Memorial Day Weekend ~ 2017 (Video!)

Pictures taken May 28 ~

Elli wearing her cute patriotic dress for church.

Grilling vegetable kabobs at the cookout at Grandma's house after church.

Elli loves watermelon!

Our Memorial Day cookout included grilled pork burgers, vegetable kabobs, baked beans, tomato and mozzarella bites, and tortillas and hummus.

Delicious gluten-free angel food cake for dessert!

Playing badminton!

Playing jumbo volleyball!

Video ~

Elli and Daddy.  <3

More volleyball!

Playing the Cornhole bean bag toss game!

Elli and Marshmallow.

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Midnight Premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean!

Picture taken May 25 ~
Kaitlyn went to the midnight premiere of the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie with some friends!  She also went to the midnight premiere of the last Pirates film back in 2011!  She and her friends dressed up as pirates for both premieres. 

Last Day of 1st Grade!

Picture taken May 25 ~

1st Grade Field Day!

Pictures taken May 24 ~
It was a little chilly for Elli's field day, but she still had a lot of fun!

 Elli playing "Jump the Brook".  She actually made this long jump!  :O

Face painting.  Elli asked for Yoda!  :)

Youth Tennis Camp

Pictures taken May 23 ~
Elli had fun at the Youth Tennis Camp held one afternoon on our new tennis courts!  Our schools and community have a beautiful new 8-court facility.  Kaitlyn and Brady would have loved having these courts when they played tennis in high school!

The players got to bring home a low compression tennis ball.

Fueling Up the Batman Dune Racer!

Pictures taken May 21 ~

Go, Batgirl!

Agriculture Day Field Trip!

Picture taken May 17 ~
Elli's 1st grade class had an Agriculture Day Field Trip and got to pet farm animals and plant a cucumber seed to bring home!

 

Our Two Doggies

Picture taken May 15 ~

Mother's Day ~ 2017

Pictures taken May 14 ~

Brady moved out of his college dorm on Friday evening, and then came home with a beautiful bouquet of yellow flowers for Mother's Day!

Kaitlyn's best friend's graduation ceremony was on Mother's Day, so Kaitlyn gave me her gift Saturday night at her graduation dinner.  She gave me a pretty eye shadow palette and a book of the photos she had taken of Elli for her last college photography class!  

The kids have a sweet Mother's Day tradition of bringing me breakfast in bed.  :)

Elli looking beautiful for church on Mother's Day.

Elli gave me a red rose and a rose suncatcher that she painted in Sunday School!

Brady made some delicious gluten-free pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese icing for his girlfriend and her mom (and me too!)  ;)

Kaitlyn's College Graduation!

Pictures taken May 13 ~
Kaitlyn graduated from college with a Bachelor of Arts in French and minors in Photography and Art History!  We are so proud of her!!

Kaitlyn's next adventures are taking her back to France where she will be teaching English to young French children through the TAPIF program in France!

Kaitlyn, Brady, and Elli.

Proud Grandpa.

Super proud parents!!

Aunt, uncle, and cousins.

Best friend.

Celebrating at Kaitlyn's favorite college town restaurant!

Evening of Jazz ~ May 2017 (Videos!)

Pictures taken May 12 ~
We enjoyed seeing Brady perform on bass guitar as an alumni in the high school jazz band at "An Evening of Jazz!"

Elliana looked like a princess.  <3

Video ~ Twirling!

Brady and Elliana dancing.  So sweet. <3

Video ~

Elli had a piece of yummy chocolate cake with a creamy Oreo middle!

Elliana and Mama.

Video ~ Brady on bass guitar as an alumni for the Blues Brothers Review!

Brady and his girlfriend.  :)