Ty's Kindergarten Graduation!

I can't believe it but Ty is off to 1st grade! Wow! For graduation, the kindergarteners put on a little performance with nursery rhyme songs. The last one spelled out kindergarten and ended with "watch out 1st grade, here we come!" Yeah, I teared up!

Ty wasn't much for singing but he smiled and seemed pretty proud of the performance (he said it was a surprise for all the mommy and daddys). So cute!

Tyler was voted the most likely to become a Marine Biologist! Pretty spot on since he has wanted to be an ocean diver since he was three. Of course, he also includes astronaut, paleontologist, and oceanographer!

Tyler & his good buddy, Ethan!

Family Visits in May

May was filled with visits from family and we loved it! Our first set of guests included Brian's sister, Brooke, and her cute baby boy, Quinn! Ty and Keira LOVE Quinn and were stuck like glue to him. While they got to be a little overly helpful, we had a good time & really enjoy watching Quinn grow and learn.

Brian's mom, Heather, and step-dad, Randy, also came but of course I was either enjoying my "me time" away from the house or we were playing. So....no photos. Oops!

Our next set of guests included Brian's Aunt Molly and Uncle Tom. They live in Wisconsin so we do not get the chance to see each other a lot. This was the first time Tom saw the kids and we all had a blast together (again not so great at taking photos!). We loved showing them our local sites & favorite restaurants! We look forward to our next visit!

Memorial Day Weekend my parents came out and we headed down to Tucson to see my mom's mom and her husband in Mt. Lemmon. Here is our 4 Generation picture! I am so excited we got this shot even if Keira wasn't interested in looking at the camera!

Flag Football Spring 2011

Ty's flag football season has come to an end! While he wasn't the best player on the team, he tried hard, really improved, and had a lot of fun (which is what we really cared about)! I like to think of Tyler as my Great Dane puppy (kind of all over the place), but he will get there! Keira on the other hand would stand near the team at half time during the team talk completely listening while most of the players weren't. Who does she remind you of?! :)

Coach Mike was a great coach and he really made our season. All he wanted was the kids to have fun and learn a new skill.

It was pretty hot the last game of the season so Ty was ready to go home! He said he would play again in the fall if he got a bigger trophy! Who does that sound like?! :)

Way to go, Ty!

Mother's Day

I had a very nice Mother's Day! While Tyler wanted me to have breakfast in bed to start "my day" off right, I said that having four people in our bed with food didn't sound relaxing to me! So, we compromised and had coffee & chocolate milk while watching 30 minutes of cartoons!

After a nice breakfast Brian made (yep...he cooked), we went to church then I got some shopping time in! Overall a great day spent with my wonderful family.

I did have to share one of Tyler's gifts. He made this card at school with help from a class aide. I wondered why Ty asked me how old I was last week. He said that he guessed wrong but I just thought a friend of his asked or something (since I didn't know why he would want to know). I also LOVE his answer for Her Job Is? Life through a 5 year old's eyes!

It's 99 degress, what do you want to do?!

GO SWIMMING!!!!!

While the pool water temp was around 72 degrees, and I think that is still TOO cold...Brian and the kids enjoyed the cool off today!

Keira was pretty attached to Brian but let him throw her in the air. She loves the water and hopefully after this summer she will be swimming alone!

Tyler also enjoys being thrown in the water!

It is nice to see Tyler was able to swim in the deep water without his swim vest. It will take a couple of times in the pool to get all his confidence and stamina back but he did really well!