a fun week

I went to trivia night with the girls on Tuesday and we had so much fun.

Emmy's school fundraising event of the year was this weekend.  I volunteered at the front gate and greeted everyone with coupons for free Chick-Fil breakfast. 

My friend Angela was the lead for my zone, so we had fun hanging out.  Jason drove people around on golf carts and Emmy manned the kids' zone with inflatables. 

Bryce had plans to go fishing at the beach with friends.  Emmy is jealous of his social life, so we told her we'd take her to the beach after the school event.  It was a nice afternoon!

We even brought a grill and cooked burgers on the beach.  A first for us!

We took a stroll down the pier before heading home and ran into Bryce and his friends.  

Bryce went to Top Golf tonight to celebrate one of his buddies' 16th birthday. 

Emmy got her braces off and BFM

Emmy got her braces off a few weeks ago.  I hadn't shown any after pictures because there was still work to be done.  Her teeth next to each of her front teeth were smaller than normal.  The orthodontist spent the last couple of weeks of braces trying to get the spacing of those teeth just right so the dentist could mold the teeth to make them a little bigger.  We went this week to finish the whole process.  Look how beautiful her smile is.  It was always beautiful, but now its straight and symmetrical.  

 

Bryce volunteered with the Big Feet Meet this year.  High school students help special needs preschoolers and elementary students in field day type events.  Bryce was paired with preschoolers to play baseball.  What a perfect fit for him and look at this adorable picture.  

Easter week

Emmy's school had "dress like a cow" spirit day on Friday to promote their spring fundraiser.  Emmy ended up winning the career cow category and gets to take a friend to breakfast at Chick Fil A.  

Bryce applied for the SODA program and made it to the interview round and then was surprised last week with his acceptance.  The tapping ceremony was on Friday.  

Avery and Bryce were both accepted!  They stayed for breakfast after the ceremony, and we headed to work. 

The bunny will keep on visiting for years to come.  I just love to put together treats for my people.  

I hit the easy button this year with Krispy Kreme donuts instead of cinnamon roll bunnies. 

Love these two. 

He is Risen!

The cousins!
Happy Easter!

SODA

On Friday Bryce got an early morning surprise wake up from a group of seniors to tell him he was selected to be a SODA next year.  Students in the SODA program go to fourth grade classes in our feeder schools and teach lessons about self-esteem and developing attitudes.  I loved SODA when I was a fourth grader, was sadly never chosen as a SODA when I was in high school, I but enjoyed the program again when I taught fourth grade.  I'm so proud of him and excited for this opportunity.  

 

Bryce and Avery were supposed to go to a concert in Charlottesville today, but it was postponed at the last minute.  Bryce ended up umpiring a game for Avery's brother's team instead.  

spring break

Spring break was low key again this year, but we made the best of it.  On Monday we ran errands and caught up from being out of town over the weekend.  On Tuesday we went to Williamsburg to shop at the outlets.  We got BBQ for lunch and went to a couple of breweries too.

One of the breweries had putt-putt so it was a win-win for everyone!

I got up early and worked in the mornings so I could do some things with the kids during the day.  Unfortunately, I don't even remember what we did on Wednesday.  I do know that I got caught up at work on Wednesday night, so I decided to take the whole day off on Thursday because it was going to be so nice out.  I walked, worked in the yard, put out my new porch furniture, washed the car and played pickleball with Emmy.

We continued the outdoor fun and grilled out for dinner. 

Then we had a firepit and did s'mores and then turned on the deck fireplace and watched tv. 

Bryce had plans on Friday, so we took Emmy to Ashland and had Sweet Frog and walked around the Randolph Macon campus.  

We even stumbled on a new restaurant and stopped in for happy hour.  We were close to Kelly's house where MeMa was watching her dogs, so we stopped by to visit and fish.  

We ended spring break the way it started, traveling to a meet.  We headed up to Delaware on Saturday afternoon and then went to a brewery to watch the first final four game.  Then we headed to our hotel for the second game and to get some sleep for the regional meet today.  

These meets bring out some stiff competition.  Emmy scored well on floor with a 9.650 and that got her 8th place.  It was a learning season this year in level 7.  Now to work on some things on the off season.  Now we count down to summer!

baseball and gymnastics

Atlee had their first home game on Thursday.  Bryce had a good game, and we won!  I'm thankful for people who get way better pictures than I do!

A student captured this picture of Bryce's sweet diving catch in centerfield.

The team had a spring break tournament that started on Friday afternoon.  Jason and I went to that game but missed the two games on Saturday because we headed to Blacksburg for Emmy's meet.  The ladies came out to cheer on the boys!

Bryce had two great games on Saturday and the boys won the championship for the second year in a row.  

The sophomores.  There are a lot fewer of them than freshman which is so hard for me to believe.  

So proud of his hard work and commitment to this team.  

We headed up to Blacksburg on Saturday afternoon and met up with one of Emmy's teammates' families.  It was a beautiful day for a brewery.   

We were up early today for the meet.  Emmy started off on beam and did great.  She stayed on and got a great score.

Next up was floor.  She did a great job and if it hadn't been for a big step on her floor pass, she would have gotten her best floor score to date.  But not to worry, she and a teammate tied for fourth on the event. 

This is the first year Emmy has been able to qualify for regionals.  Her last couple of meets were shaky and we were nervous about the qualifying score, but even with a stumble on the bars today she scored high enough to head to Delaware next weekend for the last meet of the season! 

a good week

We kicked off the week with St. Patrick's Day.  I love to gift themed treats!

Bryce's baseball season kicked off on Tuesday with an away game.  We won 8-0.

Our neighbor's daughter (who is Jason's goddaughter) turned 5 on St. Patrick's Day and had a fun Barbie themed party on Saturday.  We dressed in our best Barbie style.  

Their family loves a good theme, and they knocked it out of the park.

The hostess with the mostest.  

We learned that one of our neighbors is pregnant and is having a girl.  She hadn't planned to tell us yet, but it was divulged so we took the opportunity to celebrate the gender reveal since we were all wearing pink!  It was such a fun day spending time with our neighbors.