SPRING SOCCER ENDS WITH SUNSHINE AND SMILES ALL AROUND

On Saturday, Aidan, Lilly and Jane played their last Spring soccer games at Stockbirdge, Okemos and East Lansing! What started out as a cold rainy season, ended the same way. By the time we all arrived at Jane's 2:00 game at the Hannah Center, it was warmer and the sun was out. As you can see from the pictures earlier in the day---we needed blankets and jackets!
It was a great season and they all were lucky to have such wonderful coaches and make such great friends!

Graduation Day for our Angels!!!

Four of the smartest, most beautiful, fun loving and hard working young women graduated from Michigan State University today----and they are 'somewhat' ours!!!
Chelsea, Christina, Sarah and Meghan are off to follow their dreams and make new memories in their new lives.
Chelsea and Meghan will be near here next year to do their insternship in elementary teaching. Christina will be off to Virginia to work for IBM in supply chain management and Sarah is gainfully employed with Michigan Clean Water Action in government relations.
They are all very wonderful and have bright futures! Most importantly, we will miss all of them so much. They have been helpful in every aspect of our lives and our kids lives. They drive to practices, lessons, games. They cook and pack lunches. They do laundry and help teach the kids to put it away. They play games, they read, they laugh and they love---and the hardest part of their success for us is having them leave!
We are the luckiest family in the world to have the help of these terriffic young women.
Thanks, darlings!

Junior Spartan Picnic and Mya's 5th Birthday!!!

Sunday was the annual Junior Spartan Picnic at the Baseball & Softball Field. The kids had a ball with the games and hot dogs, ice cream and each other! After the picnic, we came home with our Wheeler and Schwem friends and celebrated Mya's 5th Birthday! It was a great day with our friends and the weather was wonderful, too.!

THE END OF OUR PRE-SCHOOL RUN!

Today was the last day of pre-school for Buffy. Pete and I went together to pick her up and say good-by to one of the best pre-school teachers in the world, Pat Schultz. Today ended our twelve year run at the MSU Child Development Labratory and what was also Spartan Co-operative Nursery School. We had one semester off when John went to 1st grade and Nolan wasn't home from Russia yet...at times we've had 4 kids in pre-school classes there.
And here's the thing---I forgot to take a camera, I even left my phone at home. So I have no pictures of the last day---but take my word for it, it was great fun and Buffy was precious saying good-by to all of the good friends she has made there.

RACE FOR THE CURE: "Little Feet, Big Feat"

Today was our annual Race for the Cure, breast cancer run/walk. Our team, Little Feet, Big Feat, had at least 50 members and raised close to $2,000. We had a brunch at home this morning to decorate strollers and kids and went downtown about an hour before the race. We all had a fabulous time. Some runners, some walkers...the kids all did great! It was a terriffic crowd and a great day!
Thank you to all of you who contributed your time and energy and especially your money----that's how a cure will be found!
A huge Thank-You to Meghan Ritchey for being our Team Captain and keeping us on task and organized----all with a smile on her face and with so much kindness! We love you Meghan---you're 'it' for next year, too!