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When Henry texted me  that he got into UC Berkeley,  I said, in this order: WHAT ARE YOU JOKING? SEND ME PROOF PROOF! The email had confetti when he opened it up! 128,000 freshman applicants. This was not the plan.  The plan went from BYU(rejected/unexpected), UCLA(rejected/expected). Okay, he planned on doing community college over the hill and reapplying to UCLA. And Cal was unlikely. My eyes burst when I threw my phone down in shock after his text. We attended Cal Day last week. It was pretty amazing! He was so excited. walking on campus The music building! We attended a Baroque Ensemble performance which was fabulous. His major is undeclared. the famous clock tower The room of requirements, uh, I mean one of the libraries on campus:) it all looked like a real life Harry Potter set...speaking of harry potter, the school has a quidditch club :) stained glass in the music building :) Finding his people...Jazz Ensemble booth! I told him to do the band, or the rally crew or larping or s

April in Golden Gate Park is pretty perfect! I've been wishing to write my blog more but to be honest...what do I say? haha My kids are growing and changing... (do I exist to them?) we aren't building the house yet... (can that please happen soon God?) there is a lot of waiting... a lot of holding on around here:) so here are some details of life around here Still life above my sink  Audrey decided to make a "conference cake"  and it was to die for. some unusual April warm weather felt like a socal day I mean, I wore shorts.  That's saying something! We have a future athletic event face painter Teachers versus 8th grade bball game :) *took several soaked cottonballs of make up remover to remove haha Our Easter table unfortunately, the daffodils died before Easter Sunday arrived Spring Break was spent doing local things with these 3! Gardens, Japantown, Golden Gate Park, long walks,  I made them read, and we ate out almost everyday! (the last one was my idea haha)