Nick and Emily Visit 2018

Nick and Emily came by to visit before we leave the East Coast. We went to the Port Jefferson Brewery, The Pie, and our favorite Port Jeff Ice cream. We'll see them again soon in New York and on Cape Cod. Love you guys!

Nick, Emily, me, Miranda, James

Nick, Emily, Kevin, me, Miranda (photo by James)

Brewery

The Pie

All the flavors!

Ice Cream Runners

Chess 2018

James is still going to chess club every other week at the library.

Smarties and cuties, April 


Playing against the same opponent, June

Candace and Erica- June 2018

Farewell girls' night with my homies Candace and Erica. I'm going to miss you ladies! The sangrias were our fault. The tequila shots the manager bought us and almost killed us were not our fault, okay? Shout out to Erica's husband (also named Kevin) who drove us there and home!

Erica, Candace, and Ericka- a.k.a "The Erica Sandwich"

Pressed sandwich selfie.

Casey and Jon - June 2018

Kevin met up with Casey and Jon in Hoboken for a final boys' night before Nebraska.

 

Kevin, Casey, and Jon at DC's 

  

Biggest pizza slice ever at Benito's

SBU Farewell 2018

Kevin has worked at Stony Brook for 10 years! He's the Assistant Program Director and a Senior Lecturer in The Program in Writing and Rhetoric (which at SBU is separate from the English Department). He's leaving behind a lot of coworkers who are friends- and a decade of seeing these friends on a daily basis. Since we moved to Miller Place, I've become friends with many of his coworkers too. We're going to miss a lot of people, though we fully plan to meet up in New York and maybe even Nebraska? Haha, well, we'll see about the latter.

His work friends threw a little end of year/ Kevin farewell get-together at Harmony Vineyard.

Former program director Gene, Kevin, and Cynthia

Cynthia, MaryAnn's daughter, MaryAnn, Dave, Jilleen

Jennifer, Tom, current program director Roger

I'm here too!

James and Miranda running through the vineyard

Sarah and Maddie

Drain, Sarah, Kevin, Roger (Cynthia, Jennifer, Gene, and Shyam in background)

ROger, MaryAnn, Mary Ann's daughter, former director 

Next gen cuties

See you guys soon!

James's Last Day of 1st Grade 2018

James's last day of first grade was Thursday. He was sad to leave Andrew Muller Primary School (though it only goes through second grade) and all his elementary school friends. But he's pretty excited to be a big second grader next year. His elementary school in Omaha will go from grade K through 5th grade so he won't get to be the big fish in a little school yet, but he will be able to go to the same school as Miranda for a few years.

 

So handsome and ready for second grade!

First Day/ Last Day comparison

Off to school with Miss Barbara

Home for the summer!

Miranda Swim Update 2018

Miranda went up a level in Swim Class from Sammy Starfish to Timmy Tadpole. Basically, that means that she tested that she could get out if she fell into a pool. Woo! Go, Miranda!

Ringing the bell to celebrate!

With her proud mom

James's 1st Grade Field Day 2018

On Wednesday, James had his first grade field day. I was so sad seeing all the super sweet kids I've gotten to know over the last two years and thinking that I won't get to see them grow up the same way anymore. I took a million pictures and shared them with their parents. These are just a few of them, mostly of James and some of his friends.

Mrs. Gambino's class is ready

Starting with the obstacle course

Can't go over it

Let's go under it

Kyle

AJ

Caris

Darin

Beanbag drop and retrieve

Michael B

He looks like a rabbit without his incisors

Chicken run

Nick doing the chicken run

 

Carrying the egg

Vince

Johnny and James doing the Hula relay

Christian and Zachary

James and Johny rushing the chicken to the hospital

Kyle and Timothy

Pool noodle train relay

Nolan and John

Three-legged race

 

Samantha on the right and her friend on the left

Pizza delivery!