the day to make sure he was doing ok! |
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| Caleb loves school! His favorite activities are coloring, music and going down the slide over and over again! |
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| Happy little Preschooler! |
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| Showing off his first preschool masterpiece. |
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| I can already tell he's gifted. Look at that penmanship! |
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| Avery loves school too! This is her 5th year at St. Stephen's. (Our 8th year altogether!) She has gobs of sweet friends and loves being one of the oldest in the school. She walks right in with a giant confident smile on her face! She is also very happy to be at the same school as her little brother. |
Extended Day Fun for Avery
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| Avery is LOVING the Yellow Room! |
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| Never a dull moment (or outfit!) with this spunky little 5 year old! |
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| Love this little Soccer Star! |
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| Hailey and Lainey love coming with us to pick Avery up from school on Fridays (they get out of school at 1pm!) They really like saying hi to all of their old teachers and especially like to comment on how "little" all of the kids are! |
5 Year Checkup for Tootie
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| Unicorn came along for moral support during her shots. Not only was there crying, there was also kicking, screaming, spitting and bent needles! I'm going to need a cocktail before the next checkup! |
New Sunday School Classes
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| I think big sisters liked Caleb's room more than Caleb did! |
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| This lucky third grader has some pretty awesome Sunday School teachers! |
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| I think we've got this Sunday School teacher gig in the bag! |
Girl Scouts
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| First Daisy and Brownie meetings of the schoolyear! |
Gymnastics
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| Three of the cutest gymnasts I've ever seen! |
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| CORE cuties! |
Afterschool Fun With Friends
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| (Sigh, sniff, sniff) This sweet girl is going to make moving SO hard! We might just bring her with us! |
Daddy Has A New Running Buddy!
Tornados!!
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| Not one, not two, but TEN tornados hit our area within the span of an hour. We could hear sirens from all around us. It was terrifying. We tried to keep calm and prayed together in our windowless half bathroom downstairs. |
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| This picture was taken just a few blocks away from our house! |
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| Kaitlyn made a brave mad dash over to our house for a tornado party. |
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| This was what dropoff at Hailey and Lainey's school looked like the next morning!! |
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| I'm feeling even more grateful for these four sweet babes of mine after a scary moment like that! I can't wait to see what God has in store for us. |
