Happy 16th Birthday, Mac!

We celebrated Mac turning 16 at his favorite restaurant, Oishi (somewhere in all those pictures behind him are about 4 other pictures of him celebrating there!).

I can’t say enough good things about the young man he is turning out to be. While parenting teenagers is WAY harder than I thought it would be, it’s also WAY more rewarding. I love to hang out with him. I love to text him randomly. I love that he will text me randomly. I love how, even when he doesn’t want to, he honors us by listening and following instruction – on the big things. πŸ˜‰He’s a straight A student with dreams for his future. He’s a careful driver.

After dinner, I forced a little photo shoot with everyone. Losing Dad so suddenly has taught me that you never know which picture will be the last. So here we are enjoying each other while celebrating our Mac.

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Patch Time!

We drug the boys to the pumpkin patch for another year. They were thrilled. πŸ˜‚

And just for fun:

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Sophomore and 8th Grader

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Update on the year!

We got this letter!

I guess last year wasn’t as bad as I thought!

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Future Marching Spartan

Patrick was invited with the 8th grade band to perform at the high school football game with the high school marching band.

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