May 2018

Over Mother’s Day weekend we went town to Baltimore for the Union League Yacht Club spring regatta. The Townsends joined us for the weekend and we all stayed on the Sharp’s sailboat. The race was on Saturday and we ended up getting first in our category. Dave and John are the only two who actually know how to sail, so Crystal, me and the kids were all just weight that needed to be shifted every so often.

Stolen Moments

The weight crew. Sophie, Lauren, Bella, Crystal and I moved side to side depending on the wind.

Dave and the girls with their award.

Making his acceptance “speech” with the littlest crew members.

The fam before the Saturday night party. If only we could get a pic with all four of us smiling…

Sunday was Mother’s Day and it rained all day, but fortunately we didn’t have to go back out on the boat.

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This year Becky entered Ariana into the Annual Dogwood Festival pageant, and she won the Tiny Miss title! Which meant she got to ride on a float in the Dogwood Festival parade and also celebrate at a Queen’s Ball.

The girls and I made the trip down to see her.

Here she is on the float before the parade started (it was a Candy Land theme).

Doing her princess wave as she passed us.

My high school friends Jenny and Samantha, and Jenny’s sister Laura all came to watch with their kids.

Here’s the whole gang – between the four of us we have 9 girls and 1 boy.

Here we are, each with our oldest. Everyone has a mini me, it’s a little crazy.

That night we got all dolled up and headed to the Queen’s ball at the Double Tree hotel.

The girls and I at mom and dad’s house.

Becky and me, and the girls with the little Princess

The event was a mix between a wedding and a high school dance. The girls were most thrilled to dance with the Queen herself. Lauren especially was enamored.

It was a really fun night and Ariana had a great time. She felt so special all day and my girls were thrilled to spend it with her.

 

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