May

Nate took on a new role as a detective at work! Definitely ask him questions about it next time you see him, he'll be able to tell you much more than me! But what I can tell you is that he now works M-F and is off every weekend! New dress code for work warrants a "First Day" picture! :)

Jemma has been diligently working on her back handspring and finally got it down on the trampoline!

Jade kept busy with spring soccer and another volleyball league with her friend Ellie. 

Jade had her last band concert of the school year which was held at the Naperville Community Concert Center. This was such a cool venue for the kids to get to play at.

Jemma wrapped up 4th grade with a fun ice cream social and year book signing night!

Jade received the 6th Grade Madisonian award. This is awarded to students who exhibit behaviors consistent with the school's pillars of expectation (Responsibility, Respectfulness, Inclusiveness and Engagement). We had a received a letter in the mail letting us know she would be receiving this award and inviting us to the ceremony. She was surprised not only to receive this award, but to see us there, too! We're so proud of our girl!

Last day of 4th grade for Jemma!

Last day of 6th grade for Jade!

We got to squeeze in a quick visit with my Grandma while we were in Crystal Lake over Memorial Day weekend!

Meet in the Middle

Meet in the Middle this year was in Northern Illinois/Wisconsin over Mother's Day weekend! A big thanks to my parents for coordinating everything so all we had to do was show up! :)

We kicked off the weekend on Friday with lunch at the Fire Pitt in Trevor, WI followed by the Logic Puzzle Museum in Burlington, WI. Everyone had so much fun at the museum getting to try to solve dozens of mind puzzles. Picking out a puzzle or two from the gift shop to try at home was a lot of fun, too!

From here we headed to our rental house for the weekend, Pineapple Ridge, in McHenry! We had a relaxing evening at the house eating sandwiches from Subway, relaxing in the hot tub and a campfire complete with s'mores.

The next day we made a coffee stop at the cutest shop, Perkup, in Elkhorn, WI. From here we went food pantry donation shopping at the Piggly Wiggly in Lake Geneva! We had a list of the most needed items and then broke up into groups to shop!

Once our shopping was complete we had lunch at Gino's East before heading over to the Lake Geneva Food Pantry to deliver our donations.

We picked up dinner from Tommy's and spent the rest of the evening back at the house playing games, relaxing in the hot tub and enjoying another campfire and s'mores!

The next day was Mother's Day! We spent the morning together at the house opening gifts and celebrating all the moms! From here we headed to the Brat Haus in Richmond, IL for lunch followed by ice cream at Hanen's Ice Cream Parlor in Wilmot, WI. Both of which were SO good.

Thank you, mom and dad, for another super special and fun filled weekend together!