Summer!

We are only a couple of weeks into summer but we have fit a lot of fun into every day so far!  I'm slowing down these last few days.....starting to feel a little tired!  But I'm enjoying my time with these two so much.  Ava loves to be on the go and keeps us busy and you never know what is going to come out of Keegan's mouth these days.  He is cracking us up daily!  I should write a separate post about that.  He is loving having his sister around every day and so am I.  We've had some fun times with a lot of great friends already but I try to set aside a day for just the three of us to hang out and do something fun.  Here are some of my favorite summer pictures so far......

Ready for the pool!

Dancing in pajamas

Movie night

They love to pull the sofa bed out and make popcorn!

Baseball!  Keegan could play for hours at a time.

He loves to watch baseball on TV with Daddy too. 

We've been watching the NBA finals lately and he is quick to tell us 'No, no.....Baseball please'  He's not quite as fond of basketball I guess!

I took the kids to see the morning kid movie at Cinemark on Wednesday and they were pretty excited about it.

All summer long our local theatre shows kid movies two days a week for a dollar in the morning.  Keegan had never seen a movie on the big screen and he was amazed. 

He barely moved the entire time!  It was love at first sight.

Daddy surprised us and met us about thirty minutes in and Ava was so excited.

I took Ava to Cici's for an Icee and some air hockey one afternoon last week. 

I'm not sure which she liked more :-)

We are enjoying our time out at the beach pool. 

Keegan LOVES the little water slide on the splash pad this year.  

We decided to take a paddle boat out when we were there on Saturday because it was overcast and not too hot.  

It was a lot of leg work and the kids begged to head back to the pool for most of the ride so we probably won't do that again for a while. It was so beautiful coasting around the Adriatica though!  We've wanted to try it for a few years.

Last weekend we made a trip to visit my grandparents and Jeff's grandpa came in to town the next day so the kids had a weekend of great-grandparents.

I'm pretty sure these kids know they are very loved.

Last night Ava and I had a girls' night with our friends Amy & Abigail. 

We had dinner at Blue Goose (which Ava thought was the funniest name!) and then to see the play Annie at the Frisco children's theatre.  It was the best night!  The girls did not want it to end.

Ava's dance recital was today and it was such a special day!  She is just amazing and we can't get over how grown up she seemed this year.  I will upload pictures soon to post.

We all start Vacation Bible School early in morning!  Ava's been asking when VBS would start for oh....about 11 months now so she is more than ready.  I hope Keegan will really enjoy it this year too.  Hopefully some of his sweet Sunday School friends will be there too this week.  I'm praying that God will work in the lives of all the kids there this week like only He can!

Memorial Day & Last Day of Preschool

Memorial Day weekend was much cooler than usual this year.  It rained on Friday and Saturday so we cooked out with neighbors and didn't make it out to the pool until late afternoon Sunday when the sun finally came out for a bit.  Here are some pics of our first trip to the pool.....

The water was still a little too cold for me but the kids didn't think so.  We headed to the beach club Monday morning and I don't think the temp reached higher than 82 the entire time we were there.  It was breezy and cool but the kids had fun swimming and playing in the sand.  Keegan loved slide on the splash pad and Ava enjoyed jumping off the side of the pool and swimming back to the ledge.  It was a relaxing day!

They are getting so big!

Yesterday was Ava's last day of preschool!  She looks so much older than she did on her first day in August. 

She has grown almost two inches and seems like such a big kid now. 

Preschool was such a great experience this year.  Ava learned so much and made some great friends and we were both a little sad driving away for the last time.

I'm so excited that summer is here but it's crazy to think about how life is changing for us.  August can take it's sweet time getting here!

A Busy May!

Our days are so full lately that I feel like I'm barely keeping my head above water.  Ava is such a busy girl this spring and I'm trying to stay on top of soccer schedules, swim lessons, recital meetings, and end of school parties.  Everything will slow down in June and I can't wait to play poolside with my two kiddos for two and a half months with little else to do but hang out with our sweet friends!  As busy as our days are, it is so worth it for this smile......

We had our recital meeting and costume fitting last week since we are just a few weeks away. 

Ava is in love with this year's outfit and I don't think these girls could look any cuter if they tried!

We just have one more soccer game this season.  It's been so fun watching her play.  She is twice as confident as she was last season and usually scores a goal or two which is always very exciting for her.  She has such a sweet little team and they have had a really fun season.

She had a great first day of swim lessons last week! 

Even though it's a busy month we wanted her to start June swimming with confidence.

Her spring program at school was a couple of weeks ago.  It was mostly a display of what they have learned in body movement class. 

Ava was so happy that Daddy was there to do a "silly dance" with her.

Splash Day is Thursday and I'll have to pick her up right after for Kindergarten Round Up at her new school! I'm trying to stay really excited about it so I don't fall apart.  So far so good.
This little guy stays pretty busy too.  He's always been a left handed batter but just the last couple of weeks we've noticed that he uses his left hand most of the time to draw as well.  What are the odds that we would have two lefties? 

He always begs to "climb tree" at this park we ride our bike to.  I finally gave in last week and lifted him up to sit on some branches.  He thought it was the coolest thing ever. 

He loves to grill outside with Daddy on the weekends!

And play with his little partner in crime.  He loves when Presley comes to play!

They were playing 'garden' today they said.  All the water from the water table made its way to the flower pots on the patio :-)

And of course he loves to play with his big sister. 

They were 'cooking' up all kinds of yummy treats for us Saturday night.

The days are long but not long enough lately.  I need a couple more hours to feel like we have everything done and ready for the next day.  I guess things will be even crazier when Keegan starts school and sports.  I better adjust :-) 

Jeff took this picture of the three of us Friday night which is so nice because I'm with them every day but rarely take pictures with them.   I am so, so thankful for these two. Time is flying by so quickly.  I'm trying to soak up these days and hopefully remember them in the years to come!