Duluth day trip

I haven’t seen my aunt and uncle (my godparents) in over two years. A lot has happened to all of us during those two years. Seeing them today and being able to catch up in person was so good for my heart.

My aunt Deb gifted me a cedar chest that my grandfather made and several knitted items that my grandma and her twin sister made. I had asked her to write up a brief history of the piece, which will be a treasured piece of information about the chest that I will keep with it.

Here it is in its new location in our home.

Aunt Deb introduced me and the girls to diamond dots. (The peacock in the photo of the two of us was done by her.) She sent home three mini kits for us to try.

Family wedding 🥂

Weddings are often the only time we get a “fancy” family photo. Today we attended the vow renewal and reception for one of Jake’s cousins. It was a beautiful day and a fun reason to celebrate with family.

No, Jake isn’t shorter than Shecklet #1…yet. He’s leaning forward a bit in the above photo, so it looks like Shecklet #1 has passed him up.

First day of Freshman year – 2021-2022

We have a high schooler! How can this kid be in 9th grade? Wasn’t it yesterday that he was starting kindergarten? So excited to see what this year has in store for him!

As a friend of mine pointed out, he’s lucky to get to go to school with bare feet 😆

Terrain trail at Gma and Gpa’s

Ever since returning from his trip to NV, Shecklet #2 has been anxious to design and build a bike trail with jumps at Grandma and Grandpa’s house. He and his dad started some of the process at home.

Then they headed south to bring some of his vision to reality. Jake’s parents’ neighbor, who has excavating equipment, made short work of building the dirt jumps – saving Shecklet #2 many, many hours of work.

After helping, neighbor J enjoyed watching the Shecklets alongside Grandma and Grandpa 😊

And yes, that’s Shecklet #4 taking quite the fall, but she’s a tough kid and shook it off!

Cousin-sitting

Our nephew came to stay with us for a few days while his parents were out of town. The Shecklets were great examples for him and encouraged him to brush his teeth, get into his car seat, and use his words to tell us what he wanted. 💙