Recital

Getting ready to tumble...

Tumble finale!
The boys are thrilled! ;)

Avery posing

Pretty ballerinas

Beautiful dancers

So cute!

Finale

Avery did such a great job--we are very proud of all of her hard work!

We will miss you...

We are mourning the loss of our little Andi today. She was taken from us too early and it all happened so quickly. We didn't have time to prepare ourselves. She was a strong and fiesty little dog and we kind of thought she would be around for a long time. She had a great life--she drove us crazy at times with her little neurotic tendancies, but she was loving and sweet and a great cuddler. She was a "sun baby" and loved to sit out and soak up the sun. She always gave morning kisses and loved chewing her cone bone when she was happy. It's hard to imagine our lives without her in it. She brought all of us a lot of joy. Rest in peace Andi. We love you.

The school year coming to an end

Some of Avery's classmates...Shannyn, Samie, Sierra, Avery, Ella, Mikey (the love of the first part of the year) & Owen (the current love) Being silly :)

Chu and I took Avery and Ella out for a special day to celebrate the end of Kindergarten. We went and got the girls their first pedicures! They were so serious the whole time.

Our beautiful toes--the girls were so excited to get flowers painted on their big toes!

The girls were in SILLY mode for the rest of the afternoon--here they are posing with the Buddha at the nail salon.

We ended the evening watching a movie of pictures set to music that Chu spent many many hours putting together. It was pictures of the kids from over the past two plus years--amazing how much they have grown. The mommies were crying watching it--seeing how much they've changed and knowing they are about to be separated when they are right now inseparable. The girls of course provided comic relief by laughing their heads off at the pictures and how silly they looked.

I am so grateful for good friends and grateful that Avery has had such a great first school experience this year and that she and Ella were able to share the experience together.

My how the time flies by...

We got together with friends yesterday...here is a picture of me, Kristen and Karyn on the bus in 2nd grade on a field trip in 1983!

And here we are 26 (!!!!) years later.....Karyn, me & Kristen

And here are our girls, not too much younger than we were when we met...Avery, Ruby & Gracie. Can you guess who belongs to who? :)

Grammy & Grampa visit

We had a great time over Memorial Day weekend with Grammy & Grampa. Grampa took some great photos that I will post soon. I can't seem to get them to save right now. We had fun riding bikes, watching the parade, eating outside at one of our favorites Gritty's, shopping, watching baseball, eating lobster, hanging out and having fun! Thanks for a great weekend.

The three doggies...

Avery's silly grin before it was more toothless!

We saw a fun memorial day parade downtown Brunswick....

Here they are...Sophie had fun watching the baths :)

Avery got a new bed! Well, an old bed that used to be mommy's when she was growing up.

Our little girl is growing up!

Ave lost her two front teeth--the bottom two grown up teeth are already growing in. She looks so much older! She also took off like a champ riding her two wheeler--I will post a picture of that soon :)

And here it is...and one of Avery and Daddy riding together...they can't wait to ride down to Cote's for ice cream!

Sharing one of my favorites

This is one of my favorite George Strait songs performed by Taylor Swift at a tribute concert--amazing! Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clJQln1OzM0