First Day of Kindergarten, 2nd Grade and 4th Grade!

Allison-Kindergarten

Alexis-4th Grade

Jacob-2nd Grade

Rebecca-age 3, Allison, Alexis, and Jacob

(sorry for the bad quality-very dark and deary day)

Allison crossing the road to get on the bus for the very first time!

Allison getting on the bus!

On Tuesday, our kids started another great school year. Allison started her Kindergarten year. She is going all day, 4 days with Friday's off. Alexis is in her last year of elementary school before heading to the middle school years, and Jacob is in 2nd grade. They all have wonderful teachers.

Hopefully now that school has begun, I can keep this blog going!

The Month of July!

Wow! I can't believe it is the beginning of August. Only one more month until school starts! That is scary!! We have been very busy this month! We had Allison's birthday, vacation, dentist appointments, play dates, and more!! Here is a picture diary of our fun!!

Jake is learning to kayak in our lake!

Happy 5th Birthday, Allison Rose!

A trip to West Branch! Jake is pulling Grant and Rebecca in the wagon behind the trike!!

The next 3 pictures are of Jake at a library program. Ann Arbor Symphony came in and let the children play different sting instruments. The had a ball!! Jake is a natural!

Our church held it's 3oth Summer Festival on our new church grounds. Our whole family had a roll in volunteering and also having fun!! Alexis and I had to run one of the of the children's games. Jake performed with the children's group Gemini! We had dinner and then our music director is in a band, Men in Black. We danced and listened to some great music.

Becca playing a game

Father B and Becca! They are pals!

A Barrel ride!

More to come for July!!!

The Month of June!

Wow! I can't believe that month of June is almost over. So much has happened!!

My thumb was casted for most of the month. It finally getting better, I have another hand doc app't tomorrow, so I will know more! For those who don't know the story, I bent it backwards and tore the ligament. Ouch!! I went from a temp cast to this bright pink one to a removable purple one.

The kids ended their school year. They had field trips and field day.

Next, I celebrated my birthday and Jake had his final soccer day. Ted was in New Orleans for work so he missed it. I bought a cake for me. I just didn't have time to make one!!

Lexi has been learning how to ride horses this summer. She started off to going to our local girl scout stable for a lesson and now she is taking riding lessons from her teacher twice a month. She is loving it!

Then Ted had to go to Atlanta for work and I joined him for a long weekend. We had a blast!! Here are a few pictures of our trip! We did it all! World of Coke, CNN, Olympic Park, the Aquiarium, Fernbanks Natural History Museum, and more!!

And last weekend we went to BalloonFest in Howell. What a site!!

Alli's Graduation

Allison graduated from Bambi Preschool on Thursday. She looked very cute dressed in her cap and gown.

Outside Easter Egg Hunt

There isn't a slow speed for Rebecca!! Here she is jumping over the flower garden to get to the eggs faster!




The kids looking for more eggs!




Jake and Lexi

Jake is jumping to get this eggs out of the tree!

Happy Easter!

The kids coming upstairs to find their baskets!

Allison finding eggs inside!

Jake getting an egg that is too high for him!

Rebecca getting an egg!

Happy Easter!

We first went to our Easter Service at church. It was beautiful and our church was full again! We then came home for the kids to find their Easter baskets and search for eggs inside. We then made a yummy breakfast but the kids were too excited to eat! They wanted to find the eggs outside. We had over 80 plastic eggs hidden. The best part was that they kept hiding them over and over. They couldn't care. The weather was beautiful and we could be outside all day long.

Ted and I made a ham dinner for us to enjoy that evening. It was a great and relaxing Easter!

Dying Easter Eggs!

The fun time of dying Easter eggs! We gave the kids their baths since it was beautiful and we were outside all day long!

Allison waiting for hers to turn bright pink!

Lexi dipping hers into 2 colors!

Rebecca says, "Is it done yet?"

Jake created this cool turquoise color. It was then a hit with the others!

Ted heating up a plastic wrap onto the eggs!


The finished products!

Easter Egg Hunt at Church

We had a very busy Saturday! We took the kids to our church for a Easter egg hunt! They had a great time. The weather was perfect, sunny and in the 50's. Each child got a nice number of eggs but they didn't over do it! The hunt was put on by the Knight's of Columbus and they had it divided by different ages!

The kids waiting to begin!