June 2025

 It's summer swim season!! We spend so much time poolside in the summers and I love it. I anxiously await June all year round! This year has not disappointed. The kids are swimming beautifully, and I get to hang out with lots of my very favorite people. 

For the third year in a row (I think?) I've done a sprint triathlon in Reston! I always have a great time. 

Here is Nova with two of her buddies! They were waiting in the rain for their meet to start.

Lynx and some buddies at the Natural History Museum in DC! 

It was FREEZING at Stonegate but we swam anyway! Or, really, I swam anyway and they mostly splashed a bit and complained.

Lynx with his best swimming buddy!

After the first meet, the team went to Shake Shack for lunch. It was hot, crowded and loud. So...we won't do that again. lol

HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY LYNX!! 

Lynx is 8!! Below are videos of Lynx opening the gifts he received! 

  This is the video of Lynx opening his gift from Grandpa Lynn. Thank you!! 

And here's the video of the gift opening from Grancy and Scrampi! Thank you!!

Lynx turned 8!! We took him to the Lego Discovery Land and had a great time!

One of his creations. I can't remember why he has this face, but I think it's pretty cute.

Lynn was there too!! 

Lynx has started to love ping pong so we turned our dining room table into a ping pong table!

The Stonegate Serpents! We were ranked 3rd in the county, but we're now 2nd! It's been an incredible season.

Nova with some of her swimming buddies!

May 2025

 

Lynx qualified for Maryland States! So that gave him the opportunity to practice with the Advanced Juniors Group. He said he both loves the practices and thought they were boring.

The Multicultura Parade at Burnt Mills! 

Go Norway Go! 

Lynx lost another tooth!

Soccer continues!

Stonegate pool hosted the "clean up" day. We arrived too late to actually clean since they were at Korean School all morning, but they had a great time playing!

Silliness

Norwegian Bunad!

Watching soccer

Hanging with our pal Norah

More watching-Lynx's-soccer-and-we're-bored activity! 

A dress from when I was a kid!

Nova's newest haircut!

April 2025

I realized this spring that I wasn't taking very many pictures! So I took much more in April. Enjoy!

Lynx continues his soccer career with Sandy Spring Soccer Club!

I took the kids to Needwood Lake to explore. They actually enjoyed it but only for about 30 minutes. 

Lynx skipping rocks while Nova looks on

Our favorite neighbors moved away last fall. This April, we went to visit them in their new home! 

I don't remember what's going on here, but it's the only picture I have of Lynn, and I thought his fans would like to see how he's developing.

They still love to play in the mud!

Twinsies!

Nova qualified for Zones! It was up in Rochester, NY so we all headed up there! It was an exciting experience, one that she'll be repeating in August because she qualified yet again! 

Driving back from Rochester! 

We got to see a Great Lake!

They get along so well, it's heartening to see. 

During practice, Nova has been trying to work hard enough to get "pink cheeks". You can see, here she was successful!