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| Zac started school the Tuesday after Labor Day and sent me this "first day" pic! Love this kid! |
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| Every school should have a grassy dome seat to sit on in the library. My school is cool! |
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| We had a great time playing detectives solving the case of who killed mobster Timmy Selby with our friends, the Weitzels, playing CluedUpp in Downtown Colorado Springs. We definitely overanalyzed it, but we had a blast! |
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| Pretty skies! |
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| Briarfest! Adam stayed for two rides and then left Josh to hang out with his buddies, and Luke to tag along with Josh's buddies, because Josh was being a super nice brother. |
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| The family that masks together, stays together. |
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| The RHS March-a-Thon! I am so proud of how hard Josh works for music; his effort is unwavering. He puts his heart into every note and does all he can to help the group to succeed. |
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| I can honestly say there were a few tears shed as we said goodbye to this old friend. The Subaru as been our trusty and trusted car that has seen us safely on many adventures. We bought it, used, back in 2002, when we upgraded form a hatchback so we'd have a backseat with room for a second car seat before Ben was born. I taught Adam to drive a manual transmission in this car, and 14/16 years later, we taught Zac and Ben the same skill. It's seen us through 3 big moves and 3 small ones. It carried 2 of our babies home from the hospital. It was stolen once, broken into once, and totaled twice. It transported us to the mountains many times for skiing, camping and hiking. It carried Zac in his car seat while we sang "Gone to Carolina in My Mind" and "It's time for Veggie Taaaaaaaaaaales," and years later we waved goodbye as it drove him away for his first solo drive. It has carried us to countless friends and family, near and far. It has seen exploded diapers, melted crayons, hundreds of thousands of miles, sad tears, mad tears, happy tears, smashed snacks, dirty cleats, carpools of kids, kisses galore and heard a lot of laughter. It will be weird to see our driveway without it. Thanks a million for the ride, dear Sube! It was a great one! |
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| Pretty much all our garden yielded this summer. But still tasty! |
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| Rock Canyon Invtie: 2nd place overall for Ben, 2nd place for the boys' team! |
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| Soccer Saturday for the W! |
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| When you have to duct tape the emergency brake so it will stay off, it might be time for a new car. |
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| We said another teary farewell to a faithful vehicle that has helped us create many beautiful miles of membories. Our Dodge minivan, that we bought when Tommy was 1, was ready for retirement. It was 3,000 miles shy of 200k, and we would have loved to get her there, but the cost of repairs was getting too high. We've loved this van and all the memories we've made driving it around the country! |
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| A bright, shiny love-present from my Sis. |
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| Harrison Marching Clinic and Festival--the first show of the season! |
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| Blue Foam Party for our Coug. |
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| Zac and his pals were up at 4:30am to get in line so they could be close to the field in the student section to see the Cougs take on the Trojans--and what a game! Zac was one of the first people over the wall to storm the field after that OT win, and even got a hug from the ecstatic QB and a couple of other players. So happy for the HUGE win, but even more happy to see our college-life-loving boy in the stands on the tele! (Zac's in the neon yellow sunglasses next to the patriotic fellow). |
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| Having the time of his life! |
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| The bike rabbit had better hurry up! Another 1st place finish for Ben! |
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| Since the easiest way to hear from Zac is through SnapChat, I figured I'd better get acquainted with the app. |
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| Tommy and his best buddy, Dominick, made plans to support each other in their Saturday sports. Tommy's soccer game was up first, then we dropped them off at Dom's for his flag football game. |
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| Primary Program Sunday for the two of us! |
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| I love my school. I look forward to work every day! |
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| Fall Feast 2019! We definitely felt the absence of our Zac, the traditions are the hardest times to have him away. Although the brothers were excited that there were fewer people to split the pumpkin pie between! Happy Fall! |
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| Ben putting those origami skills to good use! |
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| Congratulations, Ben! We are so proud of the hard work you put in. |
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| Spirit week at MRMS! I think Luke crushed Mismatch Day. |
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| Luke tried something new this fall: the MRMS Grizzly Swim Team. He had a ton of fun, mostly because 2 of his best pals were on the team with him, but also because he enjoyed the swim! |
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| SITW field trip to the top of Pike's Peak to learn about the alpine and sub-alpine ecosystems. |
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| SITW is smart--they get their field trips in before the fall snow hits! This one was the field trip to the Florissant Fossil Beds. |
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| Josh got to work for Marvelous Marc's Balloons this year once again, helping to build a giant balloon spider at the Great Wolf Lodge. |
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| Josh had the best time on his marching band trip to Flagstaff, AZ for a Bands of America marching competition. They bonded and made music, and finished 7th overall. He says it is probably his favorite school memory yet, even though the bus broke down in Gallup, NM on the way down and they were stuck there for 12 hours. |
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| Caramel apples and "Aladdin" with my handsome Friday night dates! |
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| This speedy hound outran every single fox for the win at Rampart's Foxes and Hounds race. |
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| Soccer Saturday! |
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| Although we saw a weird movie (Ad Astra) at the weird unfinished theater (Icon), it didn't feel weird at all to be by his side. |
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