Celebrate Ben

Ben celebrated his 7th birthday by having his buddy's over to play and then a round of miniature golf!  The boys had a blast together.  It was by far the fastest 18 holes of golf I have ever played!  The boys literally ran from hole to hole!

 Ben, Brody, Hudson, Tyler

 Balls in the water...once they figured out that the balls would get "caught" and put back on the green right by the hole!

 The only way to slow the play was to take a group photo...ha!  What a crew!

Party Party!

 Happy 7th Birthday, buddy!  Mint chocolate chip ice cream cake...yummy!

kick ball

 $$....super happy!

Cousins

Hope all your wishes come true!  

Things we Love

 Swim Team fun!!

Take you mark.....GO!

 Taking it all in...Jaelyn & Kora

 Crazy cold night for a swim meet...trying to stay warm in between races!

Most mornings each week she's in the pool swimming from 8:45-9:45am

Snohomish Tournament

 Jaelyn's first tournament with her U10A team...ready to play!

 Her team went undefeated....crushing their opponents!  It was fun to watch them play their first few games together.  Jaelyn scored a ton...I lost track...maybe 10+ over the 4 games?!  :)

Excited girls to have their hands on the trophy!

1st Swim Meet

"Eat my bubbles"

Jaelyn survived her 1st swim meet!  We both learned a lot....how a meet is run, to bring more towels, to remember the sharpie to mark her arm, etc. It was a fun experience and she enjoyed it!  Looking forward to seeing how much faster she'll get!

Jaelyn's 1st events:

• 100 Medley Relay - was the anchor and swam freestyle
• 50 Free
• 50 Back
• 200 Free Relay

LAST day of school!!

 LAST day of 3rd grade...on to 4th grade!!

 Last day of school tradition....riding bikes to school!

 LAST day of Kindergarten...on to 1st grade and Explorer Community School!

The fabulous Mrs. Moore.  We love her!  We will miss her!

Two years with Ms. Shaw!!  We couldn't have asked for a better teacher for Jaelyn

End of Year Picnic

To end Ben's awesome year of Kindergarten, his fabulous teacher had a party on the last day of school at Perrigo Park.  How cool is that?  Mrs. Moore is the most amazing teacher and Ben grew in so many ways over the year.  We were so blessed by her!  

The whole Kindergarten class

 The three amigos!

 The class gave her a cherry tree and wrote special notes to Mrs. Moore as her end of year gift.  

 Each kiddo presented her with a rose...not a dry eye at the park that morning!

Preschool "graduation"

Brooke's 1st year of preschool is in the books!  She had a great year of learning and grew up so much!  My baby isn't quite a baby anymore!  

 Last day of preschool!

 Getting her certificate!

Brooke's father's day gift.."Super Hero Dad"

 Ms. Erin

Ms. Katie

 Tay-Tay and Brooke

 Lilly, Brooke, & Taylor...best buddies at school

Swinging high!  Learned how to pump her legs to swing by herself this year!!  :)

Piano Recital

 Jaelyn's first piano recital!

She's worked hard all year long.  Has put in the time each day.  Loves sitting down and playing her pieces fast!  It's fun to watch her grow.  Great job, babe!  It was also fun to play a duet with her during the recital!!  

Mrs. Tornquist & Jaelyn.  One of hopefully many recitals to come!

GEMS Camp

Jaelyn and I got to spend the weekend together at GEMS camp.  It was fun to get away and have some good 'ole mommy/daughter time.  The weather wasn't the greatest so there wasn't any swimming in the lake, however we still managed to get on the water and go for a paddle boat ride, have a zip line experience, do multiple crafts together, worship together, and much more!  Glad I can share these memories with her!

Beautiful setting for camp!

 Jaelyn, Elisabeth, Emily - - cabin roomies

 Paddle boat time!

 Zip line fun!