One of the gifts that Jack received from his birthday was a complete Michigan State ensemble -- shorts, shirt and hat. He loved it, of course, and then made sure that he had it ready to wear to school the next day.
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We brought the boat out of storage for the season in April and it will continue to reside in our garage until Fall. I grabbed this quick picture of Steve and the girls and am amazed at how tall Sam is getting. She's taller than me now and is approaching 5'4".
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Late Spring always means shoveling bark/mulch and putting it around the house in my flower beds. Steve and I are pretty efficient at this task now, but I love it when I can snag one of the boys to help.
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This little boy graduated from kindergarten and it brought a couple of tears to my eyes -- partly because he's our last one ... and partly because he will graduate as the CLASS OF 2034! Wow.
Just for fun, here is a comparison pic of the three generations:
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This year, we opted to buy a new lawn mower. We bought our 'main mower' used when we moved in 12 years ago and definitely got our money's worth out of it but it was time for an upgrade. Jack had been using another used mower (a zero-turn, like this one) and we figured that he could start mowing lawns this summer to help with the cost.
Jack is in heaven:
My sister hosted a joint birthday party for my niece and nephew and I love any opportunity to amp up the wrapping of the gifts. It was a Mario-theme for Louie and a Pig theme for Zoe so I decorated their gifts accordingly.
Steve recently painted Sophia's old bike (it was pink camo) red and black for Jimmy and put new handle grips on it. Jimmy is so pleased with it that I caught him outside giving it a rinse job in the front yard.
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Strawberry season in Michigan means lots of strawberry shortcake and of course, homemade jam to put in the freezer. There is nothing better than homemade jam all year long!
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We set up our stand at the end of the driveway during the annual neighborhood garage sale. The food items that the girls sell (my two girls and their best friend/neighbor next door) changes a bit from year to year, but they always end up making quite a profit. The weather held out -- much better than last year -- and they are already brainstorming ideas for 2023.
The next day, they begged me to take them shopping to Target and Ulta so that they could spend some of that hard-earned money. I obliged.
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We don't know how much time we have left with our beloved Mia, but we are making sure that we don't take a single day for granted. She is about 14 years old now and each of the kids treasures her ... especially Jack.
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