Zoo Day with Nana

 My baby birds:

 Lexi on the sky safari with Nana:

 Wouldn't it be so nice to just be able to take a nap wherever you feel like it?

 I spy a hippo.

 I spy a Lexi. Do you?

 Jayvan loved the sea lion show, but I think he was a bit annoyed that he didn't get to go swimming.

 We took this picture for Daddy.  Ha!

 This was the best attempt at a picture of the three of us. 

Happy 3rd of July

 On the Third of July we headed out to my parents house.  One of Lexi's favorite things there is Pap's drum set in the garage.  While it may be a little dirty, it's the perfect location to let a kid drum 'til her heart's content. 

 We spent most of the day in Nana's pool, and I don't have any pictures to show for it.  Then, we went out to the lake to watch the fireworks show.  I have decided that attempting to take photos of fireworks is one of my least favorite things.  Just trust me. There were fireworks.

 Nana bought her grandbabies some light-up swords and nobody poked their eye out.  It was an all around win.

We enjoyed a laid back Fourth of July at home.  I hope you all had a great holiday.

Mia's Party

Mia turned three and May and she had her pool party a couple weeks after the official day.  We had a blast celebrating this awesome little chica.  Aunt Audrey did a great job with the party.

Snoozing Cousins

Jayvan's First Drive-In

 We decided to take the kids to the drive-in.  I had a rental truck, because my car was in the shop, so we brought the air mattress and snuggled up in the back.  The kids were pretty much asleep as soon as the movie started, but it was good times nonetheless.  It was Jayvan's first drive-in.  We watched Avengers.

Nana, R.N.

 Nana finished nursing school and we couldn't be more proud of her! It takes a lot of effort and dedication to go back to school after being out for almost thirty years.  She is living proof that you can achieve your dreams at any age. 

On Thursday night, she had her pinning ceremony.

 Then on Friday, there was the big graduation and celebration.  We are so proud of you Nana!

 Jayvan got to go swimming outside for the first time.  He loved it!

Prom

Aunt Ashley and Kyle went to prom and we went out to document the occasion.  We met up at the square along with half of the town.  The kiddos had some fun on the playground equipment.

 We took some photos around the square.

 Then we did some shots with the old Chevelle.  This is the car that I drove in high school.  It used to be red back in the day (I'm so old), but my dad has since painted it baby blue.

 Lexi recreated one of my old senior pictures.

 Jayvan set his sights on some high school girls while we were waiting at the red carpet. 

 Ashley and Kyle arrived in Kyle's brother's boat and they were dancing! I couldn't believe it.  Kyle is typically pretty shy, so this caught us all by surprise.

 I hear they had a great time at prom.

Easter!

On Saturday night, I was getting Lexi ready for bed, and I told her that I would have to go back downstairs for a while after I read her a story.  She said, "OK Mom. Don't forget to hide my Easter basket."  We never pushed the Easter Bunny thing one way or the other, but it's obvious now that she knows who is behind the Easter baskets.   So I hit her goodies under the desk and she promptly found them on Easter morning. 

 This year, we hosted Easter at our house.   We had about thirty people total with nine kids to hunt for eggs in the backyard.  It was so much fun.  I love having a bunch of kids around on the holidays.

 Jayvan fell asleep just before the Easter Egg hunt, and our policy is "never wake a sleeping baby."  So he took a nap while the other kids ran around the back yard collecting eggs.

 Taking a butt picture is a family tradition that we resurrected this year.  I think my time on the StairMaster is showing, thank you very much. ;)

 Then of course, we took more family pictures.

 (And friend pictures:)

 Since Jayvan was awake from his nap, we gave his some eggs and took some pictures.

It was a wonderful Ressurection Sunday to celebrate with friends and family.  God is so good.