Tess & Elm

As I said to everyone I hugged this weekend…

“This has been wonderful… and awful… and I love you, let’s do it again… but not like this.”

It doesn’t make sense, the joy we all have being together despite the true reason for being there. My aunt Sherron passed away at the end of March and we celebrated her life the best way we could this weekend, and the way she would have wanted it - in her home, FULL of people, full of laughter, full of food and drinks. At every turn, there was a memory, a certain smell that only could be from uncle Steve and aunt Sherron’s, and a reminder that she wasn’t there.

But she was. I know she was.

As my mom said in her eulogy, quoted from a family favorite (Winnie the Pooh), “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”

We are the luckiest.

Let dance competition season commence!

Showcase is a pre-comp to prep for the upcoming season and fun to actually see what the girls been working on all year! Sloane and Tess both were fantastic as were all of the girls - time to get this show on the road!

*Kudos to the dance teachers. Just … thank you!
**Double kudos to the parents that do the rest. You know who you are. 🤗

25 and a half years ago, these two young kids had no idea what lie ahead of them. Six months later, they started dating…

And now here we are! Matt said we’ve been together longer than we’ve been apart. ❤️ Time, man…

(Sure wish I had this photo in a digital copy. It would tear in two if I pulled it from this frame! 😂)

#2001