Cienna - 12 Years 7 Months ... Kaylee - 10 Years 2 Months Old!

We've certainly enjoyed this last month together.  There's more summer to go (pretty much exactly two weeks) but we have tried to make the most of it.  We had one last Birthday car parade for Addie, and the girls have had a couple more social distancing camps that they've really enjoyed since they get to see friends and learn new things.

First was Team gymnastics camp where they added on an extra three hours a day of gymnastics during the week on top of the 2 or three hours that they go each day regularly.  They loved every moment.  Gymnastics has been quite good for all of us. Knowing that we take necessary precautions such as temp screenings, tons of cleaning, wearing masks during activities, it's so worth it and important to our mental health to belong to such a great group of people.  Cienna, Kaylee, and Mommy get to go and enjoy while Daddy gets a little alone time since he is amazingly handling the girls at home while working in our home office on the days Mommy is at work.  Both girls have certainly excelled.  Cienna makes pretty much every back hand spring on the high beam, has flipped her Tsukahara into the pit, made baby giants on the low bar, and did her half twist on the floor.  Kaylee did a double back into the pit, flipped her Tsukahara into the pit, did her giant on the low bar, and made her full twist on the floor.  They also both got their choreography finished for both their optional floor and beam routines.  They went to the same soccer camp that they have been to for the last 3 years and always happen to be on the same week as Harper and Ellie.  Also realized that they live pretty close and made a play date bike ride around the neighborhood together as well as virtually keeping in contact.

 

Just after Daddy finally got his appointment at the DMV for his Real ID, cousin MiKayla came to visit with Ellie for a day when we had also made plans to meet/bike ride with one of Cienna's new friends from Marshall.  They moved close to us right before we got a chance to meet in person.  So we all went on a bike ride around the neighborhood and got to know each other.

Then came the chaos, I mean hazzard, I mean Blizzard, and the storm, I mean lunatic, I mean Luna... so honestly we had such a great time kitten 'sitten those two.  They certainly kept us entertained and I think they also had a great time!  The Natals dropped by on their way to San Diego when the kittens were here as well.  We all enjoyed the company.  The cousins got an amazing sleep over, and we all had fun enjoying each others company including bike rides to local coffee shop, games, and sewing by Grace.

  

We've had some hiking outings to some local wetlands, the 100 acre woods in PV which we found our own adventure into the golf course, and finding our way under freeway after encountering many beautiful trees and landscape.  Given the current situation there has been a rise in craft activities, Kan Jam, Soccer Golf, Juggling the Soccer ball, Trampoline as always, Backgammon, card games, Clavinova playing, room re-decorating, painting, more crafts like there's no tomorrow, and family bonding time!

The honesty and humor that we've always made our top priority has made this time so fun for us and we look forward to some adventure as the school year approaches.  We have a bunch of family birthday shout outs as always this month.  Auntie Dana and Cousin Erik, Corey Snow, Cousin Ashley, Cousin Erin, Uncle Mike, Uncle RJ, and Uncle B.  We also did some work on the Bronco.  Figured out the instrument cluster, fixed some fuses and the blower motor is now fully working!

However, we didn't take many pictures.  Trying to stay away from those electronic devices that will be all consuming with all virtual school before us.

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Cienna - 12 Years 6 Months ... Kaylee - 10 Years 1 Month Old!

Being able to start gymnastics again has been a sanity saver for all of us, we've enjoyed time together, but safely being around close friends is also important!  We understand the risks, but we also understand that there are different risks if we didn't have the opportunity to safely socialize with  teammates and do physical activity!  The girls also go to finish the week of Acting Out Camp.  Even though we didn't get to see the end of camp performance in person.  They made a great video of all of their monologues and acts that they worked on all week.

Father's day was wonderful being together.  Daddy and the girls got their T-shirts, and he got his Country Fried Steak and Eggs, before the girls washed the truck.. and then Mommy's car as well.  Cienna made him fuzzy dice to hang on the Bronco's mirror and Kaylee used her birthday money to buy daddy a retro radio for the Bronco as a gift.  It was a great day together!

The following week, needing to get out, Mommy took the girls to the Arboretum to for a beautiful walk and to see a peacock stand off.  None of us had ever been so close to a peacock, or peahen, or a peachick before.  We then did our best to celebrate Michele's 40th birthday over a zoom call.  We will give her a proper celebration as soon as we can!  Since Daddy didn't get to see peacocks, we went to another Botanical Garden in Palos Verdes with all of us.  They had some incredible climbing trees and beautiful flowers, but no peacocks at that one.

Mommy gave Daddy another haircut, going a little shorter this time.  Then came the 4th of July weekend.  We decided to invite our Southern California extended family into our bubble... ish.  We went on a 3 mile hike in Palos Verdes that somehow turned into an 8 mile hike, but was just as fun and showed that just cautiously being around people was nice.  We then went swimming at the Bakx and had some delicious BBQ before heading back home ready for the next day.  We had planned a bike ride with the Shoenberg's to head to Yogurtland together and enjoy the treat and some fun time.  We rode bikes to their house, then all of us headed through LBSU campus on our way to frozen yogurt!  We found a great spot on the campus to enjoy our treat then headed back home.  Afterward we went to the Ferrario's for swimming, Kan Jam, fun time, and FIREWORKS galore!

After a big weekend, we only had a couple of days of work before heading on our trip up North to see family!  It was Grace's First Communion that Saturday, but we first had made plans for Camping at Resort Del Poppa.  First time at Poppa's since turning 10, Kaylee got to drive up and park the truck.  The Marty's, Kyle's, Poppa, and us all planned to camp on Poppa's property!  We had a great time enjoying the pool, especially the company, food, and fun times.  It was a Caribbean theme, and the decor and activities were well planned out thanks to Ashley.  After a wonderful pancake breakfast, we had a family scavenger hunt on the property, followed by Trevor driving to get the garbage cans with all the kids pilled in the back of the truck.  They made it back safely.  After more games and shenanigans, Ashley brought her projector to set up Pirates of The Caribbean for us all to watch under the stars!

We had packed as much as we could that day including our tent, so we slept in the garage in anticipation of leaving the next morning to go to Grace's First Communion.  It was a little less traditional being held on the lawn in front of the church, but just as meaning fun and memorable for Grace and us.  We then got to spend some wonderful time with the Natal's and family celebrating Grace with plenty of food and fun!  After heading home, we missed time with the Natal's and extended it with virtual game night.  Megan made an awesome Kahoot, Break Out, and Scavenger Hunt Games for us all to enjoy.

Finalizing the month, the girls had their 2nd and final week of Acting Out Camp for the summer with a video of their final performance coming via email that we can't wait to see.  Happy 9th Birthday to Addie as we drove by for a parade.  And we'll see how school is going to be in the fall with initial videos stating that we had both in school, and home learning options, followed by only online learning for the first month.  Not sure what's happening for the future, but we are only looking to do what's best for us, and EVERYONE ELSE as well!

Picture evidence in the link below!
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Cienna - 12 Years 5 Months ... Kaylee - 10 Years Old!

The month went from being in the thick of the social distancing, to a tiny bit of responsible socializing.  Mommy continued to go to coaches meetings in preparation to hopefully begin gymnastics again, and hosting the Friday evening Zoom HIIT workouts.  We all had eye appointments, two of us at a time.  Then more car parades kept us working on the Bronco.  First was Shelby's, followed by KO's and then Sydney's.  The Bronco survived them all.

As a family we enjoyed Legos and bike rides to get out.  Daddy brought home a projector and he introduced us all to Indiana Jones with an backyard movie night.  School year was coming to an end, so we went to do a drop off / pick up at Carver for Kaylee and a year book pick up for Cienna.  We did some more rock painting and Kan Jam.  Cienna made a very creative fairy house.  We all had a gymnastics team zoom game night where the girls played a Kahoot game that had questions about their coaches.  We also did a zoom movie night with the Marshall's and Vigliotti's to watch the new Full Out 2 gymnastics/dance movie together!

Then we were again invited to be part of the Ferrario/Bakx family to close out the end of an amazing era.  The Garden Grove Arena Soccer Park that we've played at for almost 20 years, where we met our extended Southern California Family, was closing.  We all went to play at the fields together one last time.  All of the family made 3 teams and we had a tournament, and all played for about 2 hours together before tearing the place down completely.  It was fun to see Cienna and Kaylee which are by far younger than any of the others hold their ground playing with the big kids and really old kids!  They were so excited to finally play on the fields instead of watching us.  Afterward we went to the Bakx house for some swimming and finally seeing other people time.

The next week was the last week of school.  We started with another car parade for Jemma.  Then Kaylee had an orthodontist appt. to get spacers in for her bottom braces the following week.  We also got to see Mommy's cousin's daughter Mikayla who brought her puppy Ellie, for us to watch while she headed to Texas to be there for her brothers high school graduation.  He was so much fun and Porter loved the puppy energy.

While Ellie was here Porter had his birthday.  We spoiled him with attention and took him as always on our weekly "Friday Night Lights" bike parade around the neighborhood.  Afterward we continued to prepare for Kaylee's birthday weekend.  Kaylee and Mommy went to the Dollar store for decorations and the grocery store for food where Kaylee picked out dinner for the next 3 nights.  She wanted Chili with fresh bread on Saturday night, Ribs and Caesar salad Sunday, and Domino's Pizza on her Birthday.

We had a Virtual Kahoot game that we played with about 15 friends on Sunday.  The main game had 45 questions that all related to her friends since we sent out a google docs to each of them ahead of time with fun questions for them to answer.  Then we incorporated them into questions for the game.  It went really well despite a couple of glitchy voices.  Then we had all the decorations prepared for the car parade out front of our house!  She had so many amazing friends come by and help her celebrate her birthday.  She was super excited to see so many faces, from school friends, gymnastics friends, teachers, coaches, and neighbors that she had been missing.

The next morning Daddy had to get up by 4am for a work meeting, so Mommy decided to take the morning off of work and stay home to surprise her in the morning.  Mommy and Daddy set up balloons, and a sign to welcome her when she woke up.  Then when she cam down the stairs and turned the corner Mommy was there to sing her Happy Birthday.  We can't believe that she is 10!!!!  We spent the morning going to Starbucks and playing games and then the girls got to go to their very favorite, Acting Out, camp of the summer.  They always look forward to it, and this year we weren't sure it was going to happen.  But since it is a small group they were able to pull it off with social distancing and it started on Kaylee's birthday.  Mommy went to work and then picked them up later that afternoon.  They had just as much fun as they expected to!  That evening the Marshall's and Vigliotti's met us in the front yard to sing Kaylee happy birthday with her candles and cake.  Afterward we had a gymnastics team parent meeting to talk about coming to gymnastics 2 days later!!  It was going to happen and we were all excited.  The whole gymnastics staff worked hard to prepare coming back to be as safe as possible.

The girls continued to enjoy Acting Out and mid way through the week Kaylee then got her bottom braces just before the girls first day back at gymnastics!  It went really smooth since there were only 14 gymnasts in 2 groups and 3 coaches in the entire gym.  There were certainly new rules, and a lot more cleaning for Mommy and the other coaches, but WOW it felt so good to see everyone and be at the gymnastics center together!

Cienna and Kaylee have really gotten to respect each other and learn even more how to push each others buttons.  But you can see that they are happy to have each other and they certainly know how to have fun together!

Some goofy pictures to follow!

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Cienna - 12 Years 4 Months ... Kaylee - 9 Years 11 Months!

Why not use what you have in the garage for some creative crafts?  Inspired from others we've seen, we mad our own squirrel sized picnic bench to put in our tree out front.  And thanks to Kim and Keith we got a cool way to give them food.  It has been quite inspirational to watch the girls creativity come through in so many different ways.  Kaylee has been teach herself how to play the Clavinova, and creating Rube Goldberg Fire Ball Experiments in the garage.  Cienna realized that now that she has the basic music skills through learning clarinet at school she can use it to learn other instruments such as the ukulele.  She also highlighted our front lawn with painted rocks, made a purse from thing around the house, and her canvas paintings are amazing!

We've extended bike rides purposely to reach out to more friends, and think we now have a following for our night time bike rides that light up the neighborhood using our led jackets.  More to come for sure.  We made up a driving game, just to get out of the house where we had random left and rights, starting from our house and we happened to end up at our local grocery store only 1 mile from our house.

The girls are really doing fantastic with school and getting the understanding that it is not just assignment to complete, but actual knowledge to be learned.  It's a different way of learning, but it's not a bad way!

There has been just a little trampoline time with kids flying high way beyond acceptable limits, but it at least they have self awareness. Still more tramp/soccer ball catch, newly learned gymnastics skills, and as much time getting mommy and daddy on it as they can possibly beg for.

They are still really committed to workouts every night, they actually really look forward to it no matter how hard it is, because they are tired of sitting in front of the computer doing school work each day.  They can't wait to get back to gymnastics and all their friends and as of now are hopeful that this at least starts to happen in a couple of weeks no matter how different it may be to start out.  Mommy  has had many coaches meetings and the gymnastics center has done some amazing things to reach out to all the gymnasts for online training, fun, and just socializing with their teammates.  Mommy has continued to do a tough workout every Friday!  It'll be interesting for sure how this goes in the next few weeks.

We've certainly added some extra science experiments into the mix and baking has been a fun pass time from Pizzookies, to Strawberry shortcake, chocolate parfaits and beyond.  New strategies have been discovered for board and card games, I think we all know how many cards there are in a deck and which ones have been played : )

We've enjoyed being part of some birthday celebrations however different they may be.  Lily had a virtual Tea- Party, we had fun thinking of Charley and Kari as we made some videos for them to see. And as we've made progress on the Bronco we have had a good time doing drive be parades for Hailey's 12th, Adison's 10th, and Alyssa's 16th birthday.  We completely fixed the speedometer and the fuel gauge, yeah us!  Next... all the rest : )

Speaking of birthday's, Daddy really appreciated the video of his friends and family wishing him a happy birthday in so many creative ways.  Mommy had fun putting it together!  The girls made him some special gifts and we made him Lemon Meringue Pie for desert and Jambalaya for dinner!

We continued our Mother's Day tradition eating bagels in the back of the pickup.  This time in the driveway and not at Lowes :).  She was spoiled with creative gifts from the kids, including a slideshow, and a wonderful day with the family.

It's been fun, most of the time, watching the girls relationship grow.  They have learned new two man stunts, and have built some super imaginative Lego places including a social distancing restaurant, a replica of our main grocery store, and a hotel for all people and pets!

We can't get enough of this time that we have together!

We do however look forward to being closer to friends and family soon as well!  We're going to be sure and think about everyone around us as this school year ends and summer begins.

Check out the pictures:

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Cienna - 12 Years 3 Months ... Kaylee - 9 Years 10 Months!

Somehow I snuck in my DMV appointment for my Real ID and Kaylee's orthodontist appointment at the beginning of our blog month which was basically the last time it was at all socially acceptable to go anywhere with the kids.  Then everything began to be cancelled.  All was crossed off the calendar for this month and slowly many months to come as well.

Daddy set up his new home office where he resides on and off the phone working over Microsoft Meets with his co-workers each day.  And we all began figuring out day work/school work schedules and how we can make the most of the new situation.

There was a couple weeks of getting connected online with school and continuing education with distant learning before this last week of Spring Break.  Mommy still has to go into work 3 days a week, but the girls are doing fantastic getting school work done and even enjoy completing extra work and research on new facts to learn, doing science experiments, etc. during the day while Daddy has to work.  They do still love Daddy's attention which makes it hard sometimes, but they understand that he has to work and try their best to make a go of it on their own the days Mommy is at work.  The girls have even been dedicated to keep in shape with almost 2 hours a day workouts.  Mommy and Daddy have joined them on occasion.  We've mixed it up throughout the week to keep fun and entertaining.  Usually warm up is on the trampoline, but sometimes it starts with over a mile jog around the neighborhood.

We've also found many ways to stay in touch with friends and family.  We've had Zoom calls including one for Christine's Birthday which included people from LB to New York.  We've had family chat's with McFarlands, Natals, Marty's, Kyle's, and Poppa.  Mommy has set up a weekly call with her High School friends which is great since we are all so busy to make time for each other.  The girls have been using Messenger kids, and they each have a google account to use Hangouts with friends and family.  They also had fun on their scheduled Google Meets for classes with friends from school.

The girls and Daddy made a sign for Mommy's birthday, and when she got home from work they all made delicious Chocolate Lava cake topped with ice cream for dessert!  There was a theme for April Fools Day around the house with plenty of plastic wrap.  It was on the stairs, on tops of water bottles, over a screw tray, and even on the toilet : )

In general we have actually all really enjoyed the family time.  We have been getting creative which is great.  We have done plenty of crafts, Daddy brought home a simulation motor to piece together which has been almost completed, lots of new recipes to cook together, plenty of BBQing, new types of computer/digital art, chalk art, we even bedazzled a hat.  Yes we found a never been open Bedazzler which was given to us by Grammy a while back and put it to use.

Other of our main go to's include walks, runs, bike rides, family dance party shenanigans, and plenty of trampoline time.  We all just get silly and bounce, lot's of new double bouncing tricks, getting new gymnastics skills and perfecting others, inventing new games that include catching a soccer ball and hoping to not lose it in the drainage ditch.  The girls favorite is to get Daddy on the trampoline because he can bounce them the highest!  The girls have also definitely upped their game of Kan Jam as well.  We've enjoyed all the weather, which is pretty mild but included some rainy days which we always enjoy.  And Cienna convinced Mommy that they should learn how to jump off of a roof just in case they needed it someday.  So that happened with spotting and professional supervision : )

We found plenty of eggs for Easter.  So we did some egg dying and got out baskets for the Easter Bunny and a hunt the next morning.  We all got up, and couldn't believe there were over 80 eggs to find.  We believe they were all accounted for.  Then we had a huge breakfast before preparing the ribs to be smoked all day long.  We didn't need to worry about lunch for sure.  We also did some dehydrating of fruits and meat to enjoy throughout the week.  It was a beautiful day so we spent most of it outside, then watched a movie while eating dinner before bedtime.  As the movie ended, Kaylee decided she would show us her tooth that she just pulled out!  I think the Tooth Fairy met up with the Easter Bunny that evening.

We noticed that girls get restless in chairs all day doing school work so we got them a couple of ball chairs to sit on.  They also played dress up again with Mommy's wedding dress, and we all finally got to do a virtual sleepover with the Marshalls.

Mommy set up a Zoom account to get all the gymnastics team to get to see each others faces and say hello.  It went well even having 30 or so girls.  Most of them were silent but I still think that they enjoyed seeing each other again.  Then later that day the girls invited the Water's sisters to join them in their workout.  It went really well and they all worked hard together.

We've even found new joy in bedtime stories again.  Though it seems as if there should be more time to get everything done, we seem to fill up the time together and still have plenty of things to get done.

Enjoy the pics:
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Cienna - 12 Years 2 Months ... Kaylee - 9 Years 9 Months!

Mommy and Cienna enjoyed reverse engineering a flying crystal ball drone for her science project.  We both learned quite a bit and actually fixed her broken toy!  We tried to get as much of the project done before heading to our much anticipated trip to Big Bear.  We were all set with gear that fit each of us!  The drive up was great and then snowfall came that evening.  We headed to the mountain for a day of snowboarding that was full of sun, great snow and even ski lifts up and snowboarding down in a full snow storm.  We even sat outside to eat lunch in the falling snow!  We all loved it even if it was a little cold.  The sun came up after a few snowy runs and we completed the day with all smiles!  At the cabin we enjoyed walks and even saw a large coyote right outside the bedroom window.  I think Porter would have made friends if he had the chance.

Mommy and Daddy both took time to watch Cienna get awards for all A's, all E's, and perfect attendance for her first semester in middle school.  The next day we met up with the McFarlands for dinner during their Disneyland adventure.  It was great to have a little time to spend with them!  We had fun at a Carver family night that week as well before the big gymnastics meet weekend at the Long Beach Open held at the Long Beach Convention Center.  The girls did amazing as ever and had fun as usual.

The week before the next weekend which was their very last meet as Level 5 gymnasts, Kaylee's classroom went on a field trip to Rancho Los Cerritos, and Cienna had middle school soccer tryouts (wasn't upset to not make it as she doesn't really have much time in her schedule and only one 6th grader made it anyhow), it was a good experience!  Mommy got to have lunch with Kaylee at Carver for read across America day, and Cienna had her first rehearsal for Susical the Musical play that her chorus class has been working really hard to show.  Mommy got to help celebrate Minda's birthday before we all headed to San Diego for the Cal State Games gymnastics meet and hang out with the Sklenicka's.  MiKayla also came to watch the girls.  They were both excited to know they were now Level 6 gymnasts after the meet, and performed amazing.  We hung out with Sklenicka's and went to Jackson's soccer game the next day.  We finally got around to weeding the garden and prep for some Spring planting.

Unfortunately Kaylee's class didn't get their chance to go to Cienna's school to watch the play as planned due to rain, but Mommy still got to help supervise the kids for their performance for another school the next day.

Then started the cancellations.... of everything.  First was Kaylee's talent show that Saturday, then Cienna's school performances for the parents, then all school itself until April 20th.  The girls were holding out in denial that gymnastics wouldn't be cancelled.  They had practice on Saturday, and a celebratory ice cream party for participating in a YMCA fundraiser, then they even stayed for open gym.  Cienna got some of her Optional floor routine choreographed.  We then went and got vegetables to plant in the garden the next day, since it was so nice and weed free!

We all went for breakfast on Sunday to figuring we wouldn't be getting many chances in the days to come.  We also had a last chance play date at the park for some friends that were visiting from out of state.  Then we got the word that gymnastics was cancelled as well.

The first few days without school the girls self regulated all the school work they had been given, or could possibly do.  They continue to want to do school work and learn.  They also are determined to keep up their gymnastics skills through all this.  They are following a workout schedule sent from their head coach, and having fun with whatever equipment that we have available to them.  Mommy and Daddy are even braving to join some of the workouts.  We also managed a trip to the DMV to get mom her renewed license and Real ID which was a scheduled appointment since late Fall.

Let's see where else this all takes us and how creative we can be!

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Cienna - 12 Years 1 Month ... Kaylee - 9 Years 8 Months!

Cienna's game show birthday party was a big hit!  Almost all of her friends came and had fun with a home rendition of The Price Is Right filled with games and prizes followed by some Family Feud excitement.  We all worked together to build the games and carry out the plan.  We had to add a couple extra hours to the party once it was all said and done but it was a great time and a perfect way to celebrate Cienna turning 12!

Unfortunately the next day our 11 year old gold fish, Cuty, died after enjoying some fun in her new tank.  It was too much for her to handle.  We gave her a nice burial in the front yard under a nice rock to remember her.

On Cienna's actual birthday she was given signs and treats by her friends at school which is a new middle school thing.  Cienna chose to go to Islands for dinner so that she could get the Chocolate Lava desert.  We were all surprised that we actually left without finishing the whole thing.  But is certainly was rich and delicious.  Before heading to dinner we stopped off at the fish store and got a couple new fish to enjoy the new tank as well.  So now we have Falkor and Sushi as new additions to our family.

The girls first gymnastics meet of the season was coming up, so they got some haircuts via mom and were very excited to get to compete at the Disneyland Hotel.  The were wonderful and had a great time as always.

Mommy got to hang with some friends that we don't see as often being mom's of middle school girls to celebrate some birthday's at Taco Beach.  Then Adison came over for a stunt filled play date with Kaylee and Cienna.

They next two weekend were quite exciting.  First, the 49ers were in the super bowl so we threw a last minute party to BBQ and hang with friends.  The sausages and rest of the food was a hit.  The outcome of the game was not so great, but we had 0 and 0 for a football pool that we donated to, so that worked out.  The next weekend, the four of us headed to Angel's stadium to watch Monster Jam!  It was more that we expected and such an exciting event.  Truck's doing tricks and flips and a great competition.

As the Ferrario's set off for a vacation we got to doggy sit Zelda and Link who we all enjoy spoiling with cuddles.  Kaylee also had great support in her school fundraiser.  She did an Apex fun run at school on Valentine's Day which included an every day encouragement of being the best you can be in all ways.  You maxed out at 36 labs for the fundraiser, but Kaylee did 60, just to keep running with her friends.  We had a little treat party after gymnastics practice to celebrate as well.  When we got home Mommy and Daddy exchanged cards that they made for each other and found out that they used the same exact image to give to each other.

The girls had a "home gymnastics meet" this last weekend. It was neat to have a fun practice competition with their teammates and route each other on at our gymnastics center.  They both qualified at the first meet to move up to Level 6 and have chosen their first music for their optional routines starting in June!  The next Sunday we had Roman over for a brew day and even got an unexpected visit from Mommy's cousin's daughter McKayla.

Check out the photos:
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