Last Day of School 2025

 It's the last day of school. Colin is now a rising senior in high school! Syd looks forward to 8th grade. 

Prom 2025

 A chilly evening for Prom. After some challenging teenage planned logistics, everyone made it to photos, dinner at Red Cow, Prom at Lumber Exchange Center downtown, and after Prom party. 

Colin made a "Coraline" themed Prom ask sign for Emily. 

Photos at the Foshay Tower 

Nice suit - thanks for the help Nana and Papa. 

I made the bouquet and quite pleased with the results! ;) 

Officially a Teenager

 We celebrated Syd's big 1-3 with bowling with friends and dinner at Brick and Bourbon. Nana and Papa took her out for sushi, one of her favs. 

Mochi Donuts!

It's Musical Time!

Syd played Doug in Disney's Descendants. She always has a great time with the group of kids in cast and crew. She had two snazzy costumes and learned to tie a tie. She's sad for it to end this year as her 8th grade friends will be in high school when she auditions next fall. 

Campus tour

Colin is in the earlier stages of considering post high school plans. To get an idea of what a college visit is like, we signed up for a U of MN campus tour. It was a really nice day out which made for a nice trip to the office. Not sure what he thought other than he didn't know what to expect so it was helpful to go through the process. 

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Spring Break Orlando

Tippies hosted all of us in Orlando for spring break. We stayed on a beautiful property and enjoyed some sun and hot days at the pool, University Studios, and Disney Parks. 

Favorite rides included the new Guardians of the Galaxy coaster, the Avatar ride, and Hagrid's Motorbike coaster. The most hair raising was probably the velocicoaster! And, yes, the butterbeer at the Harry Potter world was very tasty. 

Hogwarts

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EPCOT

Travel Band -On Wisconsin

Syd and her middle school travel band spent the weekend at the University of Wisconsin. They took three tour buses filled with kids, chaperones and instruments. They had a teaching session with a band professor along with a tour of campus and a show. The next day they performed 6 songs at the state capitol. The trip finished with a day at the Dells and Kalahari water park. Syd said she had a great time and wants to do next year’s trip to Chicago.