April 2025

 April was full of celebrations and some good time with family and friends! 

Had a weekend where I was able to fit in a date with each of my favorite people!

Had a little surprise to celebrate my 40th!  Mike invited some of my closest friends and family:)  It was great and loved his gesture to celebrate me!

Got two sets of roses in one month!  Crazy!  One was from Heather, Karisa, and Jace for my 40th and the other set was from a senior student of mine who got a scholarship that I wrote her a letter of recommendation for.  I loved them both:)

Got to celebrate one more time with my girlfriends.  We got to go to a boutique, go to a greenhouse where we planted a flower, and we ended at dinner at a winery.  It was an awesome night:)  So blessed with such great friends!

Reeve had her last volleyball tournament.  It was a fun season for sure.  Interested to see how freshman volleyball goes:)

Did our annual trip to Wayne State College with my juniors.  It was a smooth day, which was great!

Made it to Colorado to see Mike's sister and family for Easter.  We were glad we were able to make it work:)

Joden's pickup is fixed!  Thank the dear Lord for insurance!

Working on final kitchen plans.  House is coming along.

Reeve turned 14!  We went to Wasabi the day before her birthday because on her birthday she had choir all night.  Her show choir performed at every single concert. Overall she had a great day and is definitely great at being a sass a frass.

Framing is moving along!

March 2025

 This March felt full of some high moments and some difficult moments.  I know through it all God has his hand in it.  We must trust Him this month, and always! For His plans are greater than our own.

Kicked off the month with show choir at GISH!  They got first place!

Exciting, yet bittersweet.  We moved out of our house on March 6th.  We made so many amazing memories in this home, but we are so excited for our future home and the memories we will get to make there.

We celebrated with dinner at Bonzai the next night!

Joden turned 16 on March 9th and then fell asleep driving and wrecked his car on March 17th.  In the moment I was so angry, but now I have definitely realized we are lucky he is okay.  His car is in the shop now.  Luckily insurance is covering most all of it.  Just continuing to pray that God will protect him as he embarks on this new journey.

Jamaica with my sisters for my 40th.  We had a blast and enjoyed one of the resorts we had not been to yet!  So glad we were able to make it work.

Reeve got to go to DC with her middle school over spring break.  They had pretty good weather and had a great time!

Right when I got back I got to hang with Joden Saturday at wrestling and Reeve Sunday at volleyball!

Night of the Show Choirs was fun.  All three middle schools performed and also the varsity show choir.  

Dinner group fun!

One of my favorite parts of sports is all of the bonds you get to make with others.  Reeve has had the pleasure of playing on teams with friends from other schools.  She has enjoyed getting to know new friends!

Reeve's team did awesome at this tournament.  They got second.

Wrestling banquet!  Joden got several awards.  He got a varsity letter, Guts Club, an academic award, another academic award for the state, and he got to go up for being a state qualifier. He had a pretty darn good season, but I also can't wait to see him continue to grow next year!

Radiant flooring work!  So excited to see the house move forward.

Radiant flooring is in and concrete is laid.  We celebrated with the Halpines!

We finished the month off cheering on Piper at state gymnastics.  She did awesome.  We had a great day cheering her on and hanging out with family!