2 weeks in pictures!

School's out for the summer!  Helaina is officially on summer break, and she's anxiously awaiting the other kids in the neighborhood to finish their last week of school.  On the last Thursday in May, her classroom had a small ceremony to wish them goodbye and celebrate their completion of the year.  She received a certificate and enjoyed popsicles with her classmates.   

Helaina wants to be a teacher when she grows up.  Her favorite food is letter soup and her favorite thing to do at school is play in the kitchen.

Mrs. Messer on the left and Mrs. Stickler on the right.  It was also the last time we'd be at the Jackson Center as she'll be at Thornton Creek next year.

For their first summer break activity, we spent the morning at the park with the splash pad.  Sure wish he didn't want to drink the recirculating dirty water!

Our church festival was last weekend and the kids spent a whole evening there.  We had falafel, hummus, and lemonade.

The kids danced the night away and Helaina brought her neighbor friend, Reese.

Helaina is 42", which means she is able to ride sooo many more rides.  Reese and Helaina were on the scrambler about 5 times.  I couldn't watch them any longer without starting to feel nauseous, but they had a great time!

This girl rode the Himalaya with her mom! Randy thought we were crazy!  Zach doesn't quite enjoy any ride unless he can sit on my lap.  Hoping to break that habit soon!

Helaina helping mom snap beans for dinner.

We prepared long and hard for a couple weeks for our neighborhood garage sale.  Perfect opportunity for us to organize and purge before our move this summer.  It was a busy couple days and yesterday the kids had a lemonade stand with hotdogs, chips, and cookies.  Today is the last day and we're happy to get things back to normal around the house.

Helaina reached another milestone earlier this week!  We had practiced for a couple days, but it didn't take long for her to get it down.  This was one of her better rides. We are so proud of her!