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First day of school!

This is a big year for the kids. Benny is in 4th grade, Lorelei is in 6th grade at the big junior high, Evan is a freshman in high school, and Avery is a senior! Where has the time gone?! I can't believe next year will be our last year with a kid in elementary school. Kyla starts her sophmore year at SFA next week but is already on campus training with the cross country team. Hoping for a great year for all of them!

30A Florida trip!

At the beginning of June we took a quick little trip to Florida and stayed at a friend's beach bungalow off the scenic highway 30A. The beach house was walking distance to the beach and had a community pool that we enjoyed. The highlight of the trip was definitely the beautiful emerald water and sugar white sand! So stunning and so different from what we are used to in Galveston. Dan and I loved to start each day with an early morning walk along the beach and end it with a sunset walk. On our last day we explored the cute little town of Seaside that was just 5 minutes from the beach house. The movie The Truman Show was filmed there. We loved looking at all the cute shops, eating lunch from the food trucks, and exploring the neighborhood. Hope we can come back next year to explore some more!

most of my photos were taken with my cell phone but i still enjoy lugging my big camera around every now and then

We loved our evening walks on the beach!

Baseball 2023

Benny finished another awesome season of baseball! He lucked out to have the same coach he had for 7U. Coach Ricky is the best coach! He's so kind and patient with the boys and Ben learns so much from him. His team was undefeated almost the whole season. They only lost one game and won the Championship Tournament at the end of the season. The boys all got a championship ring and a first place trophy. Baseball has been such a good experience for Ben and I really hope he wants to continue next spring.

BYU Graduate!

We are so proud of Elayna! She graduated in April with a degree in Electrical Engineering from Brigham Young University. It was so awesome to be there to see her walk across the stage to receive her diploma. We also got to explore campus and got our favorite chocolate covered cinnamon gummy bears and fudge from the bookstore. The weather was so beautiful and we enjoyed an afternoon hike to Bridal Veil Falls. Dan's sister Grace hosted the most incredible graduation dinner party at her home. All the food was so delicious and sister-in-law Carrie made amazing cake. My brother Andy also hosted a bbq at his home the night before the graduation. So grateful for all our wonderful Utah family! It was a blessing to have them so close to Elayna while she was attending college far from home.

I decided not to haul my big camera on the airplane so only got cell photos

Elayna is now working as an electrical engineer at Collins Aerospace in Houston. Same company as her daddy!

Halloween 2022

The kids were so excited Halloween fell on a three day weekend this year! So nice to have the day off school! The Astros are in the World Series and were supposed to play Halloween night, but the game got postponed. Evan dressed up as an Astros player. Lorelei was a leopard/cheetah and Benny wanted to wear his grim reaper costume from last year even though I tried to talk him into a different costume. Avery got to attend the Renaissance Festival this October with her friend and they both dressed up. Avery got to wear her costume again for Halloween.