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New family newsletter!

Happy 2024!

I have mentioned the idea before, but have officially moved Lower family updates over to a newsletter format. I haven’t had as much time to write on the blog and always have a back-log of posts I want to write. So going forward, my plan is to publish quarterly updates on the family (including the big birthday posts for the kids, but also other comings and goings) via Substack.

I chose Substack because it allows me to publish updates to a set of subscribers and keeps posts from being fully public. And you can view the newsletters in a variety of ways: in an email, on the website, or in the App.

If you’d like updates from us all in Seattle, please subscribe below. I have just published my first newsletter (Quarter 4, 2023).

If you have any questions, let me know!

M

 

 

Life Lately {April}

 

{Fitz LOVES the playhouse // a pile of kids in their natural state // the coolest dude – Fitz loves to dress up, including accessories}

{my two best guys! // Daph after her swim lesson // Daphne + I went get her first mani + pedi since she’s fully vaxxed!}

{digging in the dirt // Fitz loves carrying around baskets + buckets // I saw an old college friend (in-person!) at my first outdoor (small) social event in over 2 years! It was pretty wild to be out! Hitha wrote a book “We’re Speaking” based on VP Kamala Harris + was on book tour at UW.}

{Daph + I went to the Seattle Children’s Theater with her school and it was SO fun! // the most beautiful rainbow after the craziest weather day // baby in the (faux) fireplace}

{these girls LOVE sidewalk chalk, especially Daphne // the girls started ice skating lessons at the new ice rink nearby // “tell me you have big sisters without telling me you have sisters!” (see that barrette in his hair?)}

{not sure if this photo captures the yogurt ALL over his face!}

April felt like a big month as the girls started into activities – swim and ice skating – which we have not been partaking in for the past two years. With Daphne now vaccinated, we are cautiously optimistic that the upcoming spring and summer will bring more social activities for all of us!

And now it feels like we are in the final countdown to the end of the school year which will be here before we know it (it’s mid-June for us) and I am trying to make sure all of the pieces of summer are in place – camps, trips, appointments, etc.

Happy MAY!

M

my weekend in pictures.

Hello + Happy February! I can’t believe how l o n g January felt. Honestly. And we had rain and then snow and then non-stop rain (the wettest January in 10 years!) and the aftermath of the holidays. I can’t believe I haven’t blogged all month long. My apologies. And, the blog got an update! (We transitioned the back-end of the site, but updated it’s design as well.) Here’s some of our weekend!

{It’s been so muddy and soggy that backing our car in and out of the driveway is making so much mud on the sidewalk (I have to drive on the grass a bit if there are cars parked too close). So Aaron and Daph headed out during a slightly dry spell to lay down some stone pavers. Here is Daph giving me a wave! Her little baseball hat is the best. Just like her Papa.}

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