February/March 2023

 

Greensboro hosted the ACC Men's College Basketball Tournament in early March, and we were able to watch Wake Forest play while the kids were at school.  This was a fantastic day date for us, and the games were exciting!

Backing up a little bit to February, we all enjoyed watching the Super Bowl Puppy Bowl, and even Millie was mesmerized by this annual sporting event:

 Our Valen-doodle was too cute in her festive bandana on Valentine's Day...

... while Leah and her fellow Student Council Representatives visited several nursing homes in our area to deliver over 800 Valentines that were handmade by students at the middle school:

Spring felt like it was just around the corner as tulips bloomed early at Dewberry Farms,

and after months of on-land winter training, Luke was eager to return to the lake as he began his first spring season on the competitive team with North Carolina Rowing Center:

There will be more rowing posts later this spring, but I have to say that we love so many things about this club (including the fact that their mascot is a Doodle!).  Pearl is Coach Scott's dog and rides in the boat with him and attends every practice. She is pictured on the left in the above group photo.

Leah's Middle School Battle of the Books team advanced in their first round of competition and participated in District Finals at UNC-G in March.  The team placed 3rd overall and received medals for their impressive performance!

I chose to commemorate my chemo-versary (3/18/22 was my first infusion) by delivering balloons to all the patients at the cancer center on March 18.  This was a way for me to spread joy and make this date one of gratitude and giving back.  Mark helped me with this special delivery and this date was a big milestone for both of us.

Luke decided in March that after 9 months of growing out his hair, that it was time for a haircut.  He went to a fancy barbershop downtown and was thrilled to be able to see clearly for the first time in months:

Before pic.

After pic.  Still long and shaggy, but SO MUCH BETTER!

This also happened in March.  My baby boy started driving.  Someone hold me, please.

Another March event was our church district's youth middle school gathering in Williamsburg, VA.  This was held at Bean and Poppy's church, and we took a group of youth from our church to attend for the first year:

It was a weekend filled with worship, praise, fellowship, and fun.  The kids played games, had break out sessions, and did an enormous service project, as they packed 22,000 meals for people in need:

Comfort dog!

FOL kids.

Service project.

Free time in Colonial Williamsburg.

Sunday worship service.

 

Lots of fun packed into these 2 months!