First off, Happy 40th Anniversary, Grandma and Grandpa Chase!! Wishing you great health and happiness as you move into these next 40 years! xoxoxo
This weekend we were finally let-in on a beautiful secret project Declan has been working on with Gemma for weeks. He has greatly enjoyed randomly mentioning “There’s no project at Gemma’s house,” and “We’re not going to have a party about our project,” with confused responses from his parents.
Sunday was the scheduled unveiling of this work, and we walked into Gemma and Papa’s house full of festive decorations and party food. Declan then presented a card to us (complete with homemade envelope Gemma showed him how to make) that was decorated like a mirror and written backwards so we couldn’t read it! Declan brought us over to a bathroom mirror and held it up, and we could finally make out this mysterious introduction to the upcoming surprise.
He then proudly led us upstairs to where the project was. Gemma beamed throughout her “reflections” to us of her appreciation in working with Declan and what a good job he did on this, from understanding the initial sketches to creating the final piece.
When they unveiled the masterpiece – wow!!!! It is a gorgeous, mosaic mirror that will beautifully adorn Gemma and Papa’s bedroom, right over her dresser. What an amazing and interesting mirror to look at, I can’t wait until you can see it yourselves!! Thank you for this wonderful and unique experience, Gemma!
Papa jokingly asked which piece was the one that *he* put on, and Declan enjoyed telling him how he didn’t put ANY on, that he was busy “working in the garage” the whole time.
Declan showing us some moves!
We were all excited that Aunt Colleen came down for a visit and got to see our baby chicks. Here’s Quinn eyeing her salad.
Crafting at a recent local family dance party fundraiser for Operation Smile.
The chicks outgrew their cardboard box and we have now moved them into the downstairs shower. Have I told you lately how much I love my husband?! Great idea, Mike! The chicks seem to love their new home, including a cool mini-roost Mike constructed for them, and Quinn likes getting right in there to hold them.
We finally broke out the shorts! Warm weather has arrived, and so have the popsicles. Here are D and Livi taking five after some trampoline time.
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