School's Out!

Today was the last day of school for the year!

Lexie was sad to leave first grade, but very excited for lots of "fun time" this summer.
Yesterday we got to go to her school for a 1st grade picnic.
The boys especially enjoyed getting to go & play on all of the toys with lots of Lexie's friends. It's hard to believe that the school year is over! Now on to a fun summer!

It's a Baby!

We're pleased to announce that we are expecting a little girl! We're due Oct. 27th.

Lunch With Dad

Today we got to go to a picnic at Rick's work. We didn't take any pictures, but the boys had a great time jumping in the bouncy dragon, getting their face painted, & playing on all of the toys.

Field Day

This morning Lexie had Field Day at school. The boys & I went up to watch & cheer her class on. Field Day is always fun because the kids just crack you up! There were lots of fun events for the kids to participate in.
Here is Lexie and one of her best friends, Mitali.

They got to do the wheelbarrow race together. They started out strong, but had a few problems.

She got to do the 3-legged race with Jadon & did fairly well.

Lexie had a great time doing the waterballoon toss with Ashlee.

Joseph loved being able to particpate in the 40 yard dash!

And the last event for each class, was the potato sack race. Lexie amazed me by winning this! It was awesome!

And then there was the tug or war between the classes. There are 7 first grade classes & Lexie's is the smallest with 14. They got to challenge the other small class of 17 & Lexie's class won!

It was a whole lot of fun & I'm glad that she had a good time.

Make Your Guesses

#4 is on the way. We'll find out the gender on Friday. You can submit your guesses in the poll on the right.

Our Joy School Grad

We just can't believe how grown up this little guy is. It's just amazing.

Here's Joseph & some of his friends excitedly waiting for the graduation to begin...

Here is one of the songs they sang-"Oh Boy, I've Got Joy!" I love how animated all of the kids are.

Here is the "Appleseed" song. Sorry it's pretty shaky. I had a sweet little boy who liked climbing up & down my lap during it.

Joseph's cute class. Joseph is sure going to miss all of his little buddies.

Oh how we love Miss Jen. Thanks so much for another awesome year!

A Much Needed Time Out

Andrew was being a real crusty bug this morning & got sent to time out. About 2 minutes later we go to get him out & find him like this.

He really needed that time out.

It's So Great To Be 8!

We've been married 8 years & we're still smiling.

Sleepy Head

We can't decide if this is cute or sad.

Happy Memorial Day

Dear Megan,

I finally blogged. Sorry for the numerous posts you'll have to scroll down through. But, I think we're about caught up. I'll try to do better.

Love, Me

Weekend Visitors

Our nephew Michael graduated from High School this weekend, so Cheryl's mom & sister, Janae, got to come out for a quick visit. And it just so happened we had also planned on Rick's parents coming out this weekend, too. So we had a lot of fun with lots of visitors in a short amount of time.
While Rick's parents were here we headed over to the Butterfly Pavilion. This was quite timely because both Lexie & Joseph have been studying & "growing" butterflies in their school classes.
Andrew enjoyed looking at Rosie the Tarantula but Lexie was the only kid brave enough to hold her.

They all liked the aquarium area

& the play area!

It was awesome to see all of the butterflies in the rain forest area. We even had several butterflies land on us throughout our visit. Andrew showed great restraint in not touching the butterflies. But he certainly wanted to do so. He kept saying, "I hold it. Andrew hold one, please."

The weekend was filled with good food & fun games. It's always fun to have family come in for a visit.