Tennis Camp

(Allie wanted to be included too, so she brings out her racket and tennis ball to toss around while the girls take their lessons. The coach even gives her a treat every day too.)


This week, Aubrey and Alexis have been participating in Tennis lessons at a local high school. They have such a fun Coach and have been doing some really great drills. They love to play and we hope they will enjoy it for some time to come.

Daddy Day

We had a really great Father's Day this year. The girls painted picture frames to give to Adam and had SO much fun doing it. Allie even insisted on doing her all by herself. She was so proud of it, all along exclaiming, "it's for my daddy!" We made a nice dinner and had red velvet cake for dessert. Adam is such a wonderful dad to his girls. He loves to give them rides on his back, play tennis with them and read them stories in funny voices. They never let him leave the house without a kiss and miss him all day long. We love you Adam! Thanks for being such a great dad!

Swimming at last!

Summer has finally begun and we have been having so much fun! When Alexis walked out the Kindergarten door on Friday, she said, "Wait for the bell, Mom, then I'm a First Grader!" It was a great year...and I only missed picking her up just that once when I fell asleep. That was my biggest fear when school started and two weeks into the school year, I dozed off and woke up to discover school had been out for 15 minutes already! Luckily, her teacher stayed with her and she was safe and sound and it never happened again. I was SO embarassed!

We kicked the summer off by swimming, of course. Our friends invited us to their house to swim and we spent the afternoon in the sun and water with friends. It was the perfect way to celebrate the end of the school year. This past week, we have also been enjoying tennis, popsicles and checking in on our rapidly growing garden.


Aubrey checks on the "kiwis" (it is obviously a zuchini but we can't get her to say it) with her dad every night. She was ecstatic to haul this one inside.



Even big girls get tired. Alexis fell asleep after her field trip last week. First nap since Kindergarten started; I guess the year finally caught up with her.


Alexis took this cute paper covered clipboard to her teacher for a gift on the last day of school. Thanks to my friend for the great idea and "how to!" Her teacher loved it.


Just home from the the last day of kindergarten.







Popsicles on the porch.

Ready for summer!

Summer checklist:

swimsuit...check (at LONG last!)
popsicles...check
hot weather...check
snacks...check (string cheese, pretzels, go-gurts, craisins, etc.)
sunscreen...check

Can't wait to spend all day with my girls doing whatever we feel like, whenever we feel like it. We know it will involve a lot of swimming...Allie has been wearing swimsuits around the house day and night for weeks in anticipation! I am sure we will also think of all sorts of crazy things to play, to make, and to bake!

Three days until schools out...hooray!

Dancing Queen

Alexis had a dance recital this past weekend. She had so much fun! They had a dress rehersal on Friday night and then the performance on Saturday. She was a little bit worried about her costume in the beginning; she thought it was way too short and felt a bit ridiculous (it didn't help that Aubrey was laughing at her). In the end(after doing hair and make-up and seeing her friends in theirs), I think she really liked it and even wore it to class today by choice. She loved dancing on stage and being with friends. They performed both a tap and ballet number and did a great job. We were proud of her! She was pretty excited about the bouquet of flowers her dad gave her after the recital. She could hardly wait to put them in a vase on the table once we got home. I remember how special I used to feel when my dad would bring me flowers to things like that (or for any occasion); he has always been good about giving flowers at just the right times. It feels a bit sureal to be doing that for our own kids now.