Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Memorial Day Weekend

The pool opened this weekend!  Cold water...Happy Girls!!

Sparks Horseback Riding Day

Ava's Sparks leader treated her AWANA group to a day hike and horseback riding...




First Grade Field Day

 Ava had Field Day last week..It was fun to watch her class at each station...


 We LOVE Mrs. Jackson!

New Friends!

We have been anxiously awaiting the arrival our new friends from Ethiopia!
 The BIG day finally arrived...
 Anna with her Momma, Rachel....
 Evan & Anna
New Friends!  Let the fun begin!!

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

AWANA

The girls just completed a year of AWANA. 
 Jane started Cubbies this year and finished her first book.
Ava completed her 2nd year/book as a Spark!
I am so proud of them and their memory work!

Fly-Fishing & Camp-Out

Scott took Ava on their first weekend camping trip...
...Getting things set up...
 ...Fly-Fishing...
 ...Campfire...

 ...More Fishing...

They had a fun and adventurous weekend together.  
Jane and I stayed home and had our own fun...more on that later.

Spring Wedding

Our Beautiful babysitter, friend, swim teacher, and photographer, got married earlier this month!  Emily's wedding was a fun night for everyone!


...Emily's sister, Rachel... 
...an attempt to get a kid picture...
 ...Ava's art at the Kid's Table...

Monday, May 20, 2013

Dogwood Festival

We enjoyed the Dogwood Festival after a long weekend full of fun!
Small town living!  fun fun!

Ballet Recital

 Jane had her first ballet recital...The girls had lots of fun rehearsing before the big show!

Jane and Mia getting ready to go on stage...
 We love Ms. Anna!  She is a sweet and patient teacher!!
Great Aunt Vickie drove in for the recital....It was a great day with family!

Pre-School Program

All 4 Grandparents were together for a full and fun weekend!  
 Jane's Pre-School program was first on the list...

 Cute songs...Cute Kids
Ms. Lisa has taught both Ava and Jane!  We love her dearly!!
Cherry Berry for dessert!

Hello April! Evening With the Stars...

Ava's school hosted their annual Evening with the Stars...Each class performed a song or story.


It was a fun time with friends and family!

Mad Scientist

We had the chance to hang out with the Mad Scientist...He did some neat-o experiments!  The girls LOVED it!


...making slime...

Family Easter Fun

Lorena hosted a beautiful Easter!  It was great fun to be with cousins and Grammy & Pappy...
...Reading the Easter story...



 Hunting and opening millions of eggs...
Cute Kid's Table...

Easter Morning

We had a nice and quiet Easter morning at home...We opened Easter buckets, made resurrection rolls and read the Easter story.