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Here's a sampling of some of the awesome things our kids have said recently.

Megan to Me about mom and dad's 20 year anniversary: I can't believe you were 12 when you got married!

When asked about what she thought about a frog dissection we watched, Megan replied, "Gross but worth it!"


Some quotes from recent tech training we've been doing with the kids:

While talking about harmful things we may see online:
Mom: Hurts on the inside are hard to see.
Matthew: That's why you need an x-ray.

We had a pile of items whose purposes can all be met with smart devices. Dictionaries, cameras, calculators, etc.
Sarah pointed at the pile and said, "Those are all old people stuff and this (device) is new people stuff."
Sarah's thoughts about a phone book: "What is that? That's creepy! It has all your information."


Sarah: Joker is the most attractive villain. Not the one from 19-something.

Matthew: Dad, did you know you are going bald?
Dad: Did you just realize this?
Matthew: Yes?

Megan and Matthew: We want a slip and slide.
Mom: We have a slip and slide.
Megan: I hate the slip and slide.



Megan: We’ve been exercising all morning.
Matthew: But we really aren’t using our fingers very much. We need to play Terraria.

Mom: Friends don't let friends fight the wall of flesh. (Note: this is something in the game Terraria that Megan and Matthew love playing together. But it sounds wrong.)

Sarah: BUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRPPPP! That was a good one!
Dad: I think someone swapped her brain for a teenage boy's.

Mom to kids: Good night, good work...
Megan: I'll most likely let you watch TV in the morning.
(Can you name that movie???)

May Happenings

Here are some of the things that happened in May.

Mother's Day.

Matthew used popsicle sticks to say "Best Mom Ever." It's pretty impressive!

Mother's Day cards. The one on the left is from Matthew, the middle is from Megan and the right is from U.

We celebrated 20 years since this happened.

We made beignets using Disney's recipe.

Megan and Matthew painted some village houses. And some other things in the process. Here Megan is making a silly face with some paint on her face.

Megan's painted hand. They completely painted the doorknob in the background. It was not easy to remove the paint....

Sarah posing on her bike.

Matthew riding U's bike and Megan on Me's bike. They were excited to ride bigger bikes that have multiple gears. Ever since this day, they would ride the bigger bikes when they could. Thankfully, we have now found them each their own bigger bike that fit them better than mom's and dad's so everyone has a good bike to ride. (Bikes were sold out everywhere so we found some used ones.)

We went camping in our backyard one weekend.

Treasure hunt activity. We gave the kids a key that helped them find the clues to discover what the treat was.

Matthew created this spaceship using Blokus blocks.

Four Blokus couches.

Making a circus using every piece from Meeple circus.

Megan found bird bones in the yard. She enjoyed looking at them and creating artistic arrangements.

Part of a skull on the top left and part of a jaw including two teeth on the top right plus a bigger bone.

Matthew enjoyed his end of year party. His teacher gave us all the items with instructions to give them to him at the beginning of the party. He had a nice time.

Our pool :)

Matthew and Megan making a sign for a driveby party for a friend.

U used to hold Matthew like this a lot when he was a baby. Matthew has gotten a LOT bigger!
(Notice U's new hairstyle? He decided to see what it's like shaving his head.)

Megan has also grown a lot.

Sarah stopped by her friend Katie's house to wish her happy birthday.

We played Wii bowling and most of us got high scores. Matthew got 4 strikes in a row!!!

Snail Matthew.

Sarah has enjoyed learning to ride her skateboard.

Sarah's 15th Birthday

Sarah turned 15! It has been great to watch as she has really matured a lot over the past year.

Ready to open her gifts.

Opening the gummies Matthew gave her.

Excited about the Cheez Its from Megan.

Opening the crazily-wrapped present her parents gave her. (There were multiple bags, one tied tightly shut, as well as a wrapped box that was completely wrapped in packing tape.)

What was in the package from mom and dad? An eraser. (Technically, it was a skateboard eraser as it had staples on the bottom of the eraser so it could slide across slick surfaces.)

The real skateboard.

Trying out the skateboard.

Happy birthday message on the driveway, courtesy of dad.
(I'm also including close ups of "Happy" since each of those letters was uniquely decorated.)

Some members of Sarah's swim team surprised her by stopping by. She was so excited!

Her initial reaction. She was totally surprised!

Going down to greet her teammates and coach.

Cami, Nathan, Kate S, Bridge T Bach, Rishi, Sarah, Mishi, Coach Nelson

Sarah organized a drive by party with her friends in the evening. She was excited to see them!

Turning on some music to listen to during the party.

Matthew, Megan and mom hanging out on the driveway. Megan and Matthew were tasked with delivering the cookies to Sarah's friends.

Sarah and Megan

Sarah with the signs from her swim team behind her.

Waiting for her friends.

Sarah with some of the friends who came by during her drive by party.

Sarah with her ice cream candles.

Blowing out the candles.

Sean came over to watch a movie with Sarah.