GRACE PLUS ONE: 2025

Thursday, September 25, 2025

I will have 2018 update out before GRACE turns 13 😬

I just found this "draft" while getting ready to write GRACE's 13th bday tribute.

HA! We are nearing the end of 2019 and I have yet to have 2018 much less 2019 update. Hey, at least I am consistent with LONG pauses of blogging! I think moving forward, I will just blog when I can and not feel the burden of trying to "catch up" everytime I blog.

So on the last post, the kids' went to the Ft. Worth Zoo with their preschool class. They graduated shortly after. And Gianna had her last day of school at Beck Elementary.

From left: Riley, Gabby, Emmy, Addy, and Cooper

Last day of 2nd grade

Summer was filled with lots of water activities. We went to a water pad, took swimming lessons and then got season passes to Hawaiian Falls. Gianna got to go to a birthday party at Urban Air and went on the This kept us busy while we were getting ready to move again! But just locally this time.

Water pad

Urban Air

Swimming lessons.

Waiting for the parade

Cooling off in the wave pool.

The kids' with their coach from England.

Gianna and her coach from Brazil

We went on vacation to CA right before school started. We stopped in AZ on the way to reunite after 7 years with one of the nurses that took care of me while I was pregnant with the quints and also Dr. John Elliott, who was my primary OB among 5-7 other docs that rounded on me daily.

We visited our So cal friends and family. We had some friends from France that were visiting CA the same time we were, so we got together for part of the vacation and did some touristy things with them. We went to the beach, had fun at a Dodger game, walked around Mann's Chinese theater, and had fun on the rides at Knott's Berry Farm. THEN we drove 20hrs straight to make it back in time for the 1st day of school. 😒 We will NOT be repeating that again!