Homecoming week

What a fast week it was!! Won our football game by 2 points with a great ending! Weather was beautiful all week in the upper 70's and no rain. Grace had a great time getting ready for the dance with her friends and looked beautiful! 

This last photo taken from graces Instagram sums it all up 😊

Owens greatest day ever

What a day for our little man! Started out with his first hockey game in Madison. His team played a great game with several goals and one scored by Owen! He skated so well and in just a month we have seen great improvements in his skating ability!

Later on in the evening was his Cub Scout pinewood derby night. Owen took home the second place trophy for his bear pack! He was so surprised and excited! As I tucked him in for bed we talked about his day and all he could say was how he couldn't believe he won his first trophie! 

Whoa

I came across this picture today....

It was taken just 3 years ago. I am dumbfounded as to how little the kids look. It made me very happy and sad. Happy because I see the joy on their faces and think about how special this moment was starting the elf on the shelf tradition. I had begun dreading the return of the elf this year. It's always when I'm tired and ready for bed that Aaron reminds me that we have to move the elf and I started to regret the thing. But, when I saw this photo and the morning the elf returned this year and Owen began remincing about his antics it made me so very happy! Knowing that these are memories he will carry forever I knew then it was all worth it! 

The reason I feel sad? Well, look how big these kids have grown in just 3 years! Grace is in a kid body in this photo and now she is in an adult body!! No wonder she's so out of whack sometimes, look what she has transformed into in just 3 years! I also think about how naive she is here to the elf and now she joins me in the joy of creating the next elf antic! She had saved me many times last year by moving Buddy early in the morning after I had forgot! It is just so crazy how 3 years brings about so much change. This will be one of those moments where I have to say... Thank you social media for stopping Father Time and taking me back to a wonderful moment of Christmas past! 

Chair assignments

Grace got some cool news today! They recently had auditions for chair assignments for band. Because our band is so big and they don't have enough room they have to split the band into two. They have an ensemble band and symphonic band. Ensemble band is the higher level band. 

There are 20ish flutists in the band. They take 6 for ensemble and the rest in symphonic. Grace got her chair placement and was placed 2nd chair for symphonic band and 8th in all!!! So very proud of her 😊 I guess u can say she takes after her mom when it comes to her music talent, ha!