School's out for summer

June Recap

School's out for summer.  I love my little Noah.  This is the end result of his school box this year, a couple markers, some broken crayons and a whole lot of rocks. Silly little boy.

This June marks 7 years without Ashley.  It is so strange to think it has been that long. Still miss her. 

 John worked all month to finish our chicken coop.  It turned out amazing thanks to the help of Ben and his tools.  

Ashley got stuck in a bucket.  It reminds me of when my mom couldn't keep her Ashley from sitting in the dog water bucket at the Cork house.

Ethan burying Noah.

Summer pool time.

Ashley, Addie and Brinley got to go to Trooperette camp this year.  It was fun to be back at Eastwood.  Ashley enjoyed camp, but she wasn't very interested in going over the dance at home.   

Sometimes you get into the lazy days of summertime and just sit back and enjoy, but in a split second things can change so fast.  Just remember that life is precious.  I learned my lesson when this little guy almost drown at the pool.  Top scary moment of my life.  So unbelievably happy things didn't turn out for the worst.  I will forever have a soft spot for Gavin in my heart.  

John took me out for sushi for our anniversary dinner.  12 years and counting.  

And last but not least, Luke has entered the world of Harry Potter.  He has been listening/following along to the series all summer long on audio book.  I love talking Hogwarts with him.  He has finally found a love for reading. 

We have a new pecking order at our house!

May Recap
 
We have entered a new level of weirdness at our house.  We adopted 5 new little ladies into our lives.  They are the cutest chickas you will ever see.  We have joined Justin and Stacey in a new adventure of raising backyard chickens.  Ashley is our chicken charmer.  They love her and everyone loves the chickens.  We are working on finishing their awesome coop.  Lets hope they last longer than our other pets.  We have been fair weathered pet owners in the past.
 

 

 

John is one year older and wiser too.  We went to our new favorite dinner destination, Steve O's, with our friends. 

 

Then we came back home for some ice cream cake.

Happy Mothers Day to me. I love these four "little humans" more than anything.  I'm am so lucky I didn't have to wait long for these awesome little angels to join our family.  They give me purpose!

 This doesn't happen often, mostly Noah's "scripture study" is watching the Mormon channel on the iPad, but this moment was defiantly picture worthy.

It's that time of year again, dirty faces, Dorito fingers, Gatorade mustaches, skinned up knees and the opportunity to run wild in the woods without Mom nagging them.  Fathers and Sons camp out with Dad. 

Us girls had fun too. 

As soon as  John got back in town from camping he had to head out to West Virgina for firearm training.  Conveniently Ben was out of town too so Ruth and I of course had to hang out together. 

Oh yeah.... and THIS happened.  Aghhhh Does this mean I have to be a real adult now?

 So apparently we have a free petting zoo that I never knew existed.  It was a fun little day trip for Ethan and I.

My little Ashley is officially a kinder graduate.  After watching her brothers before her, it was finally her turn.  It brought tears to my eyes.  I love kinder graduations.  They sang Somewhere Over the Rainbow and did a rendition of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and then danced around to Happy by Pharrell. It was adorable.

Since John was out of town for her big day, he surprised her with a photo box to put pictures in.

She requested Which Wich for her Graduation lunch. 

She received a medal for excellent attendance.  

We were all excited to have dad home after missing him for a week.  It was a fun reunion. 

Memorial Day = The Shark pool is open!

So remember how you aren't suppose to let your kids put plastic bags on their heads.  Haha, well Ashley did and Luke and I decided she looks like Frankensteins bride.  Silly girl.

I got to join Noah on his end of the year field trip.  We went to Cattlemans and enjoyed the tree house playground, feeding the animals and going on a hay ride. 

That is Noahs' best bud in the background.  He is a funny little kid that talks like he is an adult and likes to talk a lot.  After I took this picture, he said "Oh I think I was in that picture too, can I see it?" haha. I had fun getting to know him on the trip. And had even more fun spending the day with my Noah-Nater.