With the end of the school year coming we had a lot going on in May.
The kindergartners invite the moms to come for a day of pampering before Mother's Day. They gave us a gift and had some yummy treats and then did our hair and makeup.
Brooklyn told me she wanted me to leave my hair like this and then later started giggling at me.
For Mother's Day, I really wanted to go out to breakfast in the mountains and go on a short hike with the family.
Ready to go for a drive - these girls love their blankies.
Always have to feed the ducks.
Brooklyn always has to make a silly face.
Katelyn had a music program at school.
While Kyle very rarely works from home now, when he first switched to his new job, he would sometimes work in the evenings. I thought this was too funny - a normal monitor just wasn't good enough for him.
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Brooklyn was able to visit Daddy's new office. She felt pretty special that she got to see it before anyone else.
Brooklyn and Madison celebrated their birthday (6 and 3)!
Birthday breakfast
Their birthday fell on Memorial Day this year, so we went for a long family bike ride and then joined some friends for swimming and a bbq at their home.
Brooklyn on the tandem behind me.
Katelyn did great on her own, even though it was a long ride.
Madison was so tired that she slept on our friends' couch. This has happened like twice in her life.
Such a cutie on her 3rd birthday!
Brooklyn graduated from kindergarten at the end of May!
She did great doing all the motions and singing her heart out
Daddy gave her the diploma since he is on the school board
What a beauty!!!!
And here is a random video of Madison talking about her favorite princess(es). Sorry it is a little long.
This was technically in November, but I forgot to include it. We measure the girls each November & May around their birthdays. I thought this was fun because we reached the first time when the kids were measured at the same ages. If anyone wants to know how much older Katelyn is than Brooklyn at a certain age, her it is.
Brooklyn fell the first Saturday of December and the next morning her elbow still hurt and she would not bend it, so I took her to urgent care on Sunday and the x-ray was inconclusive about if it was a break or not so they treated as one. When we went to the specialist a couple days later, he did not think it was broken and she was acting totally normal.
I took Brooke for a treat (donuts) after her urgent care appointment.
Decorating for Christmas.
Katelyn got a subscription to Clubhouse for her birthday and everytime she gets a magazine she finds a quiet spot to read for a long time.
We took a family bike ride to a local Little Free Library.
When you are a kid, it is still fun to rake leaves.
Here's a few more randoms.
Katelyn reading a Bible story to Madison. 💗💗
You will need to turn up the volume on this, but it is pretty sweet.
When did she get so big?
Kyle has become a true Californian. Here he is in our bedroom when our heater wasn't working in Dec.
Katelyn had her first soccer practice before Christmas. (Top left)
The girls each got to pick one thing that was important to them over the Christmas season. Katelyn wanted to make a gingerbread house. Brooklyn wanted to do a Christmas tree craft. I picked going to see Christmas lights.
We drove through the lights this year and on our way home stopped at a home that has a display set to music. Here is Madison watching it.
We opened some of our gifts before we headed out of town. Evidently I didn't take too many pics, but here is a pictures of pure joy of Brooklyn.
Kyle and I had our 10th anniversary on June 17 and to celebrate, we took a trip to Costa Rica for 9 days without the kids. Kyle's parents were going to stay with our kids for several days while we were gone and they combined the trip with Katelyn's kindergarten graduation, which was two days before we left. We had several days with them before Kyle & I left and had a few fun outings. I will post more about Costa Rica in another post.
The first day of their trip, we went to the beach. We played on the beach for a while, then went for a bike ride, and then had Ruby's on the pier for dinner. It was our first beach trip of the year and we all had a great time, even though it was a little cool at the beach.
Car Ride to the Beach
I LOVE this picture. It so accurately shows what our life is like.
Chasing birds
Mmmmmm - sandy grapes.
Digging a hole.
Laying in the hole.
I can't resist her cuteness
Playing with my girls in the water.
Waiting for dinner.
We were gone over Father's Day, so we gave Kyle his gifts a week early.
I made my first attempt at a candy bouquet. It actually turned out ok.
Coloring before church.
Always lots of reading when Grandpa & Grandma are around.
Madison leading Grandpa around.
Grandpa & Grandma took the girls on a walk in their pjs. They made a quick stop at the park.
Monday evening was graduation, which I will do in a separate post as this one is getting a little long.
The morning before Kyle & I left (we had a late night flight), we headed to the local zoo to see the animals and have a picnic.
All ready to go!
Swinging with Grandpa back at home.
I had extra pictures as some of these are from Kyle's mom, so this was an extra long post.
