Cincinnati!

On June 29th we drove to see our friends in Cincinnati.   We had so much fun with them!!!

On Monday we went to the zoo.

 

Later that night we had a mini reunion with friends and swam.  We also celebrated Kate's early birthday:

On Tuesday we went on a little hike, enjoyed shaved ice, and then swam some more:

Wednesday morning was Kate' birthday.  She opened presents, ate breakfast, 

and then we gave our friends hugs:

Then we drove back home.

Kid's Run, Dance, School Events..

Today is the Last Day of School!!!

Here are some things we have been doing:

We all ran in the "Kids Run."  Bruce beat all of us :) 

 

James graduated from Pre K 

He also got a haircut:

Kate participated in a dance recital

She also got a cute haircut

She is almost done with 1st grade (we love her teacher Mrs. Skok)

Bruce-  

 

Here he is on a class field trip with his buddy:

Kids Day!  He was awake and ready to go at 6:00am

 Jane-

We went to a Lindsey Sterling concert with friends:

This is the "Fairy House Festival"

She also finished 5th grade!!

 For my birthday B and I went to a Alison Krauss/ Willie Nelson concert!  It was really amazing :)

More soon to come...

Memorial Day 2014, Mother's Day, + More...

On Monday morning we went to the cemetery to put flags on the soldiers graves.  

This is one tradition that everyone enjoys.  

That afternoon we went to a local amusement park to watch our dancer.  

Everyone also had a fun time there! 

 Mother's Day was marvelous this year.  I got to sleep in while everyone made a delicious breakfast.  I got LOTS of great presents from the kids.  James and I got to go to a Mother's Day tea, the previous Friday.  I sure feel loved!

 

 Other things we've been doing:  

Kate got an award for her dancing~ 

 Every month James and I would join some friends at "The Grandma's" house and make crafts for them. 

 We went to the "Strong Museum" a few weeks ago and were so happy with what we found:

Jane and her friend attended a Girl Scout event:

 "Our Littlest Bird"  is so happy about dance:

For teacher appreciation week I had all the kids in Bruce's class bring in a flower for their teacher one morning.  This is what it turned out like.  (Kate did it too- so sweet) 

Arts Fest West was a HUGE success this year:

  

 Jane helped out at the 5th Grade party!

May has been a very fun, busy month!