Summer Vacation Here We Come!

Summer Vacation Here We Come!! I think I've been more excited for school to be over this year than the kids...just a lot of commitments, projects, end of the year events, etc. So this is our first official week of summer vacation. Unfortunately, we still have a lot of deadlines this week, but after this hopefully there will be some rest for the weary! This is the last week of 4 nights/week of baseball, we have 2 dance rehearsals & 2 dance recitals this week...Anyway, here are some pictures of the end of the year events, and I'm sure I will have much more to share with you in a few days!

Collin with his 2nd grade teacher, Mrs. Jidas (notice she's wearing Premier Jewelry)!

My neighbor, Mary Ann invited us over for a fun water day on the last day of school. Cameron loved the little spray pool & spent most of the afternoon sitting here!

Halley on the slip & slide!

Collin had his friend Nick over for the afternoon.

Collin reading his part in Reader's Theatre at his awards ceremony. Each kid had a part in a "play". Collin did very well...all except for the fact that he kept blowing into the microphone--those of you who follow my blog frequently will get a laugh out of this I'm sure because Collin seems to always find something to embarrass us while he's on stage...gotta love 8 year old boys!

Collin with hiss 2nd grade achievement award.

Halley with her preschool teacher, Miss Colleen--the last day of preschool was spent at Lakeside Park--we had a huge picnic and were visited by the local fire department.

Halley with her other teacher, Miss Lesa.

Halley with her friends Emily & Renee-up on the "big rig"

Spring Happenings

Well, there have been lots of activities, road trips, and just general chaos in our household lately. So, I decided to post some pictures to summarize all of the action around here! So in between all of these activities, I am staying busy with my jewelry business. Kevin went back to work yesterday, and we are waiting to hear if he will be layed off again, so I will update about that when I know more.

Yep, Halley's still playing t-ball. There must have been something really interesting in the grass!

Just looking around... =) Needless to say, a 5 year old doesn't always have baseball on their minds!

Collin's music concert was last week...we've decided that we will have some kind of story to tell after this child is on stage. I think he forgets that he is in front of lots of people...in kindergarten he was trying to fix his shirt, so he had his hands down his pants during half of the concert. Last year he was playing with his eyes...this year, he yawned during the entire concert. I even had a past teacher come up & ask if he stayed up all night. Funny stuff let me tell you!


We went to Ohio for Memorial Day Weekend & visited my friend Kristina & her family. I had some pictures of all of our kids together, but I'll have to post them later. For some reason they just got deleted.

Halley had a fun water day last week at preschool. She had so much fun washing cars, playing with shaving cream, "fishing", eating popsicles. This is Halley & Emily (the little girl I've been babysitting this year).

Halley washing the sidewalks.

Mother's Day weekend was spent in Ohio with my parents. Here is Cameron watching tv with his monkey head phones (Thank God for tv in the car!!)

Fun at the park while Kevin, Collin, & my dad were golfing.

Look at that tongue!

Collin loves my mom & dad's dog, Maddy. She is a retired grey hound, and just loves attention.

Thank you for checking in. I know this has been a long update...there will be more to come soon. Only one more week of school left, but lots more activities!