Today it is gray and snowy and mushy outside. It is also Ohio outside. Perhaps this isn't a bad opportunity to look back at some odds and ends from our last month in Wisconsin. It was summertime. And it was Wisconsin.
Sara at age six months
Nothing like a sweet little baby wrapped in a towel. (Oh Sara and her sensitive skin.)
Karate America Kick-a-Thon
David really enjoyed karate over the summer.
The last event he participated in was the Kick-a-Thon for the Ronald McDonald House. They collect pledges and then kick as many times as possible in one minute. They kick with a partner using X-ray paper to see, hear, and feel the kicks (so they can be easily counted by the partner).
David kicked so hard that he broke the X-ray paper!
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| Mr. C teases David about the broken X-ray paper. |
Mr. C is awesome. He was great with David.
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| David and Mr. C |
Congratulations to David for his 23 kicks!!
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| Hooray for David's 23 kicks! |
Where Sara spent half of her babyhood
These pictures were taken when Sara was six months old. But they could have been taken any time in the last eleven and a half months. This is where Sara likes to be.
First Friend
Sara's baby buddy was Quentin. He is two months older than Sara. David, Mary, and I fell in love with him before Sara was born. And then Sara was born and she fell in love with him too!
I miss Quentin, and I miss his mommy, Hillary. Sniff, sniff. Actually, more like weep, weep.
Sara was about six months, and Quentin was about eight months, when these were taken.
Look at these two sweeties! Oh Sara and Baby Q, may you meet again.
So many people we miss ...
Good-bye party
One of David's sweet friends (and fellow lover of Lego and Minecraft) is Isaac. His awesome mom Sarah got some of David's school buddies together to throw a little going away party for David! It was darling!
Ohio-themed games, fun prizes, water games, thoughtful and super cute decorations, and even disposable cameras! (The boys didn't even know what to think about the cameras--they couldn't understand the concept of film. So funny.)
And in an amazing and happy twist of fate, David found out just days before the party that his best friend Bailey would be moving to Ohio too! How crazy is that?? So the boys go to celebrate together at a joint party.
The party was the day before we left, so it was perfect timing. Something fun to look forward to that last day and an opportunity for some closure.
David loved the chance to run around (literally) with his friends.
David misses Isaac. (Isaac is an AMAZING builder!)
And I miss Isaac's mom. I met Sarah on the playground after school when David was in kindergarten. You know how there are some people you see and you know you want to know them because there is just something in their countenance and you can see their goodness? That was Sarah. She is fun, hard-working, thoughtful, warm, down-to-earth, and kind. She's one of those people who is so easy and fun to talk to. And her dedication to serving others--at school, her church, friends, family--is inspiring. I especially respect and admire her commitment to supporting the school. (It's fair to say she is definitely one of the pillars of the school community!) I am so grateful she had this little party for David and Bailey. (She even made a photobook with the pictures the boys took. David treasures it!)
Yep. So many good people we miss.
Another Good-bye
While David was at his party, Mary was having her last play date. She spent the day with super buddy Abby. Oh, sweet, smart, fun, adorable Abby.
They did art projects at Abby's house, and then Mary got to go to Abby's hip-hop dance class. (Which Mary LOVED, by the way.) I picked Mary up at the dance studio. The girls said their good-byes.
And I said good-bye to Abby's mom, Renee, another wonderful friend who was so helpful as we prepared to move.
Yep, yep. So many good people we miss.
Okay. I have more. But I have to stop. My heart is hurting too much.
(Sheesh, this blog is getting depressing...)
