Seven Years Old

Posted in Family by Kendra G.

Crosby is seven years old today!

The birthday interview tradition continues!

What is your name? Crosby
How old are you? Seven
What is your favorite thing to do? Spend time with you
What do you want to be when you grow up? A scientist
What is your favorite food? Tacos
Who do you like to spend your time with? You
What do you do really well? Play video games
What makes you laugh? Tickles
What is the best time of day? Recess
What are you afraid of? Nothing!
Who is your best friend? Hudson
What do you like to do with your family? Have tickle fights
What do you love to learn about? Outer space
Where do you like to go? Disney Animal Kingdom
What is your favorite book? Bad Guys (the series)
If you had one wish, what would it be? To be a Storm Trooper. and to fly.
What is your favorite color? Yellow
What is your favorite TV show? Anything on Disney+
What is your favorite animal? Weiner dogs
What is your favorite movie? Toy Story 4
What is your favorite drink? Apple juice
What is your favorite holiday? Halloween
What is your favorite restaurant? Tijuana Flats
What is your favorite place to go? Animal Kingdom
What is your favorite song? Every song by Perry Gripp
What is the best part about school? Recess. and art.
What is your favorite cereal? Cinnamon Toast Crunch
What is your favorite snack? Apples
What do you like to take to bed? Nothing
What is your favorite thing to do outside? Run around
What is your favorite fruit? Apples
What is your favorite ice cream? Mint
What is your favorite outfit? Pajamas
Where do you live? My home
What is your favorite sport? Baseball

Crosby is now in first grade and he is an awesome reader. For the Accelerated Reader (AR) quizzes last year, he scored in the top five kindergartners for the whole grade! He recently discovered the Bad Guys series of books and does not put them down.

He has recently gotten into video games and loves to play Super Mario Odyssey; Minecraft; and Disney Infinity on the Switch and the PS4.

He hasn’t gotten a chance to play baseball since early March, but we are hoping to start a new sport this winter. He’s been doing a lot of swimming and bike riding this year during quarantine.

Here are some highlights from this year!

Christmas break in Sarasota!

New bike for Christmas!

Kicked off the year at Star Wars land at Hollywood Studios.

One of his only baseball games of 2020.

Spring picture day. Such a handsome kindergartner!

Nine weeks of virtual school.
The only highlight was he was able to wear his pjs.

Ended kindergarten with a plastic bag full of school supplies. Such a sad way to end his first year at the elementary school.

Crosby fell in love with Ziggy and Bruno while they were visiting from Colorado this summer. He is a huge dog lover!

He lost his first tooth on June 6!

Lots of pool days during quarantine.

His first sleepover to end the summer.

Complete with video games!

First day of first grade! He did nine days of virtual school – LaunchEd.

He lost his second tooth in his sleep and went to school the next day!

First day of in-person school. That smile says it all — so excited!

He got to meet the pilot!

Riding a horse in Montana!

Looking the part in Montana with his best bud!

Fall picture day! Such a big first grader.

Birthday(s) weekend at Disney with friends!

Happy 7th birthday to our lovable, goofy boy!

29Jul2019

life lately {may}

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another month, another lost tooth.

the kids went to their first orlando city soccer game.

cheering on the lions!

may supper club!

cinco de mayo style.

mother’s day tea with c.

we got our saturdays back as the soccer and tee ball seasons came to an end.

go diamondbacks!

his second tee ball season in the books!

another successful season as dugout moms.

my clan took me to animal kingdom for mother’s day!

celebrating us moms.

moms night out!

crosby’s end of the year class party!

crosby’s last day of vpk!

momming so hard on class party day.

her teacher gave her the class leader award.

and her classmates decided she would most likely to become president.

vpk graduation!

our little graduate.

kenley’s memorial day weekend was delayed by a day due to the stomach bug. we made it to the beach on sunday while she was still recovering.

living his best life.

trying to fish.

so happy to see spend some time with the suhrs when they were at disney for the week.

these girls became fast friends.

swimming at disney!

her last day as a first grader!

magic kingdom!

i’m not sure these kids could be any cuter. what a perfect way to end the month.

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may is the new december around here. the end of the school year came in fast and furious. we had a fabulous month and celebrated all the things.

26Jul2019

life lately {april}

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kenley got to have lunch with meemaw and grandpa at school to end their spring break visit.

kenley’s artwork was selected to be in the wolf pup art gallery at school for the last nine weeks of the year. they held an opening reception for the art gallery for the students, it was awesome!

our little artist!

twinning on a run!

ucf celebrates the arts!

more twinning.

kenley is certainly outnumbered.

april supper club

soccer saturdays continued.

when you play against one of your besties.

as did tee ball!

more art from the school wide art fair!

kenley lost another tooth!

we celebrated hudson’s birthday at the science center!

saturday morning run.

easter cookie decorating at 4rivers!

easter sunday at church!

easter brunch!

the kids had a blast looking for easter eggs

post-easter brunch brewery meet up

symphony under the stars on campus

on kenley’s half birthday, i was the mystery reader in her class! she was so excited.

beer garden in avalon

baby cam!

we loved visiting with the rosemans while they were at disney!

first grade field trip to dinosaur world!

sunday brunch with scott and katie while they were in town!

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it was a busy april with games every weekend and lots of time with friends.

26Jun2019

life lately {march}

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march was a busy month!

back at the tee ball field

vpk prom

ucf baseball

field day at tle

the last of the cool morning runs

winter park boat tour

date night

play dates

the cutest puppy i’ve ever seen

the wizard of oz at tle

soccer saturdays

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spring was back in full force!

4Nov2018

my weekend in photos

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friday morning run and a holiday drink at starbucks.

i headed down to the expo on friday after work to pick up my race packet!

baseball ready!

end of the season pizza party!

saturday shopping. he was so excited about his new jacket that the cashier scanned the tag while he was wearing it.

13.1 miles through disney! many more pictures to come!

i found the balloons i picked up at the dollar spot a while ago, well after their birthdays have passed, so they are just playing with them now.

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our first weekend in november was packed! the weather was great and we had a lot of fun.

how was your weekend?

21Oct2018

my weekend in photos

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on friday we woke up with a seven year old!

we headed to animal kingdom after school and kenley got her birthday button!

selfies in line.

so proud of crosby for being brave and riding everest with us! kenley ended up riding three times! she was on cloud nine.

we had such a fun night celebrating our girl!

cheering crosby on at his tee ball game on saturday. and by cheering, i mean telling him to watch the ball and stop playing in the dirt.

diamondback dugout moms!

from tee ball we went straight to celebrate lincoln’s second birthday!

our first birthday party in a few years. we’re ready to celebrate!

the birthday boy and girl!

so many awesome friends sporting their favorite teams.

making their wishes.

post-party selfie.

fall has arrived so we enjoyed the evening outside.

the perfect way to end an awesome weekend, matching pjs with julie.

***

our action-packed october continues! three birthdays down, one to go!

how was your weekend?

30Sep2018

my weekend in photos

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we headed to cooper’s hawk for date night and apparently had not been there in a while since we had eleven bottles of wine to pick up!

when it’s date night, but you also have to run errands.

then, we finished the puzzle!

we packed up the car for our day away from the house. 12 hours away and we apparently needed all the things.

our first stop was kenley’s soccer game! the mighty warriors played a great game.

next stop, crosby’s tee ball game!

after their games, we headed down to the beach club at disney to celebrate the twins’ 4th birthday!

ucf game by the pool.

the kids take on food and wine… for a little bit.

my big girl.

smoothies before dinner.

sweaty and tired but still smiling.

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our saturday was crazy but our sunday was a little more low key. it was a solid final weekend of september.

how was your weekend?

23Sep2018

my weekend in photos

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crosby had a rough week with croup, but he had his first tee ball game on thursday! overall, he did well all things considered.

after a short work day on friday, we were back on campus to tailgate before the ucf game.

knightro!

friday night lights!

the knights win!

five miles before our busy morning.

between the four of us, we were three different places on saturday morning. work, soccer, and tee ball. so thankful for friends who treat my kids as their own, cheer for, and take pictures of while we weren’t there. it takes a village!

fort building on a lazy saturday.

another lazy afternoon on sunday. just what we needed.

i wish we would have started this on saturday. now i’m determined to finish!

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after a busy friday and saturday morning, we did nothing the rest of the weekend. i really wanted it to be a true fall weekend with football and pumpkin spice everything, but it was still 90 degrees out, so we stayed inside. it was still glorious and a much needed chance to regroup before a crazy busy season that is right around the corner.

how was your weekend?

24Oct2014

Friday I’m in Love

Posted in Friday I'm in Love by Kendra G.

Happy Friday!
Don’t forget to hop on over to see what these lovely ladies are loving as well: Misha // Mary Beth // Amanda.
We’d love for you to share what you’re loving too, link up or comment below!

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If ya’ll need a new show to watch (or even if you don’t), you must watch How To Get Away With Murder (<– I felt really awkward typing that into Google, by the way). This is the first season, so there is still time to catch up. We got caught up this week (with exception of last night) and it is SO good. Seriously, go watch it. Now.

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I came across a good and thought-provoking article this week on the direction of youth sports today, which also references how college lacrosse coaches are looking for multi-sport athletes even in high school. More and more of these articles are popping up and I don’t anticipate that to slow down. It’s definitely some food for thought.

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I attended my first Meet + Make last night with Sarah Hearts! Sally, Lindsey, and I had a great time and I’m already looking forward to the holiday workshop. We made a doormat. Cute, right?