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Here we are in May. Life has been crazy, busy, and to be honest a bit stressful. We just sold the jeep this week, which was a much bigger project than we expected. We are hoping to sign the lease on a new house this weekend if all goes well. Then we have 6 weeks to get our old house cleaned out and packed up. Case is facing the end of the semester, papers, projects, and finals! Not to mention he is coaching soccer and the Vice-President of a student organization on campus.


CJ is doing great. I know he'll face some sadness at the end of the preschool year. All of his friends are moving on to various preschools. We have plans to keep the dynamic four (Nick, Avery, Sophia, and CJ) getting together for play dates as much as possible, but it will be hard for him to adjust to all new students. As far as learning and growing goes, he amazes us more each day. He's a great runner and just so smart. Moreover, he's developing an extremely witty sense of humor!


Ceirnan...no longer a baby. She actually said a whole sentence to me the other night. "Brother has water." She also says "I love you". Such a sweet girl. She's a lot more mischievous that CJ was though. She loves to climb. Perhaps the cutest thing of all though is her love for dance. When she is out walking she stops every so often to throw in a twirl. She's extremely independent and has no problem letting you know when you are cramping her style.



We were so lucky to have Pop Pop come out for two whole weeks. The picture above is from the Blue Rocks game. The Blue Rocks are one of Kansas City's farm teams. The kids had a blast and were spoiled with batting helmets and ball caps.

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