May randoms

These two guys are such good little cousins and friends.  I'm glad they have each other.

 Abigail had a tea party for Activity Days that we got to go to together.  

I love being with this sweetheart.

 The four oldest kids started baseball.  Hailey and Carly were on the same team together.

Jake and Hailey didn't end up on the same team, but we still saw each other a lot.

 Abigail was a big help watching Isaac during the games.

I couldn't quit laughing.  Someone shut Ike's binki in the pantry and just left the clip part hanging out.  He was so upset.

Hailey's preschool graduation May 2015

Hailey got to have her graduation at the Kangaroo Zoo.  They ran and jumped on all the blowup toys before the official ceremony.  So we were all a little sweaty and straggly (Hailey calls everything that is messy, straggly) by then.  

 Thank goodness she got to be in the same preschool class as Jake.  I don't know what we'll do if they get different kindergarten teachers next year.

Hailey and Oakley

Hailey's tumbling recital May 2015

Hailey had her first year of tumbling and she loved it!  I loved watching her improvement each week.  They had a parents week so we could come and see their skills.  Hailey called it her tumbling recital.  I was too busy taking videos of all her routines, but I did sneak in a few pictures.

 getting her tumbling certificate and prize.

 They had a photobooth after that she wanted us to do with her.  She gave us mustaches, and I asked if she wanted one too.  She said she wanted to look pretty, not like a man.  I guess she just wanted us to look like men.

Mother's Day weekend 2015

Saturday morning, we had breakfast at my parent's house since we had special visitors.

We always get so excited when Brent and Shelley come and visit, but this time they brought their sweet baby, Wallace.  We couldn't get enough of him.  It's amazing how fast I forget how tiny new babies  are.  

 Wally fell asleep on Grandma's lap, and he just looked so peaceful.

 Saturday night, we had a sibling game night at our house.

I woke up Sunday morning to breakfast in bed and wonderful surprises from all of the kids.

 After church, Abigail begged for us to play dress up.  They got my old prom dresses and bridesmaid dresses out and we had fun trying them on.  They got so excited about it, that I'm looking forward to when we can go prom dress shopping for them one day.  

 We had Sunday dinner with the Dawsons.  Ike was being so helpful that he unloaded every single plate that Grandpa put in the dishwasher.  I was going to stop him, but the grandparents liked watching him do it.

Me and the beautiful souls that made me a mother.  

I love these precious children so much!

Dance recital May 2015

Carly and Abigail danced their little hearts out at their recital. 

 I loved their cute outfits.

 Hailey didn't dance, but she wanted to dress up anyways

 They are the two on the left.

 Ike drenched himself with a water bottle, but we randomly had an extra shirt of Luke's with us.  Luke thought he looked like a little warlock.   So that's what he got to wear for the rest of the night... which was a pretty long night.  The kids were troopers for sitting that long.

We had a fun dance year, but the girls have decided to move on to different things.  

So this was our last recital.