the start of a new chapter for Claire
As we made the trip to Utah to tuck Claire into her new experience in the dorms for summer school, I couldn’t help but notice how beautiful the sky was…
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Our Fourth High School Graduation (And All the Feelings That Come With It)
A Birthday Digression First Let’s go back to graduation. What’s that you say? Not the right graduate? I know, I know, it’s all about Claire these days, but TODAY is…
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end-of-school happenings, leading up to graduation
There were a whole slew of things right at the end of the school year leading up to graduation that I want to remember all together, so here we go….
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a celebration of the end and a new beginning
I know it seems like I’ve said “this is the end” like forty-two times, but you’ve got to admit, this volleyball journey has taken us on a ride! From thinking…
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another “powderpuff” season in the books
It feels weird to look at these pictures now that the whole school year is all wrapped up. And oh boy I have a lot to say about all that…
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It Doesn’t Get Better, It Just Gets Different (Letting Go of Kids Again)
When Letting Go of Kids Doesn’t Get Any Easier I thought, when I was sorrowing away getting ready for Max to leave the nest, that if I could rip the…
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When a College Volleyball Offer Changed Everything for Claire
We really thought Claire was done with volleyball…until a college athletic recruitment decision made it’s way into the mix. You see, she had gone through the full college volleyball recruiting…
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celebrating three graduating seniors who happen to be cousins
Lucky Claire has two cousins graduating this year right alongside her. So, of course, we had to celebrate with the extended family before those big graduation days arrive (two different…
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another girl getting ready for another big step
This is coming in less than two weeks: And I think Claire and I are still in denial. BUT we DID find a snippet of time to take some senior…
