Grandma Lori

Today is Mother's Day, and of course it gives me an opportunity to reflect on my mom.
"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my mother." -Abraham Lincoln.
This could not be more of a true statement when I think of my mom. She is the best in every way and we are so lucky to have her!

Un-birthday lunch!

We decided I needed to check Halle out of school for a "birthday lunch" since her birthday is in summer so she doesn't get to check out to go to lunch on her birthday. I told her she could choose anywhere to go to lunch but figured she would pick the usual Wendy's or McDonald's. She was so cute and excited when I checked her out. Then as we were walking to the car she said excitedly, "I picked where I want to go, Costco! Just like we always used to do before I was in school!" Which is true, we always used to go get Costco food court pizza before she was in school all day. I thought it was sweet she wanted to do that like we used to. So we went to Costco food court and I let her pick out anything she wanted. She got a slice of pepperoni pizza, a berry smoothie and a churro.

I love this girl so much and don't know what I'd do without her! She's really grown up a lot lately and I'm so proud of the responsible, smart, kind, ambitious, and compassionate person she is.

She told me today before I checked her out her teacher Miss McGarry (her Chinese teacher) had to leave the classroom for about 5 minutes or so and she put Halle in charge of the class while she was gone! Halle said Miss McGarry has never done that before and I told her what a compliment that is that Miss McGarry would trust her to be in charge like that.

As I told Halle today, she has always been my little sunshine in my life and I love her so much!

At lunch today






It's teacher appreciation week and I asked the kids to write to their teachers from them on the gift bags we bought. I was so impressed with what Halle did! She is such a great artist and does such neat work, and her attention to detail amazes me! She has so many talents!

Cake for brother

Yesterday and today Luke has been really sick. He came down with a high fever last night and was sick all day. It was Sunday so he had to stay home from church. The twins were also sick so I stayed home with the sick kids while Cory and Halle went to church. When they got home Luke was feeling a little better watching tv back in my room. So Halle decided she wanted to surprise him making him a treat with her easy bake oven. She worked really hard making this half chocolate half strawberry cake with chocolate frosting, and it turned out really good! The pieces were so small and cute. They were the perfect little bite size snack for Luke, who was finally feeling good enough to eat something small when she finished it. She's a good sister and I'm glad she wanted to do something nice for him! These two have always been such cute friends and so good to each other from the time they were little and I hope they always stay this close!

My beautiful girl

This cute girl had a high fever tonight and I was pretty worried about her for a little bit there. It finally broke and now I'm left not able to fall back asleep at 4:00AM, so what do I do? Instagram about her, of course 😂. I was reminded again tonight how lucky I am to be her mama. She is such a sweetheart and as beautiful inside as she is on the outside. How fun it is to watch her grow from a darling little firecracker into the same girl but somehow more mature and understanding. Seven is one of my favorite ages and I am loving enjoying her being a "big little kid" for just a bit longer ❤. #slowdowntime #mybeautifulgirl

Almost done!

Last night Cory and I had the capstone dinner for his Executive MBA program. I can't believe he's down to his last three months (hallelujah!!) It's been a busy two years but he's loved the program so it's made it all worth it. I'm so proud of him and all his hard work juggling the program, work, and our family, and he does it all so well! He's tried very hard, and I'd say succeeded, to still be present as much as possible so he can be around and involved with the kids and I, even with how busy he's been. We'll be glad to have all our weekends and nights back with him! ❤

Almost done!

Last night Cory and I had the capstone dinner for his Executive MBA program. I can't believe he's down to his last three months (hallelujah!!) It's been a busy two years but he's loved the program so it's made it all worth it. I'm so proud of him and all his hard work juggling the program, work, and our family, and he does it all so well! He's tried very hard, and I'd say succeeded, to still be present as much as possible so he can be around and involved with the kids and I, even with how busy he's been. We'll be glad to have all our weekends and nights back with him! ❤

Wacky Wednesday

Halle is all ready for 1st grade Wacky Wednesday for Dr. Suess week, and Luke is a little wacky everyday, obviously 😜.