Evolution of a Smile (800th Blog!)

During Emma's basketball game today, Camden pulled out his left front tooth. He pulled the right tooth not even 2 weeks ago.  

His new smile is adorable and it reminded me of the time he only had 2 teeth instead of 2 teeth missing.

I thought this flashback was a fitting way to celebrate 800 blog posts! I started this blog in the fall of 2007 when we moved to Washington.  I have not always been as consistent as I would have liked with my posts, but I cherish each memory I've captured!

Presidents Day Weekend

Who doesn't love a 3-day weekend?!?!  We stayed home during the long Presidents Day Weekend. On Saturday evening we hosted 2 seminarians and 2 deacons who were visiting our parish from the Pontifical North American College.

Here's the gang watching the Hawkeye basketball game on the computer.  Deacon Mark is cheering on the Hawks in style!

Enjoying a BBQ dinner with Seminarian Joseph, Deacon Mark, Emma, Chris, Seminarian Jack, and Deacon Peter (I think Camden was checking the score of the game during this time).

Sunday brought a big tease of spring with nearly 70 degrees weather!  Camden and Emma played a lot of basketball.

Movie night

Back to shooting hoops on Monday afternoon. This time with Dad...

35th Birthday Celebration

I was blessed with a lot of birthday love on the 12th!  Here's a few snapshots at lunch:

Mel hosted a little Prosecco happy hour after school

Camden and Emma making their pizza at Dom's

Heart shaped pizzas!

Me and Madds

Savannah, Chris, Jimmy and Jess at one end of the table

Cathy, Richard, and Terry at the other end

Camden, Orion, and Emma sporting their official Dom's hats while enjoying their pizza

Me and Cathy

Blowing out the candles on my Nutella pizza cake!

Sweet boy!

Crazy Jimmy and Chris

A smooch for my love

Mel and me

Emma's First Basketball Game

I just found this in my blog drafts. A month late, but here's our basketball girl!

Emma played in her first basketball game today!  She is the smallest player on the team and was the only girl on the court today. She is a scrappy defense player and played her heart out today!

Opening Ceremonies

 Chris doing his CYP/MC duties

 Ready to start the game!

 Emma and Jack have been teammates so many times, it was strange to be opponents today!

 Check out this defensive stance!

 Hustling down the court

 Jack and Emma go after the ball

(with their dads watching in the background)

Ready to play defense during the second half

 Emma also had to play against her pal, Liam