Lost a Tooth

Annie is as proud as she can be to show off this beautiful, new gap in her mouth! She wiggled and wiggled this tooth and in the end her Dad couldn't help but help it along in it's final stages.

The Tooth Fairy around this neck of the woods is a tad bit unreliable, often she forgets to come by or I guess has too many houses to visit or maybe she is just TIRED! I have her email address though, and have been known to contact her for sometimes days in a row, in my disappointed, children's behalf and give HER a piece of my mind!!! I will say...when she does arrive, she sure does reimburse better than she did when I was a kid, Annie got a whole dollar and was thrilled as could be!

Preschool Graduation

Annie graduated from Dixie College Preschool the end of April and then did a five week Summer Preschool that just ended yesterday.
We are so proud of her and all she has learned this year. She made some great friends and she is beginning to read better and better everyday...she loves to learn and to be social!

This is most of her class, there were ten boys and ten girls.

Annie with her best friend from school this year, Paige.

This is Annie with her teacher, Mrs. Provost, she is so calm, patient, and loving!

(love Annie's expression. classic.)

And this is her with the two college student aids that helped everyday, Ranelle and Chelsea, Annie seriously loves these two!

There was an adorable video clip of a song from graduation that I tried to post, several times, but to no avail...oh well.

MAY

Where in the world did MAY go???

It was such a busy month for our family...I started a new post May 5 and it's just been sitting unfinished, waiting to be published, mostly due to an adorable video clip that I could not get to upload. Well, after two days of trying off and on, I just gave up on it for a while. Today, I realized...a whole, entire month has gone by, kinda pathetic!

SO....

Here is a synopsis of MAY:

For me...weekend reunion with my five, best, girlfriends from college in SEATTLE, a total BLAST!

Then, there was BASEBALL...

BASEBALL...

and yet, MORE BASEBALL...

FYI...since I know you care...BASEBALL was a lot of fun this year, BUT pretty well consumed all of April and May...we literally had a practice or game or both every afternoon of the week, except for Sunday, for two months straight and I am not exaggerating. At all!

For Mother's Day weekend we headed to Flagstaff, AZ to surprise mi madre...Andy was on call, but it was a fun chance to see all but one of my siblings...missed you so much Jared! We totally pulled one over on my MOM, my Dad was even in on the surprise, of course she was the one taking this picture.


Finding lady bugs.

Elisabeth would have looked all afternoon and been perfectly happy.

Oh and to make for a wonderful Mother's Day for me, I lost Annie after church as we were getting ready to leave the cabin. I've never lost a child before, but I suppose, it was bound to happen, being that I am outnumbered and all...had to call 911 and all!

Next was...Andy's BIRTHDAY! Now if you ask the kids, it was his 26th...but we all know the real truth! He has convinced our kiddos that when you reach the ripe, old age of 30, that you go backwards from there, the boys get it, but humor him...the girls, totally believe him!


Why does it take at least two photos to get everyone looking right, I really need to learn photoshop (in all my spare time).

Then there were all the end of the school year parties, awards assemblies, etc...

***I'm sure you are tired of reading this post and I, frankly, am tired of writing it and finding the pics, so you'll just have to wait on the end of the school year/ Memorial Day Weekend/ Nathan's Birthday details***
Let's just hope it won't take me the whole month of June to post it, we'll see...won't we!