may day play day {2013}

Another super fun one on the books!

{pre-race shot, eve ran for the hills…terrified of the hawk. lees, halls & kate}

{stretching with the hawk}

{hey mama kate and mei in background}

{fun-run!, aston paced so well…kate and jack, photo finish!}

{getting our awards…shot courtesy bb}

{this one spent a 1000 tickets on this jumpy obstacle}

{kate and classmate, annalisa}

{william and kate}

{love this of stell, taken by bruce}

{the things we do to keep the peace}

fake casts are a huge hit…

{hair color station}

{buddies from class…lila & mckenna}

{kate & annie}

loved this…backflipping…

on the way out…

Eve spotted the track and exclaimed that she wanted “TO RUN!” and took off (pent up from missing the fun run per her hawk fear). She was a maniac (and then crashed in the car)…



{love the joy here. bottle.it.up.}

{blurry but love the sister love here}

Kate thanked me on the way out for sending her to Charlotte Latin, saying just how lucky she was. I loved hearing that from her. She is happy, and just as important, grateful (I know all schools are great…just saying glad this one has opened its arms to our poo bug and vice versa).

A heart-warming way to bring in the end of her special Kindergarten year. (As I type this, wow it has hit, the big Kindergarten year is closing. Sigh and Tear).

house {more framing}

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{back, sunroom, view from kitchen island to sunroom, eve in dining, and view from master laundry}

gymnast kate

Kate had her “parent observation day” yesterday. She loves this stuff. Took some pics and a few clips…

Kate is pretty solid on most other skills, but flexibility is her challenge…

Kate is in class with one of her good buds, Sloan. Love that they have this bond….

{sibling photo-bomb}

My little snipits…

We had a very mini-conference at the end of class (prompted by Sloan’s mom who asked, “what’s the next step/how do they get there?”). Kate’s teacher said that she worked very hard in class (which is most important to me). She said that Kate was strong and had several necessary skills down. But, although she can do a back kick-over, it needs to be more consistent (she needs to be able to do it right, every time), and that she needs work on flexibility (which we knew). We’ll see where our little monkey takes this sport. This is such a big one for her, in terms of her love, but the commitments (time-wise), come up fast and soon. It’s hard as a mom to know whether to cut it off or keep going in this direction. Again, we’ll see, but I’m proud of Kate for having a passion and working-hard.

framing {first 2nd floor walk-through}

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{front, framing in the rain (great room), kate’s room, eve’s room (typical crazy eve pose), holding room, more front}

wells fargo pro-am

What a perfect way to spend a morning. Bruce had the opportunity to caddy for Charles Howell III for Wednesday’s Pro-Am and more importantly, caddy alongside Charles’ real caddy, Henry, one of BW’s best friends and teammates from college. Because it was such a big deal and because we knew Kate would get a real kick out of it, we let her skip school and come with me to watch…

{bw had just spotted us and henry is right behind him}

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{bw holding court with charles and henry}

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{fun fun morning with my big girl}

Caught a few others in action…

{webb simpson}

{bubba}

Another REALLY fun part about this day was seeing all of the pros interact with the fans. This is one of the only days (apparently they do on Tuesday some too) that they really sign autographs and really just are more relaxed. What a fun treat. Kate became preoccupied with getting autographs, which was exciting for me too. I think I injured my back hoisting her up in the crowd to get Rory’s autograph (she was one of like 3 out of 50 that he chose to sign…we were tickled). Her collection…

{boo weekley, rory, cameron percy, charles howell, webb simpson}

Hope we can do this again next year!

house {yard and more framing first floor}

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{bruce set out to cut grass for the first time in he can’t remember when. he quite enjoyed it (borrowed a mower)…and then just more framing progress in middle section from earlier on in the week, and lastly, bw, sent these tonight…first is view from kate’s room and 2nd view from rec room}

house {more framing and first “walk through!”}

We did our first walk through today (first floor only so far) and it was beyond exciting to see our house/our plans come to life. The girls, especially Kate, really found this so so cool. Kate kept asking questions and even requested to bring her own camera next time to take pictures for herself. We should have known she would have loved the layout walk (just like her papa).

{(l to r): view out front door , kitchen table area, dining room, outdoor living space, my sitting room (in master)}

And this is the view from front and back…

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