You've been warned...this is a LONG post and so overdue! I'm backing up to May and going to catch back up to our current status. Cade and Jace finished their soccer seasons then began baseball. Watching Jace compete in his second season of soccer with this team was so fun!
Our preschool graduation program was on May 22nd. I had 20 preschoolers this year, filling two classes. I'm already looking forward to preschool this fall as I have cut back to only teaching one class...much more do-able for me & our busy life!
Maddie receiving her preschool promotion certificate! She'll have one more year with mom then Kindergarten. Sigh... She is already excited for when she can begin Kindergarten, reminding me all of the time that she doesn't need to come to mom's preschool but needs to attend Red Rock with her brothers :)
I've enjoyed having this first-school experience with my own children. It makes it so worth while and allows me to see them interact with other kids and how they learn best. I love this side-job!
We ended the year with a fun pool party for each class! I get all of these kiddos again next year plus a few more :)
In May, we also ventured over to Children's to visit three heart friends and their families-Teagan and Natalie were having heart caths while our friend Gracie was having her Fontan surgery, our friend Jesse (Luke's mom) also met up with us. It was wonderful to visit my heart mom friends!
Maddie and Teagie
Jen (Gracie's mom) & Jesse and Laney (Luke's mom)So fun to see you all! We were also able to see our favorite nurse, Stacey while there as she was Teagan's nurse! Also awesome that Natalie and Teagan shared a room for the night.
In June, Cade ended his Kindergarten year with a fun spring program and class graduation party. What a fun year having cousin Randi Kay in class!
And Mrs. Stewart (Aunt Jessica) as his teacher was top-notch!!! He had an awesome year, earning the most "gold dot" awards for doing good deeds and being a great student and helper.
Celebrating with an icecream sundae with dad
Miss Maddie being silly with cousins Jill & Randi
In June, Sam joined the Stewart Aunts/Cousins for a fun night in Spokane
Kaylee was a trooper, keeping Sam entertained while we shopped till we dropped!
Our crew minus Elaine & Amy
Great Grandma Shirley and Sammer Jammers
We've spent most all of our Sunday afternoon's out at Pa & Grandma Allred's, many memories have been made & we're cherishing our time together.
Boosters Baseball ended the end of June. Our boys proved to be great players on their teams! Bryan helped coach Jace's team while Cade had Aunt Danyel as his coach :)
We spent a week driving back and forth to our church in Moses Lake for Sky VBS. Maddie loved it and is still singing the songs she learned during that week of fun. Cousin Kylie joined us as well as Nany serving as Jace & Cade's leader!
Our family has enjoyed a couple of Mariner's games this season...the boys absolutely LOVE the Mariners!
Braydon & Jace at Scout Day Camp
Sam started pulling himself up on everything! Time to lower that crib mattress
The boys & I went fishing one afternoon down on the ranch
my beautiful boys!
Then came a HOT July...
4th of July at Jerry & Chriss' Pond
Swimming Lessons! The boys learned to dive...Cade even does a pretty good back dive and Maddie now jumps off of the diving board and swims without waterwings in the shallow end. Oh yes, goggles are a must for these kids :)
Jace working in cherry harvest, keeping those cherries cool. We had some scorching hot days during harvest which also brought some rain and hail storms...damaging some of our apples was not a highlight of this summer. Lots of farmers are in the same boat though.
Jace enjoyed a free Seahawks Football Day Camp with his friend Dayne...the highlight was getting two player's autographs!
Sammer Jammers is crawling everywhere! He's a mad-man around here!!! His crawl has been so funny, it's a combo of a bear crawl/sitting down quickly every few strides/normal crawl.
Cheeto had 4 baby kittens! Maddie broke them in with plenty of loves, cuddles, and snuggles. We kept two of them, Ellie & Kyle are their names
Our family toured the cherry plant in July, watching our cherries run and being packed. Sam rocked his hair net, don't you think?
Maddie rode "Sparky Boy" in our community days Summerfest parade. Nany did a lot of work, sparkling his hooves pink & tying bows and ribbons. Cousin Kylie rode too, on her pony Sarah Girl. Even Ba rode along...It was so much fun and Maddie loved waving to friends!
Enjoying snowcones at our 50th celebration of Royal City!
Too cute to not share his sweet smile and widows peek- just like his daddy's
The end of July, we enjoyed the Allred Family Reunion up in Suncadia. The kids loved the hot tub, riding their bikes and playing with so many cousins.
And there you have it! Phew!
