8-8-18

8-8-18 was the big day for Aunt Maureen and Aunt Shelly! The weather was perfect, and it was a wonderful wedding celebration from start to finish!

Flower girls

Waiting at the fountain for the trolley

Trolley ride to the ceremony

Doing their flower girl jobs

The ceremony, with a gorgeous backdrop

Cheers!

 A few trolley stops on the way to lunch

Yum!

 The view from our hotel room--24th floor

How we all felt the next day 😂

July

Here's some of our summer fun!

A free night at the new Great Wolf Lodge

At the town carnival

Happy Birthday Grandma Marilyn!

Family reunion!

We spent the day sightseeing downtown with our East Coast cousins

Evelyn had the awesome idea to sew some of her fabric onto tank tops---instant fancy dresses!

Second butterfly in a month!

Pretty awesome face paint at Tom's company picnic

Go Cougars!

Massive Spring Catch-Up!

Here are all of the things I have meant to share over these past few months 😝

Annalie asked for "rainbow cake" for her birthday. So we went with a 7 layer , all the colors of the rainbow cake!

Unicorn on a tree swing!

They promised they wouldn't get wet. Lol!

Evelyn has been playing softball--here she is before the opening day parade. 

Go Crushers!

Amalie had her first big dance recital!

This is the tap outfit, for "shake your tail feather"

Celebrating Evelyn's birthday with our neighbors!

Annual kid pic....

...plus the silly version (actually, I believe this is the "surprised" pose)

These are hilarious, and I'm happy to report there have been no injuries (yet!)

Mother's Day visit to Lilacia Park 

Evelyn's very accurate retelling of Memorial Day weekend!

First Day/Last Day, 1st grade

School's out for summer!

First day of 1st grade

 Last day of 1st grade

First day...

 .... last day!

To say Evelyn loved 1st grade would be an understatement--she had a great year! She has grown leaps and bounds in reading, writing, and math. She's excited to be on summer break, because she can now play school every day :)

Seven!

Happy Birthday Evelyn!!! 

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1

0!

We love you so much!!

XOXOXO

First Day/Last Day: preschool edition!

Preschool year 1 is in the books!

First Day:

Last Day:

Here is Annalie with her wonderful teachers!

Annalie really loved preschool. She learned so much and has picked up many new skills. Her favorite jobs were "calendar girl," line leader, light switcher, and bell ringer. She loved spending time with her big buddy. It was a great year, and she will be excited to return to the 4 year old class in the fall!

4

Happy 4th Birthday Annalie!!!

Four

 Three

Two

One

 Just born