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dave’s 35th
dave turned 35 on 10/10/10 and to celebrate the occasion, we picked up some live lobsters at the grocery store! the original plan was to go surf-and-turf, but the lobsters alone posed enough of a food challenge for us novices!here’s the birthday boy, getting ready to dig in! it wouldn’t be a spence birthday without…
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first day of pre-k
jackson began his first week of pre-kindergarten by boarding his bike and heading off to monocacy valley montessori public charter school with mommy. as a pre-k student, he’s still in miss heidi’s room, and he still attends 9-11:30 daily. but he’s one of the “big men on campus” because six new 3-year-olds have entered his…
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phoebe’s 1st
our sweet phoebe has been with us for a full year, and to celebrate that milestone, molly made a cooler full of cupcakes and plenty of homemade icing, and we headed up to pennsylvania. all of her fellin-side cousins, aunts, uncles, and nana and pop pop, came to eagle rock for a cookout, swimming, and…
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summer begins in ocean city!
usually we wait until the end of summer to make a trip to the beach, but this year, we did the opposite, kicking off the steamy season with a weeklong trip to ocean city, new jersey, june 20 to 26. we started our journey on fathers day by boarding the cape henlopen, one of the…
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weekend fun!
wonderful weather and a no-wedding saturday added up to lots of fun for the spence fam this weekend! on saturday, we hosted another yard sale on our driveway. we made a few bucks, but more importantly, got rid of a lot of stuff that’s been cluttering our garage! dave spent the morning organizing and now…