Year: 2010

  • birthday celebrations begin

    birthday celebrations begin

    jackson’s 4th birthday celebrations started about one month early, with a fun-packed “journey around the sun” ceremony at monocacy valley montessori public charter school this morning. jackson stood in the center of the circle, holding the earth. each of the sun’s rays represented a month, and jackson started at july, since that is his birth…

  • party time

    party time

    phoebe attended her first birthday party for a friend last weekend. leah hyland turned 1 year old, and the whole spence family stopped by for some cake. phoebe (seen above, reacting to the birthday girl) was amused by the party. she’s gearing up for her 1st birthday bash in august. it’s a bit difficult to…

  • weekend fun!

    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…

  • soccer stud

    soccer stud

    many months ago, jackson watched his big cousin, jacob, play in a soccer game. his uncle paul told him if he liked it, maybe his mom would sign him up to play, too. nice thought, paul! too bad there weren’t any sign-ups until january, and actual gameplay didn’t happen until april! so, after many months…

  • it’s easter!

    we were so lucky this year to have amazing, warm easter weather. usually, we’re all shivering and forced to wear winter clothes when we celebrate. but not this time! temperatures were in the 70s and 80s, so out came our bright, happy clothes! we joined molly’s whole family at the fitzgeralds’ house in eagle rock…