June 2018

Stella was very exited about our annual planting at the cemetery.  Claire, not so much.  So, she hung out with Papa while the rest of us put some flowers in.

In early June we headed to Syracuse for a Kidz Bop show at the Lakeview Amphitheater.  It was awesome!  It was a beautiful day, we had seats close enough to the stage we were part of all the excitement, and it was a relaxing night out.  The girls enjoyed the hotel pool too!  We made it back on Sunday evening just in time for the AWANA end-of-year carnival style party.  It was great fun!

Samantha's new accessory!

Our pool is open for the season and this little cutie couldn't be happier!













Tri-Town Garage Sale Weekend!  This year the sale came and went and momma just didn't have the energy or time to put anything out.  It was a very over-scheduled weekend with a sleep-over at the Britton's, a Girl Scout sleep over, and two birthday parties.  Inbetween all of the activities the girls did manage to pull off a lemonade stand and a shoe sale.  They made almost $15 and had a great time doing it!

 The Girl Scout bridging ceremony and shut-in was a great success! The girls had a wonderful time playing lawn games, doing crafts, and being with their friends!  I wasn't crazy about sleeping on a fire station floor, but brought along an air mattress and it actually wasn't so bad after all.

At first I said no to the birthday parties - feeling like it would just be too busy of a weekend and we'd all be tired.  But, then I thought better of it.  Birthday parties are so much fun, and it's good for the girls to spend time with their friends.  We made a compromise we would go to each party for just an hour and a half each.  It worked out well and we were all glad we decided to participate in the fun!  Lillian had a super tall rainbow cake that was delicious, and Shanta had lots of water fun!

Stella ran into Ella at Lillian's party!

 We headed to Burlington Father's Day weekend to volunteer at RMH.  We were all looking forward to the trip since we haven't been over since fall.  On the way over we learned about Eli's birthday party Saturday morning so we spent a few hours at Caroline's, then went to North Beach for a bit, and spent the rest of the time at the mall doing a little shopping.  It was a great day!  That evening we visited with our high school friend Brent who doesn't live far from the house.

Tired out!

On Sunday, we stopped for lunch and arcade fun before heading back to NY!

June was a super busy month at SLC Elementary!  I took a day off to volunteer at Larry Day, which was great fun!  Daddy visited Claire's classroom for 'Glimpse Into the Future Day', and I stopped by Stella's classroom for Mrs. Mainville's Reader's Theater:

 Stella did a great job reading loudly with emotion.  I was super proud of her!  We had about an hour before picking up Claire from school afterward so we went for a walk to the playground down the street.

Their classroom teachers both had celebrations and awards for all of their students.  Stella won the excellence award, and Claire the happy helper award!

It's hard to believe the school year is over.  The girls learned a lot and both had a really great year! 

We started the first day of Summer Vacation with a birthday party for Makala. They rented a bounce house and it was super fun!  They also made snow cones and cotton candy, so Claire really enjoyed herself!


Occasionally we will visit a grad party and this year we stopped by Hannah Hooker's.  While we didn't capture the fun, the girls had a blast playing on the inflatable water slide they rented.  The Britton girls were also there and they had a terrific time!