Tess & Elm

Meet my friends, the Kennard’s! I met them last May and when we started house-hunting. So yes… it took us a year. But we were looking for something very specific… and they found it. In Osawatomie! They get a little town life, while having land and a pond in their backyard!

I love finding a connection with my clients. With the Henes’, Luke was a K-Stater. With the Hamed’s, they had a connection to my former Wichita State boss. And now with the Kennard’s, I found out that Kamern was a former Pittsburg-Colgan Panther, a hated team by anyone from my hometown - and played a game in Sedan (probably against my brother) at one point. Somehow these connections make everyone feel like an old friend. And I think that’s the best part of this gig.

So major congrats to my friends and their growing family! I’m thrilled for you! ❤️

And just like that… our baby girl is 10.

Tess is what we didn’t know we needed until we had her… keeps us on our toes… still requires me to give her a play-by-play of her calendar every night before bed… can spit out random sports knowledge (my girl!)… loves a good Netflix binge (Stranger Things, Bella and the Bulldogs)… desperately wants to be her sister while saying she doesn’t… can roll her eyes so far back in her head, I worry they won’t come back down… loves her friends… wishes her dog loved her more… has a stash of skincare she never uses but has to have… can talk your ear off if you’re not careful 😂… gives the best hugs… and when no one is watching, let’s me hold her like she was 2.

I love her! She makes me tired, but our world would not be the same without her!

Happy birthday, Tess! 🎈

Sloane’s first WPA dance at East (not to be confused with the WAP dance that I mistakenly called it… 😬)!

More than halfway through freshman year… it’s flying by and I don’t love it. 😞 But love her. And Walker is great, too! 😉

The Nutcracker with my girls!