June Randoms

This week we say goodbye to June!  It's been a very overcast/rainy month and the four of us have had stomach bugs and colds so I'm hoping for a great July.  We did, however, have some June fun.  Here are some pics of what we've been up to....

First Day of VBS

The kids loved all four days!  I taught Ava's kinder class this year and loved watching her enjoy it all.

My friend Molly had Keegan's class and she took some sweet pics through the week and shared them with me.  Presley joined him this year and they had the best time!

We headed to East TX to visit Grandmama and Grandaddy and see a lot of family. 

It was a fun day and the kids enjoyed running around with all of their cousins.

We ended the trip at a decades long family-favorite restaurant :-) 

Lunch date at McAlisters with these two...

Grammy & Poppy brought back these T shirts from Jackson Hole, Wyoming and the kids want to wear them all the time.  They sleep in them almost every night. 

Enjoying a little evening cuddle & movie time :-)

 And today is Ava's first day of dance camp! 

It's a jazz & tap musical theatre camp this year so I'm pretty sure she will have an awesome four days :-)

Dance Recital 2014

Ava's third dance recital was on Sunday!  We had rehearsal in the morning, a father's day lunch and recital that evening.  It's always such a fun day.  This was Ava's last year in this 3-6 year old show. (Insert emotional mommy sniffles.)  Next year she will be in the big girl show.  
She's also taking a break from ballet and tap after 3 years.  Ava wants to try jazz and I feel pretty confident that she's going to love it given how theatrical she is! 

Her class was the oldest in the show and they were so great! Ava has danced with most of these girls the last three years. It's just amazing to see how much they have learned and how much they have grown.

Morgan & Ava

Ballet Performance to 'The Sound of Music'

Tap Dance to 'Lonely Goatherd' from The Sound of Music

After the show.....Flowers from Daddy, Nana & Gramps, Grammy & Poppy, Kara & Uncle and sweet Presley.  We are so blessed with amazing family!

A special Father's Day for this amazing Dad

We couldn't be any prouder of this sweet girl.  What a joy to watch her grow and celebrate her achievements!  And what a blessing to share it with family we love so much. 

We love you sweet Ava and we are so very thankful for you. 

Summer is Here!

Summer became official for us last Thursday!  Ava celebrated her last day of Kindergarten!

 

 She has grown up so much in 9 months!

We celebrated with a few of her school friends at the pool and had a blast.  She's made some sweet friends this year. 

So glad to have this girl home all summer!

We have a bucket list of things to do this summer.  Here's what we've been up to so far!

LEGOLAND Discovery Center with Abigail and Preston

"Car rides" with neighborhood school friends at the park.

It's so fun to see friends from school at our pools and parks.  I think we've seen a friend every time we've gone!

Trips to the Library.....

I had an idea to reward her with a prize once she read 20 books and logged them on her reading list.  But she read all 11 books that she checked out while I was at the gym one day last week!  I've decided to up the quota.  Ha!  Our sweet neighbor Sara brought Ava all of the books from her classroom to read this summer.  It was like Christmas morning to her. 

Lots of pool time!

My sweet boy

Enjoying Daddy's summer off from school SOOOOO much!

Dinner parties with church friends

Sweet Caroline time!!

Slip n Slide Trampoline Day....Sprinkler+Dish Soap = Fun

I think we are going to pull out shampoo/conditioner to go for more slip next time :-)

Ava's dance recital is this weekend and VBS starts on Monday.

Yay Summer!