Chronicles of Rose

Sunday, May 31, 2026

May 2026

These little kittens are soooo loved and they keep growing. Most mornings they start the day off snuggling with Rose....

Rose has no complaints about the snuggles...

We really love this crew :)

Sometimes Rose gets picked up from school early and even big kids need a happy meal :)

Rose also got great news that she was accepted into BCTC for early admission as a 9th grader!

Justin has also been crafty lately and made me these magnets

Rose's strawberry plants also had their first berries which have been delicious. We also just planted some sunflowers and pumpkins, so we'll see what else we can grow :)

And Rose learned some drywall skills to patch a hole she made!

And we added some more Legos to our collection.

This family eats A LOT of ice cream...I am not complaining :)

We also made the most of weekends and camped several times since Rose got a summer job (YAY!) and will have to be working some weekends (boo).

We camped for the first time at Cowan's Gap and returned to Greenwood Furnace and Francis Slocum State Parks.

We were also very busy with music at the end of the month. Rose had her last middle school concerts

She also preformed with Jazz Band and Chamber Orchestra for a panel of judges.

And had her final performance with middle school jazz band :)

Rose also had her 8th grade dance!!!

Mom and dad hung out too :)

We spent our final day of May getting some yummy food

And biking a new rail trail.

Sunday, May 3, 2026

April

Oh wow, April is going to be a hard month to top...so many planned and unplanned memories and fun :)

Starting off, look at this cute cuddle of kittens. Rose starts everyday with some snuggles from her pack.

This is our big guy, Socks, he is by far the largest in the group and he'll climb right up on your lap for some love :)

Turtle, the tortise, has the silkiest fur and loves to be pet.

Our little gal, Donut, is here in the middle. While she is the tinist she is also the naughtiest ;)

Rose is still hard at work cooking up dinner several nights of the week. I've been having some pretty late nights at work, so coming home to dinner has been great!

We were determined to get back to Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware this year. This was our first camping trip as a family and although we have returned many years, we haven't camped the last few because it is really hard to get a weekend reservation. So we went in early April this year and it was great! Camping in the off season is a whole different calm vibe and I think we love it :)

Rose and I also got to join the Middle School Theater group on a trip to Broadway to see The Outsiders. Rose and I both read the book to be prepared and were totally awe-struck by the wonderful production.

Rose has also been working hard with the jazz ensemble and her trombone playing is becoming very strong.

April is also birthday month for 2/3 of my family (just not me!).

Although her face doesn't show it, she was really happy :)

Another wonderful year with our favorite girl!!

We celebrated with eating out at her favorite spot

And then presents and cake with Nana and Pop :)

BUT the real surprise was a spontaneous trip to Tampa for some sunshine and fun!! Rose kept saying she wanted to fly somewhere so Justin found some tickets and took us south for birthday weekend.

We had visited the Tampa Zoo about 5 years ago and decided this was our year to revisit some zoos since last month we made it back to the St. Lious Zoo too.

We booked a behind the scence tour on their manatee rescue. We learned how they take care of injured manatees and try to return them to the wild. There was this adorable mom and calf in care....also they eat a lot of lettuce :)