Bryce is 13

Bryce is officially a teenager!!!

Height: 57 1/4 (13th percentile)

Weight: 81.5 (9th percentile)

Blood pressure: 90/52

I cannot believe this day is already here, but man are we proud of this boy of ours.

It's not a birthday without donuts!  Bryce had a low key celebration on Friday for his birthday.  He had a few friends come over after school and they spent the evening outside playing basketball. 

We went out to dinner on Thursday night with all the grandparents and then had the whole family over to our house for cake and ice cream. 

We didn't have school the Monday of Bryce's birthday week so Jason took him snowboarding with one of his baseball buddies.  He went for the first time last year and enjoyed it and was excited to go back.  It was a bit of a learning curve, but he caught on and had a great time. 

Instead of a party, Bryce wanted to go to the UR vs VCU basketball game to celebrate.  The game was last Friday night and he had a great time with Jason and PaPa.

I think he had a great birthday week with friends and family!  And he's off to Florida next weekend for a little more fun!

valentines day and a meet

Emmy got a soft serve maker for her birthday and we've been enjoying it!

We've made a batch of chocolate and a batch of vanilla and we've been so impressed with how smooth and creamy the ice cream is.  We give it two thumbs up!

Bryce had a Super Bowl party with the youth group and Jason went to his parents' house and Emmy and I stayed home and had an unconventional football night and made fried rice!

Valentine's Day is one of my favorite days to spoil the kids.  This year they got pajamas, candy and a little treat!

MeMa sent us home from church with Valentine donuts so we were all set for breakfast.

I even tried to make their lunches festive. 

We celebrated February birthdays with Paul's family on Thursday night.

Today was meet day for Emmy!

She had a great meet.  She got her highest floor and beam score of the season today.  She has been working on confidence on the beam and she rocked it today!

Emmy found herself on the podium for vault and all around. She was 3rd in both.  It's always fun to be at the top of the podium!

Her team won second place!

It's so fun watching her do gymnastics and improve at each meet.

With a friend (and her brother) after the meet.  We went to high school with her dad so it's been fun having the girls on the same team and bonding at the gym and at friend gatherings.  

 

Emmy is 10

Jason's parents planned a fun winter weekend for Emmy's birthday again this year.  We headed up to Massanutten on Friday night and met up with all of the family.

Last year the kids tried skiing for the first time because we weren't able to get tubing tickets.  This year we didn't ski because we were able to get tubing tickets!

It was a COLD morning, but we had lots of fun.

When we got back to the house, we had Emmy's birthday lunch followed by cookie cake!

Jason's mom was able to get a second round of tubing tickets for the evening.  

The lights make night tubing so fun!

Even though we did the birthday celebration on Saturday, we still had to make today, her actual birthday, just as special.  We started with donuts of course!

Double digits!

Height: 51 inches (10th percentile)

Weight: 58 pounds (10th percentile)

Blood pressure: 90/62

This birthday was a perfect 10!

She was so excited about her present from us!

We had a yard sign delivered to greet her when we got home!

We ended the day with her favorite dinner, Noodles, and ice cream at Sweet Frog.

She is such a joy, and we love her to pieces.  It's so easy and fun to celebrate her!