Fun time with Family, June 8

 Leah, the boys, and Elli checking out the fountains.

 A little chilly in the fountains.

 Boys taking thier bottles.

 Elli and Papa playing t-ball.

Elli's first snow cone of the year.  She was so excited!

Last Day of Kindergarten

 Walking down the hall for the last time as a kindergartner.

Of course, a frozen hot chocolate was in order to celebrate the occasion!

PLay Time

 Elli is really good at playing on her own with her toys and imagination.  It is fun to watch her.  Here she is transporting her princesses and various other friends in their "car".

 We went to the Dairy Shed after ballet one night and Elli read her book to her friends.

 Posing in front of her new paint colors.

First night in her new room.  She decided she liked it very much:)

Memorial Day Weekend

 Relaxing by the pool at the club.

 Megan and Kyle joined us.

Kyle and Rayna.

More Strawberries

 Elli and Madilynn

 Madilynn, Lily, Elli

 Lots of kids, lots of strawberries, and lots of fun.

 I turned exactly 35 weeks on this Thursday that we picked.  it was hot, I was tired, but it was still fun to be out with friends.  I made two batches of jelly, a pie, and froze the rest.  Well worth it.

 Lily, Madilynn, Elli, Caroline, Emma Grace, Caleb, Andrew, Lucy.  Little Cody was sick and couldn't join this year.  Sure do love these kids and their parents.  Thanks for the annual fun memories:)

Kindergarten Field Day

 Getting ready for the three legged race.

 Elli and Ryann

 Elli won her heat of the softball throw.  Great arm little girl!

 Hug that ball:)

 Obstacle course.

 Tug of War!  Elli was afraid to go the field day for fear of being embarrassed in front of other kids.  She ended up loving it and so did the rest of her class.

And, finally, she lost her top tooth!!!!!  She pulled it out while at the cemetary with mom and grandma, decorating grandpa's gave for memorial day.

Strawberry Picking, May 22nd

 Mom carried Gloria

 Elli picked for a while, then the prickers got to her and she stepped out for a bit.

 Contemplating whether or not it is worth getting pricked by the thistles to get some more delicious strawberries!

 Yes, I am 35 weeks pregnant picking with the best of them.

 Speaking of the best, this is proper pickin' form, displayed by Heather:)

Me and my girl!

Happy 1st birthday, Lucia

 What a sweet little lamb.  She was not so happy just sitting here thugh.

There's the adorable smile we see so often.  Love you, Lucy!

Mother/Daughter Banquet At First Baptist Kettering, May 18th

 Heather and Gloria

 Grandma, Mom, Heather, Gloria

 My girl.

 Grandma, Mom, Elli.

Gloria loves Elli and will reach out to hug her when Elli comes near.  So sweet!  Elli loves it too:)  It was a fun night celebrating being a mom with my mom and sisters, grandma, and daughter.

Kindergarten Graduation, May 18th

 Elli and Molly said the pledge at the opening of graduation.

 Whole class picture with Mrs. Cooney and student teacher, Ashley Morris (former student of mine).

 Family picture with the graduate.

 Miss Morris.

 Mrs. Cooney

 Elli received two awards.  One for turning in all her homework all year, and the other for learning all 50 sight words for the year.  Way to go baby girl!

 Getting her diploma.

 Switching her tassel to indicate she is now a 1st grader.  This actually caused great confusion because the kids had three more weeks of kindergarten!

Lunch at Stony Creek with another frozen hot chocolate.  She is a spoiled little graduate!  So very proud of my big girl though.

Elli's book

 One night while reading Laura Numeroff's book, "If you give a moose a muffin", Elli told me she could write a book like that.  So the next day she dictated to me a story called, "If you give a cat a flower."  It is great!  She did the story all by herself, only needing a couple of prompts.  I am so proud of her work.  We fixed it into a hard back book and she has been reading it to friends and family.  Here she is reading it to Emiliee.

Proud of her.