First Vacation Alone

Emily got the opportunity to travel to Grandma V's house for a vacation without the rest of us. She had the best time and never missed us once. It is over 2 weeks later and she still wishes that she was in Idaho with those kitty cats.

Emily was excited to have her very own plane ticket

Visiting Grandpa Wayne

Meeting ditto

She visited the falls and fed ducks by the river

Wagon rides and playing with cats were her favorite things about Idaho

This horse was just her size

Emily's Preschool Graduation

Emily graduated from Preschool on June 5, 2009. The ceremony was held at Hilton Head Park and Emily enjoyed herself a lot. We have had a great 2 years in Mrs. Greene's preschool class. It was a parent participation preschool, so I went to school most days with Emily and got to help in class. Emily learned so much in preschool. She has learned all her basic preschool things like letters and numbers but then there was so much more. Emily is reading and writing! She writes notes to people all the time and can read a few of her books all by herself. It is amazing!

Emily ran when they called her name!

She loves posing for the camera

Mrs. Greene & Emily

Receiving her diploma

2009 Graduating Preschool Class

Bike Parade

During the final week at preschool Emily's class got to bring their bikes to school for a bike parade. They decorated their bikes with anything that they wanted and then rode them around the entire elementary school for all the older kids to see. What a great day of fun!

Emily wanted balloons, bows and streamers.

Kendel had a monkey bike! Kids on parade!

Preschool

Emily loved her preschool class this past year. She made a lot of friends and loved her teacher Mrs. Greene.

She spied me during circle time.

Sharing Time....Emily shared a picture that she made of the ocean. Recess with friends

Run Run Run

Swim Lessons

In April and May Emily took swim lessons. She loves the water and could stay in it for hours! Mostly it was playing and learning the basics (kick your feet and move your arms), but by the end of her 6 weeks she was actually swimming underwater! The pool was only 2-3 feet deep, but she was swimming!

Little Doll

Here is little Megan at 3 months old. She loves to smile, coo, squeal and laugh! Her hair refuses to stay flat so now I just comb it up all the time. She is just like a little doll.....so much fun to play with!

Backyard Cookout

We decided to buy a small fire pit to have some fun this summer. So when Cassie came to visit over Memorial Day weekend we knew it was the perfect time to pull it out and find another way to enjoy our new house.

We cooked up hotdogs and had a picnic on the grass. Afterwards we cooked our marshmallows and made smores. Absoultely delicious! We can't wait to do it again next week when Vivian is in town for Emily's preschool graduation.

Hot Dogs!
Even Megan got to enjoy the picnic
(as long as the smoke didn't blow our direction)
Golden Brown.....just right!
Smores are delicious!