The Russo's

Jen and her family were moving back to Alabama at the end of May. We had a family crawfish boil at Jamie's house before they left.  Nash and Jetta came over for a sleepover. I wanted to do something special for them before they left. I did a spy mission escape type activity. They had to follow the clues to get to the end. They took turns opening the mission envelopes and reading the clues "lasers"  locks and keys led them to candy and trinkets some of the clues and a puzzle spy clothes and accessories  They all had a lot of fun and will miss spending time and hanging out with Nash & Jetta! It was hard to say goodbye to Jen, again. They have been back here for 6 years. I'll miss seeing my coffee buddy and best friend all the time!

 Josh is off on some Fridays with his new job, so we switched our school week to Monday-Thursday in March. The new science book we tried this year was a little deep for the kids. I started to summarize the lessons for them and we did a few of the experiments. This was the Lazarus experiment with an ant. Drowning an ant is hard! The salt brought it back to life.  Page from Gianna's language. She uses all her family for the sentences.  Doing spelling challenges together  We stuck with school and finished out the year. It helped us to keep our routine going. They both finished with good grades. The second half of school is usually harder anyway, so we were all happy to finish.  Last day of school was May 14, 2020 She had to have Camo in a picture  The kids picked out a few summer toys to keep them busy. We got a kiddie pool too, all the above ground pools have been sold out.  We wanted to do something to celebrate the end of school, but we ended up going ...

The patios opened up on the Friday before Mother's Day. We took my mom out to lunch at Palermos. We gave her a bracelet that had her mom's handwriting on it. She started to cry when she realized what it was.  It was so nice that Jamie and Jen joined us for our outside service on Sunday  Mrs. Angie preached a very good message I love being a mom to these two! They will pass me up soon. I hear myself saying the same phrases that my mom told us. It's crazy when I see myself or Josh in the kids. Time is passing so fast and I start to miss when they were little.  After church we went to Jennifer's and they picked up Raising Cane's for lunch. Gianna finally got to see their kittens  Gianna made a card for me and Hudson did his on the dry erase board. They gave me money to pick out something. We picked up Greek food for dinner. It was a laid back day and I didn't have to do much, which is a gift in itself.