Puppies!

 If there's a puppy in a ten-mile radius my household is going to sniff it out.

Kyle had to go a lot fewer than ten miles since Chloe (his friend, not our dog) only lives 3 streets over and has new puppies.

Kyle was over immediately.  As in, these little babies are only 2 days old.  

And already in Kyle's arms.

And yes, I've already told him no...we're not getting another dog. 

They Grew Up

 When JR told me he was going to Senior Girls with Mary I may or may not have jumped up and down and clapped excitedly. 

The big event was this past weekend and JR looked very handsome even though he thinks tuxedos are stupid and he would have looked better without a tie and his shirt unbuttoned to his navel. 

I made him take pictures of the "long trek" next door to Mary's house to pick her up.

They looked so good! And yes, I made her nose gay.

All the girl parents get to go and the whole family looked great, besides being just the sweetest! 

Their whole group

At the event

I'm not sure how we got here so fast, it feels like just yesterday they were starting middle school! 

Track Season

 Reed has won 1st place in pole vault in the first 2 track meets of the year.

The first meet he cleared 7'6

and the 2nd meet 8'0

On a side note, I've been told I'm not allowed to scream "run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run," as he runs down the track and "you've got, you've got it, you've got it" as he's trying to go over.  

(Although I'm pretty sure it totally helps.)

And there's your winner. 

Familiar Face

I love when I see a very familiar face pop up on my feed.

 

Happy Valentine's Day

 Lots of fun Valentine's Day presents today.

Kyle and Reed got candy and a sloth.

JR got candy and a Rolling Stone's air freshener for his car.

And I got flowers

Which Chloe thinks are hers since I use her as a sizing guide.

PreValentines Weekend

 I feel like there's been lots of PreValentines celebrations this weekend.

Jason and I went to a fancy birthday party.

JR went to Gimmie, Gimmie Disco night.

And Kyle and Reed went with us to the FFA auction, but we didn't buy anything. 

Fans

 I'm still not really ready to talk about JR's last show.  At one point I was in a full hands-covering-my-face- sob.  But we do appreciate so many people coming out to see him do his thing for the last time. 

The Apple Doesn't Fall Far

 It's fun to watch yourself on stage.  

I'm going to be very sad tonight. 

If You're Cold, They're Cold

 It was cold last night so they canceled afterschool activities (including JR's show) and school today.  There wasn't a flake of ice on the ground so it was completely unnecessary.

And don't worry about Chloe.  She's keeping herself nice and toasty. 

Retired

 We've been joking that Reed played his last basketball game of his "career" last night.  His last 2 games have been great.  He hit 2 3 pointers in last week's game, and scored 4 in this weeks.  He was a great little point guard and had lots of fun playing with his team.  Out of all their games they only lost to MMS, so we'll call that a very successful season. 

We were all super proud. 

And Reed would be a lot closer to my height if I didn't wear such high heels!