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We celebrated Emma’s 18th birthday yesterday. She had a great day at school with her friends. She even got a new pet goldfish from her friend, TJ. We made Emma 2 of her favorite meals last night for dinner, hamburgers and homemade mac and cheese. Everyone keeps saying that they can’t believe that Emma is 18 already. They keep saying it went by so fast. It feels different for me. Maybe it’s because I had Emma at such a young age. She’s been here with me during EVERY big moment in my life. My wedding, her sisters’ births, new jobs, new homes, new town. You name it and Emma has been here with me. Sometimes I forget that she’s only 18 and not 37. 

I think it will hit me when we drop her off at school in September. It will be the first time in my adult life that I don’t have my Emma right by my side. 

Happy Birthday, Emma!! I love you so much!! 

A few months ago I won a pair of Hunter Hayes tickets from the radio. I knew it would be a perfect concert to take Chloe to. 

I was surprised at how good our seats were. We also got to see Dan+Shay and Danielle Bradbury. Hunter was Chloe’s favorite! I think she might be his new biggest fan!

Thanks Country 102.5! 

Lucy had a party to go to for a little boy in her class at Jump On In. She had so much fun! That first picture is a little blurry but it cracks me up!

We did a little hiking with daddy and then again with the Desmarais girls.

Emma and I spent 9 hours looking for the perfect prom dress (this was not the one)

We had lunch at our favorite pizza place in Watertown

We drove by Jon’s college and some of his apartments. That’s always so much fun. Mostly for Jon and I. The kids could care less about how 6friarys began.

We’re also practicing tying our shoes 🙂
Lucy had an extended spring break due to kindergarten screening. More pictures to come!

I feel so bad when I throw Lu’s artwork away so I thought I would start posting it here.

Jon and I decided to take Chloe and Lucy for a walk through the backyard (woods) before CCD. We’ve been cooped up in the house for what seems like forever!! It was so nice getting out and getting fresh air into our lungs. We ran into what looked like the fisher cat’s den so we didn’t spend too much time out there. We saw lots of tracks that led up into the trees and lots of deer tracks. 

Look at that cold little nose! 

It was a gorgeous winter day but I’m still counting the days until spring!

Sledding on what feels like the coldest day of the year.

Lucy: “mom, what kind of cat is Stella?”
Me: “she’s a little Maine coon, a little Bengal and a little tabby.”
Lucy: “is she a little Portuguese?”.

Hahahaha! Wanted to remember our early morning conversation.

Let’s take a look back at some of Emma’s previous semi formals: 

This year:

With her best friends:

Her final high school semi.