Pictures

Here are the latest pics of the kids. My neighbor is a photographer and she took these pictures for us. She took about 150 pics. These are a few of my faves.

We are still here!

Wow - it has been a long time since I posted last. I really am going to try to be better about posting.
A lot has happened since I posted last.
Memorial Day we had some of my family come visit. Mom, Dad, Susan, Sydney, Brett, Sara, Matt and Matthew all came up for the weekend. We had a great time. The house was full of people, good food, and fun times. I hope we can do it again soon!
We celebrated our 1 year anniversary of living in our new town. Both Kevin and I had our doubts that we would last a year, but we did! We love our new house and our new neighborhood. We love all of the family oriented stuff there is to do around town. We are happy we made the move. However, we still miss St. Louis. More so when we are actually there. It will always be HOME for us - and one day we will be back.
We also celebrated Jackson's 5th birthday. Where has the time gone? I can't believe he is five! We had a little birthday celebration in our backyard with all of our neighbors. We had cake and ice cream and a pinata. It was a great time. The kids ran around and played while the adults enjoyed a few adult beverages and good conversation.
On June 16th Kevin and I celebrated our 7th Wedding Anniversary. We actually celebrated the weekend before. We headed to St. Louis on Saturday afternoon and dropped the kids off - Jackson with Aunt Sue and Uncle B and Kate with Grandma and Grandpa. Then Kevin and I went the Dave Matthew's Band Concert at Busch Stadium. After the concert we stayed at the Ballpark Hilton. We had a great time and felt like kids again!
The last week in June the kids and I stayed in St. Louis for a week. We attended the most awesome VBS ever!!! It was great visiting with our friends and family. At the end of the week on Sunday we had a shower for my sister Sara. It was a nice ending to a fun filled week.
That brings us to this past weekend - 4th of July! We had a very nice relaxing weekend. We spent most of the weekend with our neighbors. The kids played and swam while the adults enjoyed good food and drink. On the 4th we went to the fireworks display here in town. It was fun! Many of our neighbors go to the same spot so it was fun to hang out with each other. It was a nice display and the kids enjoyed it. I did feel a little homesick because I would have rather of seen the Downtown fireworks my brothers were shooting. I'm sure it was awesome!
Yesterday - Sunday - we had a big neighborhood BBQ. There were about 8 families that attended. We had a great time. The kids love playing with each other and the adults could actually enjoy sitting down and talking with each other since the kids were occupied. We have the best neighbors in the world!
Well - now you are pretty much caught up.
Come back soon to visit. I promise I will post some pics in the next few days.

Melissa

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Something is wrong with the video of Jackson's graduation. I promise I will get it fixed as soon as I can. I hope some of you got to see it before it messed up.

OK - I can't get it to work right now. If you want to see it, email me and I will send it to you. It is only about 2 minutes long.

Melissa

Jackson's Preschool Graduation!

Here are a few pics from the night:
Jackson and his friend Ryne - they are two peas in a pod!


Jackson and Kate


Jackson and Mommy


Jackson and his teacher Mrs. Tully


Wow - has it already been a whole school year?!

Mother's Day

I'm working on getting everyone caught up - so here is how Mother's Day weekend went.
It was a very busy, very fun weekend!!! On Friday night we stayed with my best friend Sarah and her family. Jackson and Joe had a great time playing and Kate tried as hard as she could to keep up. It's funny because Jackson (almost 5) and Joe (just turned 4) are the same size and have the same color hair. They look a lot alike just like Sarah and I did at their age - yes we have known each other for that long!
On Saturday we took Joe to the Zoo and met Sara, Matt, Matthew and Keith. It was a beautiful day and the Zoo was a little crowded. The kids had a blast. Kate had not been to the Zoo since she was under a year old. She loved seeing all of the animals. Of course we had to ride the train also - Joe and Jackson are very fond of trains.
We had a lot of fun!
On Saturday night Sara and I took my mom out to dinner for Mother's Day. We went to The Cheesecake Factory at the Galleria and then did a little shopping.
Sunday was my niece Brittany's confirmation. It was an eventful day. The storm from the night before had cause the electricity to be out at church. Most of the service was by candlelight and flashlight. In the middle of Communion the lights came back on! Brittany looked beautiful and I was very proud of her. After the service Brian and Susan had a luncheon/party to celebrate. It was nice to visit with family and friends. Kevin left a little early and took the kids to visit his mom. He brought home Pirrone's Pizza - yummy!!!
Like I said - it was a great weekend!!
Here are a few pics from the weekend.

Weekend with Friends

I know it has been a while. Things have been very busy these days. We have a lot to share with you - so look for a few posts this week.
First let's go back a little to the middle of April when we had our friends Mike and Tracie and their girls Lily(4) and Elly(1) stay with us overnight. They arrived on Saturday afternoon and the kids enjoyed playing outside. Mike and Kevin took Lily and Jackson to the park and they played on the playground and even attempted flying a kite. Saturday night after the kids went to bed, the adults enjoyed the Wii. Mike and Kevin stayed up late playing Guitar Hero! On Sunday morning, Tracie made us chocolate chip pancakes - they were delicious! Then we headed over to the Ropp Cheese Farm. We got to see the cows and how cheese is made. After naps we BBQ'd then said goodbye to our friends.
We had a great time.
Here are some pics of the weekend.
Thank you Tracie for sending them!

My baby is going to Kindergarten!

Tonight Kevin, Jackson and I went to register Jackson for Kg.
I just can't believe he is going to be in Kg. in August.
We went to the school and the teachers took the kids to show them the Kg. rooms and do some activities with them while the parents stayed in the cafeteria and listened to the principal talk and then filled out paperwork.
Jackson had a great time and he is really excited about starting Kg. Ask him about it the next time you talk to him. He loves to talk about it.
Wow! I think I am still in shock! I can't even imagine what I will be like on the first day!!!

Melissa