Summer Kick-Off!

 The girls finished up another great school year!  Winnie got a new dress and haircut to spruce things up for her kindergarten graduation.  She loved her first school year in Mrs. Westwood's class.  She learned so much, and we all learned she is going to be a perpetual social butterfly.

 It was tough to say goodbye to June's teacher, Mrs. Kent.  It was her last year of teaching and it was our pleasure to have her before she finished up.  These two were kindred spirits and June adored her sense of humor, her laid-back teaching style, and her love of horses and cowboy music!  Third grade will be hard to beat!

 Kolby had to work in Twin Falls for a day in June and we decided to tag along with him and visit Nana and Grampy.  Klive spent the afternoon snacking and snuggling with Gramp.

 The girls introduced Nana Betty to the ipad and their crazy hairstyle game.  

 We also reached a few milestones in June.  Klive kicked the diaper habit and never looked back.  Uncle Buck dropped a pretty penny on a load of big boy (stinkin') underwear as a reward.  Look at that big boy pride!  He's only had a couple of accidents, and mom does a happy dance every time she walks by the diaper isle at the grocery store!  We are a diaper free family!

 After a visit to the dentist and a bad report on his binkie-induced overbite, Klive made the decision to give up his pacifier, too.  Surprisingly, that was tougher than potty training.  He went a couple of days without it (hiding the withdrawals) and then he had a major cry under the couch because he missed it so badly.  We decided it was time for a diaper and binkie-free big boy to get his own big boy bed.  Mom worked her fingers to the bone on a custom-made avengers bedspread.  He is now a happy camper!

 We celebrated Father's Day with this guy.  The greatest dad around deserves a relaxing break from time to time.

 So we made him a back-rub shirt.  The kids take turns driving Klive's toy cars on Kolby's road map around town.  Fun for the kids and Kolby too.

 We celebrated the Fourth of July in Malad with Nana and Papa.  Here's a picture of my patriotic masterpiece - a jello trifle.

 The cutest Uncle Sam I've ever seen.

 Dutch oven chicken by the river.

 We had another visit with our grandparents.

Nana showed June a few tunes on the ukulele.  Looks like she's a two-instrument girl now.  Not a bad start to our summer vacation!