50th Anniversary!

My parents celebrated a big milestone this August-their 50th wedding anniversary! We had a small lunch and get together to celebrate!

 

Back to School Feast!

It took a week or so but we finally got around to our feast! and a new house means a new back to school feast set-up! We had more wall space for the banner and I grabbed some balloons this year too. We had tortellini, meatballs and broccoli with three different gelato options for dessert. I love making the kids cards and writing a special message for the year!

 

Cheer!

Some pictures of Paige at cheer!

 

First Day of School!

Paige and Owen started school! Owen has late arrival this semester so he gets to sleep in and go to the high school almost the same time Paige starts at the middle school. Next year they'll both be in the high school together! I can't wait to see what this year has in store for them, they both have some challenging classes and good friend groups and extracurricular activities. Owen injured himself in a soccer game so he started the first day with crutches but moved to a walking boot after a couple of days. 

 

Soccer! (so far)

Owen's junior soccer season started out great! They were playing great and he was having a blast, especially with this being the last year to play with a few of his friends who are seniors. Unfortunately, he got injured in a game and ended up with a high ankle sprain. He's still working on healing and is doing physical therapy but we're not sure when he'll play again. I'm so impressed with his attitude though and he's doing a great job supporting his team!

Before injury-

After injury-

Putting on a happy face for some concerned moms that were texting me

Actually not happy though

Long wait at the ER

So long...

Anthem from the sidelines

More supporting

Owen!!

The whole team!

 

Birthday!

I turned 42! We didn't have much time for celebrating on my birthday but the moments we had together were great! Owen had a soccer game in the morning that all of his grandparents attended, then we were able to show Pat's parents the house before we had a little time to ourselves until Owen headed to work for a long shift. They showered me with gifts and Pat made me a cake!

 

Supplies!

This is probably Paige's last year of having a supply list but I'm going to keep doing supply shopping until both kids have graduated! We waited until pretty close to school starting to go again and Target didn't have everything we needed but they did have Starbucks and they did have some folders so...good enough! Both kids were good sports about me taking a few pictures. I kept it brief and inconspicuous.

I don't remember the exact situation but the day I took Owen we had stopped for lunch and got so full we didn't have room for drinks!