June 2026-- 20 years of the Stillinger's :)

 There was lots to celebrate this month!!

Rose has officially complete Middle School and it's on to High School in the fall!!!

I also think it's worth celebrating that we finally tackled getting new sidewalks :) Also Rose can now use a baby bobcat ;)

Before....

After!!!!

We also celebrated Father's Day with Rose's favorite guy :)

AND we celebrated our 20th anniversary :)

We spent the day as a family having fun including this new card game Rose is obsessed with 

And a trip to the Lego store for some new kits...Rose so kindly offered to build them all ;)

Cheers to 20 years!!

This month we also got to visit with some friends

And family!

This summer Rose is employed at the local pool in their office. When she stays with her aunt she can ride her bike to the pool for work.

She also goes with her dad some days too!

But probably what we did most this month was eat yummy food!!!

Ice cream after paddle boarding

Lunch date with mom

Ice cream cake for breakfast

Dinner at Rose's favorite spot

And dinner at a favorite brewery

And our cute little kittens are really growing!

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.