Sunday, February 23, 2025

a crazy week

We had a hard time finding a time to get all of Emmy's school friends together to celebrate her birthday this year!  We settled on President's Day because it was a school holiday, and nobody had sports or out of town events!


The girls love going to the mall so I thought it would be fun to do a scavenger hunt while they were shopping.  We had lunch at California Pizza Kitchen and then the girls had a fun afternoon at the mall. 


One of her friends was sick and wasn't able to join us. 

The girls found the yellow dress on the scavenger hunt and then they all chose a different color of the dress and had a fashion show. 

Shoes with really high heels made for a fun time!

After the mall, we came back to our house for a cookie dough ice cream cake and presents.  

The kids went to school on Tuesday (the only day for Emmy and the second day for Bryce) before getting the rest of the week off for snow.  This storm initially called for anything from 3-9 inches.  After and all-day snow event, we probably only ended up with 3 inches, but it was enough to shut school down.  I don't even know how many days this is now, but they're starting to have virtual days to keep up!

Three of the girls in Emmy's friend group have February birthdays so they've been busy celebrating.  She went to a party on Saturday for one of her friends.  The other friend is going to have her party in the spring in order to accommodate everyone's schedules.    


February is a busy birthday month for us!  Bryce celebrates his sweet 16 this week!  We celebrated with family today!

 
We went to Noodles for lunch and then everyone came to our house for cake and presents.  Bryce has been on a health kick and hasn't been eating much sugar and didn't want a cake.  I told him people want the cake.  He chose Devil's food cake with white icing.  Emmy and I made it, and it was delicious!  We'll celebrate him again on Tuesday after baseball tryouts! 

Sunday, February 16, 2025

Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!   

Bryce's treat, but no picture of him. 

We left for VA Beach after lunch on Friday for a gymnastics meet.  We got to town with just enough time for a Valentine date. 



Emmy had a tough meet with a fall on the beam, but she came out in 2nd place on the floor!

Emmy's level 7 team placed 2nd.  

Sunday, February 9, 2025

Emmy is a TEENAGER

We kicked off Emmy's birthday week with a manicure after school on Monday. 

She came home from the gym on Wednesday night to a fun surprise from MeMa. 

How bittersweet to say goodnight to my 12-year-old knowing she'd be a teenager in the morning!

Emmy got up early for presents and birthday donuts.  She was excited to be gifted highlights and a haircut for her birthday.  

I brought her Chick-Fil-A for lunch and chocolate covered strawberries for a birthday treat for her and her friends!

She was SO excited to get her hair highlighted.  

I had planned for my stylist to do her hair, but we had to make a last-minute change due to the flu, but so glad she was still able to get it done on her birthday!

And she instantly looked like a teenager!

13yo well visit stats:
Height: 58 5/8 in (12th percentile) She grew 4 inches this year!
Weight: 84.6 lbs (17th percentile) She gained 15 pounds.
Blood Pressure: 114/62
This was the year for Emmy's first measurable growth spurt!

Nana and Paul and MeMa joined us for BBQ and cake and ice cream to celebrate.


Emmy picked pizza for lunch and MeMa's chocolate cherry cake for her family birthday party.  It has been a fun week celebrating our girl and the fun isn't over yet.  She gets to celebrate with her friends from school next week.  Long birthday celebrations are way more fun!

Sunday, February 2, 2025

SNHS and Charleston

Bryce was inducted into the Spanish National Honor Society this week. 
Bryce works really hard for his grades and we're so proud of him. 
We took Emmy out of school early on Thursday and headed to Charleston.  Of course we made a stop at Buc-ees!  When we got into town, we went to a brewery to relax after the ride and then we hung out by the fire pit at the hotel with another gym family!
Emmy had a good meet on Friday.  The judging was tough, but she did well and had an amazing save on the beam!
We headed to downtown Charleston on our last day to do a little sight-seeing before heading home. 
Jason and I went to Charleston for our 10-year anniversary in 2013, so we decided to recreate this picture while we were here.