Birthday Month!

June has always been a busy month for us especially since 5 of the 7 of us have June Birthdays and Dan and I have our anniversary too!

On June 11th, we celebrated our 10th Anniversary!  This year has ended up very difficult for us.  We've had to go through heartache and sadness, but there was also much happiness too.  We had planned a nice anniversary getaway, but life happened and we had to take a little detour.  I'm sure that a little more down the road we will celebrate us.

Miss Avery Carlina turned 2 on June 13th! 

 She started off her day by having swim lessons with Daddy. She has had several family members swimming with her mommy and me class since I have been unable, and I am grateful that she is pretty ok with anyone swimming with her. She loves the water!

 All 3 boys are in the same swim class this year and seem to be doing well.

 Avery LOVES Minnie Mouse, so I made her a MM cake.

 She is a very determined eater, especially with something sweet!

 We have been blessed with an abundance of family this year, although we wish it was under different circumstances.  Avery got to celebrate her birthday with both Nama's and Papa Earl.

 Usually Dan and I are #1, but she has been so spoiled by family that she wouldn't stay with mommy.

 She wanted Nama Elliott!

 A happy little 2 year old!

 More cake?  Sure!

 My little sister Vanessa got married on June 6th and shortened her honeymoon to help support us in our time of sorrow.  This is her new hubby Conrad.  He is a great guy!  After a while, Avery was his new best friend.

 Papa Earl sporting some of Avery's new bling.  :)

Elliott turned 6 on June 15th!

 Elliott wanted a monster truck boy party this year, so this was his cake.

 All the boys lining up for a swing at the monster truck pinata that Dan made.

 A pretty cool truck!

 The boys.

 Another year older, and wiser too!

 Then the activities continued.  We had a cool target game using swim noodles.

 A waterballoon toss.

 The boys had the most fun just having all out war with the water balloons.  I love Ross' determination in this picture.

They had other games, but really enjoyed being sprayed by the hose while sliding.

Happy Birthday my sweet Avery and Elliott!