I started piano lessons. There I am in the front row, left of blue dress.
I played Jazzy Tune and Don't Stop Believing
Graham and I had our last day of school meaning one dropoff/pickup for mom and dad for the next 5 years! Graham was super excited to start going to the same school and summer camp as Maddie.
We celebrated Father's Day with all the cool dads.
Graham started playing T-Ball during the summer.
On July 21st, we headed to Colorado for a week long family vacation and had a great time. We headed up to Estes first. The views were incredible!
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After Estes we stayed in Denver for a few days and had one of the coolest tours at the zoo. We got to feed a porcupine and anteater and touch snakes and birds among other things.
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I celebrated my 8th birthday with a small group of friends.
Graham and I started at the same Elementary school on Friday, August 10th.
Mom and dad took a couple of trips without us! First to Vegas to lose some money.
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And then to Missoula, Montana to see Dr. Triche get married. Congratulations to Jason and Grant!
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Halloween was prosperous. If you couldn't tell, I was Waldo and Graham was Ash the pokemon trainer.
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We celebrated Thanksgiving with a wonderful meal.
We survived an actual blizzard on November 26th.
And BobBob came to talk to Graham's class for Kinde rgarten Job Day. And the kids loved him!
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