This year, my sweetheart was out of town. (I discovered in hindsight that he was also out of town this time last year, and he had the flu the year before. He already has me on his calendar for 2018). Mark's wife had parent/teacher conferences, so we had a cousins dinner and invited Grandpa over. Hannah kindly shared the balloons from her prom invite.
Cousins!
Eleanor is super cute. She left this out for us to find after they all went home.
Look at what Camden got for Valentine's Day! Heirloom grape tomatoes. He was thrilled.
I took a rare night out with a friend - we had dinner and then went to see the broadway Newsies at the movie theater. It was a GREAT night. When I got home, Hannah said I looked so cute and said I needed a picture. Daughters are so sweet.
Hannah checked out several books by Melanie Jacobsen and we both binge read them. I'm not sure whose idea it was to do this photo shoot but it made my day. My sons are such good sports!!! I made it clear that these are for my own personal use to smile about, and add they voracious readers that they are, they still would never willingly pick up this kind of book and read it.
E entertained herself for 2 hours while Hannah tried on prom dresses. She was pretty good for the first hour and a half, but after that she was done. The kind store owner let her rummage through her
Last time is a charm - the very last dress Hannah tried on was a keeper.
Jacob and Hannah tidy up with the youth after church and the younger children are usually anxious to get home. Drew had a solution one Sunday. Nice try - maybe in 6.5 years, bud.
This picture pretty much sums up the extremes that go on in our lives - the huge van or the Mini. Oh yes, we also have a Honda that is 24 years old.
Drew took scissors to his head one day. He was in need of a haircut, and he needed one even more after he went at it. Small problem: I didn't have time to fix it for about a week. This snap to Callie documents it.
Emmie is growing up and it shows on her school papers. Melted my heart that she chose to draw her name-sake (because her full name, after all, is Emmie Bunny _______, as she told her Primary teacher last fall).
Camden did a lot of 100th day of school activities. For the sake of posterity, I thought this had some interesting information.
The kids used to ask if we could get a dog again when Hannah moves out of the house. For obvious reasons, right? She is just so much trouble and we need to be rid of her before we take on a dog, of course! Camden's new idea is even better: every time one of the kids grows up and moves out of the house, we should get a dog. That way, by the time Drew leaves the house, we'd have 4. Brilliant!
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