Thankful Thursday

I'm so, SO thankful and proud that Kael got the Spirit of the Jaguar award! We got a letter in the mail last week and I honestly cried a little when I opened it.  Really happy to see him be recognized for the awesome person that he is!

I'm thankful Kylee got accepted to do PEOPEL PE! It's the program at our school for students to be in PE with special needs peers.  Kylee is really excited. 

 I'm thankful that we finally found a pharmacy that could fill a prescription we needed.  

I'm thankful Kael had a great track meet on his birthday last week! He had his best throw of the season and also made it to the finals- 7th overall! He just looked so happy and confident all night- such a leader out there.

I'm thankful he had a great birthday and he's thankful for his new guitar!

I'm thankful for the world's fastest trip to the DOT last week for Kael's full adult, no restrictions license.  Seriously we were there less than 10 minutes. 

I'm thankful for a birthday pedicure with my mother-in-law!

I'm thankful Kylee had a great meet on Monday! Love to see her happy and running strong! She had the best time of all the girls who ran the 4x800 that night!

I'm thankful for brunch out with Kent on my birthday.  I had the cutest coffee and the food amazing. 

I'm so thankful for a beautiful delivery on my birthday! Seriously the biggest flower arrangement I have ever received! 

And a super sweet card too.

I'm thankful for Kent showing up after work with balloons and a cheesecake for me!

I'm thankful Kael had such a great meet on Tuesday and thankful for all the fam who came to watch him! He threw four PRs in a row!!! So proud of him and so happy for him. 

I'm thankful for a super fun surprise party!!! I felt so special and really appreciate all the people who took the effort and time to make this happen for me! 

Mis hermanas. They know me so well- a Mexican fiesta was perfect!

The original 5. 

Photographer Berkley!

Such fun decor and loved the photo board my parents put together too! 

I am one lucky girl. 

I'm thankful for Kent. After the party (he and Kase had been at baseball) we were all home together and I opened gifts- exactly things that I wanted- and we got up to have cheesecake and he passed out papers to the kids before they lit the candle to sing to me.  They took turns reading from a list Kent had made of "40 words that describe Laura".  It was so thoughtful and so awesome for him to involve the kids and just a really special moment I will always remember.  He's a good one. 

Kase is thankful that he got drawn to be a helper at a Field Day station!

Happy Thursday!!!

April birthday boys

I can't believe this is the last year my April birthday boys will wake up in the same place together.  It has been an absolute joy getting a picture of them together each year and seeing how they've grown. 

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Weekend Wrap-Up

 It was a busy weekend around here!

But first funny story- I ran into my sister at the mall on Friday.  I only go to the mall maybe once every other month and I don't think she goes very often either so it was hilarious that we were in the same store at the same time!

Friday afternoon Kase got invited to swim at his friend's new pool! So fun.

Once Kael and Kylee were home from track, we picked up Kase and headed to Red Lobster for Kael's birthday dinner. Such a great night celebrating Kael and spending time with my favorite people.

Happy guy!

Saturday we had a nice day- I know it was killing Kent that our baseball team wasn't playing that day because all of our friends' teams were playing at Prairie Ridge- right by our house! Kael worked, Kylee spent the morning hanging out with her boyfriend then she, Garrett and Kent went to Drake because Kylee was supposed to run the 4x400.  There was lightning so it got delayed, then eventually canceled and Kylee was bummed because she really was excited to run there! Kase spent the day hanging out with his friend, doing funny Oreo TikTok challenges and hooking ropes up to his bike to pull his friend on rollerblades.  Totally Kase things to be doing.  

Saturday night Kael had Prom! He looked so handsome all dressed up and it was great seeing him so happy. 

I went downtown with them to 801 Grand to take pictures. 

Kael and his best friend Gabe.

The whole group!

Kael had fun at Prom but more fun at After Prom- I heard him come in at 5:30 AM! 

While Kael was at Prom, Kent and I and his family all went to the annual Rotary fundraiser event.  It was a great night supporting our community and wonderful to spend time with his family! 

Sunday morning Kylee volunteered at nursery, Kael slept in. After church we went to Filet for an early birthday brunch! It was so good. Later Kase hung out with friends- they built a very cool fort in the basement, Kael had a Walk meeting then work.  Kylee went to her boyfriend's house and Kent had a massage. We spent the rest of the day working on miscellaneous things- talking and planning Kael's grad party and Kase's birthday and stuff like that. 

I wouldn't have hated warmer weather but it was actually a really nice, relaxing weekend!!! Have a great week all!