June was a busy month, and since it's almost over, I thought I would do one big post with all the pictures...enjoy!
While Joel was in school, Maren would fall asleep on the way home from dropping him off almost every day! This was nice, because then I got that down time three days a week. She isn't really taking naps anymore, so I miss this time! And I miss seeing her sweet peaceful face in my mirror. :)
We had a Starbucks date one day when Greg got off work...things are always more fun when daddy is around.
Safety first!
This is a skate park not too far from here where the kids like to go and ride their bikes and scooters.
There are also these dirt paths that are fun to ride on, too (mostly for Joel). We had a rare beautiful day!
This is also near the skate park. Greg has taken the kids here several times, but this was my first time. Greg caught a snake and the kids had fun throwing rocks in the water (while I tried not to say "be careful" every two seconds). PS don't ask me why Greg is holding Maren's ears in this picture...
Experimenting with the macro setting. This is a tree by our front porch.
Love the maroon and blue together.
Joel got to bring a special treat to school to celebrate his birthday during the last week of school. We made these cupcakes in ice cream cones. They didn't end up tasting very good, but they were really cute!
Joel's school put on a farm themed program at the end of the year. It was so cute!
My little graduate. Kindergarten, here we come!
Doing a painting project together - we painted plain ceramic planter pots to jazz them up a bit. I don't have a pic of the finished products, but it was fun to do this together!
Joel & his friend Ben on their last day of school.
This is the strawberry happy dance!! These came out of our own yard! I have to admit that I was very skeptical when Greg planted a bunch of strawberry plants in March (especially with the cold spring/summer we've had), but they are growing and getting berries and they are SO GOOD!
On Joel's acutal birthday-day, he got to use his birthday dishes, and for dinner we had home made pizza. He also got a special crown for the occasion! Happy Birthday Joel!
The day after Joel's birthday, I got to go to California to visit Emily, Brian, Violet, and new baby Jack! I went by myself and got to stay for four nights!! I didn't get any pictures of Emily & I but she has more pictures on her blog if you are interested (click on the "McCutchen" link on the left). We had so much fun talking, walking, running, doing errands, playing, eating, talking and watching a chick flick...and talking some more. It doesn't matter how long we are together, we never run out of things to talk about!!
Jack is such a sweet, mellow, content and CUTE baby!
This picture was taken on Father's Day, which was also the first day of the camp season for Brian. I got to go to the opening ceremonies and the first campfire of the summer! It was very fun...isn't this a great family picture?!
Violet was a little ball of energy! She never stopped talking, playing, running, and just being silly! She is a really sweet girl and has such a zest for life. It was a joy to be around her.
Once again, I didn't get any pictures, but I (with a lot of help from Brian, and Emily's friend Robyn) threw Emily a surprise 30th birthday party! She was very surprised and had so much fun. It was a FULL house, with 19 kids and 17 adults...wow. It was such a fun weekend and leaving was so hard...I always wish that we lived closer, but am also thankful that we live as close as we do! Thank you Emily!
Last weekend we went to Joel's friend Oliviah's birthday party...
They had rented this blow-up water slide, and despite the chilly weather, the kids had a blast sliding and getting wet. Burrr...
Happy Birthday Oliviah! (PS those are 3D glasses that Joel is wearing...)
Last weekend we went to Joel's friend Oliviah's birthday party...
They had rented this blow-up water slide, and despite the chilly weather, the kids had a blast sliding and getting wet. Burrr...
Happy Birthday Oliviah! (PS those are 3D glasses that Joel is wearing...)
On Mother's Day we went to the Great Wolf Lodge! The kids had been begging to go there since we went last summer, and since we live so close now, we decided to do it! We had so much fun swimming and just spending this time together as a family.
Here's the kids - we walked to the park for part of it...don't they all look cute in their citrius colors? (except for Conner, he was the rebel).
Here's some of the decorations...I made that banner!
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