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This year Emma joined her school choir. Last week they did a performance for parents. The last week of school they are performing for the whole school. Today they sang the national anthem at the MN Twins game. We had to be at the stadium really early. We've
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We woke up Saturday morning to so much fog we couldn't even see the top of the bridge. Luckily it only rained early in the morning, so we were able to get some shopping done in the cute little shops in Canal Park. After shopping we toured the
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Our annual trip to Duluth for Memorial Day weekend was looking a little iffy - our bus was a mess, none of the outdoor things had been loaded after our trip to Georgia, we have to go back home for a day (more on that later!), one of the barn
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I lost count on how many years we've been getting Painted Lady butterflies. The girls aren't as interested in the caterpillar stage as they used to be. Now they just look forward to releasing the butterflies. They've been checking these chrysalis every day to
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While some activities ended this week we also had a couple firsts. On Friday the girls had 80s day at school. On Friday night we had the first s'mores of 2022. Later this week will finally be our first camping trip of the summer! It has taken many,
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This week the girls had a couple spring activities ending. Thursday was their final gymnastics class of the session. We always take a break for the summer, but they will be doing summer came at the beginning of August. On Saturday both girls had their final track meet of the
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Finally the weather cooperated for Olivia's track meet! It was a beautiful 70 degrees and sunny.
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Olivia has been practicing the songs for her program for weeks. She's been so excited (and a little nervous) to sing in front of a huge crowd. She did amazing. Pretty sure she knew every word and loved every minute of it.
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If you haven't watched the Drive to Survive on Nextflix... you should. We stumbled upon the series when we were stuck at home during the pandemic and looking for shows to watch. Now we're Formula 1 fans and watch the races every other weekend. So... when
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The last time Emma had a music program was in 2020. The day before her 1st grade program they sent an email telling parents they wouldn't be allowed into the school because there was this thing going around called the coronavirus. The next week they went to distance