Allayna's New Bike

Tonight after I got home from work Andy had supper all ready to go. Then we told Allayna we had a suprise for her....So we went out to the garage for her to find a new bike! She hopped right on it and took off! So we went for a family bike ride through the subdivisions behind our condos and onto the bike trail. We had a blast!

Allayna and Daddy with the new bike


Daddy and Allayna are leading the way...


At the start...


Mid-way thru still lovin it and not ready to head home anytime soon!


We went down a hill on our bike ride and she loved it and so we went back home a different way so we could go down another hill and she couldn't stop giggling! She's and adrenaline junkie just like her daddy!


When we got home we played a few rounds of Uno! It was yet another fun family night :) We've got quite the weekend planned too!

Mom's Graduation

On June 5th 2010, my mom graduated from College! Andy and I went out there for the ceremony and to celebrate all her hard work and great accompolishment!

Mom receiving her diploma


Mom and Dad


Mom and her kids (Derek and I)


Mom and her Mom


The whole fam


3 Generations


Me and my love <3



The College Graduate with High Honors! Go MOM!


BUT little did she know that there was a WHOLE lot else going on that day besides her ceremony! Dad and I had planned a suprise party for her!


Bell was very fond of Dart :)


CONGRATS MOM WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU!!

The day mom graduated was also me and Andy's 1 year anniversary. So I took him to Falls Park for the laser light show. We loved it! Pulled up a blanket, sat on the hill with some snacks, watched the movie they displayed on the side of an old historic Sioux Falls building and saw the waterfalls light up and laser lights beaming <3 What a wonderful evening out!

Knitting

The last few months I took up the hobby of knitting. I've found that I actually really like it. Here are a few projects I've completed. I have a whole stack of projects I'd like to do yet. Haven't been able to work on anything in the last week or so been waaaay too busy!

My first project was this hat. I made it for Allayna and she loves it! She wears it around the house all the time...


Then I made this Christmas stocking. This one is Andy's. The only thing I have left to do with it is put his name on it and fill it up. I will be making all of us one by Christmas time. Andy picked out the colors and designs. Allayna already announced she'd like sparkly colored yarn for hers. So I have to go get some of that before I start hers:)


This is my most recent so far. Allayna has a loose tooth! She had a few pulled when she had her tonsils taken out back right before Easter, but this one is naturally coming loose! So I made her a tooth fairy pillow for her to put the tooth in and then the tooth fairy will take the tooth and leave her the money in her pillow! This is another of her fav things to carry around the house! Now I cant wait for her to loose her tooth and make good use of the pillow!


That's it for now. Hopefully I will have time to sit down and whip up a few more projects in the near future!

Strawberry Picking

We went Strawberry Picking and had a blast! We went with the Mason's and had a perfect day for it. The sun wasnt shining bright but it wasnt too cold and it wasnt too hot!

When we got there we got our buckets and had to wait for the tractor to come and get us to take us to the strawberry patch....


Brennan asked Allayna if she wanted to sit by him on the tractor and as soon as she said yes he grabbed her hand and they waited together <3


On the tractor headed to the patch


Daddy and Allayna surveyed to get the best ones....


Then she came over to help me find some good ones


A family photo :)


The kids loved seeing their hands all red and stained from all that hard work picking the strawberries


The whole gang while waiting for the tractor to come back and pick us up


When we got back the kids and well I were playing on the playset at the strawberry farm.


Allayna and I got a lil crazy on the tire swing :)


It was a lot of fun. On the way home Allayna asked us if we could go back and pick again next weekend. She was disappointed to find out it was a once a year thing! At least we know she had a good time!

Lunch with Allayna

During the last week of school for Allayna's Kindergarten year Andy and I went to her school and suprised her to have lunch with her. She had no idea we were coming and was very happy to see us! We brought Schlotzkys sandwhiches and a yummy cookie for Allayna.

Layna and Daddy eating lunch


After we ate lunch, she asked us if we would go outside with her for recess. Of course we couldn't turn down that request! So Daddy and Allayna had a race...



Me and Allayna right before recess ended!


It was fun going to see her at school and having recess with her. She really enjoyed it. She sure had fun showing all her friends that we came to have lunch with her :)

Brennan's 6th Birthday

One of Allayna's friends, Brennan, turned 6 last week. So Allayna, and Kennedy, and I went over there for a birthday playdate with the Birthday boy Brennan and his brother Carter. It was a ton of fun!

Here's the Birthday boy showing us how old he is....


Kennedy and Carter looking at each other. They are truly having a blast!


The whole gang as "Brennan's Pizza Place" aka Tazinos


They have a chalkboard wall you can draw on so thats what the kids did for a bit after they ate


Me and Trent


The kids gettin ready to hit the slip n slide!


Layna always comes up to me to give me random hugs and kisses. I love it! However this time she was soaked from rockin it out on the slip n slide!


Then they all cooled off on the picnic bench for a yummy popsicle treat


While they ate their popsicles I made a few bucket fulls of water balloons


Me and the Birthday Boy :)


We sang Happy Birthday and they dug right into their delicious cupcakes Miss Jen made us


They played for a lil bit longer after their treat. Then it was time to head home. This is what I saw only minutes after we left....


Allayna has been a very busy girl already this summer. She started gymnastics a few weeks ago and is absolutely loving it! Daddy also takes her to do a lot of fun things while I am at work. She has at least 1 if not 2 classes a week at the library scheduled all summer. Those started last week. She's had a Tae Kwon Do class which was called Danger Stranger. She LOVED IT and now practices her kicks and blocks with Daddy. She also had a class for the Celebration of Eric Carle's birthday where they made the world's longest caterpillar and did a bunch of other fun stuff. Unfortunately we dont have any pics of those things because the mamarazzi wasnt there. :) We do have pics of her at gymnastics. Those will be coming soon!

A Day at the Lake

Saturday June 26th, we went to Pike Lake with our friends the Mason's and some of their extended family as well. We always have such a good time and Allayna loves playin with Brennan and Carter. It was filled with a delish cookout, swimming in the lake, and an unsuccessful fishing try.

All the kids chowin down on thier lunch....


As soon as lunch was over they were all back in the lake


Brennan and Allayna having a good ole time


Andy and his babygirl


Me and the love of my life <3


Andy and Allayna headin to the fishin hole


Me and Allayna in the lake


We stayed so long we needed another meal! We ordered pizza from Sal's. It was delicious. Of course as soon as we were done eating the kids wanted to get right back in the water. So Jen and I took the kids to the water while the guys packed up the picnic area and got stuff ready to head home. The kids put on a "concert" for us of VBS songs. It was real cute!


After that we decided it was time to head home. We had been at the lake for 8 hours! The time certainly flew by but it was a great day! Needless to say everyone was wiped by the time we left. Allayna crashed hard on the way home. She makes sure she will never miss a beat though because as she was getting sleepy in the car she made sure to ask daddy if he will wake her when we got home! She did wake up when we got home but didnt take long before she hit the hay for the night. She was all wiped out from her long day of playing hard with her friends in the fresh air!