Bonus Picture Dump Post--Alex Graduates Preschool & Last Day of 1st Grade for JR

As predicted--we have had a fun and eventful week!  As we depart for Texas, I figured I better get some oft these pictures uploaded before the next huge set.  The kids were super excited to company to the company picnic/Air Force Graduation celebration at work.  They had a blast jumping in the bounce house, pigging out, and enjoying NOT being in school.  Yes--I'm a terrible Mom for pulling JR out!  Ha!


These glitter tattoos were so awesome I bought some for us!




The show was incredible per usual.  It was perfect weather to watch them fly.  My pictures were pretty crappy.

Good day for a Root Beer.

So I stole some from a local professional photographer.  Ahhhh...much better!


Beautiful!

OH! And I joined Weight Watchers (again), and decided to take a picture of this beauty.  Only 18 pounds of baby weight to go!

Thursday night was Alex's preschool graduation.  She is excited to start Kindergarten this fall. And SO ARE WE.  We have waited 7 years for no more children in full time daycare! Cha CHING.
JR was happy to see his bestie.


This picture makes me flash forward to senior year in high school! It will be here before we know it.


Gwyn and Alex.  Sad that Gwyn will no longer be at Hope after this summer.  These two have been together since they were infants!

These two also! (this was taken 2 years ago):




Gwyn, Alex and Coop!


Their buddy Sebastian decided to jump in the mix.

So proud!


And Alex's wonderful teacher's Ms. Ashley, and Ms. Cassie.


The JR and Gavin show!  (Taken with Larissa's fancy new camera. Ooooh...Ahhhh).













The end of an era!

And today was JR's last day of school.  He has a half day today, and summer officially started at 12:45 pm.  He is ready for 2nd grade, and rocked out 1st grade.  Top reading class, whizzing through math, and has learned so much this year.  We are sad that his 1st Grade Teacher Ms. Sparks is moving to South Carolina and won't be around anymore. She was amazing.




I love these comparisons.
Looks like Alex is catching up to him!  In August--she will be holding her own sign!


This weekend we are off! We get to see Devin, Roy, and Baby Lili for the first time.  The kids are excited for some pool time and some R&R.  Let summer begin!

Weekly Update

We have been keeping busy busy busy!  I think I forgot how busy the end of the school year is.  Phew! Last Tuesday JR had Field Day at the park right by the house.  So, Alex and I decided to watch most of his events and cheer him along.  It was a beautiful day (considering the crappy weather that rolled in on Thursday), and we enjoyed watching and cheering and enjoying the sunshine.

Posing!


This one had another rough night with some reflux issues she has going on. So! We were awake at 4:30 am, and when we came back from field day--she crashed! Notice...the hand.  LOL

"Mom! Put whipped cream in my mouth and take a picture!"  Well...okay.

And, she had another episode on Wednesday night where she woke up sick.  This would have been the 4th time in a month, so we decided to take her in for a visit with Dr. Reich.  JR was happy to come along.

He had jumped up on the exam table with her, and Dr. Reich told him he was fine to stay. So when she asked Alex to lay back, he gently embraced her head to comfort her.  He really is the BEST big brother.  So sweet.

Dr. Reich went ahead and prescribed nightly Zantac, and so far it seems to be working.  Hopefully it is something we can phase out after a few months.
Posing with Molly and Moses.

Saturday morning I talked Larissa into bringing the kids down so that we could run in the RMCA 5K. Well, this year it wasn't blizzarding!  But it was still pretty chilly!

They also did a fun kids run before the race, and Gavin, Gwyn, Alex and JR all had a blast doing that.

Selfies before the race!  I did a combo of walking and jogging and finished in about 46 minutes, and felt good too!  I need to shave about 16 minutes off my time, but I know I will get there!

I met Amber, Junior, and Karissa for lunch on Saturday afternoon--so that was nice.  And Saturday evening we decided to go to game night at Nano 108.  The kids loved playing Bingo, and we also brought Uno to play.

I have decided he is pretty animated.




And we ate some delicious pizza from Witty's Pork.  Yum!

Sunday was very productive!  Got a bunch of things done around the house, met a new dog sitter we are going to try out, cleaned the cars, did lawn work, and grocery shopped.  The kids had fun playing outside with the neighbors and decided to open up a Lemonade stand.
I enjoy Beasley stopping for the photo opportunity.

"JR! Did you see the sign?"  Ha!

And conked out again on me Sunday night.

Michelle also sent me some recent pictures of Baby Beckett!  He is 4 weeks old today!

Awww. Feeling the Colorado love.

Little froggy.  And getting big!

I get curious about how they are doing, so it is nice to get updates.
Today JR had his school carnival so he did not want to join us for breakfast and Alex's dance recital.  He did NOT want to miss any part of that carnival!  So, we dropped him off at school, and the 3 of us went out to Egg and I for breakfast.  She loves her special time with just Mom and Dad.

This was her last dance recital before starting Kindy in August.  She really does enjoy dance, so we are considering signing her up at the actual studio right down the street.


She knows all the French terms for the different positions!  Very neat to see her in action.




They danced to "Over the Rainbow" and it was soo cute.




Ms. Brenda, and all her little dancers.  Sniff.

This week the kids are getting pulled out of school to join in on the Air Force Graduation fun, and company picnic that is now combined in to one event.  Alex also has a graduation at the daycare on Thursday evening, and Saturday we leave for Texas!  JR's last day of school is Friday and he is done until August 14th!  Hello Summer!