Sunday, September 28, 2025

High schooler doing high school things

Nina has started high school and seems to be enjoying life beyond middle school.  Harder classes, busier schedules, learning to drive, Homecoming activities, she's doing it all so far.  We're proud of how she's handling her responsibilities and hope that she can continue to learn, grow, and blossom.  One of her biggest challenges might be that instead of sharing a school with her sister, she now shares with her dad who has more classes with her friends than she does.









Vivian is doing well at middle school and also trying some new things.  She's joining jazz band which will make for an early morning after a late night at gymnastics, but so it goes.  She's sleeping in a lot more these days, which is still funny given how much she hated sleep as a baby.



Other highlights of the month include seeing Papa, another visit from Cassie, Valley Fair with family, going to sporting events, and also seeing Jeremy Messersmith in concert again.  After the show, Nina showed him that they once saw him as little kids; he was flabbergasted and asked for us to recreate the photo.  




Sunday, August 31, 2025

Boooo, summer is ending

Summer 2025 didn't include a big trip this year, but we tried to have fun each day and we were grateful for all we got to do together.  A lot of games, a million walks, sports, movies, and lots of laughs. 

Trip to Square Lake


Obon Festival



We took a short camping trip along the North Shore.  We stayed in Tettegouche which still had some destruction due to storms and floods.  The air quality wasn't great up there due to the wildfires, but we enjoyed nature and even got to see a bear!






"Little Mermaid"      -----      Gooseberry