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What another good week. Finally able to head to the pool and do some watersides in 80 degree temps, a pancake breakfast with our cousins on a dairy farm, a trip to the arboretum and dad returns from his trip to Haiti! We are so happy to be back together and into another week of summer!
Another great week for the Feder Five!
This week included:
Trip to St. Paul for Love Somalia with Feed my Starving Children
End of the year field trip to The Works with Ben
4th Grade sleepover and last day of School
Day out with Great Grandma
KToday is the end of an era.
There are about a kijillion thoughts running through my head today and I can’t seem to keep my head on straight. That might have something to do with the fact I slept on a gym mat with a bunch of fourth graders last night, or it might be that the field trip with my second grader before the sleepover did me in, or maybe that my husband is traveling this week and I am single parenting it, or a combination of al three…where’s the coffee again?!
But the day has arrived. The end of an era where all my kids will be at the same school. Gone are the days when we will be on the same school schedules, gone are the days when whatever mom and dad say is always right, and gone are the days when life seemed simpler. It is another reminder that the years are fleeting and every moment really does matter and that life goes way faster than I ever dreamed it would go. They are just growing up too dang fast.
They days are long but the years are short… Simple saying but oh so true.
They ran out those school doors, backpacks slung over their shoulders and hallajuas coming from their lips, while all I could do was hold back the tears and try to savor the moment when my 8 year old slipped his hand in mine. I know there won’t be many more days or moments like this and I am well determined to make every moment count. So as summer arrives and you begin singing your praises or want to curl up in the fetal position, (or maybe have mixed feelings between the two,) I would challenge you to embrace these days with your babies and make every moment count, for the days might be (very) long, but the years are oh so very short.
Wow, I can not believe we are into 21 weeks of the year, almost half way thought 2017! This week was a fast one and one where I was playing single parent while Kevin was in Canada fishing with his dad. After a week of work and solo mommy-ing, my appreciation for single parents and spouses that travel is heavily deepened. Wow, just wow.
This week included:
Spring choir concerts
Battle of the books for Elise and her team (Jordan, Ava and Evan) They all read 4-6 books that had won Maude Heart Lovelace awards.
A trip with the 6th graders to the James J Hill House (A-maz-ing!!)
Finally a night of no rain, after almost 5 days of gloomy and rainy weather
A wedding at Mississippi Gardens
This week included time with my family and celebrating Mother’s Day.
Finding out I have a crabapple tree in my front yard (this is huge people). For the last 2 years we lived here I thought it was a bush, nope. An overgrown tree that needs lots of pruning. (Of which I found out AFTER I chopped part of it!)
Track and field day for the two younger kids
Coffee and nummy treats from a work event from last week.
Date night with Kevin!
Thankful for another great week!!
Celebrating Sidney and Ryan today!!
Happy one year anniversary to you both!! What an incredible day we had, I hop your year has been just as amazing. Many blessings to you both!
Well… that sure went fast.
It feels like just yesterday we were dropping Lydia off at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, wondering what these next few years would hold for her. Today, we’re celebrating her graduation with a degree in communications.
Watching Lydia grow into such an incredible, Godly young woman has been one of the greatest gifts. Through her time serving students with Cru, she has poured so much love, encouragement, and faith into the lives of others. She leads with kindness, serves with humility, and cares for people so deeply.
We are endlessly proud of the woman she has become and so excited for this next chapter as she begins working in HR with Mayo Clinic in Wisconsin. There’s no doubt she will continue making people feel seen, valued, and cared for wherever she goes.
God has been so faithful through every step, and we can’t wait to see what He has ahead for you, Lydia.
Becoming an entrepreneur wasn’t easy. It took a lot of hard work in understanding what I wasn’t good at before understanding what I was good at. I failed a lot in the process.
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We often only see the good things and success stories on social media, but getting to the point where we are confident in ourselves and our work takes time and lots of failures. Trust me. 25 years and still working at it!!
Spring at Lake Harriet gave us the dreamiest backdrop for Lindy + Arend’s engagement session. The blooms were at their absolute peak, the flowers were full and vibrant, and every corner felt like something out of a painting. These two made the whole evening feel effortless as we wandered through all the beauty that comes with Minnesota spring.
Now we’re counting down to their September wedding, when the scenery will look completely different filled with rich autumn colors and falling leaves but just as beautiful. I cannot wait to celebrate these two in a whole new season of life together!
If you’re recently engaged and dreaming up your own engagement session or wedding day, I’d love to connect
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