Start of summer fun

We took a trip to IKEA with Grandma. Millie got her very own desk for her room! She was very excited. Well, about the desk and the giant cinnamon roll, obviously.

She was a big helper getting the stroller out the car since I couldn't do that and push the cart and Grandma had a cart of her own!

And a swim for good measure. We pretty much bring our swimsuits with us everywhere we go these days, just in case!

Max came up with a funny trick at the park.

And Harvey always scrambles from the back to the front if I don't grab him fast enough when we get in the car. Such a funny boy.

Tyler and I had a nice date to the temple and Chili's. Chips and salsa forever!

And a fun Saturday swim. Millie was super excited about that mermaid fin, but it was a cheap one and didn't last. She really wants a good one someday!

And Max is getting trickier by the day in the water.

Harvey looked so cute and funny on the way home from the pool. Love his double chin so much. He always swims his heart out and has a hard time staying awake on our way home so we're always trying to make him laugh and keep him up so he'll nap at home!

We've established quiet time for the older kids while Harvey naps. It is awesome. One day I came in to find that Max had done his writing practice and then turned quiet time into nap time. Such a cute sight.

We were so excited to learn that Mitchell and Shayna are having a baby girl! I love this picture.

Max was rubbing it in that he was right about it being a girl and Millie was sad she was wrong, but super excited for a girl cousin on the Juergens side!

We went to the park one morning and there had been a really bad wind storm the night before. There were tree branches all over the park. Millie parked her bike and right away started clearing them and putting them by the garbage can. Love that girl. I stopped her quick when I saw that all the thick branches had lots of termites in them, but I was thankful for that reaction to help.

You know summer is going well when you look back and find 3 sleeping kiddos!

End of the kindergarten

School wrapped up for Millie on the first day of June, but the end of the year is never as simple as that! Luckily for this year we just had one kid in school with one little program. Tyler and I went to her Kindergarten Recognition and loved seeing Millie shine. Just look at all those cute kindergarteners! This was actually just half of them. It's a big school. Also all the parents with their phones out recording hahaha.

The kids sang their little hearts out, Millie included. See her down in the first row with that awesome fist pump? Love her enthusiasm. She'd been singing the songs at home for several weeks leading up to that and couldn't wait for us to hear the whole thing.

All the kids got to "walk across the stage" and shake the hand of the principal and vice principal. 

And then, because the school knows what the people want, they had a little photo op for each class to go crazy with.

Millie sure loved her teacher! Thanks Mrs. B!

So much respect for people who choose to wrangle this many crazy kids every day.

Remember this cute crew from the beginning of the year?

Oh the things you learn in school, like peace signs. Haha

So proud of our girl!

Millie got to come home with us afterward. She sure loves her dad.

June 1 was the last day! Finally! 

I asked for a "hooray, school's out" pose and instead got a "oh no, here comes the bus" pose. Pretty funny.

Sharon grabbed this pic for me as they were hopping off the bus for the last time this year! Look at that excitement!

And we got to join the annual end-of-the-year water balloon fight. My kids hadn't really done that before and had fun figuring it out.

Turned into all around water fun! 

It's been a great year. We're so excited for summer!

Memorial Day weekend

We got to have Garrett and McKenna in town for Memorial Day weekend! They had been on a cruise from Galveston so we enjoyed them in Houston for a couple days before they went home. We took the kids to the zoo on Friday (minus Millie still at school) and had lots of fun. We even got to ride the train! Thanks to Grammy and Gigi for a great day. These boys were so excited to see all the animals.

Usually the tiger is too far away to see so we felt super lucky to get there during a "keeper talk" where we got to see him up close! So beautiful and so big. 

Harvey's coy half-smile is one of my favorite things ever.

And Max just insisted that McKenna be the one to do everything with him that weekend. 

Other than the zoo we did lots of playing and snuggling, eating yummy food, and of course swimming!

A riveting game of toothpick!

A Sunday walk. Not our smartest choice of activities. It's just way too hot!

Memorial Day somehow always includes a bike ride. Never been super intentional about it but it always just happens! Love it.

We went to the store on Monday for a few things for dinner. The kids asked to look through the toy section and, bless their little hearts, wrote down or took pictures of what they had their eyes on and how much it would cost. They're hoping to earn money this summer and make those dreams come true!

Tyler also looked through an old bin of hats and Harvey thought they were pretty cool. 

Grandma and Grandpa came over for an afternoon swim and then dinner on Monday. I left my phone behind and therefore don't have any pictures but we had a great time! Harvey learned that it's fun to jump off the side into the pool, which totally turned around his attitude about swimming. Thank goodness! We also set up our summer fun purchase - a blow up dinosaur slide! The kids are having fun with it and I love that it's right in our backyard.

End of preschool

The last day of preschool for me and Max was May 24th. The kids were more than happy to pose for me to test the photo backdrop I made. I'm not great at that stuff but somehow we all survive just fine.

The program was short and sweet. Kids never perform like they practice it seems, but hopefully parents understand that haha. So glad Max and I got to have this adventure together!

Here's the cute class. I'm relieved to be done but will definitely miss these cute kids. Luckily most of them are in our ward and we get to see them often!