Our Week in Pictures . . .

Kate and her classmates graduated from the DARE program - 

Kate was asked to give the write the welcome 

comments and read them at the ceremony.

Turn up the volume!

{Charlie, Vivian, Kate, Nora}

Spring thunderstorms calls for chicken noodle soup!

Another outstanding JV Track Meet for Molly -

She is continuing to run the 100 and 200 yard dashes -

SO proud of her!

Our yard is SO GREEN!! I'm LOVING April!

Bear watching the bunny.

And the bunny noticing Bear - notice the ears!

Ruby's 12th birthday party! How many girls can you fit in a hot tub!?

{Harper, Lottie, Elizabeth, Victoria, Sadie, Vivian, Reece, Kate, Lucy, Della, Ruby, Cece, Isabel, Nora, Caroline, and Anna}

Reece's 12th birthday party -pickleball party - 

and Della & Kate played this giant battleship game!

I've been helping with a FIGHT CLUB SISTERHOOD once a week after school with the 6th grade girls - and this week we discussed compassion and did an egg toss where some of the eggs were raw and some were hard-boiled, and the girls didn't know! It was so fun!

I LOVE these girls!

Easter Weekend with the McGinnis Crew!

 

We drove up to Omaha on Good Friday to spend the long 

Easter weekend with the McGinnis cousins and Grandma Pat!

It was wonderful for all 11 of us to be together again just a few weeks after Grandpa Pat's funeral. I wish I had a pix of the rest of us - but we just focused on the kids and Grandma with the pictures this trip.

{Vaughn-19, Charlotte-12. Grandma Pat, Kate-12, Molly-15, Vaughn-11}

Pat played the piano SO beautifully for Easter Sunday morning mass!  

She is SO very talented - it's always an honor to get to hear her play!

The granddaughters!

Kate & Charlotte enjoyed walking to the park behind their house . . . 

 

Saturday night dinner . . . 

Easter Prep . . .

Bear appeased me by wearing his "bunny ears" long enough 

for me to get a photo of his sweetness!

Before we head to Omaha on Friday - made my 

favorite lemon cheesecake to bring!

Our yellow pansies in the backyard just happened to be in bloom!

Spring in KC!

 

It has been a GLORIOUS Spring in Kansas City this year! So many gorgeous bluebird days and everything in bloom, the air smells like candy!

Bear has an extra hop in his trot! He's LOVING the weather, too!

He always comes with me to pick up the girls. He loves to wait 

patiently while they come out of tennis - 

Kate's latest painting from Art Class at school . . . 

We are so proud of Molly for going out for Track - a hard sport that she doesn't love - but she is proving she can truly do ANYTHING she sets her mind to! She is an incredibly hard worker.

Lilacs in the 'hood smell like HEAVEN.

Molly's 3rd track meet - she wasn't letting this girl beat her.

Go, Molly Go!

Molly typically runs the 100 and 200 yard 

dashes on the JV Track Team for St. James.