Joey & Amanda's Wedding

May 26th...

My cousin, Joey Kral, married Amanda LeGare.

It was a beautiful wedding and we had a great time celebrating with them!

Krystal, Abby and Chris...

My handsome cousin, Matt...

I don't remember what the question was but I love how they are disagreeing

on it and Amanda is holding his shoe as high as she can reach. :)

Me, Mom and Krystal

This is something I've never seen them do to get the garter and it was hilarious.

Look at Tim's face in the background... priceless!

The girls watching the guys on the dancefloor...

My adorable cousin... yes, cousin!.. Katelyn (in front of Chloe) was the flower girl.

Going in for it...

No hands, Joe!

They played musical chairs for the garter...

I love Amanda's face... and Joey's too...

Jared won! He got the garter and 20 bucks...

He was pretty darn proud! That's the second one this year.

Chloe said Amanda looked like a princess... I agree.

She was a very beautiful bride!

What a fun day!!!

Tall Pines Campground

May 24th...

We got the camper out for the first time this year. Finally! The kids have been bugging us non-stop about going camping and this was just as good as going to a campground. All they wanted to do was sleep in it! I told Keith we could call our place Tall Pines Campground. It was a perfect night for it and the kids had a great time.

Go figure, Chloe in her undies...

Morgan looking adorable, as usual...

They snacked on popcorn while hanging out by the campfire...

Last Day of School

May 24th...

Our baby boy is growing up SO fast! Today was his last day as a 1st grader.
It's hard to believe that he's going to start 2nd grade in a few short months. :'(

I told him that after the last day of school he would officially be a 2nd grader.
He just stared at me for a second and said, "No! Not until next year!"

Last Week as a 1st Grader

May 22nd...

I went to Jared's school to hang out with him at lunch and check out the project
that the 2 first grade classes have been working on for the last few months.

I surprised him in the lunch room and since there wasn't a spot for me by his

classmates, he suggested that we sit at our own table. What a little gentleman. :)

After lunch they have recess on the playground.

I talked a few of his buddies into taking a quick picture...

Then we headed into the school to check out the big project.

Jared standing in front of his classroom...

At the beginning of the year Mrs. Esser had

them finish the sentence, "Happiness is..."

Jared said "Happiness is going to Valleyfair!"

Gotta love how his little mind works. ;)

Each student randomly selected a state that they had to do a report on.

They got a blank cutout of the state and then brought it home with a bag

full of books on that state and drawing supplies. Jared got Rhode Island

first and then Minnesota a few weeks later. He thought it was pretty

cool to get the smallest state and then his home state.

(click the pictures to enlarge)

Since RI is such a small state he got to draw on a larger scale copy of the state...

We learned lots of neat stuff about RI and he did

a really good job of drawing all of the details...

Keith and I did help him with the outline of a few things but he
is a really good artist so he did almost everything on his own.

Minnesota...

2nd and 3rd Birthday Party

May 20th...

We had the girls' birthday party and it was a great day!

Thank you to everyone who was able to celebrate with us. 

The girls had a great time and got lots of great presents.

Happy Birthday to us!

Tash Sandmann made the cake...

and I had a hard time keeping them from touching it. ;)

It looked amazing and tasted just as good!

After waiting patiently and blowing out the candles, I told them to taste a butterfly...

They were a little confused at first. ;)

Morgan has become quite the poser lately...

This is how she does "TWO"...

Time to open gifts...

Jared was being silly by putting on Morgan's new hat...

I had to have Keith help. It was getting a little overwhelming...

Such a happy girl...

Showing off her new "wedding" dress from Grandma Deb...

Daddy likes her new JD sweatshirt...

Showing off her Dora accessories...

Chloe had to try them out too...

Ashlyn tried on the bracelet...

Our little goofball had on 4 or 5 skirts and thought it was a hoot...

Morgan's Godparents, Katie and Jesse...

Sporting their shades...

Chloe and her Godparents, Kelly and Jeremy...

Great Grandma Lappe, me and Chloe...

Grandma Deb and Chloe...

 

Baby Claire, Grandma Patty, Grandpa Roger and Morgan...

Baby Claire, Grandma Patty, Grandpa Roger and Chloe...

We attempted to get a family picture...

Big hug...