End of school May 2015

I felt like crying at the end of school this year... I loved the teachers that my kids had and the kids loved them too.  I'm a little sad to be moving on.  On the brighter side, I am so glad they're home with me for the summer.

 Carly had her kindergarten graduation.

 Carly and Mrs. Jennings.  My three oldest were lucky enough to have her, but she's moving to a new school... so I'm a little sad Hailey and Ike won't get her.

 Carly has tons of girlfriends from church in her grade.  They're all such cute friends.

End of school pictures.  I love comparing them to the first of the year.

 After the last day of school, a bunch of boys started showing up a the house.  Luke had invited them over for a party without really talking to me.  He even assigned a couple of them to bring ice cream sandwiches.  So then the girls went and rounded up a few friends too.  We ended up with lots kids and ice cream.  It cracked me up that Luke organized this all on his own.

May randoms

These two guys are such good little cousins and friends.  I'm glad they have each other.

 Abigail had a tea party for Activity Days that we got to go to together.  

I love being with this sweetheart.

 The four oldest kids started baseball.  Hailey and Carly were on the same team together.

Jake and Hailey didn't end up on the same team, but we still saw each other a lot.

 Abigail was a big help watching Isaac during the games.

I couldn't quit laughing.  Someone shut Ike's binki in the pantry and just left the clip part hanging out.  He was so upset.

Hailey's preschool graduation May 2015

Hailey got to have her graduation at the Kangaroo Zoo.  They ran and jumped on all the blowup toys before the official ceremony.  So we were all a little sweaty and straggly (Hailey calls everything that is messy, straggly) by then.  

 Thank goodness she got to be in the same preschool class as Jake.  I don't know what we'll do if they get different kindergarten teachers next year.

Hailey and Oakley

Hailey's tumbling recital May 2015

Hailey had her first year of tumbling and she loved it!  I loved watching her improvement each week.  They had a parents week so we could come and see their skills.  Hailey called it her tumbling recital.  I was too busy taking videos of all her routines, but I did sneak in a few pictures.

 getting her tumbling certificate and prize.

 They had a photobooth after that she wanted us to do with her.  She gave us mustaches, and I asked if she wanted one too.  She said she wanted to look pretty, not like a man.  I guess she just wanted us to look like men.

Mother's Day weekend 2015

Saturday morning, we had breakfast at my parent's house since we had special visitors.

We always get so excited when Brent and Shelley come and visit, but this time they brought their sweet baby, Wallace.  We couldn't get enough of him.  It's amazing how fast I forget how tiny new babies  are.  

 Wally fell asleep on Grandma's lap, and he just looked so peaceful.

 Saturday night, we had a sibling game night at our house.

I woke up Sunday morning to breakfast in bed and wonderful surprises from all of the kids.

 After church, Abigail begged for us to play dress up.  They got my old prom dresses and bridesmaid dresses out and we had fun trying them on.  They got so excited about it, that I'm looking forward to when we can go prom dress shopping for them one day.  

 We had Sunday dinner with the Dawsons.  Ike was being so helpful that he unloaded every single plate that Grandpa put in the dishwasher.  I was going to stop him, but the grandparents liked watching him do it.

Me and the beautiful souls that made me a mother.  

I love these precious children so much!