Summer Blog Salad

Well what have we been up to since my last post (May - gulp). The answer is: a lot! Of course the burden of documentation has been mounting so I shall condense it all into a nice mix. 

After Mother's Day came Father's Day, naturally. And I was especially proud of the gift we gave Jason this year. There was one particular favorite photo this winter I took of him and the boys skating on our backyard rink on a snowy night:

I took a chance on a website called Instapainting and the result was amazing! They took this photo and turned into an actual work of art. It came rolled up on a legit canvas, I was so impressed.

A true oil painting! I had it framed and he loved it :) We all wrote a note on the back, the boys traced their hands, and it is hanging over the piano. 

So if you ask me, that was perfect :) In terms of what actually happened on Father's Day, Jason got the pleasure of escorting the boys to a massive lacrosse tournament while I stayed home. Also perfect ;)

The boys had their last day of school and then we started the summer! So far we've been to Vermont twice, Long Island once, and Chatham for a week. The boys have had some time at hockey camp, flag football camp, and there has been a lot of general hanging out with friends and family. In no particular order, it has all looked something like...

(I caught a baby shark!)

Oh! And on the birthday front, I went to California in June to celebrate (my) GG:

And Jason turned 44!

Which brings us nicely up to date for the most part. Next post is the Summer 2021 trip to Chatham, and then Ashton turns TEN!! Double digits ahhhhh!! It'll be a doozy!

Mother's Day 2021

Another year, another Mother's Day :) I got two very different gifts this year. I mean, I have my usual two gifts:

And they gave me colored cards with flowers and "I love you Mommy"s on them and it was great. But what I also got was sitting on the sidelines for 5 hours of sports. Yes yes I did. Starting at 7:30 am with Alex and flag football.

I was not the only mom to receive the precious gift of watching a team of 7 year olds being herded by a bunch of adults hoping that some semblance of a play would emerge. 

This is me, Katie and Corinne. At least it was sunny and we had coffee. 

After lunch the boys had back to back lacrosse games. 

#16 came and gave me a rose at halftime.

And then Alex had a game and *gasp* I got a rose from him too! 

My other gift was a photofacial. The sh*t is going down at age 40 everybody. I had the sun damaged spots zapped off my face and it's more exciting than I can tell you. Jason kind of incredulously couldn't believe that was what I wanted but he is smart and knows he couldn't really argue on Mother's Day. 

So that's post procedure, not too bad. The dark spots get darker initially. 

THEN we came home after lacrosse (the photofacial was actually the previous week) and had a nice  walk/rollerblade, a nice picture, and a nice dinner in front of my lacrosse roses.

And there you have it! Jason is usually not home for Mother's Day so that in and of itself was a huge treat. Well he did go to work in the morning and sent me this gem:

Psssh. Trying to steal my show ;) But he made it to the boys lacrosse games and it was great. I'll say, Ashton and Alex just keep getting bigger and bigger and we are having so much fun. They read me jokes and stories, tell me about what they are learning in school, and can never have too many hugs or kisses. They wear what I ask them to wear to school (this is NOT a small matter) and are kind, respectful boys. I get compliments on them all the time, which of course is the absolutely the biggest Mother's Day gift of all. They are the best yet!! :)