After a weekend like last, a 36hr fast was in order. Set me right again. Maybe my best Build study week yet! I drove middle school carpool this week. Monday was Voss' last flag raising! I thought I'd be more emotional but I was busy trying to register Marly for drivers ed (opened right at 9 and fills up) so I was a hot mess, as usual. He seems ready to be moving on, but looking forward to a fun few weeks ahead. I went to tennis clinic then WD. Matt came over and we went to the credit union to have a chat with the bank manager about how to handle Dementia mom getting cashiers checks. I got mom her cash and drove TCC swim carpool (on to the next thing!) Tuesday was a nice, chill day of the week. It rained all day. I went to a packed sculpt class then the eliptical listening to The Book Club for Troublesome Women. I washed the dog and the couch and enjoyed the quiet. Ellie had a busy day of AP Pre-Cal in the morning and AP Psychology in the afternoon with a quick lunch break in between. She also took AP Lang this week and spent 3 nights out dog sitting. So, I hardly saw her. Prepping me for college life, I guess! I made chicken picada for dinner and picked up mom. Wednesday, Abby was in school for an hour and then I pulled her out to get her braces off! Voss stayed home sick (with a man cold) so I ran back to check on him, brought Abby back to school, had lunch with my friend, Alex, then picked Abby up early to get fit for a retainer. I dipped out early and met the gals for ritas and tacos downtown and then to see Beetlejuice. It was odd. Meanwhile, Voss had a parents vs kids soccer match and got a trophy. Sounds like parents dominated (again). Thursday, I went to a HIIT class then went to Voss' living museum at school where he dressed as FDR and gave a little speech. I was impressed with how all the kids memorized their parts. It was a cute set up, you walk around the media center and they each have a set up with a poster and are in costume. You press a button, and the kids starts talking. It was cute. I stayed and had lunch with Voss. I took the van in for a recall at the dealership, my least favorite place! I went back to school with Voss for a patrol meeting with the officer leading us. Later, Phil and I met the crew out for a nightcap at Lillians, still making good choices with my 12oz and home by 11! Friday I went to a barre class then Emma picked me up for the presidents and principals luncheon. We had a full middle school table this year. I was a little overwhelmed at first feeling the pressure to bob between all the schools. Then, I was feeling frustrated because we weren't winning all the awards I applied for. By the end, I was relieved because we won the big ones that mattered. It was a looong luncheon! That evening we went to Phil's tennis friend's 70th Birthday! It was such a fun night, toasting and roasting. What a wonderful family. We stayed late chatting with my friend, Sam. The next morning we were up early with the first pre-season TCC swim meet. Phil timed. I perched around the pool cheering for all the kids. It was such a nice morning. From there we went right to Voss' last soccer game. It was epic, he scored the final game winning goal with a minute to go while a P-8 is flying over. Awesome! We had Zaxbys lunch then went all different ways. Abby went to a Birthday party to the Melting Pot. Marly babysat. Ellie went with friends. We took Voss and a friend to the pool. I nice, chill night. This morning we had mass, our last CCD class then family meeting breakfast. Marly went to a party. The guys played soccer. Publix for dinner. Here are the pics of the week.

Even the blog title is a lot! Maycember is upon us and I'm running from thing to thing. Teacher Appreciation at 3 different schools this week- but it takes many hands. Other than donating a gift card, there was nothing to do at Voss' school, which was nice. I popped in to serve coffee on Monday at Marly's school....really running coffees from the coffee truck to the teacher. Still learning my way around there! I was able to make it to tennis clinic then my WD shopping trip, cash for mom then drive middle school swim carpool. Phil, Abby and I joined Voss for a boy scout potluck court of honor that night. He's missing some fun this summer but I'm really excited for him to do some of their high adventure trips! Looks like an awesome troop! Tuesday, I listened to The Dead Romantics while walking in a gorgeous neighborhood close to Marly's school between drop off and serving a cinco de mayo lunch for teachers. Abby was dropped after swim and we brought Voss with us to Sasha's Birthday party. Fun sipping spicy ritas around the pool on a Tuesday. Voss made a 5 on his math state exam, super cool! Wednesday I got to play in a match with Danielle and we won: 6-2, 6-2! It felt great to crush it! I was able to get out quick and run to Abby's school to help make smoothies for teachers and get students to write thank you notes. From there I bought a bunch of gift cards for teachers and did a bit of Birthday/Mothers Day shopping. Tracy showed up to walk with Laurie and I for a bit. It had been a while! I picked up mom for dinner and made a salmon lemon farfalle which was really good. Thursday was a busy morning at Abby's school with our final PTSA meeting (I was voted in again to be treasurer so two schools of that next year!) and then MomCo with a bracelet craft and me holding babies. I ubered to Phil's bank for a grand opening party of the top floor. Extrovert extreme test with lots of conversations and a list of people I needed to meet and greet, whew! Fun to see so many of our best friends in one place! Phil hosted a bank exec dinner after at RH, which was so fun. After party in the hotel lobby. Friday morning, bright and early with Ellie taking APUSH as I ubered mom, SQ and I to the airport to fly to Atlanta for Matt's MBV graduation. Learning of a tree guy trying to scam my mom and a cashiers check taped to the top of a trash can AS WE'RE BOARDING THE FLIGHT caused me to stress as we left. But the flights were fine and on time and we beat Matt to the party. Emory did such a nice job with the graduation ceremonies. There was a reception before, then an awards ceremony and a bagpipe procession to the graduation. Very cool. Another reception after and then we headed to 3 Urban Licks for live jazz music before bidding farewell to Matt, Tara and P. Mom, SQ and I stayed for dinner and then a walk along the skyway. I was up early to fly home on Phil's Birthday. I ubered to the pool to catch Abby's final event in the city champs swim meet. Her school came in 4th overall so that's cool. From there we went to Voss' soccer game. He scored two awesome goals and we beat the other team I think 7-1. Voss also scored a fabulous goal in his game on Friday night, too. He's fun to watch! Marly wins best sis for going to Abby's meet and Voss' game. Ellie met us for a Birthday lunch at Larry's then we packed up and headed down to St. Augustine. It rained the whole way down but we were welcomed by friends as we pulled into the inn across from the harbor. First, it was just Jenny that kicked things off with us with martinis. Then, the others joined in, too. We went to another fun, quaint bar for another round. I ran back to change then met the others for dinner at The Columbia. Such a fun night out with besties with live music and then clubbing! Luckily, we had Carl tell us when it was time to head back. The kids all did their own thing, too. The Freemans and us and Marly went to mass at the Basillica that morning. Then, Ellie drove most of the kids home in the minivan. Voss and Will got to ride in the bow. We did an adult cruise back to town. It was awesome! We stopped at Capps for lunch and dined and dashed just in time to avoid the storm. Probably my best mothers day! Ellie and I walked up for Chinese food for dinner then took it over to my mom's to have al fresco. What a weekend! I even got great chore coupons and a massage with Sherry from the kids. Here are the pics from the week.

I drove middle school carpool this week. It's just easier. Flag raising (one of Voss' last!) and then tennis clinic. I did the normal WD shopping trip then started prepping for book club. I made a French onion soup from scratch along with boisen stuffed, prosciutto wrapped chicken to go along with the Paris Apartment theme. It was just an okay book club. I hosted at my mom's house and I spent more time hosting and less time enjoying. Tuesday I went to a SAC meeting at middle school and then downtown for the final DCCPTA meeting. I got wrapped up in PTA drama that afternoon but was voted in for treasurer of Marly's school PTA for next year. This all went down while running at Abby's swim meet. A few broken stopwatches had me scrambling. Phil and I met the Thortons for a nightcap at Mellow then Rogue. Joan and I finally won our tennis match on Wednesday! It was a tough match with a 3rd set, but we did it at San Jose. It felt great! Thursday, we did another boat day, this time with my high school pals, celebrating Chrissy's Birthday. Another perfect day out there seeing dolphins downtown and an alligator way down by the Collins Rd bridge. A little rain canceled swim and made me do some furniture scramble in Matt's hand me downs. Late that night I picked up my mom and neighbors from the airport. She made it! And had a wonderful time! I met the late night Lillians crew for a nightcap. Friday I played with Melanie on the hard courts at the beach. My hip was aching by the end. We lost in the 3rd set, it was a hard one. I washed it away on the beach with my toes in the sand. Phil and I met for lunch. Later, I went for round II in the Angels for Allison tournament. It was a fun, live ball format with Taco Lu for dinner. Saturday morning we hit the ground running. I did a HIIT class, then the rain canceled Voss' soccer game. I drove kids back and forth, Marly babysitting, Abby to a Birthday party lunch then Cotillion pre-party. I'm so grateful her friend's parents turned Cotillion into the Birthday party so that took one thing off my plate. We went to Kerri's 50th Derby themed party, then took photos with Ellie for her prom (her dress is stunning!) and then to Sophie's Confirmation party. Whew! This morning, Voss altar served for mass. We did CCD and then breakfast. The girls finally all came home and went to mass together then picked up Publix sushi, etc for dinner. Working on a reset for the week to prep for Maycember, oh my! Here are the pics of the week. 

The one chilly, windy day of the week was the one we skipped out and did a boat day for Lauren's 4/20 Birthday. It was nice to get the gang together and chill for a day on the river. We all came home with wind burnt cheeks. I picked up swim carpool and scrambled to do some chores. Tuesday I went to the gym and threw an attitude bc the instructor didn't show up. Jordan ended up doing a HIIT class with us. I met Emma at Costco and we picked up 90 meals for teachers and staff and delivered them. I definitely got my workout in that afternoon lifting boxes of enchilada bakes! From there I went to a SAC meeting at Marly's school and then a swim meet for Abby (waiting on the bus to arrive). Joan and I played again on Wednesday and lost, but the 2nd set was a tie breaker so we're getting closer. I helped with the de-stress carnival at Ellie's school...although she wasn't there. (I did accidently bring home the principal's keys on Tuesday so I needed to return them). Ellie got a window fixed in her car (kids on a bus were throwing rocks) and then also got a prom dress! We did a zoom call to learn about a University in Paris which led to some European school searches. I snuck out and met up with the MomCo moms for a night out at Falafel Bar, what a great group of gals! I'm so proud of this amazing group of moms supporting each other. Thursday was another nuts-so day. I walked with Angela in the neighborhood, popped into Walmart to buy a bunch of lasagnas for teachers then headed to Ellie's school to do an essential oils mixing thing for teachers there. I am actually glad they celebrated teacher appreciation week this week. I'll have enough to juggle the other schools at the same time for the official week. I raced home from there to heat up the lasagnas and bring them to Abby's school, which will also be Voss' school. They had the welcome new students night. So after running dinner in for teachers, we scrambled to get parents to join the PTSA. Whew! What a night! I dropped Voss then met Phil, the Freemans and Strassers at Orsay. Not a great night to hang the moon for me, yet I did it anyway. Ended with me eating fries with my cold Josh listening to Disturbed on TouchTunes. Friday I met Matt's moving truck to deliver a house full of stuff he's had in storage. I was able to pop back between the mover and a fun match at TCC. I love it when the timing works out like that! From there I went to Ellie's school to serve lunch to teachers and then have lunch with the PTSA moms. Such a fun group! That night we ended up meeting back up with Carl and the Strassers and had dinner then sat in rocking chairs on the river. Saturday morning I did a HIIT class then went to watch Voss' first tournament game. It was hot and they got a piece of humble pie. The girls and I left there for a dance concert at JU. Suzanne met up with us and the cold AC made a few of us snooze. It was a different, contemporary concert. We raced Marly to a babysitting gig with future cousin, Penelope. I met up with friends to cheer our pal, Sunny on in the Children's Chorus Dancing with the Stars. Lots of laughs and Sunny's awesome legs got her 2nd place! Voss scored the only goal in the 2nd match that evening. He had a 7am game on Sunday morning so Phil and I trekked it back out to the beach for another humbling game. I made it in time to teach CCD and Ellie and Abby came with me to mass. Marly went back to babysitting. We had a nice, chill afternoon with Pub subs and sushi. Keeping up with mom in France. My wonderful neighbors send me daily updates. Here are the pics of the week.

Whew! It just keeps coming! I drove middle school carpool this week. Month of the military child flag raising at Voss' school: glad I had my sunglasses on! I kicked off the week with a 36hr fast. Abby had swim almost everyday. It was a lot! Due to the canceled meet before, she had 3 meets this week....all away since the chemicals in the home pool weren't right and it stayed green. I went to tennis clinic, WD and drove swim carpool on Monday. Voss had soccer and scouts. It was picture week at dance. The middle school is trying to win blue ribbon so we had a parent panel on Tuesday, then a super long PTSA and nominating committee meeting at Ellie's school. I drove a swim carpool out to the beach and then timed at that swim meet. I picked up mom for dinner, drove Abby to dance to get a pic with her sisters then drove mom home. Wednesday I played in my first team match with my new hip. We did okay. No wins, but I was happy to be out there. I raced off the court back to middle school for another blue ribbon meeting then to Marly's school for a De-stress before the test carnival. Good thing I didn't have time to shower because I sweat through that outfit. Used a baby wipe to clean up before a SAC meeting at Ellie's school then caught two of Abby's races at the swim meet. Thankful for friends helping with the driving for that! From there I met Rachael downtown to see the Neil Diamond musical, Beautiful Noise. It was nice to catch up with her and I thought the show was pretty good, too. I was happy to finally hop in the shower that night. Thursday we had car care at MomCo. A mechanic husband showed us how to change a tire and all the tricks and tips for care safety and maintenance. Great meeting! Phil and I went to a waterways public trust event that night, thanks to Tara. From there, the Steeg kickoff with a calcutta. Friday I got to play in another tennis match, with Melanie. We did win one game and then lost the third set pretty badly. Getting closer. I need to just keep playing. I headed up to watch the Steeg. Steph, Jess and I had lunch with the Ryals. I picked up the younger two from school with Kona ice, watched Phil win a match then raced to Voss' Friday night lights soccer game. It was a hard team, loosing 3-4. I went back up to FYC for a nightcap. Saturday morning, I brought Voss to a friend's house to hitch a ride to his first Boy Scout camping trip, at Mayport and touring a battleship. Then, a HIIT class, catch up walk with my friend, Tracy then over to watch more tennis. It was so hot! Phil won again. My brother and sister golf carted up to sip and watch, too. It turned into a gorgeous night. The after party was really nice, too. the food was awesome and loved seeing the new pool all lit up at FYC. This morning, I got up with Phil again for his final match. It ended in a loss, but still good tennis. I picked up Voss from camping and had an Ellie sighting. I took Abby to a meet & greet for the National Charity League, did a WD run and then family dinner watching Sing and eating subs. Ready for another fun filled week! Here are the pics.

I've been worried about this week for a while. So many things happening at the same time. Every time I went to put something in my calendar for this week, I'd shudder and then quickly close out. The very reason I have to go one week at a time (and then sometimes just one day at a time) because it's just too much to orchestrate. Let it play out and fix problems as they happen, don't worry about potential problems that may never play out. Not that this always works. But it did this week! All fun stuff, mind you. The kids didn't have school Monday or Tuesday. I was bummed I didn't make a vacation out of the free 5-day weekend...but this is usually the most beautiful time of year here so it was nice we could enjoy it and not do much. I went to tennis clinic again on Monday and it was fine. I'm moving okay. It's still tender on my leg, and I'm still nervous to do quick movements. But, I'm back out there! We had an exciting evening for Voss (other than rushing from soccer to scouts), he crossed over to Boy Scouts! I took him shopping for all the uniform swag (and quickly embroidered a few things) and they did a sweet ceremony that evening. I'm excited for the real adventure to begin! After a parent meeting, Phil and I took him out to his fave, Jersey Mikes for dinner. I used Tuesday as my usual Monday for laundry and shopping and getting things back in order from the weekend. Kids finished up homework. By the time I went to go get mom for dinner, she had already eaten so she didn't join us this week. Luckily she had lots of Easter leftovers. The weather was crazy at the beginning of the week with a Nor'easter rolling in. Much needed rain and lots of wind. It actually worked out because Abby's swim was canceled so that was one example of lots of things happening that I was worried about. It also canceled the first part of the San Jose member guest that would have been fun, but it was good to bow out and not juggle. I watched The Empress while getting a start on the end of year teacher gifts (look at me trying to ease Maycember!) We had a middle school PTSA meeting on Thursday morning, getting geared up for testing and the end of the year. My high school pal, Chrissy came over to hang a bit before our friend, Andrew came in town. He was escaping the Boston snow to enjoy the sunshine state and catch up. A plumber came late, to add some stress and do an inspection. We were late to get Andrew from the airport but it all worked out and he made it on time for his conference call (on the porch on the river). The 3 of us went out for a sunset boat ride. I was worried about the wind, but we went back into the Ortega river and it was really nice. So fun catching up with some of my besties. Chrissy's mom joined us for a nightcap on the porch. The next morning, I met my college roomie and her husband for breakfast, they were passing through town for spring break. I loved catching up with them. From there I met up with Anna for our first match of the tournament. We played great! We lost in the tie breaker, 9-11 but it was a great match! Andrew and Chrissy came to cheer me on and Phil caught the tie breaker. Anna had to run to senior night activities for her daughter. We sat out watching tennis, sipping prosecco and catching up. It was a delightful afternoon. My sister joined us, too. We ended up going out for dinner and meeting up with another HS friend, Adam. Then we met more friends out at Hardwicks for a crazy night! I was not prepared for the boylesque part. It was an experience, for sure! We were slow the next morning. Phil and Voss came with me to my next match with Anna. We got a total spanking. We just could not get anything together. Way too many mistakes. Anna stayed to party. We went to Voss' soccer game. It was great to be on the winning side of that one! Voss scored a few goals and we spanked the other team! We dropped Voss at the pool with friends. Abby went to a Birthday party. Marly babysat and Ellie did homework (stopped for a lunch and pool break). Phil and I headed to the beach for the final high school hang out of the weekend. Sandy hosted us as always. So many laughs and fun stories with the crew! This time we were good and came home at a reasonable time. I was up early for an 8am match with Anna. We still got beat but played much better than Saturday. 2-6 then 4-6. I stayed to sip bloodies and watch. Anna ran to more senior activities. We didn't get as much together time this go round, but we did divide and conquer the party part of the tournament! I met the family at the pool for lunch then headed to check on my mom. The guys played soccer. We went to 5pm mass and family dinner at High Tide (my fave). Early bedtime for all! Here are the pics of the week.

I went back to tennis clinic on Monday! Whew who! It was great! I'm still scared to run to some short shots or chase down a lob, but it was a great start. I did a day of fasting for dementia prevention and holy week so I probably wasn't very fun to be around. Matt and I had an intervention with my mom and took her checkbook away. Now working on automating everything and paying overdue bills. We had a week getting everything together for her taxes but happy to say it's done. Tuesday was a big testing day for all the kids. Ellie took the SAT at school and the other 3 took the state writing exam. I ran to shuffle snacks for the middle school prep bags. Abby had her first middle school swim meet that afternoon. I was a runner while doing a zoom kick off for the weight loss study Phil and I are doing. That was chaotic. Abby did great in the meet! Lots of first places! It's great that she doesn't have to dive off of a starting block. Mom came for dinner and said she found her passport! One huge thing off our plate! Wednesday was Ellie's Birthday. I did a HIIT class then went to school to surprise her. I planned a flash mob to Abba's Dancing Queen with a few of her PE teachers, a PTSA mom friend and 5 of her friends (although none of the friends danced with us). I brought her favorite key lime pie. I thought it was cute but she came home crying. I guess some of her "friends" were mean to her about it. Such jerks. She came home early and we watched all her Birthday videos, which was sweet. She went to dance. We went to celebrate Matt's Birthday. A saintly friend got Abby very early for her Epcot trip on Thursday. I picked up the crew at 8pm that night. Full and fun day it sounds. We met the Strassers for a nightcap to kick off the long Easter weekend. No school for Good Friday. We set out the Stations of the Cross for kids and then went through as a family, well, minus Marly. She was babysitting Penelope. We took the older two to lunch at Trents. I went for a ruck walk. Phil played tennis. Voss met Chris to go trail biking and to play soccer. Ellie got a Birthday massage from Sherry. Abby enjoyed a quiet, chill afternoon. Later, we met the Thortons out for dinner. We dropped Voss to play with Mabel and picked them up. Crazy that we've known them for so long, since the kids were in Pre-K but this was our first time out. It was lots of fun, with some bar hopping. Saturday we had a chill day. We rode bikes to the pool and concocted a dinner out plan. Steph told us about this new place, Sophias. We rode with the Deerings and met the Freeman and Strassers out with a nightcap back at the Freemans. Easter Sunday we got up, did Easter baskets and went to mass. I was a nervous wreck as mom almost made us late to mass because she wouldn't stop blowing leaves! Ellie and I read. The other kids altar served. Spot ate all the candy out of Phil and my Easter baskets while we were at mass. RIP Cadburry eggs! We all went over to mom's for a ham lunch. Suzanne made a breakfast casserole and fruit and was so excited to drink again after Lent. Marly made a lemon cake. Tara brought bacon and fresh picked strawberries. We did an Easter egg hunt with cash in the eggs. That was fun for the kids. Marly found the $5 one in a hole I hid it in. Later we went to the Freemans for a lamb dinner. It was the perfect nightcap to Easter. Here are the pics of the week.

So I think that means this is the 22nd anniversary of bravofam.com! I need to fact check my domain name to see. It was a busy week. The PTA county awards were due on Friday morning. I ran around quite a bit making that happen. There was no school on Monday. I went to Joe's HIIT class while the kids swam laps in the pool. Lots of help at the grocery store. The Freemans hosted a fundraiser for the church school so we went to that, then to Matt and Tara's for a nightcap. Tuesday everyone was back to the grind. Jenny had her hip surgery. I swam laps then worked on awards. I skipped Abby's swim parent meeting to go to Voss' patrol parent meeting downtown. Mom came late for dinner. Wednesday I went to the barre class then had lunch with my ole pal, Kathleen. So fun seeing her momming after all her years babysitting. I volunteered for a bit at the prom swap at Marly's school then hopped over to the SAC meeting at Ellie's school. Just in time to take Abby to dance and Voss to soccer. I watched a bit of the Ros Cup at TCC. Thursday I skipped out of all the things and took the ladies for a boat ride to celebrate Jess' belated Birthday. It was a perfect day out there. I got Abby early from swim to take her to dance- that's going to be a crazy pm schedule for the month of April. Friday I got all the awards signed and turned them in, picked up Marly's Bday pottery and then went to the Nutcracker board meeting. We accomplished a lot with board positions and a new bank! To celebrate our anniversary we went to the Boathouse out in PV. I had been compiling a list of discussion questions so that was fun to answer. This is 22. The girls all went to the TCC pool for dinner. Voss slept over with Jake and Miles. We picked him up the next morning in time for his soccer game. He scored an awesome goal from midfield! We won again something like 6-1. We went to lunch with the coaches after for some pizza. I went for a ruck walk listening to Theo of Golden, which is SO GOOD! The middle two went with Suzanne to help look for mom's passport to no avail. Then we headed up to cheer Charlotte on in the Miss Stanton pagent. She got 3rd place! We had Biscotti's for dinner after. This morning was Palm Sunday. We went to mass, CCD and bfast. I finally took advantage of my Birthday gift and got a massage and facial with Sherry. We had a Mojos dinner to celebrate Ellie's Birthday early. Here are the pics of the week.

Ellie said it best, that this was a nice, chill, laid back spring break. Planning spring break is often depressing because everything is so much more expensive during this time. We have trouble agreeing on what to do and often leave it to last minute. While I wasn't as excited about this one, it turned out to be just what we needed....family chill time. We first stopped at Loreli's for a seafood lunch on the gulf. We found a quiet road ride beach, Anne's while waiting on our room to be ready. The older two took naps, the younger two snorkeled. I read Where the Forest Meets the Stars. For dinner we found Islamorada Fish Company, my favorite of all the places. Watching the sunset, playing Imposter, delicious drinks and the best ahi tuna bowl. We stopped by Publix for ice cream and lunch for the following day. The next day, we slept in, had a great hotel bfast then wandered around looking for a boat to rent. We finally found a place that gave us a deal for a nice pontoon boat. It was a perfect day out there. We saw sea turtles, lobster, conch shells, lots of fish- even a jumping swordfish! We stopped for a cocktail and snacks and saw a manatee family. Sunkissed, we headed back at sunset to turn in the boat, cleaned up and went to Lazy Days for dinner and split the seafood tower. The next day was chilly and rainy. We bummed around, tried to do a hike, got pizza instead and checked in early to another place, further down in Marathon. We enjoyed the hot tub then came back out for St. Patty's Day at Sparky's. Live music, more seafood and oodles of family time. We took our time getting up on Wednesday for a made to order breakfast on the Atlantic. We drove back to Miami and toured FIU. Ellie was less than thrilled to tour with the family but I think we all gave it a thumbs up. We had a family dinner at abu's and celebrated tia Vane's Birthday early. Spot was excited to see us. We slept in Thursday then drove back to Jacksonville. We came home to the roofers in full motion, getting a new top! Ellie left immediately to hang with friends. Phil and I met the Hogans and Strassers at Casbah. Phil got up early to play tennis. We met him for breakfast at First Watch. Voss is playing with Will. The rest of us are chilling. Voss, Marly, Phil and I went to this new-ish Mexican place for dinner. It was not good. Marly and I stayed up watching Shameless. It's so bad. Saturday was another chill day. I meant to wake up for the HIIT class but enjoyed coffee on the couch instead. Phil and I walked down to check on my mom. Same thing, different day, getting her prepped for taxes and her upcoming trip with the church. That afternoon, Phil's Godsister, Michelle came to visit. She was doing a dog pick up and stopped by. We took her on the boat to the Grove at TCC. It was a perfect boat evening. Marly did a great job driving. It was like glass on the way home. This morning Michelle left, we headed to mass. Ellie has been dog sitting for the Nixons and met us. CCD then TCC for breakfast, Marly driving all over. Voss had a soccer game this afternoon, another slaughter with him scoring twice. He and Phil kept going for more soccer. Marly and I watched more Shameless. We all went to the Penance Service at Sacred Heart and then Chipotle for dinner. One more chill day of spring break for the kids but Phil is back to work tomorrow. Here are the pics of the week.

Monday morning I took Marly to the DMV to get her learners permit! Time to teach her to drive! Already on day 1 she drove Voss to soccer and herself to dance. Here we go! We are all still getting used to the time change, wow that spring ahead is tough! Ellie house sat for the VanWies so we hardly saw her (and sometimes Marly) all week {more than usual}. I went to a high school PTSA board meeting and then a bootcamp class (one on one time with Taylor) and a morning swimming laps. Mom didn't show up for dinner so I had a few good convos with her church friends to track her down and make sure she was okay. I had a dentist appointment and met my new hygienist. We met the Hogans and Strassers for a Tuesday night out (we didn't even make it to mid week). The girls and I met for a last supper at Bellweather, so sad it's closing, then a night out to see Moulin Rouge, which was SO GOOD! I had a middle school PTSA meeting and a ruck walk in the rain. Abby tried out for the middle school swim team and made it! We picked up mom and celebrated her Birthday early with a Havana Jax Latin dinner before Marly's dance concert. It was neat to see her school pull together all the dance schools in the city (even a charter school) for a two night dance concert. Friday was a busy day, last day of the 3rd quarter, play day at Voss' school, Pi Day at Abby's school and then the final night of Marly's concert. Whew! I was wiped out, but it was a great day! Saturday morning, Phil went to play tennis, Ellie went to take the SAT, Marly and Abby vegged, I took Voss to his first soccer game of the spring season. They killed it! 9-0 and Voss scored 3 of them, including this beautiful shot that curved right in. We packed up and headed down to Miami to kick off spring break. I listened to Freida McFadden's Do Not Disturb and trying so hard to finish The Demon of Unrest. Ugh. We met Vane and her family out at a Peruvian restaurant. It was neat watching out kids be the big cousins for her kids chasing them up and down the sidewalk during dinner. Sunday morning we headed down to the Keys. I'll save the rest for the spring break post. Here are our pics of the week.