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 What a joy it was to see Michelle celebrate with her friends with a sleepover on Friday night and with her family on Sunday night.  The party planning ended up being pretty last minute because she was torn for weeks about who to invite. She wanted everyone to be comfortable even though she hangs out with different groups of people.  So Michelle decided she would invite the friends she eats lunch with everyday.  S, N, & E are very different girls and it cracked me up to hear them interact.  The only thing they seem to have in common is kindness!  It was a joy and so easy to have them here.  After Church Michelle and I baked a cake for when my parents came over for her favorite dinner of smoked salmon. We used our go to chocolate (GF) cake mix from King Arthur Flour but added a raspberry filling based on a recipe from Nadiya Bakes and chocolate frosting from scratch thanks to one of our Six Sisters cookbooks.  It was delicious. Michelle said sh...

 I loved this  funny video my brother in law, Mark, shared about February being the worst month of the year. It acknowledged how bleak winter can be after the holidays but reminded me there is good in all the mess and that spring always comes. We had gorgeous weather to finish February and begin March. I teased the Activity Days girls it was about time the weather was nice for us when we got to have a wonderful time ice skating together! The day Michelle and Natalie and I went ice skating both Kate and Danny had a friend spend the night. Middle schoolers can be hilarious. It was entertaining to see the difference between the boys and the girls.  Let’s just say price wise it all worked out the same but in much different ways. The boys played on the PS4, went to Get Air, and watched the new Batman movie in the theater (and loved it).  The girls went out to eat, went shopping, and spent time resting.  Turns out Kate was sick and had to miss three days of school un...