Summertime

     Abigail's kinder olympics and last day of school. She had a great year and we really were blessed with a fantastic, believing teacher.  We are working hard this summer on reading and math so that we can all be ready for 1st grade! I am going to miss her!

Grill night kick-off. Popsicles, hooray!

The girls waiting outside of the rock climbing gym in Berkeley. Former co-worker of Jeremy got us in for free and knew how to hook in the kids. They had a blast. Both girls did really well and even climbed higher than some of the adults.

 

 Swimming at the waterpark. Olivia was in heaven!

 

Camping in June with good friends from church. 8 adults and 9 kids. Kids scootered, or dug holes, from dawn to dusk, covered in a marshmallow, sandy goo but oh so happy. My folks had Caraline so we got to enjoy actually sitting down for once. The girls somehow attracted two boys from a nearby campsite that kept riding by in their bikes/scooters. It has begun!

 

Almost hate to admit that this is how we arrived at the Oakland Zoo one day. Blue hula hair, bathing suit, and all. You never know....

 July 4th parade and decorated scooters.

 Swimming at a friends pool. Yes, Olivia jumped off the rock wall too.

 

Caraline's crazy sunblocked head/hair with 'stolen' shoes.

 Feeding animals in Berkeley. 4 heads of celery lasted about 10 minutes on the cows. Caraline was very excited about them.

 

First Popsicle.

 Fun day at a childrens museum. Beautiful views of the golden gate too!

olivia turns three!

Olivia turned three this past week. We had lots of fun and celebration. Part of the excitement was getting Olivia to learn to ride without training wheels and that actually happened before she officially turned three. Jeremy wanted to be able to say his two year old learned to ride a bike :) Papa and Nani came on the Sunday before for some grilling out and playing in the yard. Olivia was a good sport about letting Abigail help her open most of her gifts, which was fun to see. We had her party at our local park on Monday evening. It was an informal event, with ice cream cone cupcakes and snacks for the kids and mommies. I was so glad that Jeremy was able to make it, as Caraline ended up having a fever that afternoon and needed some snuggle time with Daddy during the party. Olivia and Abigail loved scootering around after the guests left, with Olivia enjoying her new bunny bike helmet and pink scooter from the Indiana Smiths. Another fun gift was the Rapunzel hair that I made both girls, thanks to ideas from the internet. It's a really cheap and easy gift for anyone whose girls are as obsessed with Tangled as mine are.

We are enjoying seeing Olivia continue to be her adventuresome and fun self. We are so blessed to be her parents and can't wait to see what God has in store for her spunky self.