Bring It, 2023

 January is always a hard month after the high of the holidays, but we survived and even had a little fun!

While Tuttle has taken a sports break during the winter months, Maggie has continued exceling at Level 6 meets, and Jacob dominated the court with his basketball team.

Maggie has always loved gymnastics. She has been training since she was 16 months old! But this year has been exceptional, and she seems to have solidified her spot on the team with consistently high scores and moving toward perfecting upgrades. January was a HUGE month for Maggie when she successfully completed her giant on high bar, and she has not stopped there! We have scheduled weekly privates to work on bars and vault, and she is excited to start her week with an hour with Coach Brandon on Mondays followed by a normal four hour practice. I cannot wait to see Maggie grow as an athlete.

Jacob's basketball team, The Green Knights, worked hard all season and really improved. It was Jacob's first time playing on an organized team, and his coaches gave great feedback and worked those boys with learning technique, passing, and defense. Ms. McGowan came to the last game to cheer on our baller.

This will most likely go down as one of Jacob's most memorable years in school. Ms. McGowan puts 100% into every lesson, activity, and student. It really seems like 1st grade was taking a toll on Jacob when he hit 100 days of school.

He recovered the following day to celebrate learning the "Bossy R" with a pirate themed day. Jacob brough in gold coins to share with his class, but the real treasure is Ms. McGowan. :)

With Maggie's gym practice and competitions and her booming social life with teammates, the boys have spent more time one-on-one. Tuttle even introducted Jacob to one of his favorite pastimes- stealing mints from the golf course clubhouse. (I always warn them that I am not giving them permission...)

Big brothers are also a great resource to pull loose teeth! Jacob was all smiles to lose his first tooth yesterday!

Jay is BUSY with work right now and pulling early mornings and late nights, but I have been able to pull him away for a couple date nights and adventures with the family. We are so proud of his commitment to his career and making it happen for our family!

Everyone is ready to be done with the longest month of the year and enter into the month of LOVE!

The neighborhood girls and I celebrated early with a Galentine's Night Out! It is difficult to coordinate schedules for everyone, especially since there are 28 kids between all of us! I cherish all the time with these friends. We enjoyed a delicious dinner and dancing at Roaring Social. So many memories and laughs!

We sure have it good.