Kindergarten Is In the Books

I cannot believe that Miley's first year of "real" school is over!  It has been a whirlwind of a month, with all the visitors, and my trip, and dance stuff, so it seems to have really snuck up on me.

They kept the last couple weeks of school pretty fun for the kids.  One day, I got to go in to her class for a "Reading Cafe" where they were able to demonstrate their reading skills to us in a restaurant format.  They has made menus of books to choose from for them to read to us, and they were dressed up as little waiters.  It was so cute, and it was so fun for me to have that special time with Miley.

The last day of school was Thursday, June 5th.  Of course, we had to get the obligatory last day of school pictures, and the comparison picture of the first day to the last day.

It has been a great year, but we are looking forward to a fun-filled summer!  I just can't believe that Miley will be in first grade and gone all day next year!

That's A Wrap...

...on Miley's second year of dance, and her first year doing competitive dance.

Right after I got back form my momcation, I had to dive right back into the dance thing.  Fortunately, my mom came up and was here for the weekend so I had extra help the whole time, plus it was just fun to be able to hang out with my mom for another few days.  :)

From May 30th-June 1st, Miley had four recitals to finish up the dance year.  We were able to watch one, and then I had to volunteer at a couple more.  It was a fun, busy weekend, but I am certainly glad to have the next month off of dance for a little break!  Miley on the other hand, is already asking when it starts again.  :)

The girls were all able to get together outside of dance for a girl's birthday that was on Showbiz Kids with them.  I think it was fun for them to be able to hang out outside of the dance thing.  We are looking forward to hanging out with all of them again next year!

Momcation!!

A couple days after graduation, I got to do something I haven't done since having Miley...go on a trip all by myself, just for fun!

I decided that I wanted to go back to Wyoming/Colorado when my parents flew home, because it was a chance to see both of my sisters.  My sister, Gelsey, lives in Colorado, and my sister, Lindsey, would be in town to run the Bolder Boulder 10k, so I wanted to join the party.  :)

My parents and I were able to get on the same flight back to Colorado on Wednesday, May 21.  I had my littlest passenger with me, but it is probably the easiest he will ever be on a flight.  ;)

I spent a couple days in Laramie with just my parents before Lindsey got to Colorado.  I always enjoy going back home, and it was so relaxing to be kid-free and have nothing going on!  With all the craziness of school, graduation, dance, etc back in Minnesota, I almost didn't know what to do with myself!  Not that I am complaining...  

We went to Fort Collins on Friday.  It was so fun to have our family all together again.  We spent the weekend celebrating my nephew, Bode's, 6th birthday, hitting up the Memorial Day sales at the outlet mall, and enjoying time together.  My sister's in-laws even took her kids for a couple days, so we had some time where it was just our family, or us sisters.  I don't think that has happened since before my sister Lindsey had her first kid...almost 12 years ago!

On Monday, we spent most of the day at the CU campus while my sisters rocked the Bolder Boulder.  I just got to be an observer, due to my 6 months pregnant status, but maybe some year they can convince me to do it with them!

Unfortunately, the week went too fast (as they always seem to when you are having fun!) and on Tuesday, May 27th, it was time to return home.  This time at the airport I discovered that being pregnant qualifies you for preboarding on Southwest.  Good to know!  I don't mind having to go on early and have my choice of seats.  ;)

It was such a great week.  I loved getting to spend some relaxing, kid-free time with my family, while also knowing my kids were in the best of hands back home with their dad, Aunt Cindy, and cousin Katie.  I definitely couldn't have done it without them!  

Now, when is my next momcation??

 

Our Graduate!

This month, Cameron finally wrapped up two and a half long years of being in MBA school at the University of Minnesota.  I think that is a pretty big deal, so of course, we made him walk at graduation.  Bot of our parents came up, and we had a great weekend.

We spent the majority of the weekend playing outside, and of course, spending time with family.

It was also a busy weekend of dance things....so we were running all over the place doing rehearsals, getting pictures, etc.

On Sunday, we had everyone over for a barbecue to celebrate the graduation, even though the ceremony wasn't until Monday morning (really???  why a Monday??).

Monday, May 19th, was the big day, and despite an insane amount of rain, and two wiggly kids at graduation, it was a great morning!

We are so proud of Cameron, for all of the time and hard work he put into completing his MBA!  And we are definitely looking forward to putting this chapter behind us, and having him around a bit more in the evenings!