Well, I've done it again----these photos are in the opposite of chronological order. No time to redo it---behold our August in descending order. ;)
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| We forgot to take a photo together, but I did snap an outfit selfie for my friends before going out to dinner with Peter to celebrate our 19th wedding anniversary. 19 years! |
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| Sarah Avery's brownie troop bridged to Junior girl scouts the Saturday before school started. |
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| We spent over a week celebrating Sarah Avery's 9th birthday, including a Friday after-school Amazing Race birthday party with all of her friends. |
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| Making a 9th birthday wish. |
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| The Amazing Racers |
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| She opted for Polar Pizza from Baskin Robbins for her birthday cake. |
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| Peter and Susannah worked hard to plan 2 race legs of Amazing Race clues and tasks for the girls to complete. |
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| The girls were into it! |
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| Next clue! |
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| The opening challenge was finding your partner's shoes and putting them on. |
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| We found real clue envelopes on Amazon to lend a little authenticity to the party theme. |
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| Earlier in the week, we had a little family party on Sarah's actual 9th birthday. |
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| Birthday pancakes before school |
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| A few days earlier, was back to school. |
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| 7th and 4th grades |
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| Where are my babies? |
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| The weekend before school started, we gave Sarah Avery an early birthday present--surprise tickets to see Bluey Live in Baltimore. |
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| So excited! |
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| We'd been keeping this surprise for over 6 months, so we were so excited to see this face when she opened the tickets. |
Now we are two weeks into school and settling into the fall with grateful hearts. So happy to be back in our house and community. Happy Labor Day!
