Owen's Birthday...

 I am not sure where the month of June went, but here we are in July and I'll try to play catch-up on the blog!

Owen celebrated his 1st birthday on June 1st!  He decided that he wanted to be a walker that day too...he has been going ever since.  I decided I was tired of the same old cake and ice cream that we have at every birthday party, so I got Owen a traditional cupcake that he could make a mess of and made an ice-cream sandwich cake and an Oreo pudding cake.  Both turned out wonderful!  We had lots of friends and family over to celebrate having this cute little boy in our lives!  He really is a joy to have in our family and we were happy to be able to celebrate him!

Field Trip to the Zoo...

 The 1st graders made enough money from selling candy at the school that they were able to go to the zoo for a field trip.  I was lucky enough to go be a chaperon. It was fun!  It was cute how excited the kids were to ride the bus.  Some had never ridden it because they lived so close to the school.  I am not sure if they were more excited to ride the bus or to go to the zoo.  It was fun watching all the kids interact and run to each animal, even though I am positive that they had all been there before.  Sometimes I wish I was still a 7-year-old!  I'm really glad I was able to go!

Buffalo at school...

 Grandpa Jeral caught another baby buffalo this year.  He and Grammie Jenine were nice enough to take it around to the schools.  He took it to Jenna's preschool too, but I wasn't able to make it to that one.  Anthony's class got to come out along with all the 1st graders and kindergarteners. They all thought it was so cool to be able to pet a real buffalo! 

1st camping trip...

 We decided to go camping for a test run of our trailer and everything before we went for Memorial Day weekend.  It was not great weather on Friday night, but we still had a great time.  Russell and Katrina came up with us and the kids had a great time climbing the mountain, finding rocks and playing with each other.  We ate yummy dutch-oven food and sat around the fire lots!  Great night.  Russ and Katrina had to leave Saturday morning, but we stayed up and went on a hike, threw rocks in the river and took lots of four-wheeler rides.  It weather was MUCH nicer on Saturday!  We even came home with sunburns.  Excited for all of our camping adventures this year!

Sprinklers and Popsicles...

 Oh we love warm spring weather.  It is has been amazing outside this week and the kids have wanted to play in the sprinklers almost every day.  It has been great fun!  One day last week the neighbors had their sprinklers out so we all joined in.  Then she brought out the Popsicle and we had even more fun!  They were thoroughly enjoyed.

Sisters....

 These sisters are so cute!  Lydia was letting Jenna do her hair, lots and lots of clips were used.  Lydia and Jenna loved every minute of it.  Several times over the past few weeks, we have heard the girls STILL talking at 9:30 at night.  They stay in their beds, or Lydia goes over to Jenna's bed and they just talk and talk.  One time Jake went in there and Lydia was faced one way on a pillow and Jenna was faced the other way, feet to head, next to each other.  Cute little girls. I hope their sisterly bond stays forever!

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