Monday, June 8, 2026

Happy Birthday Heidi!

Heidi is 18! This week and weekend were filled with activities. We had Heidi's BG orientation where she registered for classes and met with a variety of people. The parents were also in sessions about everything from finances to schedule of things to different programs available. We also had lots of prep work for the upcoming grad party and visitors. We then rounded our weekend with a St. Jude graduates event at church, a grad party and cake! 

We purchased a pillow that looks like Rizzo for college. Heidi loves it. Lucy also made her an amazing photo album with gift cards as a super cute gift. She also included some notes in there, that are very entertaining to read. Heidi loved it and I like when the sisters are nice to each other. :)


Chris was in charge of getting the cake. Heidi likes good ole grocery store white cake. I didn't know you could also get a photo printed on it. Chris nailed it. 


Squeezed into the grad party of our friends, was the passing of the fantasy football trophy to this year's winner. Always fun. 


Izzy's grad party. 

The church event was actually very nice and good way to bring these kids back together. 


The Kindercare crew

Heidi is officially 18! CRAZY

Random - you never know how Lucy will look when she FaceTimes you. Always entertaining.

BG!

Parents had a little time to kill while there - so Chris and I ran around enjoying the campus. 


 

Monday, June 1, 2026

Last Day of School!

Lucy is done now down with school and the last day of school would not be complete with out ice cream. We went to a local place and met a few friends there. More on that later...

Random - Not that I love deer that much, but we have a pair of fawn twins! They are tiny and cute.  

Our front door has been a sad faded grey/blue color for some time now and I finally got around to painting it. Is the color way more blue than I thought it would be - yes, but it is still better than the faded previous version. It was supposed to be a midnight navy type vibe, but it still works. I guess this is why people do a test color, but nope. We committed.


And in another random turn of events - Heidi has a new car! We knew her little Subaru wasn't going to be forever and we were at the cusp of do we pump more money into the car until the wheels fall off or do we go ahead and get her something from this century - Chris went hunting and actually found a great car! It is a 2023 Jeep Compass with only 13K miles on it and is literally brand new. Heidi is THRILLED!


Lucy was in a little shock that 1. We switched and bought another car so quickly and 2. It was such a nice car. 

Lucy and her friends were featured on some social media for the ice cream shop. They were the typical giggly teens. :)


Summer has begun! Just two more weeks until Heidi's grad party and she turns 18 this weekend! Busy time but very exciting.