They sent me this photo on day 1.
I was on SBC on day two so I got to go to all the parent bonding…
I just can’t believe we have TWO high schoolers…
Here is what I read this month:
The book “The Thursday Murder Club” is a witty, cozy mystery about four clever retirees who meet each week to solve cold cases—until a real murder occurs in their retirement community, giving them their first live investigation. It’s equal parts mystery, humor, and heart. The characters are delightful and sweetly developed in such an endearingly way. I recommend it!
Heartwood is a literary suspense novel that follows Valerie Gillis, an experienced Appalachian Trail hiker who disappears in the remote Maine wilderness just 200 miles from completing her journey. As she struggles to survive and writes poignant letters to her mother, a determined game warden, and an unlikely amateur sleuth race to uncover what happened. Blending a gripping missing-person mystery with themes of resilience, grief, and the bonds between mothers and daughters, the novel explores both the physical and emotional ways people become lost—and found.
My cousins daughter Casey turned 16 and on our Italian side of the family, we celebrate each 16 year old girl with affirmations and then a necklace that says “sorellanza” on it which means “sisterhood”. We eat, talk, and laugh and just enjoy each other’s company!
It’s a sweet time together!
The kids passports expire this September and we have some trips we are planning! It always starts with paperwork and photos!
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After Nationals, summer camp with church, playoffs, tournaments, family celebrations, we are all in the same place and have been loving our time together. Here are a few snippets of photos from the last week:
They did some damage:
I love hanging out with these kids!
Post Nationals, we have been enjoying time being together. We’ve been wanting to see the movie “The Odyssey”. This week gave us the opportunity!
We liked it but my goodness, it was almost 3 hours but really well done! The tickets at our local movie theater were $6.50 each, and this movie was so fun in a theater! We all said we liked it, but wouldn’t see it again because of its length… ha!
