Sunday before church...

Sure we were a few minutes late but it was totally worth it! Too bad Joey was already there for meetings...but that's what Photoshop is for, right?! and to make me thinner

love my little chicks...

and Yay for matching girls!!!

Emree loves Rita

Have I mentioned how much Emree loves Rita??? And how much Rita loves Emree??? This girl is AH-MAZING! She will whisk Rita right out of my arms and go entertain her whenever she gets the chance. The other night Emree called me into her room asking me to come look at her doll and this is what I found....The two of them cuddling so cute! I'm so glad they have eachother! I can just wait until Rita's getting into all sorts of things in Emree's room because she thinks Emree is so cool...Emree might not be laughing then.

Wet and Wild

This girlie loves her bath time...

And I love her clean little body after... so cute!

Tough to be Rita

Going...

Going...

GONE!

Summer isn't Summer without Miami

We love going down to Miami during Summer! And let's just say I did a horrible time documenting this trip...sorry.

We visited Chi Chi and Maria's condo on the way down...So fun!

The kids basically spent tons of time in the pool while we were down there...made me happy to see the kids playing in the pool that I played in growing up!
Happy girl Pita...

Emree relaxing...

Sweet boy Rye Rye...He kind of looks like his floatie...

Emree and Rett playing all sorts of games they made up...
We had so much fun down there! Swimming, eating yummy things, visiting family... We loved it!

Who could ask for more?

After swim lessons were done we were ready to start playing! So we hit the beach! It was Rita's first time! It was so fun....but good grief was it a lot of gear for me!! It was such a perfect Summer day though...wish I could have frozen time.


Rita trying to make sense of all of this...

Rett had fun digging...

Rye was a crazy man... He, Rett, and Emree literally spent almost three hours jumping the waves! Needless to say they were exhausted the ride home.

Emree said she was dying to get in the shower because of the chunks of sand in her suit...but this girl does love the beach!

Swim lessons can be embarrassing

This is where we have been every morning for 10:00 am swim lessons. Initially Rett and Rye were in one class and Emree was in another. It didn't last because on the second day Rye threw up in the pool and everyone in all the different classes had to clear the pool for thirty minutes!

I WANTED TO DIE!!
I was already sketchy on how Rye was going to do....leave it to him to show me who is boss. I couldn't leave either because Emree still had half an hour of her swim class left after every one was allowed back in. So I spent my time apologizing to everyone that had wasted their morning getting ready only to have it ruined.

Once I decided to pull Rye out all my anxiety was gone and classes for the rest of the session were great! (deep breath)
Rett is officially a swimmer!...
So funny with his goggle face...
Toy time after swimming...Rett said they were baby toys...ummm that could be because most kids are younger when they take this class...

Emree learned different strokes in her swim class... She was nervous at the beginning, but ended up really liking her teacher and doing races...

And she loved jumping off the diving board at the end of every class...

I'm so glad we did it, but so glad we don't have to haul ourselves over there anymore.
And most importantly no one has to look at Rye Rye and call him the "Throw Up Boy".

FHE Summer Dance Party

We cleared the furniture and got down at our dance party! It was the hottest club in town that night!

We lined the "dance floor" with lights to set the mood. This is Lillie showing off her best moves...

We discovered Rett had awesome robot skills...

Emree (a sweaty girl!) and Porter...

Joey loving on some Rita...and yes those are killer red velvet cupcakes in the background.

Let's get this party started!!!!

Aloha Kindergarten

Rett went to Hawaii on his last day of school for a luau. Complete with passports, tropical attire, and an airplane ride. I know, only the best for our kids.
Mrs. Moschouris was great and Rett had a great Kindergarten year!