weekly recap

We got a little snow last Saturday!  It was pretty, but I just want warmer weather at this point in the year.

We had a fun green St. Patrick's Day celebration.

Bryce did wear some green but he wasn't dressed for pictures as early as these two were. 

Emmy loves to craft.

Emmy lost a tooth on Saturday night.  It's been a while since anyone has lost a tooth around here.  She says two more are loose.

Bryce's team played in their first tournament of the season on Sunday.  They won one and lost one.  Byrce had a great hit over the right fielders head for a double.

Emmy's gymnastics season is winding down just in time for Bryce's baseball season to pick up.  They keep us busy but is sure is fun watching them do what they love. 

boys weekend

Two years ago the boys were supposed to go to Florida for spring training but the world shut down the weekend they were to go.  Fast forward two years to the do over trip and MLB is in a lockout so there was no spring training again. 

They made the best of a sunny and warm weekend in Florida though.  They saw some minor league and college baseball to make up for it.

There is always go karting and putt putt at the beach!

They had a lot more beach time than they had originally anticipated so they were able to go parasailing.

Jason, Bryce and Chase did the ride.

Thankfully they only saw a dolphin and no sharks!

Now I'm plotting a trip to get all 4 of us to Florida for some fun and sun! 

girls weekend

The boys were in Florida this weekend, so we made the best of our girls' weekend at home.  Emmy picked all of the activities for the weekend.  

  

Friday after school we went bathing suit shopping at Old Navy and then went to the store to buy ingredients for Emmy to make dinner.  She made rainbow grilled cheese and caesar salad and then we popped popcorn and watch Encanto.

After gymnastics on Saturday we went to McDonald's for lunch and then spent the afternoon at the Children's Museum.

This morning we headed to Virginia Beach for a meet.

This was Emmy's best meet of the season!  She met her personal goal of scoring a 9.0 or higher on all events in a meet (first time for beam).  She also got her highest vault and beam scores of the season!  

After her meet we made our way to the BEACH!!  It was 80 degrees and beautiful.  We put our toes in the sand and then had dinner on the pier.  I really needed that this weekend!  I get cranky after too much winter and cold and this was good for the soul. 

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!