Lauren's Preschool Graduation Ceremony

Lauren with Miss Tammy

We took this pic the first day of school in August (from an older post) to see how much the girls have grown

Last day of school at park play day! What a great school year. Lauren learned so much and had such wonderful and compassionate teachers. Thank you Little School House!

Hotel de Lincoln and our final 2 weeks of school and fun

Another bbq and dip in the pool

Wacky Tacky with Abby and Jacob

Swimming at the hotel with Dad

A few days with the Matthiessens

Resting after a swim

Lunch with the Husted's

And of course more swimming with friends. Tyler and Caleb joined us one day as well but guess I didn't bring my camera to the pool that day.

Lauren and Evan

Lauren, Justin, Laney, Phoebe, Evan, and Shannon

Time to move!

The week before the big moving day came, Daniel took loads over to the new house so that our friends only had to help with the furniture. Thank goodness he did because the uhaul was filled and they only had to take one large load that day. While the guys loaded and unloaded at the new house, Daniel's aunt Barb and uncle Harold and I cleaned the house to get it ready for final move out inspection while the girls enjoyed a nice day swimming at Laney and Phoebe's house....thank you Patricia for watching all the kids so the guys could help us move! Thank you Barb and Harold for the exhausting cleaning and spackling and to all my wonderful friends and the strong men in their lives :)

Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial weekend this year consisted of, you guessed it, more packing and a fun visit from my step sister Tracy and my niece Daisia. We took the kids to the water park on a brisk and windy morning with a picnic lunch and entroduced them to a favorite restaurant in town Lucille's BBQ. The girls had a great time playing and Tracy helped me to box things up.

Sunday our friends from the neighborhood planned a farewell bbq for us with many of our friends from town so we also had a great time enjoying their company....oh how we'll miss them!

We love you guys!

Mother's Day Tea

Lauren's preschool class hosted a Mother's Day tea and sang an adorable song~"thank you Lord for my mom, because she's so good to me"~just precious.
I got to wear a beautiful hat Lauren made for me out of paper plates

...and recieved the most adorable spoon replica of myself...love the long thick braids!

my placement from our special tea.

Since the school had a strict no sibling policy Shannon was able to join my friend Lindsey's twins at her old playgroup....she had a blast since she got to ride in their car and be with her buddies Abby and Jacob while we were at Lauren's school.

Unfortunately I don't have any pictures from Mother's Day to post as we woke to Shannon throwing up at 5am and the girls and I had a stomach bug all day. There is a picture of me in my pj's and the girls giving me a present but it is not going up. :)

I love you Lauren and Shannon! Thank you for your unconditional love and beautiful hearts....you make me so proud and I thank God for you each and every day my dear daughters.

Packing and taking a break with the boys

Getting the garage ready and sorting....

Shannon taking a break from the hot day in a box

A water day with Tyler and Caleb

water fight!

Our newest suprise!

Our newest suprise is that we're expecting! A suprise to us all but it never fails that if we are about to move I am pregnant or just gave birth...makes for a "fun" move :) Baby is due December 5th!

A fun suprise at our door after one of my newly needed naps...a fruit bouquet from my dear friend Anne....she always knows how to make me smile :)

..the girls enjoying chocolate covered strawberries