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Prom Avery went to prom with a friend this Spring. It was not her high school s prom, so she didn t know a lot of people she went with. She s so pretty :) California Rachel s nephew got baptized! We went to the LA area to be there and went to the beach while we were there. [ ]
Chicago/Boston: Avery is part of a choir that sang in Boston, and Palmyra, New York this Summer, so we all took a trip back East. We flew to Chicago, first to see Rachel s sister. It was so much fun fishing with her, eating Chicago style pizza and hot dogs, having a movie night, visiting the [ ]
100th Day of School Kindergarten s 100th Day of School happened the day before we left. We just barely made it, whew! He chose 100 stars. Easy peasy! Catalina Island Trip We drove to Los Angeles and took the ferry from Long Beach to Catalina Island for a quick Winter getaway. The water was cold, so [ ]
Evelyn competed in the National History Day competition this month. She was super not enthused about it, but she did it anyway. Her topic was X-rays and how they changed history. She did not win, which she expected, but she was awarded a Judge s Recommendation award, which she did not expect. It was funny when [ ]
Now that we re not sick anymore (hallelujah!), we find ourselves dancing. Hazel s rehearsals after school rehearsals for the last several months paid off at her play performances. She was fabulous as a water dancer. Avery asked a boy (!) to her high school s girls choice Sweethearts dance. They did all the things: trampoline park, lunch, [ ]
Hi everyone! Here s what s going on in our home lately. Rachel got her braces taken off. They worked! Her teeth don t wear together anymore and she has eaten so many nuts, now that she can chew them without worrying about breaking any brackets. The retainer situation is not so great, but the orthodontist says we ll [ ]
Well, it hasn t been that long since my last update. At least from a certain point of view. I recently received in the mail, a new book by Youhua Li titled, Learning Mathematics Can Be Addictive . It s written in Chinese so I can t actually read it, but looking at the graphs and equations I can [ ]
Eight years after I finished the Period Table of Finite Simple Groups, I get a metal poster of it and reflect.
This little guy had a birthday! He loves being one, he s not going to lie. He s a big boy now, and he can climb up the stairs and whine and people will bring him back down. He can stand all by himself. He sleeps all night long and he can eat peanut butter now. Life [ ]
Martin is growing, growing! He now weighs 21 pounds! He s learned a lot of new tricks lately. His most exciting one is probably learning to crawl up the stairs. He thinks that s pretty fun. He also knows how to pull himself up to standing now, which means anything on low tables and on the second [ ]