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.  

July 2023

July was a fun month filled with lots of outdoor time with great friends and family!

All the Fourth of July festivities:). Coffee date with my sister, church with a friend, lake time with the Halpines, and we hosted a gathering at our house on the actual fourth! It was definitely a good one!

Reeve got to play in two basketball tournaments in July!  We did not win a game, but getting more touches on the ball is beneficial.  Proud of her for her hard work--the first tournament they played with five for two games and six for two games. 

We hit up happy hour at Blue Sushi afterwards!  And Ivanna Cone:)

I hosted a sourdough event and had a fun crew.  Two friends, a co-worker, and a girl I knew from high school who lives here now came.  We had a great time:)

Went to my dear friends while she was gone to get seedlings for a Tower Garden and enjoyed some lake time all by myself while I was there!

Another book club friend turned 40!  We had a blast celebrating at the lake.

State baseball did not turn out how we'd hoped, but we are grateful for the families and the fun we had!

Reeve brought her friend Eleanor and they had a great time!

We got to watch Piper play softball this summer!  

Joden got to pay in the Allstate Showcase, so we stayed at the same hotel two weekends in a row :)

Aden got to play on another team also.  

Reeve had basketball again during this weekend, so we squeezed in dinner with the Ankenys and coffee the next morning.

The team got to attend a Sodbusters game and interact with the players.  It was an awesome night!

Pool party at Wendy's :)

Celebrated going to weights all summer with a few treats at the Chocolate Bar!

My sister was in town so we ate at Wasabi!

Six years later, we made it back to the annual Lyle Schumacher softball tournament!  We had a great time and it is always great to see our Schumacher family:)

While out in Sidney we got to visit Charlee's gravesite with my sister!  I am so glad we were able to do so:)