Activities in August

A few of the things we did in August...

Kate really enjoyed her new sleep mask from our neighbors birthday party sleepover (Kate didn't attend the sleepover portion but got to attend some of the earlier festivities and she is loving her mask).

Lucy with her new 2nd grade teacher and her friend Lilah with her 2nd grade teacher (who happened to be Jaydon's teacher last year whom we love so much).

I know this video doesn't really show it but this was the first time Kate was without floaties. She really wanted to jump off the diving board and so we let her knowing she would have to make her way to the wall by herself. I cut the video short and it may look like she didn't move but I promise her slow little doggy paddle made it! She was so excited to be a swimmer!

I am not sure I was ever brave enough to do flips like this off the board!

 The kittens think that hiding under the dishwasher is pretty great, too bad it only stays open for a short amount of time.

 Lucy made some fun art stuff

Kate did the pencil and then Kate did the left picture below and Lucy the right one.

Lucy Turns 7!

Happy Birthday Lucy! We enjoyed getting to celebrate Lucy and took her out for a fancy ice cream treat, opened some presents and enjoyed a fun park (yep outside at the park in late March) party with her friends. 

Lucy is such an amazing little girl. She is so strong and passionate. She loves horses, games, gymnastics, reading, playing with her friends and helping. She is always the first to volunteer to help with a job around the house and definitely plays the role of peace maker well. She is intelligent and kind, she has earned many awards for her work ethic, character and just general goodness. It is a pleasure to be this girl's mom! We love you Lucy-Lu!

Basketball season

That time of year...I am coaching Jaydon and Lucy's basketaball teams again. It is fun and a lot of work and I probably dwell on creating practice plans a bit too much but we are hopefully having fun, learning new skills and (soon to be) competitive.

Lucy's horse camp

Lucy got to attend horse camp again and loved it. She had Walter for the second year (though if she does it again she will move up to a much bigger horse). We got to go and enjoy her rodeo day.

Even the cousins got to come see her ride.

Lucy's birthday party

Lucy has a classmate whose birthday is 1 day after hers so we did a combined birthday party at a cool local jumping place. We all had a great time and really enjoyed running around and hanging out with some of Lucy's classmates.

All the kiddos

Dessert and present time

Enjoy the videos, if they work. We had quite a bit of fun with the obstacle course races.

Lucy turns 6

This amazing girl is 6! Lucy is such a joy. She is happy, kind, smart, athletic, funny, responsible and a wonderful person. She gives awesome hugs and spreads her joy to others. Her teachers adore her, her classmates become friends and her family feels pretty lucky to call her ours. She excels in school, loves riding her bike and doing gymnastics, reading stories and playing games. Horses are still her favorite animal and she is a true animal lover. We love you Lucy Ann!

Pretty excited before heading off to school

Home from school to open some presents

She picked the unicorn cake.