Max's 6th Birthday Party

June 23, 2012

Wow!  Time really flies when you are having FUN!  This weekend we celebrated Max's SIXTH birthday.  This year he wanted to have a Shark Party with a water slide.  We rented the slide early in the year, but the slide we picked out got damaged prior to our party.  The company called and offered us any of their slides for the same cost.  Of course, my excited husband went for the largest slide the company owned.  So we went from an average 18 ft slide to a 27 ft corkscrew slide.  Wowers!  It was a blast and super fast.  I hope everyone enjoyed it because we won't ever being paying for a slide that big.  :-)  During the party everyone enjoyed chips and dips, goldfish chex mix, and a shark mouth full of fruit.  Later in the evening Big Daddy fixed up some great BBQ and spicy backed beans.  Max had a wonderful time playing with friends.  I think lots of us big kids had a blast as well on the slide.  Happy Birthday to my little Man!

Avery riding the shark with Charlie Jo, Sawyer, and Mary Kate in the pool and Emma on the slide

Logan and Holly

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Jessica and Kerrigan

Sully and Harper

Sarah Grace and Maddie

Kayla and Kirkland

Happy Birthday to you!

Present time with Drew, Maddox, and Max

Drew, Carter, and Max

Michael and Shannon

Mary Kate, Jessica, Maddie, and Sarah Grace

Josie, Kayla, and Mary Kate

My birthday boy!

Jon's turn on the shark

Memorial Day BBQ

May 26, 2012

Mom and Dad had their annual Memorial Day BBQ again this year.  This is one of my family's favorite weekends of the year.  We get to spend numerous uninterrupted  days with our family.  The weather was perfect and we were delighted to see many family and friends.  Dad's chicken was great and we had all sorts of side dishes and desserts.  The new zip line across the backyard was a hit with all the kids and several adults.  I don't think the zip line stopped moving at any point during the day. 

Josie, Papa Joe, and Todd

Holly and Josh

The line of hungry family

Big Daddys' new Gator ride on with Jack, Reid, Logan, and Braxton

Jim and Dad putting on the shoulders

Aunt Joanne's Family

Cheri and Lee and their Boys

More food

Bid Daddy's Zip Line

Spring Pictures

May 2012

Preschool Graduation

May 8, 2012
Tonight was a milestone for us.  Max had his Preschool Graduation.  He has attended this pre K program for 2yrs.  Due to his summer birthday he got to experience both the pre K classes. It was sad to see it come to an end.  He has had his personal struggles of learning to be away from us and his Momma Nora, but he had grown tremendously.  He now loves school and all the friends he has made.  We are very excited that most of them will be going to the same elementary school next year.  It is neat that they have had this early start together.  Now off to enjoy the summer with Grandma and Bebe until Kindergarten starts later in the summer! 

Parker, Max, Alex, and Mac

Andrew, Will, Kennedy, and Talan

Avery, Drew, Hannah, Maddie, and Haden

Max wants to be an "army man" when he grows up

Max, Ms Teresa, and Ms Angela

Air Show

May 12, 2012

Mother's Day was this past weekend ans I requested a repeat of last year with the air show. The Blue Angels were on the schedule for the show this year.   It is tons of fun to go watch and the kids have a blast.  I like to watch the respect Max gains for the military anytime we do something like this.  Mary Kate loves to wave at everyone that flies overhead.  Jay got us tickets and then it was predicted to rain all weekend.  We originally planned to go early and spend the day there on Sunday, but the weather changed that.  Since Saturday had less percentage chance of rain (30 compared to 70) we went onto the show on Saturday.  We were not able to go as early as planned due to t-ball, but t-ball was worth us being tardy.  Again this year, Max climbed in all the planes and discussed his future plans with the military.  Mary Kate enjoyed sitting in all the planes.  She repeated "whoaa" and "cooolll" all day long.  Jay and the kids took me out to eat after the show and then we did some shopping.  Even with the rain showers it was a terrific day.  Of course I love any day that I get to spend with the four of us. 

It's T-Ball Season

May 12, 2012

Max was thrilled to get to play t-ball this morning.  We have had several rainouts here early in the season.  I was pumped because Mary Kate's swim class is over and now I can be at the fields too.  The kids are all so adoreable at this age with baseball.  It is fun to watch them learn and evolve into little players as the season progresses.  Max has lots of friends on his team this year.  Many of them are new to the game, but several returned from last year too. 

mKate loves Animals

May 12, 2012

Mary Kate still loves her animal books.  She has gotten very good at naming all of them and acting out their various sounds.  A monkey scratches its arm pits, a lizard flips its tongue, an elephant had a long nose, and bugs are "eeeuuuu."   She was sick this week so we got some time just the two of us.  I captured a special video of her animals, age, and what she calls herself . . . "tate tate."  Too cute, an extra big thank you to Kerrigan for the nickname.