Life Lately - April

Life lately in April flew by! May 1 is this week & the girls only have a few more weeks of school. Don't get me wrong, we are ready for summer, I just can't believe it is already here! This spring has brought a lot of school & club soccer for Sadie:

Club volleyball for Sophie since we are in the process of wrapping up tournament season:

Sadie & Bryan went to Chicken 'N Pickle for a dad/daughter NCL event:

She has been an officer for NJHS all year & they inducted the new class for next year, so she got to be a part of the induction ceremony:

They are still really active in KLife & had a blast at their annual silent chicken dance:

Of course, these girls always have a birthday party or a sleepover whenever they can:

It's really been a fun spring so far & I am even more excited about all of the summer fun coming our way soon!

Derby Days - BLUE Girls' Retreat

This past weekend, our church had their annual girls' retreat for middle & high school. The senior girls plan it & come up with the theme & this year it was Derby Days:

Sadie had 2 soccer games this weekend, so we had planned for her to go back & forth, but thankfully a cold front blew in with a lot of rain, so she got to stay the entire weekend. Saturday night the girls dressed up for their derby dinner & I couldn't help but laugh when I saw their camera roll:

Sadie's group took a bunch of group photos, but apparently Sophie had her own photo shoot. Ha!

Her group decided to all wear blue dresses:

The retreat ended after church on Sunday, but it was baptism Sunday & one of the girls in Sadie's group got baptized so they were all excited to celebrate with her:

What did Bryan & I do for the weekend by ourselves? Well, we had a workday around the house on Saturday and got a few things done, but then we went to dinner downtown Saturday night because it was our 22nd anniversary. Can you believe it?!

Turned out to be a wonderful weekend all around. Cheers to 22 more years Bryan!

Easter 2026

Easter weekend was very relaxing this year and a much-needed break for our family! We had Saturday free, so Sadie had signed up to ref several soccer games, but the weather decided not to cooperate. Instead, I woke up early to a rainy, cooler & dreary day and let the 3 of them sleep in. I pivoted & cooked a big Easter brunch and hid eggs around the house so the girls would have a surprise when they woke up. Apparently, the surprise was on me because Sadie slept until 1:45 that afternoon! It was a fun egg hunt and took the girls a while to find all of the eggs so I'm glad we did it Saturday instead of Sunday before church. 

They still had a surprise on Easter morning though:

They are never too old for Easter baskets! Especially when they are filled with goodies for spring & summer:

Thankfully the rain moved out & we woke up to beautiful weather for Easter Sunday:

After we all got ready, we headed to church, which was very exciting because it has been under construction for the past year & our new worship building officially opened that morning. An even bigger reason to celebrate!

It was a fantastic morning seeing friends, celebrating Jesus in our new church and with perfect weather!

Afterwards we went to Bryan's parents and spent the afternoon eating & visiting with family. All around a great weekend together & so much to celebrate. He is risen!

Cotillion Grand Spring Ball 2026

Now that it's April, I feel like some things are finally starting to wrap up already. The first being cotillion:

Sophie has been attending their classes since August but they just had their final session with the Grand Spring Ball last week:

Her group had the late session so we met friends for dinner before and then headed to the Embassy Suites to meet everyone else:

We saw a lot of friends, from the session before & from our session from schools all over Frisco:

All of the girls looked so pretty in their white dresses! We stayed at the hotel and had drinks with friends but thankfully we had a few moms volunteer so they were able to take pictures of the kids during the ball:

They had cake & punch and then went through all of the dances they learned all season. Apparently, Sophie even won one of the dance competitions:

They let the parents in the last 30 minutes and we took turns doing a few dances with them but then it was really just picture time with all of our friends and family:

It was a fun night for all of us. Even though Sophie said she didn't like going, I personally think she had a great time but for now, it's one less thing on the calendar. So proud of all of these girls & the young women they are becoming: