Enjoying Sunday

Whew! What a busy day it's been. The kids and I went to 10:30 mass this morning. It didn't get over until nearly 12:00 today - (a little long for a 2 year old). The thought of making lunch for everyone when I got home was too much to think about, so we stopped at Subway and brought sandwiches home. After that, it was outside to tackle planting flowers, and cleaning & washing vehicles. Then I came in and cleaned the house some more. I'm really enjoying my time off - my whole house is clean, all of the laundry is done & the major organization has begun! Kyle & Hannah love blowing bubbles

Hannah helped me plant flowers - please take note of what she is wearing. I had to beg her to put on these old clothes (shorts & a t-shirt).

It wasn't 15 minutes later and she disappeared only to reappear in this dress and her princess shoes. What am I going to do with her?? She refuses to wear anything but a dress and has actually even requested us call her "Princess Hannah."

Kyle gave his Daddy an early Father's Day gift. Kyle had made this for Ben the last week of school. He asked me the day he made it, "How many days until Daddy's Day?" I told him he had a few weeks. He said, "Oh, that's so long, but I can do it. I can wait." He then hid his gift under his seat in the van. He said, "I'm going to hide it here because Daddy will never look here." Today while I was cleaning I found it and read the card. Here's what it said.....I know that it's not Father's Day yet. But it's so hard to wait. So, I'm giving you this present now To make your car smell great! I read Kyle the card and told him he didn't have to wait any longer because of what the card said. He was very excited to get to go ahead and give it to his Daddy. (It was an air freshener he had made out of foam. It was in the shape of a car and was supposed to smell like vanilla, but it had lost it's scent quite a bit).

Birthday Splash!

Today we went to a birthday party for one of Kyle's friends from preschool. Kyle and Hannah both had a blast and didn't want to leave! It was a pool party and they also had this HUGE inflatable slip and slide. How fun!

Hannah wanted to get in the pool so bad. She finally was content just sitting on the steps with her feet dangling in.

Kyle enjoying his icecream cake with the birthday boy

Date is set

I've set the date for the BIG yardsale for June 19th and 20th. Gather your unwanted items and come on out and try and make a little cash. Let me know if you want to join in on the yardsale.

What a Great Day!

Today was such a productive day for me in a fun way. I spent the day scrapbooking with my friends, Abbie and Brandi. I got the rest of my winter album finished, a couple pages of Ben's album finished and started getting things organized for a scrapbook of our St. Louis trip. We had fun chatting and working on our albums. We stopped long enough for a quick lunch and then was back at it. All of the kids played so well together, too. We plan on meeting once a week this summer to scrapbook and just catch up with each other. You are welcome to join us anytime!

Mark's Graduation Party

We had such a great time at Mark's graduation party. It was so fun to visit with friends & family all day long. Many of them we hadn't seen in such a long time, so it was so good to see everyone. The fact that it was Memorial Day weekend was great because many people were able to be in town that may not have otherwise been able to. Hannah & Daddy hanging out

Mark and Zach (Zach also graduated)

The chalkboard was such a hit with the kids. This chalkboard was taken out of Ben's Mom's classroom when the school was remodeled. Joan kept hers. It turns out to be great entertainment for all.

Hannah with Ben's cousin's little girl. She lives in Iowa so Hannah doesn't get to visit with her very often. It was nice they were able to be in this weekend.

Hannah & Kayla

Hannah & Kayla writing on the chalkboard. These two hung out together all day long and Kyle & Trenton hung out all day. I'm glad the four of them get along so well!

Kyle and Trenton spent much of their day riding bikes. Kyle's goals this summer are to learn how to swim and how to ride his bike without training wheels. I'm sure he'll accomplish both because he's really got it in his head that he's going to do both. He's determined. I'll keep you posted on his progress.

Congratulations!

Today Ben's little brother graduated from highschool. Congratulations, Mark! We went to his graduation and then headed to Jeremy Kincaid's graduation party. We will be going to Mark's graduation party tomorrow. Mark just accepted his diploma

We Love You, Uncle Mark

Ben & his brothers


Hannah picked me a flower while we were out taking pictures

Mark with his Mom and Dad

The Broeker Family

The Whole Gang

Aunt Benecia and Uncle Adam got Kyle & Hannah Webkinz. They were so excited about them!

Kyle & Hannah were so excited to see that Santa Claus was at Jeremy's graduation party. Kyle spent a lot of time hanging out with Santa. We found out there are only 216 days until Christmas!

Christian giving Santa high 5's

Hannah chatting with Santa

Kyle had so much fun playing with Emerson & Avery. They don't get to see each other too often, but when they do they always have the best time playing together.

Hannah giving Santa a hug when he left. Emerson came running over to Kyle & Hannah and said, "Santa's leaving. You should probably go and give him a hug before he goes." Of course, they both took off running to give Santa one more hug and say their goodbyes.

Getting rid of some junk...

One of the first things on my 'to do' list is to get rid of some junk and do some major organizing. I'm planning on having a BIG yard sale sometime this month. Anyone else out there interested in joining me? Let me know if you are.

It's Official.....

I am on summer vacation!!! I can't believe how fast the school year went this year. I have so many things that I want to get accomplished this summer, so I'm sure the summer will just zoom by.

Field Day

Kyle's preschool days are over; however, he was invited back to school today to participate in the field day activities. I wasn't sure if he would be interested in this when I told him that he would be teamed up with all different grade levels from the school. He wanted to go, though, and I'm so glad he did. He had such a good time! Ben & Hannah came and watched the festivities, also.

Here he is digging in oatmeal for the object he was supposed to find. So disgusting, but he loved it!

Hannah mostly just wanted to play in the dirt.

Here he is popping a water balloon in the water balloon relay. The 8th graders were team leaders. Kyle's team leader did such a good job looking out for him.

Running back to tag his next team member

Ben hanging out by the playground. This is where Hannah wanted to spend most of her time.

Me, Renee & Abbie

Ben, Kyle & Hannah eating lunch together after the field day games.

Renee and I decided we'd join in on the water balloon toss.

We were pretty far apart at this point. I caught this one; however, the next one busted all over me!

Preschool Graduation Pics

I seriously didn't realize how many pictures I took today at the preschool graduation until I got home today and checked them out. You could tell I was one proud Mommy! Kindergarten Bound

Hannah was so excited to see her buddy, Shelby

This is Kyle talking into the microphone

This is Kyle passing on his "butterfly" to the "caterpillar". The 3/4 year old class are the caterpillars and the 4/5 year old class are the butterflies. The caterpillar class got to become the butterflies today.

Kyle getting his preschool diploma

Kyle with his amazing preschool teacher, Mrs. Woods

Mrs. Hawes helps out in both classrooms. Kyle is so fond of her. He's begging me to let Mrs. Hawes babysit him sometime this summer:)

This is Mrs. Wassmer. She was Kyle's wonderful preschool teacher last year.

Kyle with his best buds -

Nathan, Kyle, Leland & Blake

Kyle & Nathan eating cake at the reception

Kyle & Mrs. Rennie - Mrs. Rennie was Kyle's after school care teacher. She's the one that laid him down for his nap everyday. Thank you for that, Mrs. Rennie!