I got two pics from Teresa Smith and Gabe Groothuis. I love that Vanessa is serving two weeks staffing at camp! Looks like she got kitchen duty! Vanessa and her friend Jentry Reisetter love to work together!
I know it's wild to see that girl behind the wheel, but she has a few weeks of practice and she's doing great. Mama Row suggested she drive around the streets of Western Home the first few times to start. Since then she's branched out to drive on all streets, even the highway. This first pic is her first drive through at Starbucks!
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| passed the online permit test |
There was more eye rolling than smiling the morning I took these pics. I know they'll thank me later.
Violet - 12th grade. SHE'S A SENIOR!
Calvin - 10th grade
Vanessa - 8th grade
Eli - 6th grade
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| Mama Row gave them plants and instructions for care! |
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| Thanks to Rachel for helping decorate a combined color cake |
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| Calvin decided his gift to Vanessa was a drive through morning! He paid to get her a pink drink and a birthday cake pop at Starbucks. Then he went through the McDonald's drive through for a couple breakfast burritos for her. |
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| Calvin loves driving the jeep |
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| Vanessa had a friends party. Kara in flag suit, Abby in floral, Natalie in black |
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| The Little Mermaid in 3D |
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| Lilly was able to come for the last half of the party...she's in the trunk! We took Coco to the dog park after driving past "the underground houses". |
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| earlier that day we went to visit A Place to Play park - which had been closed since March and just reopened June 1st because of the pandemic. The world is beginning to reopen safely...social distancing of course! |
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| Mama Row supplied the amazing sparkling candles! |
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| She requested strawberry macaroons so I had my friend Alex with Balm's Bakery bake some up |
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| Because of the coronavirus pandemic, we are not handling group kid parties, so we let Vanessa invite a friend over from 10-3. They had fun! We had to call 4 different stores to see if any blow-up pools were in stock, and found ONE. Last one on the shelf. |
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| mac 'n cheese, carrots and grapes for the birthday lunch |
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| Kara was kind to bring her a plush craft gift and a cool singing card. |
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| She chose O.P. Pizza for supper. They made her a 9" personal pepperoni pizza. |
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| Calvin gave her a gift card to amazon - this is the thank you hug |
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| Violet got her a cool sleeping mask |
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| these are "the girls" now |
