Jacob's 8

 Wow! Can you believe he's 8 years old? 

The thing about Jacob is that no matter how old he gets, when he's happy, he giggles, laughs and has huge smile across his face. He loves to enjoy life and that's what I love about him. I hope his excitement never dims, it's been so precious to watch all these years.

For his 8th birthday we did things a little different. We had a family day today. We took the kids to see Cars 2, out to lunch, to the skating rink, and then came home for cake and presents. 

It was a great day!

Boys Golf Outing

Doug took the boys golfing last Sunday. 

Surprisingly, it ended up being cooler than normal that afternoon, which made their time on the course very enjoyable.

Did you notice that they are all wearing Yankee hats?

Next Sunday we are driving up to Chicago to see the Yankees play the White Sox for Jacob's birthday. 

He can't wait...or should I say, we can't wait!!

Having fun in Mom's closet!

I had just reorganized my closet and so Audrey had a newfound interest in my stuff. She is actually wearing one of my shirts and the bags are packed with shoes and a dress!

Blast Summer Camp - June 20th-23rd

The Simmons' were in town visiting for a day that week, so Drew and Shelby got to go to camp with the Edwards' and Jones'!

 Boys (left to right): Luke, Alex, Ethan, Drew, Jacob

Girls (left to right): Shelby and Audrey

This was that last time our kids got spend time with Luke, Drew and Shelby. They are now on their way back to McChord.

On Sunday the 26th, the kids performed during the Sunday service. Ethan got his finger stepped on before the picture was taken, so he didn't feel like smiling.

Signing Alex's cast!

Audrey's Dance Recital

Audrey's dance recital was on June 26th. She loved having her hair done, make-up done and putting her costume on, but she did not like getting attention for looking absolutely adorable. 

Does that sound familiar Doug?

The theme for their performance was "Under The Sea" and her costume was a clown fish.

 Check out that pose! 

Their performance was the most difficult of all the 4-5 Combo classes.

I was very impressed with her teacher throughout the year. She did such a great job teaching the girls. 

I'm not sure how much Audrey enjoyed performing, but I know that she loves to dance! 

June Soccer Camps

June was a crazy month for soccer camps. Bell Clair Soccer League is an outstanding league ran by Dave Fernandez and he held three soccer camps in the evenings broken up by age groups. So, Audrey was in the first camp, Ethan was in the second camp and Jacob was in the third camp. It was a huge commitment on our part to spend every evening, three week in a row at their soccer camps, but we felt it was worth it and the kids had a great time!