E-LEARNING FOR MADELINE
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Two weeks after school started, Madeline’s kindergarten class was quarantined. We spent 10 days at home doing work on her school iPad, doing educational craft projects, and working on her writing her name.
A NEW BOW FOR EMMA
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
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Emma and I finally went to buy her a new bow from J. Mijares violin shop in downtown Colorado Springs. She tried a couple dozen bows before she found the right one.
LEXI'S FUNERAL SERVICE
SEPTEMBER 4, 2021
I went to my good friend and hairdresser’s funeral, Lexi Claus, with Jen and SaraJane. It was a nice service, but the tears flowed heavily, and it was hard to finally come to terms with her death.
PLAYGROUND FUN WITH MADELINE
SEPTEMBER 4, 2021
We took Madeline to the park to play in between Abby’s events for her swim meet. Mike was so cute with her on the playground.
EMMA IS DRIVING
SEPTEMBER 5, 2021
Mike took Emma driving out to black forest and after they got into the middle of nowhere, they stopped and took a break.
PREPARING FOR MADELINE'S BIRTHDAY
SEPTEMBER 5, 2021
Emma and Abby helped me with the fondant for Madeline’s birthday cupcakes.
EMMA'S NEW RUNNING SHOES
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Emma got a new pair of running shoes and the print they had in stock was super cute.
MADELINE'S SWIM LESSONS
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Madeline has been making good progress in our swim lessons. She has mastered scaling the wall, floating on her back, putting her face in the water, and going under the water.
MADELINE'S BIRTHDAY AT SCHOOL
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
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I took cupcakes to Madeline’s school to celebrate her birthday with her classmates. It was sweet watching her as her classmates sang to her.
MADELINE HAS STYLE
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
Madeline has great style and usually comes downstairs in the morning with her outfit for the day and most of the time everything matches. Her favorite shoes are her bow boots. She wears them almost every day.
STUDYING FOR CALCUCLUS
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
The boys got together at Andrew’s apartment to study for their upcoming calculus test.
ABBY AND HER GUITAR
SEPTEMBER 11, 2021
Abby has been taking guitar at school and I love listening to her practice at home.
MAKING COOKIES WITH MADELINE
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Madeline and I made peanut butter cookies and they turned out so yummy.
SHOPPING WITH FRIENDS
SEPTEMBER 16 2021
Emma and some of her teammates headed to the mall after a run to look for Homecoming dresses.
MADELINE'S NEW RUNNING OUTFIT
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
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Madeline got to wear her new running outfit and new running shoes to school today.
FACETIMING THE BOYS
SEPTEMBER 26, 2021
We love facetiming the boys when they are at Andrew’s house on Sundays eating dinner together. We can always count on them to be super silly.
YOUTH NIGHT IN OUR NEW WARD
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Abby went to her first youth night in the Pine Creek ward and loved the group of girls that are in her class.
BACK TO THE TEMPLE
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
I went to the temple by myself today and it was glorious.
APPLE PIE FROM DIONNE
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Dionne made us an apple pie and it was delicious.