Month of June

My mom flew here in June so she could help me on the drive up to Missouri, Iowa, & Minnesota on my two week trip with the kids to see my sister, my in-laws, and some friends. I was a little apprehensive about the trip because I wasn't sure how Zane would do. Surprisingly enough, he did very well considering that we traveled during the day instead of the night. Kylee is a great traveler. All she needs is her backpack filled with books, toys, a baby doll, and some DVDs to watch along the way

Nana, Zane, Papa, & Kylee

Christy, Mom, and Me

My sister's and my kids (DJ, Zane, Kylee, Levi, & Kade)

Betsy, Shep, and Me

We visited the Zoo with my sister and her kids and Kylee wanted a picture with her favorite animal (the pink flamingo).

Cousins (Darlene, Heidi, Christy, Me)

Kylee, Nathan, Zane, Dianna, & Me

Levi, Kylee, Nate, Zane, & Rachel

Kylee, Grandma Betty, & Zane

Last day of pre-k

So, I guess I just saved this post to my drafts, and forgot to post it. This was in May and now it is July, but oh well. (I know at least the Grandparents want to see these pictures anyway even though it was a month and a half ago!)

Kylee had her last day of pre-k on Friday. I am just completely amazed at how fast she has grown, and I know that the rest of her school years will fly by too. I'm just not ready for that. :-( She had a wonderful teacher and teacher's aid. She absolutely loved them and all her friends there. She made some friends that we are going to hopefully meet up with some this summer. She was sad that she wasn't going to see her friends and teachers everyday, but was ready for summer and a break. With Zane being 15 months now, we will be able to be in the pool a whole lot more this summer. It gets so hot and humid here that we will probably be in it every day!

Anyway, there was a party for the last day of pre-k for the kids and their parents in Kylee's class. I snapped a few pictures.

Kylee and Ms. Connie

Ms. Nikki and Kylee

Kylee, Kriesten, Jackson, & Molly

Kylee and Kiara

Here are a couple pictures of the classroom

I Pledge Allegiance

Kylee's teacher was trying to explain to the kids about why we stand still and are respectful when we salute the flag and say the pledge. Anyway, she thought it would be a neat thing for Joshua to come in his uniform and do the pledge with them one morning. It finally worked out for him to go today. I tagged along to take a short video of it. He talked a little to them a little and then they did the pledge. The kid that was the leader for the day wasn't there so Miss Connie let Kylee hold the flag. Hope you enjoy the video clip.

fun times

We all ended up working outside in the yard a couple Saturdays ago so I shot a couple pictures of the kids. They were having fun helping.

Note: Kylee dressed herself that day (the shirt and shorts were both pink!)

We were blessed with visit from Dianna. We had a fabulous time. We did some shopping (of course), played with the kids, and had some lovely chats that sometimes lasted late into the night. Kylee calls Dianna her sister, so that caused some confusion with her teachers!! :-) It's wonderful that Kylee has someone like her to look up to. The visit went by way too fast. Anyway, I finally took some pictures on the last day she was here.

403rd Wing Family Day

About a week ago, the kids and I were able to go and spend Saturday with Josh during his drill weekend. They were having a family day for his wing. They kids had a great time and fell asleep early on the way home.

The highlight of the day was being able to walk through two C-130s. They are huge. Josh says that they aren't too quiet to fly in though.

A picture with me in it just to prove that I was there!

Kylee and Zane sitting in the luxurious seats!

Getting a picture with Daddy in the cockpit

The rest of the day was spent at a "picnic". They had food, a fun jump, water slide, playing at the park, etc. We were able to meet up with some friends living in Biloxi that we know from Reno. We took the kids to the park and then to Chick-fil-A. It was nice to chat and spend some time with them.

Easter

Ok, so I didn't get these pictures up right after Easter. I had uploaded them to my blog, but hadn't written anything, so there they sat remaining unpublished and hidden from everyone to see. Oh well. Here they are anyway.

Zane and Kylee at the Easter egg hunt at church

Kylee "posing" for her picture

Got to love my daughter's silly smile.

A day at the park

Kylee has been off of school for spring break this week so we have been trying to do some extra fun things. Joshua was off of work today so we had planned to go on a picnic at the park and let her play for awhile. She was soooo excited. (Guess we need to do it more often than we do now.) As soon as she got up, she wanted to get the lunch packed and leave, but I had to convince her that we needed to wait till everyone else was ready and it was lunch time. We went to a nice big park in Lafayette. There were a lot of people there today. Guess it's because it was Good Friday today. It's real big around here. Most people have crawfish boils, but we just had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Fine with me though, seeing that I don't care for crawfish. :-)
Anyway, the weather was absolutely beautiful and we had a nice picnic in the sun (Kylee picked the spot). Thankfully, I remembered sunscreen. Kylee and Zane swung for quite awhile, went down the slide countless times, and walked around the park and pond looking a ducks, flowers, and the many dogs that were there with their owners. We stopped in for a treat at Sonic on the way home.

None of us were very hungry, so we just had nachos (with homemade guacamole on top) for dinner. I still think I ate too much though. Zane is now done with is bath, Kylee is in the shower, and then comes some relaxation that doesn't include going up and down the slide or pushing Kylee as high as she can go for an hour (I'm exaggerating!!).

Anyway, here are some pictures from our day today. Kylee took the one of Joshua and I. There was a lot more of the park in the picture so I had to crop some out, but I was rather impressed anyway.

Springtime

Everyone (except me) has been sick off and on for the past couple weeks, but I think we are through it now. Yesterday we were finally able to be outside and enjoy the beautiful weather. Kylee rode her bike with the kids across the street and Zane and I sat in the grass. We also got some stuff cleaned up around the outside of the house. After taking care of sick people for a few days, it was nice to get something accomplished! Kylee is on spring break this week. Yay! It is nice to have her home. Zane has been enjoying her company, too.

Joanna and Amy were down for a few days.