Summer!

June 10th, Kyler's last day of 2nd grade! Hard to believe this year is over. I am so proud of him, for so many reasons. He took home grown homemade strawberry jam to his teacher and the crossing guard.


Lexi lost tooth #2! She got $2 from the tooth fairy, to which she described as 'boring'. Ha ha

Tooth-less Lex!

Entering my 6th month, wow...

Slip 'n slide time!!

The kids have always LOVED to paint, so a few years ago we began painting rocks. Now every time we walk across the street to the river, we bring home a few rocks each. This year we painted them for dad and set them in the garden for his return from his trip to New York.

The shirt the kids made grandpa for father's day.

Our latest garden find: a lime green tree frog.

Father's day. We went to the lake to fish at Jared's request.

Can you see the salamander in the water on the rock?The reservoir.

We had a great time. The kids each pulled in a rainbow trout.

Some wild flowers I ran across.

My angels.

Kyler loving his sister, in utero. The kids love to feel their sister move and talk to her. They're so anxious for her arrival.

strawberry festival and honoring Kyler

Last month we went to my dad's to celebrate my step sister's son's birthday. The kids had a great time.
June 4, the Lebanon strawberry festival kiddie parade:

The carnival:

June 5, the actual parade:

The world's largest strawberry shortcake, it fed 16,000!

The theme was 'the stone age'.

This was just sad. Look at how giant this tree once was...

The miniature horses are SO cute!

Lexi was the only kid to get a balloon, which immediately popped, ha ha.

The carnival. Jared and the kids had a WONDERFUL time. We were there for 10 1/2 hours. My pregnant feet were killing and super swollen. We only took 1 short break to sit, it was rough, but well worth it to witness their smiles and laughter all day.

Today: Kyler's teacher called us and said she would be honoring him at an assembly this morning, but he had no idea. He received a citizen of the year award, which only 2 students in each class of 25 kids received. It's for being a respectful, helpful, hard working, intelligent, kind and positive student. Words cannot express the level of pride I feel. He is so outstanding and I am lucky to be his mother. As we were leaving, the crossing guard approached us and said "I want to congratulate and thank you for raising such a polite, respectful son. Everyday he wishes me a good morning/afternoon and thanks me. He makes my day!" Kyler was so humble, didn't even realize the magnitude of his accomplishment. We are so proud of him.