Last Day of 1st Grade

I feel like this school year went on for a long time! We were all excited to finally reach the last day, mostly because we were leaving for our family beach vacation the same day! As I looked back on the first day of this school year and compared it to the last, its always amazing to see how much change has come in under a year. They sure do grow up way too fast.

 

Breaking Out the Sprinkler

At the beginning of June we finally broke out the sprinkler! Despite the very hot day, the boys kept asking me to make the water warmer…um sorry guys, the outside faucet doesn’t work like that! They tiptoed around the water for a while, then decided the mud was more fun! As I sat silently cringing, they had a blast and, needless to say, took a bath when the playing was done. I promise, I’m getting better at my fear of dirtiness…

Please excuse Isaiah’s underwear…I promise we have swim trunks!

Doesn’t Happen Often

Since its very rare that I like pictures taken of me, I was pleasantly surprised when this picture of Jacob and I came out pretty good…

Mid Day Treat

As we turned into our 4th month of Josh’s new job, I can say that we were worn out. Lots of late nights for Josh which meant lots of time away from home and its super hard on the boys. But, the flexibility of his schedule meant that we frequently met him for lunch at any given park.

Today we tried out Landa library and it was so nice! We had our picnic while the boys played. Short but sweet.

Jacob 20 Months

So I know that its kind of random because I haven’t been updating each month on Jacob, but April had some cute moments that I’d like to remember.

He can drive Cars cars for extended periods of time…

Tried corn on the cob for the first time and it was love at first bite! He really couldn’t get enough, so we had it a lot that month!

 

Trains are his FAVORITE toy right now!

  

“Teez” (Saying “cheese”)

Missing Ms. Theresa

Today we went to the park for the Preschool end of the year party. Kids had a blast and Isaiah was especially pleased with having a piece of cake AND a cookie! We were incredibly blessed to have Ms. Theresa as our teacher this year! She has a gift for teaching children!

Testing the Waters

We went to Chris and Ashley’s house to try out the very anticipated swimming hole. Its basically a pond in the front yard of their landlord’s house. The boys were very excited, but we knew it might be a little chilly still, being that it was only the middle of April. We went anyway…

They were SUPER cold!

Excuse the long hair please. I am aware they need a haircut. But look at that face! Such a priceless smile!

Easter Happenings

Easter this year was crazy. Ok, its crazy every year, yadda, yadda. We just have so many different hunts that we are a part of. So I condensed the egg-finding photos since they are kind of redundant, to the cutest ones.

The boys at an impromptu hunt at Grammy's

 So Josh went away Easter weekend with his dad on a much needed 3 day hiking trip. After 2 months on the new job, just being in God's creation with nothing to think about but the Almighty was something he was desperate for. On Saturday, Jenny invited me to her family's annual Easter party. I was very excited for this because it is quite the party. Games, egg-hunt, pinata, prizes...hosted by her mom, who pulls out all the stops! The boys had a great time...and were very excited to find that the eggs didn't just have candy. They were filled with toys and trinkets and money. Ethan and Isaiah both got $1 and change and were stoked about that.

Ethan and Ayden

 Isaiah and Colby

 

 Easter at my mom's

 The egg hunt at church was put off til the weekend after Easter. Sorry about the blurry ones!

 Happy Easter!!

Ethan's Dr. Seuss Program

Ethan had a program at school back at the end of March and they sang a bunch of songs about Dr. Seuss books. It was super cute! I attached a video of one of the songs, I just love it!

 

 

Water Wars

Our favorite place for LifeGroup these days is the Crafton's house. With their beautiful new home, and acreage for the kids to run around on, its all around a GREAT time for everyone! After dinner one night, the children started a very innocent "spitting water at each other game". It soon turned into cup fulls and then bucket fulls of water...that's when some of the dads got in on the action. Josh stayed away shooting hoops and the moms safely inside...all the while, the boys had the time of their lives!!