Summer is finally here!!!

I have been a total absentee blogger lately. We've been finishing up all our activities and school. We also had a wonderful and busy Memorial Day weekend with a group of friends at their lake house and a trip to their ranch. Colby was in pure little boy bliss riding 4 wheelers, fishing, checking out the longhorns, and "fixing" the 4 wheeler with his buddy. We finished up the weekend with a pool party at a church friends house. Of course I have no pictures from last weekend :(

I do have pictures from the past few weeks. They are mostly of when we've had what little down time we've been able to find.

Playing with the Light Bright

Colby finished his preschool 2 weeks ago.

Here he is on his last day of school.

Here he is on his 1st day.

I think he has changed a lot!

One night, Justin built the kids a tent in the landing upstairs.

They even had a "campfire" made out of Lincoln Logs. Kinsley actually slept in the tent all night.

The other day, I told Kinsley to throw on a t-shirt and shorts because we were going to be going on a walk and working in the yard. This is what she came downstairs wearing: the shortest shorts, her wedge flip flops, a shirt that says "What Happens at Mimi's House, Stays at Mimi's House," and MAKE-UP!

Justin and I are in trouble.

Pooped on the couch

The other day, I gave Colby a bucket of water and his trucks and let him play in the jail---the fenced in area between the pool and the house.

He loved it!

Justin also celebrated his birthday!

The kids were so excited to give him his birthday present that morning.

We got him a big wooden outdoor cooler to go out by the pool.

That day Kinsley also had her Kindergarden program.

That night we celebrated with steaks and cookie cake.

I love Hadley's face in this picture.

These two were chomping at the bit to get a bite of cookie.

Can anyone believe this little cutie will be 1 in less than a month?!?!

When we got back from the lake, I pulled Kinsley's very loose first tooth.

She already had the adult tooth growing in behind it.

Putting her tooth in the tooth pillow for the tooth fairy.

Setting it outside her door.

The tooth fairy brought her three dollars. (Our friends convinced Kinsley, she would get more money because the tooth fairy had to travel on Memorial Day). She also left some fairy dust behind!

Waking up to find the loot.

On Tuesday, Kinsley had costume and board game day at school.

Today was Kinsley's last day of school. It is so hard for me to think I now have a first grader. I am so proud of Kinsley and everything that she learned this year. She had to work really hard and put in a lot of extra work but she had a good attitude about it. All that work paid off too! She got all Above Averages on her report card and is several reading levels higher than the required level.

K on her first day of school.

K today before her last day!