May 2011, My Graduation from Nursing School
Jessy & Carl came and brought Trey and Riseley
Georgi & Jon came and brought Lexi and Emma
Dad came too!
We had a great New England clam bake in the back yard the afternoon of graduation and then on Saturday we took the kiddos to a Bridgeport Bluefish Baseball game!
In June, Kevin was away for work for a month! The last week of June we decided to head to see him in Omaha, NE. We had a blast! We went to the Omaha Zoo, spent a lot of time at the hotel pool, went to a place called "The Pizza Machine" (kind of like a Chuck-E-Cheese), and we even went to CoCo Keys one afternoon.
I also went to my cousin George's wedding in June. He married Karen, who we just love. It was too bad Kevin couldn't make it since he was in Omaha, but we had fun just the same. Here's a pic of the groom from the reception, the Mother of the Groom (Aunt Lori) with the Best Man (George's son "Little George), and some of the cousins, and Uncle Matt, that were able to make it to the wedding (at a bar afterwards!)
In June, I took, and passed my boards! I'm officially a RN!!!
Once back from NE, we headed to McCall, Idaho for our summer vacation together. What a much needed break for us all! Melissa and Lawson were even able to meet us for the week! It was a beautiful place and one we'd love to return to!
In July, Harrison went to Camp Jewell for a week of sleep away camp. He was so excited to go away by himself for a whole week and had a blast (even though I worried about him being there without knowing anyone). He made lots of new friends and is dying to go back next summer for TWO WEEKS! Emerson is pretty interested in going next summer too. We'll see....
When Harrison got home from camp, it was his birthday! We took Mommom Lenor and Poppop Ladd to a Yankees game! Happy 8th Birthday Harrison! Where does the time go???
August brought me and the kids down to NC for a week and a half. We were invited to stay down at the beach with "Nona" (Kathy Hartenstine), Melissa, Chris & Lawson, Julie, Tim, Kyler & Brady. What a blast we had! The house and company was perfect! Nothing says "summer" like a NC beach! In addition to hitting the beach and pool every day, we went to the Fort Fischer Aquarium. Oh, and Julie and Tim got engaged!! So excited for them! They make a beautiful couple and Kyler and Brady are lucky to get another "Mama" to love them! Congrats Julie and Tim!
We also decided to put our house on the market at the beginning of August because...
Kevin flew back to Omaha in August to be presented with an award for all of his hard work (and a month away from home working 20 hour days/7 days a week!) We are so proud of him and apparently so is InfoGroup!
At the end of August, the boys headed back to school! Emerson is now in 1st grade in Mrs. Kovlakas' class (we <3 her!) and Harrison is in 3rd grade in Ms. Dean's class. Both boys are reading like crazy! Harrison has recently read "A Wrinkle in Time", some of the "Warrior" series books, some of the "How to Train Your Dragon" series books, and he's now reading "Rifles for Watie". He was selected to participate in his school's "Academically Talented" program (he's the only one from his class!) and the Strings program. He just got his violin last week! Emerson just started his 1st year of Cub Scouts. He is a Tiger Scout and LOVES it!! Here are a few pics. I'll have to get a pic of Harrison with his violin and post it soon. He starts his lessons on Monday!
That about sums it up! I promise to be a better blogger....or at least TRY! ;)
