Party Time!

We had a birthday party triple-header last weekend. Happy Birthday to Becca,

Bianca,

and Cousin Sage!

Swim Lessons

The kids started their two weeks of swim lessons! They are taking them at a nearby water park that several friends recommended. Aidan is pretty proficient and I think he may be ready to be part of a swim team next year (probably could have done it this year but I didn't think about it in time!). One new thing he's learning this summer is the backstroke. I enrolled Avery in the "tadpole" class for ages 3-5 but it was mainly kids afraid of the water. That's not Avery! So she moved up to the next level. She LOVES swimming and wants to doggy paddle to us constantly. She can go about 5 feet on her own but won't put her face in. I remember Aidan being like that, so I'm hoping she gets the hang of it soon!

Happy Father's Day!

Our Father's Day was pretty low-key, but that's just the way Daniel likes it :) Given the choice to go anywhere for lunch, he picked Arby's (*gag*). But we love him and that's where he wanted to eat! We are so blessed to have him as our husband and father. He works so hard for us and when he gets home we are still his priority. Thank you for all that you do for us, Daddy!!

One of my favorites:

Summer Days

The kids just finished a week of VBS at a friend's church! I love the VBS there because they take kids as young as 3...so this was Aidan's fourth year to participate, and Avery's second year. They both have lots of friends who go there too!

My mom was in town for a quick visit. While she was here we had lunch with my Aunt Marsha, and my cousins Sara and Meredith.

Daniel and I took the kids fishing at a pond near our house. We didn't catch anything but Aidan learned to cast. It was relaxing and the kids had fun. I love these sunset pictures!

Aidan is old enough for Fun Day Fridays at our church! Our children's minister has a fun activity planned each Friday for school-age kids. Aidan and his friend Tate have been having a blast!

While Aidan was at one of his Fun Day Fridays, Avery and I joined some Moms Club friends at the park for a make-your-own-sundae party!

I mixed some shaving cream and food coloring for bathtime fun. Gotta love Pinterest!

I bought both the kids activities to help with their writing. Avery has a dry-erase book to help with her capital letters, and Aidan has a composition book to write/draw about themes I give him. He can write and read fine, but isn't overly motivated to do either one. Gotta practice and stay sharp for first grade!

Aidan and Avery both love playing on the iPhone. I recently downloaded the Easy Bake Oven app and it's their favorite. I had a feeling that with Aidan's sweet tooth, he'd love it as much as Avery :) The two of them bicker and tattle on each other plenty, but mostly they're like peas in a pod. I love it!

Family Time in Granbury

This weekend we went to Granbury for a mini-vacation with our extended family! This is also known as "Rockin' W Cousin Camp"...Rockin' W refers to the brand used on the Waggoner family cows when Daniel's grandfather was alive. The logo is on our ultra-cool matching t-shirts ;) Cookie and Jeff own a condo in Granbury, and we stayed at the nearby country club hotel. We did lots of swimming, eating, playing, and on Tuesday we went to Fossil Rim (with a personal tour in the safari van thanks to Jeff!)!! This is a favorite of the kids, especially Avery :) Thanks for everything Cookie and Jeff!

Good Ship Lollipop

Here are pics from Avery's dance recital! She and Sage looked adorable and were ready to perform. They did great even though Avery stopped towards the end to wave at Kaelyn whose class was waiting offstage to dance next...it was pretty funny :) I was so proud of her, and of all of our other friends who danced! Avery was even part of a group that got special recognition for having perfect attendance at practice. We gave her a bouquet of pink roses, and Aidan even gave one of them to Kaelyn ;) Avery was pretty much DONE after the recital and not in the mood for pictures, but she rallied for a late dinner with Grandpa and Nanna before they drove back to Crawford. I'm SO glad she took a nap that day because it was a long night for her! Even though I'm not signing her up for dance this fall, maybe we'll go back to it when she's a little older? This mama's not giving up hope...dance is just too cute!!!