Avery's 5th Bday, Dance Recital, Concert at the Park, Sawyer's Baptism

Phew, I'm running behind on my blogging.  Aren't summers always crazy busy?  May was a wonderful month. Avery turned 5(!!), finished up 4k, and had her dance recital.  Baby Sawyer was baptized in the church in a beautiful ceremony.  We had a great time with our friends and neighbors at the annual Concert at the Park. Oh, and had family pool fun on Memorial Day. The kids have started their summer camps and are having a great summer so far.  Here's to more summer fun!

Avery's 5th Birthday Party

Yummy Pony Cookies

And sandwiches 

Stick Ponies for party favors

Potato Sack Race

Birthday girl pose

Pink Lemonade and picnic lunch food.  I had cute decorations, but the gale force winds put a stop to that :/.  The wind even blew over the cupcakes and stand!

The kids didn't know the difference :)

The kids about stampeded the ponies when they arrived.  They were so excited.

Avery riding Gandalf

She got to ride both ponies. She was so thrilled

Feeding them apples

 Concert at the Park

Our tent theme was 'camp out'.  Here's Tim the grill master

Camping Tent

Camp DI

Listening to the band

Daddy made all the kids S'mores.  Salem was very happy. 

 Avery's Dance Recital

Ready for the big show

So proud of her trophy 

Congratulatory Gelato

With Poppy and Sitti after the recital

 Sawyer's Baptism

Sawyer was baptized in the same church that Carlos, Avery, Salem, and I were all baptized.

Sweet boy did so great. He was asleep the majority of the time. 

Proud Mommy and Daddy

Shannon's cousin and I were so thrilled to be asked as godparents. 

 Strawberry Patch

The local farm had some beautiful strawberries this year.  

We were on a mission to get a good amount to make organic strawberry jam.  We succeeded :).

 4K Mother's Day Tea

Avery's sweet class made tea, hats and sang us songs for Mother's Day

Me in my fabulous hat, Avery made me

Last Day of 4K

End of the year party

She will miss her 4k teacher so much!

 Our new church on the island

We've been members of a catholic club on the island for the past 2 years.  We are so blessed to finally have a priest! Our church has formed and we hope to break ground on our building soon.

Sweet Campbell and Salem

I was able to visit with my friend Alison and her sweet girl in May. It was wonderful to see her and help take her mind off of her worries for a bit. They were in town to support her sister through her illness.  Please pray for Alison's sister and her family.

Memorial Day weekend

Sawyer is wearing Salem's swim suit from when he was a baby. Love this!

Hanging with Daddy

Loving Poppy and Sitt's pool

Avery practicing her lounging

Love our family

Easter '14, Tennis, and Dance Competition

Easter this year was wonderful. We had the neighborhood easter egg hunt. Salem was nervous around the Easter Bunny, but was able to stay clear of him and get his eggs.  Avery did her best to get her eggs among the older age group this year. They had a cookie making station and other games.  The kids had a blast.  Tim also got confirmed in the church on Easter Vigil.  I'm so proud of him!

Tim and I had our annual tennis tournament date night. Jankovic played a young american.  Thanks to Tim's tennis buddies for box seats.  It was amazing to watch.  It'll be so much fun to take the kids to some of the night matches when their older.

Avery is on a pre-competition dance team. They just do one competition this season to get a taste of what it is like.  Of course, princess loved being on stage and really enjoyed being with her dance buddies for the weekend. It will be interesting to see if she takes to competitive dancing like I did. Right now, she adores it. However, she loves doing everything! Time will tell...

Tennis Tournament

Jankovic tearing it up 

Tim photobombing the american

Easter

Dying Easter Eggs

So proud

Island Easter Egg Hunt

With Avery's buddy, Madison

Cookie decorating station.  Eventually Salem got to the decorating.

Avery has outgrown her aversion to big dressed up animals. Yay! 

Our attempt at a family Easter picture. 

The Easter Bunny left some special treats :)

Dance Competition

Tennis shoes and tutu's 

This is how Avery smile's "pretty"  for the camera. Ah, my silly girl :).

We had some time to hit the beach during the competition weekend. This is Avery and Poppy hunting for sand crabs.

Deciding whether to go stick his feet into the surf. 

Trying to catch some minnows 

or an Avery 

Aunt Shaunna was in a boating tournament for charity. 

Mom and I got to go give her some good luck hugs before the race

Avery baked her first pie!  Raspberry