Avery Dance Videos

Here you go...I finally got the DVD in the mail and got them edited.  See if you can find Avery!



This one includes a bonus challenge of finding Lily (Avery's BFF).

June Stuff

What did we do 7 weeks ago did you say?  That's right....I'm BACK!

Avery had her last day of 1st grad and was feeling pretty sassy about it.

The kids ate all my ice cream...

Avery and Laura went to Stephanie's baby shower, so the boys stayed home and ate chicken wings.

We also took a great trip to the beach.  The first half was with the Gibsons.  Papa taught the kids how to fly a kite.

Carter was pretty much in his element.  As soon as we got to the beach, he laid down and did sand angels.  He also enjoyed getting buried.

They were doing some dredge work at the beach, so every few hours a bull dozer or a digger would pass by.  Needless to say, Carter really enjoyed that.  We took a walk down to where they were pulling up the pipes and he was amazed.

Avery had a blast as well on the bogey board.  The 3 big girls were quite the pack.

The FruFest Gang!

A great time at the beach!

Other May Stuff

Whoops... I got behind again.  It's going to happen.

We celebrated mothers day at Shake Shack along with 1000's of our fellow neighbors.  The kids were super patient waiting for their food.   The promise of a milkshake probably helped.

We also went up to the lake to celebrate Mother's day and eat pizza with the Rotmans. 

 

Avery finished up her year of dance with another trophy.

She also had a couple of dress rehearsals for her tap routine and her hip-hop routine.

Avery and her BFF Lilly were in hip-hop together.  (The video will come soon...as soon as they mail it to us)

We also went to Carowinds (big surprise...) with the Giorgi's.  Here the kids are all making silly faces.  Or maybe that's just what they normally look like.

The little ones were super cute on all the little kids rides.

The big ones of course had the most fun on the big roller coasters.  Avery was a pro and helped Easton get excited about the big ones. 

Weekend in Vass

Rob had to go to California for work (and it included the weekend) so I took the kids to Vass.  It was the opening weekend for strawberry pickin' and Spring Fest in downtown Southern Pines so it was perfect timing!  We also brought Aunt Stephanie a load of baby things, including the changing table (hint, hint Carter) and Uncle Joe fixed us a nice dinner (he's the only one not pictured, sorry!)

The kids were pro pickers

And pro eaters (the owners said to eat all we could before the weigh in)

Mimi with her big girls!

Jude had to go to a friend's birthday party so we grabbed Papa and headed to Spring Fest.  There were lots of street vendors selling food, crafts, art, porch swings, carnival rides, everything!

Ice cream break in the shade

Carter thought this motorcycle was pretty cool and he is pretty cool so someone should surely take his photo with it. (He posed all on his own).

Family photo on the bench

On Sunday, the weather was cooler, but perfect for riding Bucky.  The kids took turns walking around the farm while Bucky tried to eat all the grass outside the fence.

That's a wrap on our weekend in Vass.

April Stuff

June is almost upon us, so it's time to post pictures from April.  First up was Carter's birthday.  He actually slept thru the night and we had to wake him up in the morning.  He was pretty excited about all the balloons outside of his room.

He got cupcakes for snack at school and got to be the center of attention.

Next up, Gigi and Ru joined us for some pizza!

And Gigi made him a Gecko cake!

Gecko and Owlette saving the night!  (It's one of his favorite shows, PJ Masks)  Avery loves to help him pretend to save things, although I typically have to play one of the evil villains and get punched.

We also took a trip to the zoo with the Heisingers for Carter's birthday.

The kids had a fun time running around and seeing the animals.

Monkeys!

The kids also joined a neighborhood watch type program riding the streets and keeping everyone safe.

 I love the look on Carter's face, focusing so hard on hitting the apex of his turn at 0.5 mph.

Carter also continued his work as a fashion icon.  I fully expect this to be what you see out on the PGA tour in 3 years or so.

 And of course, we took a trip to Carowinds.  This was just daddy-daughter to ride the big rollercoasters.