And now July

Well I think that about sums up the past 6 months. I am now current and will post our July so far.

We had a fun 4th of July. We started by going swimming with Evan and Julie's boys. The kids had fun reconnecting with their cousins. After swimming we came back to Grandpa Kulbacki's house and played and had hot dogs and hamburgers. Great-Grandma Lemon was there too! We really had a fun time visiting and hanging out with family.

 After we left Grandpa's we came back to our house and set up the tent in the backyard and built a fire. Then when fireworks started we all climbed onto our roof and watched them. It was pretty cool to have fireworks all around us. We could see the cities fireworks and we had a bunch of neighbors around us that where shooting them off.
We then slept in our tent. It was a pretty eventful night. We had some crazy wind and then some rain. We all survived and had a fun time.

The one sad part of the day was Noodles, our dog. She was unable to walk anymore. She had been struggling with walking for awhile, but on the 4th she could no longer get up. She was throwing up most everything thing she ate. Daniel was picking her up and moving her around to where she needed to be. It was very sad to see. By Saturday she would no longer eat or drink and her breathing was sounding pretty bad. It was a hard thing to take her to the vet and say goodbye. She was a very good dog and we have had her for 9 years.

We took pictures with her on the 4th.

She loved playing in the snow.

 Noodles was so good with the kids. She never tried to bite them and would let them lay on her.

 We will miss her.

More Recap May and June 2013

Continuing on with the recap.

May:

Sydnee turned 5. We had a Minnie Mouse Party for her. Everyone really had  a lot of fun.

Sydnee loves to paint so we did water colors.

 I made a Minnie Mouse pinata. I was pretty proud of it.

 I had made a giant cup cake for Sydnee that I was going to decorate, but something went terribly wrong when I was frosting it and it completely fell apart. Luckily Sam's Club came to the rescue.

Sydnee graduated from preschool. She loved her teachers Miss Kirs and Miss Janet.

 Amber's best friend Hannah was baptized. Amber can't till she can be baptized.

 Amber did coach pitch softball this year. Daniel coached her team. She was able to play 4 games before she broke her arm...but we still had fun getting out to all the games as a family. Hopefully next year she will be able to play the whole season.

Memorial Day fun.
Yep there is Amber's broken arm.just like last year she broke it falling out of the swing.

June:

Amber graduated from second grade. She had a blast and loved her teacher Mrs. Johanson. She also loved being in the same class as her best friend Hannah.

We decided to buy a zoo pass this year.

  At the zoo they have a bunch of Lego sculptures that were pretty awesome to see.

 We loved the new Rocky Shores with the bears and the seals.

I took Syndee and Preston to the Rodeo. They liked it, but we ended up leaving before it was over. I forgot how long rodeos were.

 Preston and Sydnee did swimming lessons. They both did really well.

Recap of Feb-Apr 2013

Where to begin...since I haven't written in a while I will try to do a quick recap.

February:

Daniel turned 34! Here is the cake I made for him.

 I was able to go to Time Out For Women with my mom and some wonderful friends. We had a great time being inspired to be better and "reach higher". I really loved spending time with my mom, she is the greatest!

March:

I finally got a new stove. I have loved it.

 We started finishing the basement back in November, but really got it mostly done by march.

The girls had their dance recital. They did a really good job and had a lot of fun.

Easter Egg hunt at Grandma and Grandpa Kulbacki's.

April:

I tuned 32. Happy Birthday to Me!

Super exciting, Daniel graduated. It has been a long road, but we are so excited that he was able to find a degree that he loved and would enjoy doing. We are so proud of all of his hard work.