Fourth Fun

Our weekend started with the pancake breakfast bright and early at church. They had balloons and the kids could make rockets then watch them be shot up into the sky. Kate’s exploded but since Jason made it he takes all the blame!

My Dad and I ran the Peachtree Road Race for his 19th time and my 9th year running. It was so much hotter this year than the past couple of years! Which made it harder, plus I’m out of shape due to it being so hot and being sick forever. Even though it was harder this year, we did it and it was still a lot of fun! I’ve really come to enjoy this tradition and want to continue running in the race. Jason, my Mom, and the girls went to the parade where they had a blast. In a year or two Kate will be old enough to decorate her own bike and ride in it for a little while. She’s growing up so fast!

We planned to watch fireworks at St. Ives that night, but heard they weren’t going off until around 9:30, which is pretty late for our kids. Instead, we went to our friends and did our own homemade firework show in the rain. It was so much fun! We drove to a parking lot, laid the seats in our car down, opened the trunk (which kept the rain off of us) and watched the guys try not to kill themselves :)

Abby’s very serious about her patriotism

It was a pretty great weekend. Kate loved all the treats she got and being able to hold sprinklers. The rain didn’t even faze her.

Mother’s Day

We had to push Mother’s Day back a weekend since Jason was in AL helping with the tornado cleanup on the actual weekend. He told me later that he was the only guy with kids who stayed through Sunday and was feeling kind of bad about staying. I had no problem with him staying the entire weekend. First, really, I’m going to complain about him helping people who lost EVERYTHING?! Second, if he had come back then I would have only gotten one day instead of a whole weekend! I’m not selfish at all ;)
We continued our tradition of going to Helen, eating lunch, playing on the playground, and getting lots of chocolate and fudge to eat.

Girls playing in the morning. They really love each other and I love watching them together.

Kate loved feeding the bears. I know I’ve said this before but this place is kinda awful. I’m a hypocrite because I go, but it can not be a healthy environment for the bear. The kids just love it though…

Haha, they’re always making us laugh!

Had a little trouble getting a mother/daughter picture but I like these.

It was a great day/weekend!

Temple

We went as a family to the Atlanta temple open house. The temple was built in 1983 but just underwent major renovations. Jason remembers going when he was only 4, especially having to put the booties on :) I’m so glad our girls were able to walk through, hopefully Kate will remember it a little.

My Little Gymnast

I signed Kate up for a dance/gymnastics class. She loved going to gymnastics. It was a 9 week class and it’s amazing how much she accomplished in such a short time. At the beginning she was nervous to do many of the tricks and had a hard time with other things. She ALWAYS loved jumping and running though :) By the end she was doing everything and was still having a blast. Here are some pictures from her last day.

Blurry picture but here’s my little Ballerina

I think she thought she was in karate class. Maybe she’s hinting for what she should do next year

Abby is ready for her lesson

Tah Dah!!!

Love this Girl

Rite of Passage

Apparently all our babies must have an eye incident. Kate and Abby were playing outside when we saw Kate let go of her swing and it hit Abby on the back of her head. We were walking out to comfort her when she stood up and the swing swung back and knocked her in the eye. It was so pitiful. It got her pretty good in the eye and left a decent almost black eye mark.

So cute I can’t stand it

 

After a long day of playing in dirt and water, the girls put on their new t-shirts from Chad and we went to the store. Jason got this video while I was in line returning something.

I’m not sure who’s leading who :)