June Fun

**WARNING - LOTS OF PICTURES OF CUTE KIDS BELOW- PROCEED WITH CAUTION**

I can't believe we are in the last week of June! We did a lot of fun things this month. Here is a quick re-cap....

....went bowling with friends

Jake went here......

.....to see him play
Rory McIlroy at the US Open for those of you that aren't golf crazy.

Went to a church picnic....

Got a haircut....

Spent some quality time with dad....

Went to an open house at dad's work.....


Hayden operating the helmet smasher (yes, that's a technical term)

Bailee and her new boyfriend....I think he's a real dummy

Mom operating the toy smasher...another technical term

Dude! I got an arm!

Bunch of test dummies...


And......

To celebrate the girls' awesome grades, Jake and I threw them a luau!


Complete with a Tiki bar....

....hawaiian buffet....

....and hibiscus cupcakes!

No party would be complete without friends!

Cassie, Lily, Jordan, Catelyn and Bostyn

Anelia, Bailee, Carissa, Hannah and Meghan
June was a total blast. Bring on July!!

Three Years

Three years ago today, I married my best friend.

He makes me laugh...I couldn't imagine my life without him.
We are the perfect team and together we can do anything.

We've had a busy three years. I am so excited to see what our future holds.

Happy Anniversary Jake!

I love you!

Father's Day

Instead of buying the usual...aka boring...ties and t-shirts,
I wanted to get a little creative this year for Father's Day.

So the kids and I made Jake a hero box!

After all, he IS our hero.

Hero box from the outside....

....and the inside

A closer look at all the goodies

We also gave him this...

After opening presents and a few dozen hugs and kisses, we packed up and made the drive down to Jake's parents' farm.

Couldn't resist snapping a pic of all the sleepyheads. :)

Sunday after breakfast, we loaded up the boat and headed down to the lake. When we stopped for gas though, we realized we weren't going to make it much further, because of this....

Anyone got a patch kit?

Luckily, we had everything we needed to fix it
and we were back on the road.

Good thing, because who would have wanted to miss this?

We even got Hayden out on the tube!

Look closely....see my feet sticking out of the water?

Ouch.
It hurts even more the next day.
Apparently water-skiing at 31 and water-skiing at 16 are two very different things!

I am so lucky to have such an amazing father for my kids. He is supportive, loving, funny, patient, and best of all, a great teacher.

Happy Father's Day!

The End is Here

FINALLY!

School is over and the girls are moving up!

They'll both be in middle school this fall.

Wow.

Two kids in junior high. Where does the time go?


Yesterday was Bostyn's graduation celebration.
Before the ceremony, the kids walked around the school, while the rest of the school clapped them out. It was really neat.

The clap out

Bostyn getting her "diploma"

Officially a 6th grader!!

So proud of my little girl.

Both girls finished out the year with straight A's. We are so incredibly proud of them. Montgomery County is the number one county in Maryland for public education, so getting straight A's was no small feat.

In other news, Bailee received an award on Tuesday in math. She in is the top 5% in her grade.
AWESOME!!

Congratulations Bailee and Bostyn! You have made your mom and dad so proud!