A couple of times a year I introduce a High Five for Friday post with a disclaimer of sorts, a reminder that while most weeks offer a reason(s) to high five, most weeks aren't made up of only high fives...and some weeks are nearly void of high fives altogether. I don't ever want to give the impression that I'm not deep in the trenches of motherhood and marriage and work and health alongside of those who read these posts.
HFFF posts help me focus on the good things, which I find especially important when those good things are happening in the midst of - nearly buried by - a bunch of crappy, stressful, anxiety-inducing things. The last week or so has felt pretty heavy for me, and if that's the case for you as well, know that I'm thinking about you and hoping you can find something to high five about too.
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How did we get here?
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I couldn't possibly be prouder of him.
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No one loves the rain like she does. It's one of my top five favorite things about her.
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Tom was at a conference in Phoenix for the better part of last week, and while there, he was able to spend time with a few of his friends from graduate school.
Tom met Neal and Dan back when we lived in Ann Arbor and they were all working on their master's degrees and PhDs at the University of Michigan. Neal and Dan have known our kids since they were born, and were with us through the first almost four years of Will's life and 18 months of Hallie's; they hung out with the kids frequently, and even babysat a time or two. While Neal and Dan don't know the kids at their current ages, they certainly remember them, so when the three guys sent me this picture...
...I sent them back these pictures - plus the picture above of Will in his cap and gown - to remind us all how old we really are.
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Happiness Highlights
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| She convinced him to play in the rain with her too - they raced "boats" (popsicle sticks) in the street streams until the water stopped flowing. |
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| Fake Fall arrived and stuck around for one AMAZING morning. (Spoiler: summer quickly returned.) |
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| A friend/teammate of Will's set up this net on a cement slab in the middle of a field near our house. (There used to be something on this slab, but whatever it was came down when the field was "relandscaped" for drainage.) I love that he figured out a way to actually use the slab, as the field sitting empty has always been a beef of mine. |
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| She was NOT fooled by the "make a box-shaped square on the floor so your cat will sit in it like it's a box" trick. She's too smart... |
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| Senior breakfast for orchestra kids - looks like fun! |
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| A good (and well deserving) friend of Will's was featured on Classroom Champions! If you looked hard enough during the video footage of Ben in math class, you can see Will sitting a couple of rows back. 😂) |
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| Friday Night Lights! We're loving watching Hallie's friend Abby CRUSH this new adventure! |
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| Sunday night - family game night - on the porch, under the lights, after the rain. Perfection. |
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| Over the summer, lightning struck the kids' high school's auditorium. Repairs will take place soon, but because the sound/light systems aren't fixed yet, the first choir concert of the year was moved to a local church. The kids sounded great, and we enjoyed both the concert and our family dinner out afterwards. |
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| Friends who know how challenging your week has been and bring cake to you while you're working = 😍 |
Happy weekend, friends!
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