Simple Purposeful Living

Solon's 1st Day of Kindergarten......and his last day (it was PJ day ;)!He lost 3 baby teethGot a new pair of glassesWore out one pair of tennis shoes and grew 1 shoe sizeAte mostly cold lunch but did like the cheeseburger, mozzarella sticks for hot lunchGrew 2 inches at leastMade lots of new

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After arrival, it took Grandpa about 5 minutes to ask the kids to jump into the hot tub and a few seconds later they were all in enjoying the inaugural swim of the year!  The lake is meant for late nights and lots of fun!  It also results in good sleep ;)!The next morning it was pancakes

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Vera and her 3 wonderful teachers(from left -- Mrs. Rohlfing, Mrs. Gravenbauer, and Mrs. Trosper)From beginning of the year to the last day...Vera blossomed this year under the tender care of 3 amazing and nurturing teachers.  When we chose our preschool by word of mouth for Solon, we hoped for

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The first day of May this year fell on a Sunday and Vera's dance recital!  We are all a little tired but we couldn't pass up "May Day" so we scrounged the pantry, popped popcorn and did some ding-dong ditching!  The kids love this tradition :)!Vera finally got her own pair of glasses from

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11 days new!11 months old!

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Sweet baby girl, this time last year I was anxiously counting down the days to finally meet who God masterfully created in my womb.   Now a year later, we couldn't love you more if we tried.  You are seriously just the sweetest, happiest, chillest baby there is and you are the perfect

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