June 12...the last day of being 1!!!!!

What a difference from last year! :) Aunt Janice came over and cut Kate's bangs for her! She was no longer "Cousin It!" Poor girl! Thanks Aunt Janice!

Fun Pics

Our bigger pool is up now and the kids love swimming in it! Kate loves to go in and wake up Zach (that doesn't happen VERY often) and snuggle with him!

First Party of Summer

Mary had a party at her house to celebrate school being over at her beautiful, new house! The kids had a blast...there were wrestling matches, stroller wars, good food, and fun times outside! Everyone had a great time!

Baby Pool Time

Random Pictures

Summer

Summer is off to a great start! I'm now officially done with National Boards! Pam and I went to our test at the Assessment Center last Monday! It's over...until we find out if we passed and that won't be until November! Fingers crossed! Kate does not have a pacifier anymore and is in a big girl bed! She sleeps so much better without the bink...we had a few rough nights without it and I'm pretty sure she was mad at me...but I told her that she would have MANY more opportunities for that! :) Zach is happy to be done with school as well and is having a blast playing with his friends and swimming! Of course, we're making him take time to read and do other "academic" activities! (It stinks when your mom is a teacher, right my teacher friends?!?)

Grandpa's Surprise Birthday Party

Back in April, Sally had a surprise birthday party for my Grandpa! He turned 85 years young! My Grandpa had no idea that we (Bryan, Lisa, and Brynn made the trip too) were coming home for this...esp. since he didn't even know there was a party! Funny story...we were at my parent's house waiting to go down to the condo, and the telephone rang. Not thinking, I answered it! Just my luck, it was my GRANDPA!!!! He was calling to check in on my mom b/c she had been sick all week. When I answered and realized it was him, I totally tried to play it off as I was my mom. It didn't work out so well, but still my Grandpa didn't know why we were home and didn't seem too thrown off that my mom said, "well, we'll see you later!!!" Talk about bloopers! Needless to say, when he came down to the party room and saw that we were ALL there, he was very surprised and happy! Then the phone call made sense! :) The kids had a blast playing in the exercise room! Kate loved the treadmill! Zach was working on his abs! Kate had no nap all day long and did really well! She crashed on the way home!