4.WOW
The Honors Banquet is for the students. A night to recognize their hard work, dedication and academic excellence. A night of awards, scholarships and applause... but somehow it's me that's going home with the grand prize. I'm the one with a daughter that makes me so proud my eyes water. I'm the one who will remember tonight for all nights.
Congratulations Isabel 🥹
senior photos
Wind, seagull filled skies and a poison ivy patch threatened to ruin Isabel's senior photo shoot. Thankfully the weather turned, the seagulls scattered and a rubbing alcohol bath kept me itch free.
swiss no more
She did it! 10 countries, countless adventures, new friends, perspectives, and now after an unusually turbulent flight from Minneapolis... she's home!!! Makes my eyes water thinking about who's she's become.
happy birthday
17 is a bit awkward so far... Dad's got COVID, Mom's gone, helping out in Motley, Grace is in Switzerland and Isabel started her birthday with the 4 hour ACT test. Despite the rough start, her friends help her rally with a deli lunch, fancy Italian dinner, flowers and lots of laughs around an ice cream cake in the kitchen. 🥳
Happy Birthday Isabel!
ps. That’s her friend Rachel in the window.
Switzerland
Cold, snow and flight delays have Grace running late this morning, but with some luck she'll arrive in Randa, Switzerland tomorrow around 6am our time. She's spending the next few months of her gap year working as an au pair for a single Mom and her 5yo son. Lots of skiing seems likely... they're just a few minutes train ride from Zermatt, regarded by many as one of the best ski resort's in the world.
into the blue
Grace is college bound this fall but has been wandering Central American for a few months on a gap year. I met her a couple weeks ago exploring Costa Rica and Belize.
ooops
Sorry about the spam messages the other day. Was working on adding a wildlife photo page to the site and didn't realize the demo content I added would trigger notification emails..
At any rate, just finished the page - it's basically a full screen version of my Instagram account... I'll be adding photos regularly, so if you'd like a notification when I post new stuff, send me an email and I'll add you to the mailing list.
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smile's back
Grace got her wisdom teeth out last week and recovery was a little rough. Smiles were few and far between for a few days, but thankfully, it's looking like her smile will make a full recovery. ?
honors night
never smiled as deep, proud
shiver to think of setting you free
but there you are, agleam in a crowd
Oh the things you'll see?
prom... sort of
Dresses, dinner, friends and fun, but COVID cancelled the formal dance.
ps. Mattie is his name #friend
stepping out
Stepping out from behind the computer, and into the classroom. In-person learning begins ?
