happy birthday jason

Jason's birthday was on Monday.  We started the day off with cinnamon rolls.

We headed to Williamsburg for Jason's birthday lunch and dessert.  He loves Pierce's!

We found this yummy custard place a few visits ago so now it's a must do when in Williamsburg.

We had dinner at Nana's house and the kids took us for a golf cart ride.  I quickly realized I am too old to ride backwards in the golf cart!

It was a slow summer week with not much to show for it.  Here we are last night watching Bryce play baseball.  

I love watching this boy play.  Emmy not so much, but she's a good sport!

Jason is helping coach this year so he's on the field and not with us.

We're headed to the beach today!

Bryce's baptism

Bryce told us a couple of weeks ago that he was ready to get baptized.  That immediately brought tears of joy to my eyes!  Last Sunday was our ministers last Sunday as he was retiring so this Sunday, Father's Day, ended up being the perfect day for his baptism.  

Because of covid, our church services are being held in the gym.  The baptistry is in our sanctuary so they set up a camera to stream it to our live service.  Everyone could see the baptism, but couldn't hear it.  

Family members were able to watch in the sanctuary so I was able to video with sound.

This was such a special Father's Day and what a gift for Jason to be able to baptize Bryce!

Such an exciting day!

We love this boy so much.

Happy Father's Day!

first official week of summer vacation

It was rainy and cooler all week which kept us in the house most days.  We're hoping next week is a bit warmer and sunnier.

We were able to eat INSIDE a restaurant for family dinner night on Monday!

And then we went to Sweet Frog after dinner.  They have changed their toppings station since it was buffet style and Bryce was so glad they were reopened! 

After two days of nonstop rain, we needed out.  We walked around a local park on Tuesday night after dinner.  It was still a little drizzly but we didn't care.  Jason even did a "little" fishing while we were there.  See what I did there, ha!

Wednesday was another rainy day spent inside reading!  

The kids went to Chase and Taylor's to play since they had been out of town so Jason and I got a date night and ate IN a restaurant again!

The skies finally cleared on Thursday and I went out to celebrate one of my co-workers retirement.  It was so good to see everyone since we've been out of school since March.

My hydrangea bushes are HUGE this year, but they only have a few blooms.  I made sure to pick a few to bring inside as soon as they were pretty!

We tried a new restaurant on Saturday for lunch.  It was a fun little spot on the water with yummy food.  I got a brussels sprout and cauliflower pizza.  YUM!

This planter on my deck has gotten huge!  I thought it had died in a late frost, but it came back and looks amazing!

quarantine week 13 - hello summer

This would have been our last week of school had we been in the building.  This week ended up being a wrap up week for learning at home.  No work was due but the teachers checked in some.  We stayed at home this week and didn't have any big plans.  

Emmy is winning the sunflower competition!

We celebrated Bryce and the end of elementary school on Wednesday.  Emmy had one last call with her class on Thursday which would have been the last day of school.

The kids are enjoying the pool and Bryce's jousting set he got for graduation. 

Saturday was a beautiful day.  Bryce had a scrimmage in the morning and then we drove to New Kent for lunch and then went to a local peach orchard.

Today was Bryce's first tournament since sports were halted due to corona.  Bryce requested donuts for breakfast.  Jason got an apple fritter that was ginormous and wanted a picture to capture its size! 

We had to get to the field at 10:15 for our 11:00 game.  We won that game 17-1 and then had to wait until 3:00 for our next game.  The boys won the second game which put them in the championship game.  Emmy was a good sport watching and hanging out all day.

The boys won the championship game!  What a great way to restart the season after pushing pause for a while.

We are officially on summer break!  The kids have baseball and gymnastics to keep them busy and we have a beach trip planned at the end of the month, but other than that, I have no idea what our summer will look like.  Different for sure!

5th grade graduation

So many emotions come to the surface as we say goodbye to 5th grade/elementary school.  I am so sad that Bryce's last year got cut short.  It was such an unfinished and abrupt end.  There are lots of missed events, but we made the best of it and so did the school.

Here are Bryce's fall pictures from kindergarten to 5th grade.

The first days of school.  Anyone impressed how the flag and picture position stayed the exact same for six years?!?  Only the sign changed.  Pretty consistent if I do say so myself!

I think Bryce made the biggest change in his appearance from second to third grade.  One thing that didn't change is his style, ha!

Kindergarten | Fifth Grade

A friend from an old moms group organized these yard signs for 5th graders in our area.  I organized a graduation shirt for our school.

I'm known for throwing things out and not being overly sentimental over "things".  I surprised myself when I found I had kept Bryce's graduation cap from kindergarten.

I had no idea what day should be the last day of school so we posted all the milestones.  

Bryce was awarded the Presidents Education Award.  This award is for students who had an advanced SOL score in Math and/or Reading in fourth grade and maintained a 3.5 GPA for fourth grade and the first semester of fifth grade.  Way to go Bryce.

Bryce is going to miss the familiarity of elementary school, but he is so excited about middle school.  Bryce made this poster for the drive through 5th grade parade.

These two boys have been friends since 3 year old preschool.

Thomas' mom made an arch for Jason's truck so the boys could ride in the parade in style!

Front/back row seat?

We got to school as soon as the parade started and finished right as the first round of rain came.  Those poor teachers got wet tonight!

I hosted a little graduation party with family and a few of Bryce's friends after the parade.

We had Chick Fil A nuggets and ice cream sundaes!

We gave Bryce an inflatable hot dog joust for the pool and the Oh, the Places You'll Go book that his teachers wrote in each year at the end of the year.  I had originally planned to keep it going through middle and high school but figured there'd be too many teachers to track down with multiple classes.  Nana gave him some books he wanted to keep him busy this summer!

He got a book and a cross necklace from MeMa and PaPa.  The front side of the cross has red baseball stitching!

We are so incredibly proud of Bryce and all he has done in his eleven years.  We can't wait to see what's next!