May

Wow...I did a heck of job taking pictures in May...haha! I hardly took any! Oh well..We got the essentials at least. First up, Macie's first dance competition at Lagoon!

 

The girls dance recital. This is the whole studio! Love these girls, the teachers, and the owners!

After the girls dance recital on our way to go to dinner.

Camping over memorial day. These kids are campers there is no doubt. They party hard, and crash the minute we hit the car to head home! 

Emery has so much fun playing with cousins! One of my favorite things about my family is that even still my dad is close with his cousins, and I am close with my second and even 3rd cousins. Haven and Lexi up there with Emery are "technically" my 4th cousins...we love camping with them and their parents!

Emery Preschool Graduation

Emery graduated from her last year preschool back in May. I cannot believe she is headed to Kindergarten. Time has just flown by. Teacher Becky was her teacher this year and we loved her so much. She is so good with the kids, Emery loved her!

The kids started off the program singing us God Bless America.

After they sang us about 8 or 9 songs we watched the slideshow Becky made about each of the kids. We took pictures of all of Emery's slides. 

June

Oh man...June was crazy! I can't believe summer is over halfway over. It makes me want to cry. We were so busy! On top of having a baby, we had Tball, coach pitch, swimming lessons, a family reunion, a dance camp (that we missed since we ended up having Lainee one of the days). It was a crazy, but very fun month. 

This was Emery's first year of Coach Pitch, and Macie's first year of Tball. 

This little ham. 

Emery's biggest fans cheering her on at her game. 

Our first Cherry Hill day! We've been about 5 times since, we just love it. 

Swimming lessons. These guys are getting to be pretty good swimmers. Macie used to be so scared of water, lessons have been so good for her!

After swimming lessons one day, I had Lainee screaming because she was starving, but these guys were all starving and begging for lunch. So they made their own. Worked out great!

Happy Father's Day to our own superman. 

Our little Lainee princess. 

Haha, that picture on the right is kind of sad. Emery is almost in tears but I had to get a picture before Jake helped her out. She was *supposed* to be going to sleep, but climbed behind her bed to get something and got stuck. It was sort of funny ;)

Overall it was a pretty perfect kick off to summer!

Macie turns 4!

Our little Macie turned 4 years old a few weeks ago! I can't believe it. I blinked and this happened and I'm not sure how...It wasn't that long ago that we referred to these two as "the babies" still. And now here we are. 

The day before her birthday I needed to make Macie's cake. She wanted cupcakes. So I let her make them. I just put all the ingredients in bowls and let her go. 

That morning we made her traditional rainbow pancakes. Then I had 2 presents that I let her open since she would be using them at Cherry Hill that day. 

Her new towel and her new flip flops. 

Then we met Colton and Haley at Cherry Hill and spent the entire day there. We had so much fun. My mom and dad had people from Shayli's mission visiting and staying with them, so they couldn't make it to Cherry Hill. 

Even Lainee partied it up in the Lazy River with me. 

All ready for Macie's Moana party. 

Welcoming everyone to her party. She is so not shy at all. 

This little girl was spoiled with presents, Moana dress ups and a Moana doll from grandma, Colton and Haley unknowingly bought her the exact same Moana doll...haha! We got her a new dress (the purple one below) a new purse (also below), 2 new bracelets, and some new My Little Pony's. 

Happy Birthday our little princess! We love you so much. Macie is the sweetest, sassiest girl you'll ever meet. 

Nicknames: Mace, Squish, Squishy

How old are you?  "Four"

What is your favorite color? "Pink"

What is your favorite animal? "Kitty"

What is your favorite book? "The Holy Ghost is Like a Blanket"

What is your favorite TV show? "My Little Pony"

What is your favorite movie? "Frozen"

What is your favorite song? "Moana"

What is your favorite food? "Cereal"

What is your favorite drink? "Chocolate Milk"

What is your favorite breakfast food? "Pancakes"

What is your favorite snack? "Fruit Snacks"

What is your favorite game? "Mouse Trap"

What is your favorite toy? "Sofia Legos"

Who is your best friend? "Jori"

What is your favorite thing to do? "Swing on swings"

What is your favorite thing to do outside? "Swing"

What is your favorite holiday? "Christmas"

What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Dede (blanket) and my mermaid

Where is your favorite place to go? "To Grandma's House"

What is your favorite restaurant? "Chick fil A"

Where do you want to go on vacation? "Where Shayli is"

What do you want to be when you grow up? "A grandma"

What did you do on your birthday? "Open presents. Get a cupcake. And go to Cherry Hill"

Projects

We have been busy working on project after project around here. There are literally dozens that need to be done. But this weekend we were able to knock out a few of them! The biggest one being this play area in the yard. Jake spent the entire week, every night after work setting up that playground. We got wood chips and got it all done. It looks SO good. It makes me so excited for when the rest of our yard will be done...someday...

The next project was Harley's room. I am still trying to convince Jake that we need stripes painted on this wall....but so far I have been unsuccessful. I really love this room though! And so does Harley.

And lastly the kids bathroom we also mostly finished this weekend. I still need a couple things for this bathroom but I haven't decided what yet. But it looks so good!