Who's that kid with an OREO cookie?

Happy Birthday Lily lou lou

Schools out for Summer!!!!!

Porter in his Jeep ready for the drive in movies at school

Porter and his friend Brandon

Reagan & Lily

Porter finally had his last day of school. Porter had a drive in movie day in his green Jeep that Matt and him made. It was definitely the largest car there. The kid had to drag it all over the school, but he was proud of it. Then we finished off the day at a swim party at his classmates clubhouse. I'm so glad school is out and now we can swim, go to the beach, and relax. I did sign Porter up for skate camp at the Vans skate park for a week. We'll see how that goes. Hip Hip Hooray for Summer!!!!!

Lily's swim party

Thomas and Porter
Chicken fights

Lily was a little sad to hit her friend horse, but after the candy came out she was sure it was a good thing.

Porter broke the pinata

Best friends
Alie& Lily

Yummy candy

We love our cousins

Carter & Sawyer Lily Porter& Jane

Lily had a great swimming birthday party at grandma and grandpa's house. The weather was perfect and the pool was warm. The kids didn't stop playing until it was time to go. It was fun to see Jono, Shelly and family. We wish we saw them more often. Lily loved every minute and also loved her four webkinz, polly pocket pool party, bike, and hamster ball. Thank you to all who came.

Lily's preschool ending party

Lily and her best friend Bea

Janie is always hanging on my legs

We went to the park for Lily's last day of preschool. She had a great time with her friend Bea. We were sad to tell her teacher bye. This was her last year. Lily loved Mrs. Pray, she'll be missed. We are excited to finally have no school for a couple months. Yea!!!!!!

Lily's top 5 birthday presents

#1. pony
#2. guinea pig
#3. hamster
#4. rabbit
#5. dog

I asked Lily what her top five presents she wanted for her birthday that weren't alive and this is what she came up with. The girl is animal crazy. I hope she's not disappointed on her birthday, but I don't want another animal in the house.

Meet Ms. Hamster

Last week one of the Mom's at Lily's preschool was asking if anyone wanted a rabbit or hamster. I told her Lily would love it, but a dog, fish and a turtle were enough for me to handle. So she brings the hamster and its cage to school the next time and says that if it doesn't work out she'll be happy to take it back anytime. I gave in and now we have a hamster named Hamster. It was named blacky, but Lily changed it to Hamster. Lily is in love and has been playing with it non stop. I have to put the hamster in time out to give it a break from her torture. I guess she'll get one of her birthday request after all.

Day at the beach

We went to Newport beach on Saturday. We had such a fun time playing in the water and the sand. We were there until 6:30 PM. I was a little worried to take Janie because I thought she would eat the sand, but she did great. Not one handful of sand. It really made me excited for school to be out and weekly trips to the beach to begin. We were lucky enough to be able to swim in grandma and grandpa's heated pool afterwards. What a fun Saturday. I love summer!!!!!

New Dog

I've been meaning to take Max, our dog, to the groomers for months now and he was looking really shaggy and matted. He was really dirty and his poor eyes were covered with hair. I finally took him and he came back a new man. Its amazing how much better I like him when he is clean. You would of thought we got a new dog. The kids have been fighting over who gets to hold him. I guess I really need to keep up on his grooming habits.

Teeth, Teeth, teeth

Porter's front tooth has been loose for a while. This morning Matt tried to pull it out with floss, but it wasn't coming out. At school he pulled on it all day, but still no luck. So when we got home from school I pulled out his first front tooth. Porter is very proud of his toothless smile. I think he looks so cute. We'll see if his smile still looks cute after the big tooth grows in.

Then we have Janie who is getting her four front teeth. The poor girl is getting them all in at the same time. She hasn't been sleeping much. She is up by 5:30 am. So she gets to go with me on my runs. I'm thinking she does it on purpose because she enjoys it so much. Lets hope those teeth come in fast, so the poor girl can get some sleep. She still manages to be happy most of the time.

Oh Barracuda

Matt took Porter on his first big boat fishing trip. They left really early on Saturday and were back by noon. The boys caught a lot of Barracuda and now we have a freezer full of fish. Porter loved the boat, but got a little sea sick at the beginning. I think he takes after his momma. He was the youngest kid on the boat, but that didn't stop him. When the boys got home we headed over to grandma and grandpa's and swam and ate the most delicious fish tacos.