bday soiree

Abby had a birthday gathering a couple of weeks after her actual birthday, but lucked into some pretty nice weekend weather!  Arts and crafts and good times had by all.  

action shots

A rare weekend daytime lacrosse game vs Gonzaga Prep (all the way from Spokane)!  Avery's dad takes great pictures of the players in action.

nap

B&B have a new favorite nap location … Nate's bed!

jazz concert

Shorecrest jazz band sounded great! Was also fun to hear the Shorewood jazz band!

college visits begin!

Abby and I had a great visit to Claremont, CA to check out the Claremont colleges!  We got lots of steps in walking around the beautiful campus (farmers market, art museum, quad, and more), enjoyed exploring the Claremont village restaurants and shops (yummy tex-mex lunch), checked out some nearby hiking trails, stayed in a fun hotel, toured Scripps (gorgeous buildings, smart student ambassador tour guides, and a pool!), and went to an information session at Pomona.  All around a good way to dip our toes in the college visit waters and we both learned a lot!  A good warmup for our spring break east coast college visit trip that is coming up soon.

lacrosse team on a ferry!

The Sholax crew headed to Bainbridge for an evening lacrosse game!  Abby shared pics!

b&b

Bestie bros love spring window time!

17!!

Abby turned 17!  She and I had a birthday ramen outing, bought some birthday Birkenstocks, then came home and did birthday selfies, cat cuddles, presents, and cake with Nate and Papa.  A good start to what will for sure be an eventful year for Abby!

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Abby scored many goals at last night's game which they won! Fierce on the field. The season is off to a good start! Grateful for a team member's parent who takes good action photos!