Full house

 Early morning cuddles in aunties bed. We said goodbye to Damian and i made an early copycat chipotle dinner for 13.

The Rays arrived around 3:00 and we ate a late lunch/early dinner. It was my night to volunteer, so I drove Delaney and Olivia down.  I did flower sales and it was so dumb because there were 2 other moms there so we just chatted and hung out. 

Out of order, but okay. Adi sent some graduation announcements to some companies and Maruchan sent her a cute letter and some coupons. Let’s go with your ramen loving self!

It was so fun to watch the show with Chantell and get her professional perspective. 

Poor Dan got cut off here, but it was cool to have a big group to see buggy!

Grandpa and his youngest grandchild. ❤️

So many granddaughters. There’s only 3 boys in the whole mix. 

There’s Uncle Dan!

I got a little emotional seeing Lilys last show!

Next years gonna be so weird without these 2!

 Carter and Emmett weren’t as impressed as they were last year, but they were good and patient. 

And very sleepy.   

Adi sent me this banger. Because we had so many people, Matt and Emmett went early in the day and bought a bunch of ice cream treats and Frankie, who stayed home with Henry made brownies so we had brownie sundaes and played games when we got home. 

We had Lexi and crew in the basement, grandpa in Frankie’s room, Dan and Chantell in Adi’s room, and Rue in Delaney’s room. I told the girls they could either sleep in our room or the basement, so they cuddled with the boys. I love a crazy full house!

Dancing queen

Alexis and Adi had long planned a trip to celebrate their 30th and 18th birthdays. It’s pretty cool how they lined up and were two big ones, for the first and only time really.

And then Lexi got pregnant and there wasn’t a ton they could do comfortable, so then it scaled way down. 

Damian and I planned and decided to decorate their car, with the boys help. 

We let them each do one of the back windows and Henry was the mvp again and was so good watching in his stroller. 

I do love a themed pair of glasses. 

Especially when these silly boys put them on over their every day glasses. ❤️

They loved it. 

They had to stop at the auto parts store in Leonardtown (Damian followed) because they lost a lugnut and they called me crying laughing because an older man came up to the car window while they waited for Damian and played them happy birthday on his harmonica. The whole song. I was like did you clap along or take pictures? And no, they both just sat there awkwardly smiling and laughing. 🤣

They got lots of honks and it was startling every time. 🤣

I made sure to write that it was a sisters trip on the back, otherwise it’s my 30th and my 18th birthday could be kind of creepy. 

They. Love. Pappy. I’m so grateful that blending grandchildren is so much easier than blending regular children. ❤️

I got to see some Delaney dancing that day on Facebook. 

Ballet Caliente shared a preview video and I watched a thousand times and screenshotted my little heart out. 

Very exciting week of practice and dress rehearsals. 

❤️❤️❤️

And then they were home. The boys, including Damian, did great! They enjoyed delicious food, an escape room, movie, a fancy hotel in Inner Harbor, and sleeping in. 

Friday was showtime! The backstage moms shared photos. Ms. Gasaway got them each a sweet goody bag. 

So glad they got pictures! 

And their cute American Bandstand dance. This was Delaney’s fav because they got to dance and act. 

She loooves being on stage. Ballet is a lot. A lot of time and money, but I’m grateful she has something she loves and that we have the time and money to support her. 

The show was called The Pursuit of Happiness and it was so creative and interesting. 

I wasn’t bored at all. 

Some of our Pax ward dancers. 👯 

The cute young women. 

St Mary’s City is one of my favorite places in southern Maryland and the drive home did not disappoint. 

We went to Dairy Queen after and ran into a bunch of studio company girls so of course we cheered when they walked in. Because even though the girls are awkward, Matt and I aren’t. 🤣

30 & 18

 We had Better than Shopping Cake and special candles for our birthday twins  

We’d had so much party food that I almost didn’t make a cake, but I’m glad I did. You have to celebrate properly. 

We got them their hotel room (with points) and filled up their car and gave them money towards their fun overnight trip, but they had to have something to open, so we got them some roadtrip snacks. 

The boys helped me wrap everything up so it was truly beautiful. 😉 

Emmett and I bought number balloons and we tried to tape them to the wall but couldn’t get them to stay. 

We did some fun boomerang pictures, so it ended up working out. 

Pretty cool birthdays for these two!

Adi’s graduation gift arrived that day too - a new laptop that auntie Alli helped us with her discount. 

June 3rd also happened to be Freshman Orientation. I thought it started at 7 and picked her up early from alley accordingly, but then we discovered it actually started at 6. Oopsie. . 

Adi ran a musical jeopardy game for her young women class and they had fun. 

It ended up working out okay because we missed the boring auditorium part and still got to walk around the school

Future Raider and alumni Raider!

It was a good birthday for our good birthday girls! It’s wild that I’ve been a mom for 30 years now and that we’ve had Adi for 18, but here we are. 

It’s a good life!