Summer 2012

For the 4th of July we went to Melba to watch the fireworks.

We ran into Chris's sister's family and we hung out with them and sat together to watch  the fireworks.  Here's Katie with her cousins.

Daddies and the kids having fun with pop-its.

An awesome firework fountain.

Gotta love the fireworks!

In July my parents, grandparents, siblings, and their families all met up for a Birthday picnic celebration at one our favorite parks.

Here are the kids anticipating the water bucket tipping.

Whoosh!

A great family pic.  

Katie took this picture.  She's so creative.

We had a fun Pioneer Day celebration at the church.  We invited our good friends and neighbors who live across the street from us to come with us.  There were fun games, good food, and wagon rides.

Here's Katie launching a water balloon.

Chris and David helped out at the snow cone machine.

The kids had a blast playing in the sand.

Katie posing on the wagon ride.

Katie and one of her best friends, Kaylie.

The wagon ride took them around the school parking lot that is behind the church.  It was fun.

Katie likes to take pictures of odd things, like her feet, or close-ups of objects.  And we often find pictures like this on the camera with funny faces.  When I saw this I just couldn't stop laughing.  Too funny.

Here's Katie dancing with her dance class to Hawaiian music.  During the summer they have a different theme each week.

Aloha!

Katie took swimming lessons at the Rec Center, which she absolutely loved.

Katie and Daddy at Daddy's work party.

We love the swings!

August 16 was our 15th Anniversary.  Can't believe we've been married for 15 years already.  We celebrated by going miniature golfing with Katie, and Deedra and her kids.  Then Katie went home with Aunt Deedra and we went out to dinner at an Italian restaurant called Asiagos.  It was delicious.  Then we went to the Anniversary Inn.  

We had a wonderful Anniversary.

Katie, Nikki, Garrett, and Jack in front the of the indoor  miniature golf facility.

They had great paintings of jungle, underwater, and dinosaur life.

Katie's first day of 1st grade.

Our little snuggle bug!

Katie with a Katydid.  She loves animals!

Fall pics to come soon.

June

Katie having fun with her Play-Doh.  She created pictures of  Daddy and Mommy's heads.

Katie's friend gave her a ladybug costume.  Here she is striking a pose.

Whitney and Deedra at Whitney's wedding.  Isn't she a beautiful June bride!  Deedra looks beautiful too!    

The bride and groom cutting the cake.  One of Whitney's friends made the sheet cake, and I made the cupcakes.
We are so happy for Travis and Whitney!

Katie's cousin Nikki slept over and here they are all cuddled up in the sleeping bags ready to watch a movie.

Chris and Katie went camping with some friends of ours.  Here's Katie with her friend Brooklyn.  They had fun playing in the beautiful camping area.  They explored the campgrounds and found pine cones, fallen trees, and beautiful wildflowers.  They also made a giant nest out of pine needles.   Katie had fun sleeping in a tent with Daddy in the great outdoors for the first time.  Chris had fun visiting with friends and fishing.

May Activities

Katie loves to play with our "adopted" kitty.  She's our neighbor's cat but comes over here all the time to play  with Katelynn.  Our neighbor let Katelynn and I name her.  We gave her the name of Serena.

Katie loves to hold up long grass pieces or strings for Serena to swat at.

Katie and I bought a birdhouse from Michaels to paint.  Katie wanted to paint it rainbow colors.
It turned out very pretty.   

Katie's dance class had a dress rehearsal the week before her spring dance recital.  Here is her class posing for a class picture.

Katelynn posing in her spring dance recital costume.

Grandma and Great Grandma came to watch Katie's dance recital.

Here we are waiting for the show to start.

Her class's theme was Aladdin.  They danced to two Aladdin songs: A Whole New World and A Friend Like Me.  The dance performances were wonderful.  Katie did such a great job!  She loves to dance!

Loves those eyes!

Katie loved getting a rose from daddy and mommy after the performance.

Here we are with our little dancer.

Grandma LaVerne with Katelynn.

Our little princess.

Here are our friends Josh and Shanda with their little dancer Evala.  She stole the show at the end of their class's performances.  Their class's theme was Winnie the Pooh.  The class was hopping  across the stage like Tigger for a ways and then they walked the rest of the way off the stage.  Evala hopped almost the whole way off the stage all by herself.  So cute!

Daddy took Katie to Parade America.  Katelynn loved this float from Childrens Store.  She wished she could have the stuffed animals.

We had a fun going away party for my brother Stillman and his wife Michelle and their kids Alex and Jayden.   They moved for a job promotion.  We sure miss them.

Here is Katie on the last day of kindergarten.

Katie with her teacher Mrs. Rich.

Katie with one of her best friends Kinley.  They were such good friends, her kindergarten teacher arranged for them to be in the same class together in first grade.

Mommy with Katie at her kindergarten graduation.