Max

Max is such an awesome little dog, with lots of personality. I just had to share some recent photos of him. He cracks me up!

Max sleeping.

Selfies with Max!

Super Max, with his cape while being pulled in a wagon. Poor little dude.

Spring Fun!

Natalie got a new loft bed for her birthday last year and her ceiling fan wasn't going to work so we finally got her new chandelier hung. It is so cute!

Julia has had so much fun playing with all her new birthday toys!

Natalie's friend, Acacia, celebrated her 7th birthday with a tea party!

And it was a day filled with mixed emotions when we traded in the Azera for a new Ford truck!

The day we bought the truck we had a wicked storm roll through! We got done just in time!

Natalie has become so interested in reading it is awesome! She has even started her first book series, The Never Girls. This is book one of many and she just got done reading it!

I decided it was time the girls had some real chores!

Sometimes I find the cutest things. While cleaning Julia's room I found this note from Natalie.

Julia's school has a Kentucky Derby day. The have a lot of fun with it and even get to wear hats. Here is Julia's.

They go all out at gym. They have stands, a race and even mint juleps, minus the alcohol of course.

Here are the girls in her class showing off their hats.

And here is her class with their teacher in the stand.

And here is the mint julep cheers!

The girls getting ready to run for the roses!

And guess who the winner was!

Julia got a new microphone for her birthday, so now she and Natalie can really get after it. Here they are preforming Katy Perry's Roar.

Mother's Day Celebration at School

Julia's school had their yearly Mother's Day celebration. This year the theme was Three Cheers for Mom. We participated in sport themed activities and attend a pep rally dedicated to us. It was an awesome time.

Julia and I raced building pyramids!

Just goofing off.

Julia with friends, Evie and Natalie.

And now we are on to the pep rally! Here they are singing their school song. She is in the hot pink shirt with the black skirt behind/beside the girl in the black and white striped shirt.

And here is the Mom Cheer!

Another mom cheer.

Of course we had to have a round of we've got spirit!

And my favorite, the dance! And yes the Roar song is pretty popular.

Jammin in the Gym

Natalie's spring music program was supposed to be outside, but the weather had it relocated to the gym. Here they are Jammin in the Gym!

A third grade teacher was in a pretty bad car wreck so the student council was selling ring pops to raise money. Here are Julia and I being goofs waiting for the program to begin.

The girls after their program. It was dress like a movie character, so of course we have three princesses. Ariel, Rapanzel and Tiana.

Julia's Orange Karate Stripe

Julia has been taking karate this last semester and really enjoying it. Today she earned her orange stripe on her belt. It was too cute. I took some videos of her during class and receiving her stripe.

Here she is after getting her certificate and stripe. She was so excited.

Her class.

Her orange stripe!

Ossie, Ollie & the Clever Kinkajou

Natalie's class preformed a play after their rain forest study. The play was called Ossie, Ollie and the Clever Kinkajou. Natalie was a tapir in the play! It was so very cute.

Here are Jeff and Natalie after the play.

Natalie after the play.

We were so proud of her.

And here is the play! It is 10 minutes long.

Julia's Dance Recital

Julia had her first dance recital! She was so excited and it was so much fun.

Some very long days, but lots of fun.

Here we are at rehearsal with two friends who also happen to be in her pre-k class.

There is also a Daddy Daughter Dance in the program. Here are Julia and Jeff all dressed up for practice!

And it is the day of the show! It is even on the marque!

Julia has three dances, a ballerina dance titled, Baby Ballerina, the Daddy Daughter Dance and a tap dance titled Black Cat Strut.

Here is Julia with all her admirers!

Julia and Mi Mi

Julia and Pa Pa

Julia and Jared

Julia and Suzanne

Julia and Mommy

Waiting backstage!

With Kendra

With Mommy again. :)

With Pa Pa, Mi Mi and Jared.

Natalie and Julia

Here is her pose at the end of her dance. Third from the right. So much sass this one.

Here is Baby Ballerina. She is third from the right.

And here are Jeff and Julia in the Daddy Daughter Dance, They do the dance two times. The first time they do it they are in the back and are hard to see. The second time they are in the front way on the left side.

After the Daddy Daughter Dance the dads and daughters got to do a stroll. Here are Julia and Jeff! They are the third set to go.

And here is her Black Cat Strut

Julia Lost a Tooth!

Julia has had a pretty wiggly tooth for a while. She refused to let us pull it. On May 1st she woke up to her tooth gone, but found it on her shoulder! She was so very excited. She got a dollar and a photo of the tooth fairy visiting her!