Our family served together in April. We beautified Carenet's landscaping. David was a hard little worker.
Also in April, I enjoyed my own little hairstylist and photographer. Thanks, E! (to be continued below in later months too)
We visited Atkinson Farms for strawberry picking in May. The picking was pretty good but very hot. The friends we went with came over for lunch afterward. Kim and Mommy went to high school together in Dallas, but our kids had never played together. The kids enjoyed getting to know each other. Allison Jane and E became the closest of friends!
Mother's Day in May~
Girls insisted on matching dresses...(despite the fact E had long since outgrown---leggings solved that problem).
The kids also showed up in church service to watch baby dedication. So sweet to watch my girls across the room.
Also in may...
Our final BSF for the year.
Lots more swimming in our pool
Playdates with friends.
Swim practice and other times with friends at swim practice...
Memorial Day at Uncle Andrew's new house
beautiful braids...
and random other pictures...
There were also more lego creations, including a turtle made out of duplos, and a monkey holding a banana (I'll let you guess which one is the monkey in the picture). The non-duplo pictures are courtesy of David--I didn't even know he was taking them. And one "girl" creation, courtesy of Elizabeth.
...and a special Mommy-Daughter date to the first ever North Klein She ministry dinner. Elizabeth was a sweet dinner date. She was not the only younger girl. Several of her friends were there with their Mamas too!
We started June off with an end of school year party at the Portillo's house. Anne had set up a nerf battle zone in the back that couldn't have been cooler. There were also two huge slip and slides, croquet, and lots of yummy snacks. The kids were exhausted (swimathon in the morning and then this), but they loved it!
And also in June, we volunteered and attended the first North Klein vbs. I helped out in Missions. One day we had the CFBC pet therapy dogs visit. They were a big hit! We invited two of our swim team families. After VBS one of the days, we enjoyed a Chickfila lunch with the Gilberts and Nici.
We have completed several summer reading programs. The CFBC one gave the kids a compass on lanyard and free CFA cards. They also provide a pizza party in August and their names on the Wall of Honor. The HCPL summer reading is rather less interesting, but the kids did get to pick out a book each and got blow up guitars and a certificate and a ribbon medal. Abigail enjoys jamming with the guitar.
This is actually the Wall of Honor for last year's summer reading. Kids are pointing to their names.
here were a few more random pictures.
E drew this picture of Mommy, Daddy, and Elizabeth
Looking at an open house for Gram and Gdaddy had us admiring the ducks outside the back fence.
Who says crimped hair isn't coming back? A braid is just as effective as any crimper.
May~A picture with Mommy and a few with Daddy
After encouraging E to read to me this month, she picked out a regular book from the library. I kept telling her I thought it might be too hard for her, but no! She did great!
We had the treat of having two different familial visits. First, my sister showed up with 3 of her kids. This was a first! Yeah for the visit! and sis-in-law came up with kids for a swim in the pool too. A few days after my sister left, my parents showed up for Elizabeth's baptism (more on that in another post).
And to bring us up-to-date~ for the fourth of July, we decided to drive around the nighborhood and see if we could see some fireworks. We hit the jackpot! This neighborhood is ideal for firework viewing. Half the streets near us are culdesacs and the demographics are loaded with families with kids. We could see fireworks displays all around us. We parked around the corner and watched one for a while and then moved back to our street and found a location where we could literally see 5 displays going at one time. And these were big sky-high ones, multiple booms. Fantastic! The only thing better was coming home and being able to watch them from the pool...and then going inside and viewing them out the window as I was lying in bed!
We are only the 6th day of July but here are a few other photos from these first few days of the month.
And today, David and Daddy went to cousin Ibra's birthday party. While the boys bonded over Lord of the Rings, the girls had a fun time at home...we painted toe nails, watched the food network star kids, and braided hair. The first hairstyle I have is one from E's imagination. I absolutely love it!!! We followed up with youtubing braids and experimenting with a few others.
See you next quarter! (and stay tuned for a few filler posts, including a big birthday post).
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