September

 What a fun, yet busy month!  Lots of sports and time with friends and family.  Definitely two of my favorite things😍

We had a blast celebrating Mike's 40th in the Dominican Republic.  We asked lots of family and friends to join us, but only Dan and Lisa could make it.  We of course missed everyone, but also loved our small group! It was such a great trip and we are forever grateful for the memories we got to make together.

Babes and Balls was a blast! Love sharing about Juice Plus and showing other mamas ideas for healthy swaps!

Football season for Joden!  64 boys out so not a ton of playing time, but he sure enjoyed it and we love being there to support him!

Reeve's bestie at all of her brothers activities:)

It was lots of fun watching Reeve embark on her first school sport this fall. She was the starting setter and did a fairly good job.  Just need to get those sets higher.  My favorite part was your hustle!  Looking forward to watching you in the years to come.

We got to cheer on our niece!  She did great;)

24 hour getaway with friends!  We had a great time.

Husker volleyball and an impromptu happy hour with Jace and her crew!

Farmer's market with Reeve!

Tatum snuggles!

Celebrating Rachel's 40th with Junkstock and some fun in Omaha!

I love all that my students get to do!  They are so fun and I love that I get to teach them:)

October means it is time for basketball already!  

August

 August was a fun month of celebrations.  Back to school and Mike's 40th birthday!

I am in my 17th year of teaching, Reeve is a 7th grader, and Joden is a freshman!  Time sure does zip along!

Joden got to go camping with his good friend Aden!  This is his brother Mason:)

Reeve and I got to go on a date to Shrek!  It was super fun:)

Tower Garden salad!

Putt tour with my sister in laws.  It was a fundraiser for Big Brothers, Big Sisters!

Great movie to raise awareness around sex trafficking.  Saw this sign downtown afterwards and had never seen one of those before:)

Got to love on Miss Tatum at dinner group!

Football scrimmage for Joden

End of the year baseball party!

Coffee date with Reeve!

2nd annual lake trip to Calamus with our dear friends!  Jace got to join us and we got to meet her family.  It was a great weekend!

Mike's 40th birthday was a blast!  Mike wanted to run the State Fair Relay and did so with his brother and two brother in laws.  We got shirts made for fun and cheered him on!

Then that night we had a kind of a surprise party for him!  He sort of connected the dots as the night went on, but he had a great time:). Thanks to Halpines for hosting and Chris for cooking meet and all the other things people helped with!

Homecoming was early at GISH this year!  It was the same night as Mike's party, so Aden's mom helped get Joden there.