Zoo and Cousins

ZOO

Our zoo trip was a success this week! We saw the penguins eat, ran into the owl wandering the zoo with a volunteer, pet a hedgehog, and got to pet and feed the llamas!!! 

  

COUSINS
Watching these two play makes me smile! I'm so glad they are growing up together! Cousins make the best of friends! I'm so glad my kids have some great cousins!

Fuji's and Fishing

FUJI'S

We splurged a little this weekend and took the kids to Fuji's Hibachi Grill. They loved it! Lily was shocked when huge flames came from the grill next to us while we were ordering. Haha. It was a lot of fun!

FISHING
Saturday morning we went fishing with my brother and nieces! Between the 8 of us we caught 8 fish.... and 1 little 4 year old boy!!!! We were fishing on the dock and Jay was looking in the water while walking and FELL IN! I didn't even hear the splash! Thank goodness Crystal happened to see it and yelled that Jay fell in! It felt like it took forever to register that he had actually fallen in and react. I was running down the dock thinking I didn't know how we were going to find him because we didn't see him fall in, and there he was treading water!!!! In a jacket, jeans and tennis shoes!!!! I couldn't believe it! I heard Ty say, "Just keep doing what your doing I'm coming!" Ty was able to pull him out and he was fine. He was shocked and cold and wet and coughing and sputtering but okay! It was cold and windy so I stripped him to his underwear and wrapped him in Ty's jacket. We decided at that point we were going to have to go home. Haha. We had been saying for an hour that we were going to leave but we kept catching fish! After catching Jay, we decided we'd had enough. Took our 8 fish and little boy and went home! Later that evening after dinner we went to get snow cones for the first time this summer! YUM!

  

  

  

WORK

I've been working for my mom the past month while her secretary is on maternity leave. The kids come along with me when I go. For the most part they find a lot of adventures to go on, but sometimes this little boy just wants my attention. One day while my mom, dad and I were in my mom's office working on something, Jay broke in to inform me that he wanted a picture! Haha. He really wanted me to take a picture of him with Papa, but he was leaving so he compromised with a picture with me. Haha.

Softball and More Summer Fun

SOFTBALL BEGINS

The girls had their first games the first week of summer break! They are LOVING Coach Pitch Softball! I'm so glad we found the perfect league for them to play in this year! They have 2 teenage coaches who are doing a fantastic job working with them! Crystal is especially getting into it this year. She loves to play pitcher - where all the action is - and her hitting is great too. She has hit the coach with a hard line drive twice now though. Youchy! Lily is learning the game quickly. This is only her second year playing since we were out of town all month last year so we missed tball. She actually throws pretty well and is finally not running from the ball when it comes near her. Haha. 

JAY
Jay thinks if he is wearing my glasses he can magically read. Haha. He keeps putting them on and pretending to read receipts and other random papers he finds. Also just last Sunday in church he was too warm in his suit so he pulled his pants up as far as they'd go. He looked like he was in his underwear since you couldn't see his pants under his suit coat. Oy.  Everyone was giggling and I was trying to keep a straight face so that he wouldn't think it was funny and keep doing it. Haha. I wasn't doing a good job. I decided it could have been worse. He could have just decided to take his pants off completely instead... Haha.

COUSINS

One of Ty's cousins from Arizona that we don't see often came to visit for a few days this week! The kids loved playing with their 2nd cousin for a day!! From what I hear they had a great time together! She came to the first summer movie with us as well! They all had a good time! Sad they couldn't stay longer!

SOCCER
The last soccer game was this weekend! After the first quarter we were sure we were going to lose miserably. They scored 2 goals and Crystal was doing her best defending the goal! But our team really stepped up and played hard. I don't remember the end score exactly but we were up by 3 or 4 in the end! Wahoo! The coach gave out medals and told Crystal she must put a lot of power behind her kicks because it always made sound come out of her mouth. Lol. She always grunts when she goes to kick the ball hard. Haha.

WEEK OF ENDINGS

SWIM TEAM

Lily had her swim awards party this week. She got first in 3 events and second in 1. It has been a year since her first Swim meet and she has come leaps and bounds since then! I don't have to worry about her at all when we go swimming now. She can go down the big slides at the deep end and swim to the edge herself with no problems! Such a relief!!!!

LAST DAY OF PRESCHOOL
Jay and I had our last day of preschool last week! We had a wonderful year and Jay is doing fantastic! I have to admit. I'm glad I get to have him in my class again next year! We are both excited to have the summer off though! We have plans for great fun this summer! 

 DANCE RECITAL
The girls had their final dance recital last week as well! We couldn't find their foot mittens anywhere (poor Dad spent an hour looking for them to no avail), but the show must go on! They went on without them in bare feet! Crystal said the stage floor was pretty slippery so it wasn't a big deal. We did find them a week later just sitting on top of Jay's train table. Guess none of us thought to check his room! Haha. They all did a fantastic job. I was one proud Momma!!! Now we are off till September! Hopefully we remember to keep practicing and stretching through the summer! These girls sure do love dance!

 KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION
My little girl graduated from Kindergarten! Lily loved her teacher Mrs. Schaafs and the classroom aide Mrs. Emery! She is really going to miss being in their class! The kids sang some songs for us and had a little graduation ceremony. It was really sweet! Now on to first grade! But not before we have a lot of summer fun!!! (Can you tell I'm excited for summer? haha)

HAIR CUT
Crystal has been awaiting the end of dance for the season so that she could get her hair cut! She's been asking for months and she wanted to show her friends at school before the end of the year, so the night before the last day of school I chopped her hair off! I actually cut it shorter than I meant to (always) but it was exactly where she wanted it cut to so I guess it all worked out. Haha.