11 dAyS!

Even better than 11 days, is that this is the last full week of school! If this week can go by quickly, we are set!

On Friday, Chris, Mike, and Melissa played in the Coaches vs. Ref soccer game at the Y. Since Chris and Mike were playing for the refs and Melissa was playing for the coaches, we knew either way we would have reason to celebrate and decided to head to dinner after the game. After some debate, we decided on Big Planet Pizza. It was really delicious and they were very accommodating to our big group.
Chris scored 2 goals during the game and helped his team to the win. I think next time Melissa might jump ship and play with the refs so she can have something to work with!

Josiah had shots on Friday and wasn't in the mood to celebrate. He hung in there as long as he could.

Saturday was a day of running errands! We did sneak in a trip to High Five during the errand running though! Melissa and I trained a bit for her triathlon. We got in the run and the bike pretty much to completion. That is where I stop. If I tried to do it with her, I'd drown in the ocean. Swimming is definitely not my thing!

Today we went to my friend Donna's daughter's high school graduation party. The party was very well done and the kids had fun playing on the dock.

Look...together Emily and Will make a moose!

The boys eating on the dock.

Pamela, Josiah, and Emily hanging on the dock.

All of the kids absolutely adore Josiah!

tAcO sHaCk!

We tried the new local Mexican restaurant, Taco Shack, last night. It was pretty good! The boys seemed to really like it as well.

16 dAyS!

16 days of school left! This has been a great school year, but I am looking forward to the start of summer vacation. I think the boys are more ready than I am! They have lots of special events and days ahead of them. Hopefully those things will make the last 3 weeks go by quickly. Last week, we had Night of the Arts at school. The music, art, and media specialist work together to display art, perform a concert, and display writing in the media center. There is a piece of art work and a writing sample on display from every single student in the school. It is quite amazing! This year 4th grade got to perform for the choral performance so Ethan was part of the entertainment. Even more exciting for Ethan last week, he got to be media specialist for the day for earning so many points in the reading program. He, and his friend Emily, were the only two in the school that earned it so they were very excited. They got to check in and out books, help with the lessons, etc. Ethan took on Thursday and Emily took on Friday. Both of them skipped lunch because they were having such a good time working in the media center! Will and Noah are excited about their Flat Stanley projects. We have hosted several Flat Stanley's and the boys have been looking forward to sending theirs off for quite some time.

This weekend we did a lot of partying! Our good friend Heather celebrated her birthday Saturday night. We had a nice evening thanks to Bobbie watching ALL SIX kids! They had a great time at her house swimming in her pool and eating dessert. Today was Katie's wedding shower and Josiah's birthday party! It was great spending (even more) time with all of our wonderful friends. Melissa, Liz, and I even squeezed in a trip to the beach this morning with the kids and a run this evening between all of the chaos. Time management at its best!

Here are the kids at Josiah's birthday party. He had a Muppet themed party and the kid are all wearing Animal shirts!
His cake was amazing! The inside looked almost as good as the outside!

It was Girl Time at Katie's bridal shower! Her bridesmaids did a fabulous job with her shower and it turned out great. Paige posed with me.

Melissa and I at the shower. Melissa is a bridesmaid and wore the colors of Katie's wedding.

Emma get made up in a toilet paper wedding dress during one of the games.

The cute cupcakes!

This is a shot of Noah's art work from Night of the Arts.

Bobcat sighting!

We're on the boat going from Disney's Port Orleans to Downtown Disney and we just spotted a bobcat in the woods.  You might be able to make it out in the very middle of the picture.  It was much more exciting in real life, I'm sure.