Valentine's Day

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All you need is love, love, love is all you need!!!  I am a sucker for any Beatles song my dad sings/sang to me!  Check out the cuteness that these boys radiate!  I can't get enough of these crazy boys and the chaos that we call life.

Carter has achieved earning his 100th Accelerated Reader point.  (Carter reads books and then takes comprehension quizzes on those books to earn points based on his quiz results)  As his reward he wanted to go to roller skating.  We met Maw Maw and Paw Paw in Sandusky at Ghostly Manor where we skated for hours.
This was Nolan's first time to roller skate.  His feet looked so big in those skates.  It was so silly because he would skate around the rink once and then want to take his skates off.  It was very similar to getting kids ready to play in the snow and then wanting to come back in minutes after you get them all dressed.

Carter worked very hard trying to stay upright as he skated around.  Of course he wanted to go 900mph and wiped out quite a few times but he got back up every time.

Landon surprised me the most.  He fell time after time but was so quick to get back up and try again.  I remember thinking…let's take a break and rest/recover from all the falls but he said nope I want to keep skating!  I hope that he keeps this determination.

Look at the size of those skates on his feet!

Bob decided not to join us on skates…best life decision.  I was bummed that he wasn't out there to share in the moment but happy that he wasn't breaking any bones or tearing any muscles.

It's exciting to see your kids work hard and reach the goals that they set for themselves.  Life is full of moments that you can't help but enjoy!






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