I.Love.You

A little Fathers Day project we worked extra hard on this year:)

Last day of 1st grade!!!

Rylee finished up another great year of school! She's learning to read better each day and will continue to tutor with Iya(Aunt Sarah) all summer. She made a few new good friends in first grade and is so excited to play all summer long!

Up & Away!

A week later, it's still hard for me to believe I'm a mother of a 7 year old lil lady! This year Rylee's only request was to have her close friends over for an 'at home' birthday party. I decided that was a simple enough request. Aunt Missy helped with our totally cute hot air balloon theme. The night turned out to be a huge success! We made necklaces, played an intense game of twister, had a hilarious potato sack race, pinned the tail on Mr. Donkey, ate delicious cupcakes, and enjoyed the chaos! Happy birthday Rylee!

Seven already?

Its still so hard for me to believe my beautiful baby girl is already 7. She's finishing up her first grade year and learning to read like a champ. Rylee has recently decided to quit gymnastics and switch to cheer. She cheers for a local team that I used to when I was a teenager. Rylee is spunky, sweet, smart, honest, such a good friend, a peacemaker, terrific helper, awesome older cousin, loves to cuddle, still has a very tender place in her heart for her grandparents, loves horses, very obedient... I could go on forever! I took Rylee in for a few pics of her in her only year of being 7. I love how these pictures show off her two teeth missing and her love for working the camera :) Your mama loves you and thinks you're pretty special Rylee Kate!!

Florida

We made it! Time to relax and have some fun! Ry found a trampoline on the sand while mom found a nice chair in the sun:) I think a vacation before our vacation was a perfect idea! Cruise time in 2 days! The best part is, Granny Kate has no idea about a big birthday surprise that's coming!
To be continued...

Happy heart day

We had a successful valentines day complete with a fun class party and ending with a plane ride to Florida! Ready for warm weather and sand between our toes!

Blessed

Some nights it's nice to slow down and think about what really matters in life. I'm so lucky to have such an amazing 6.5 year old daughter. She continues to surprise me with her talent daily. I'm so proud of what a smart and sweet girl she's growing up to be. I'm not sure what I did to deserve this incredible little lady but I'm extremely blessed call her mine:)