First day of freshman year versus last day of freshman year! First day of 6th grade versus last day of 6th grade! First day of 4th grade versus last day of 4th grade! Last day of 4th and 6th versus last day of 5th and 3rd grade And then a throw back to last day of school 2024! Claudia's last day of 8th grade! Natalie's last day of 5th grade! And Maddie's last day of 3rd grade! They are growing up! :)
Let's talk brackets. I love a good competition. I love to win. But when I don't win I can typically move on quite quickly from a loss (unless we are specifically talking about Big Six Swim Offs, but I digress.) We have a family group on ESPN for the men's NCAA basketball tournament and it's "high stakes" with no entry fee, a chocolate rabbit for the winner and most importantly bragging rights. While I've never won, nor have I ever been close to winning, I thought I'd share my rationale for my picks through the first round of play. You should not follow this advice but if you so choose to, don't blame me when you too lose out to a cat with it's own bracket. East Region UConn 1 v Stetson 16: This is a silly way to start because it's a 16 v a 1 seed and clearly we know the very likely outcome of this game. But if I could, I'd choose Stetson cologne over a Huskie dog because Huskies kind of scare me a little. Regardless I am going with the ...
We probably end up shopping at Target at least once a week. But last weekend we ended up at the Cedar Falls Target and the girls decided it warranted a brief photo shoot. Aren't they so adorable. CJ was with us too but she opted out. Brown Bottle dinner to celebrate Grandpa Craft's 75 birthday! Maddie has been having fun creating faux fingernails out of paper. They don't last long but they sure are cute. This photo is just one pair she made. Mike and I ran a 5K a few weeks ago. He has run a lot of 5Ks in the past few years and I am just now making my return to running. I was not at all fast but I am proud that I'm getting back out there.
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