--Our Family

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Fear the Beard Part 2

Well, here it is. What you have all been waiting for. Ryan, fully grown beard and shaggy hair. The winner for best comment was when a friend had returned after being out of town for a month. He asked, "Did Ryan get bit by a werewolf while I was gone?" Yes, yes he did.

But in one day, it was all gone and he has a face again. And we are back to no one recognizing him again.

Oh, and Kathleen got bangs. She is quite proud of them.

We left off with week 5 for Ryan's beard. So here it is:

Week 6:

Week 7:

Week 8:

Shaggy boys refused to cut their hair until dad did:

See how much better we all look:

Now, I haven't updated my blog in a month. Sorry. So get ready for a little bit of everything. Here we are all ready for the trek:

At Shakespeare festival:

We have designated Friday as "Fun Day" at our house if the kids get their chores done all week. The first "Fun Day" we went mini golfing.

Father's Day:

Cody's pizza party/award ceremony for baseball:

And just to freak you out, here is my 7-year-old scaling a fence like it's nothing:

Monday, June 13, 2011

Sawtooth Relay

I had the great privileged of running the Sawtooth Relay this year with some amazing girls (though, as a disclaimer, I really missed the girls I ran it with last year). We camped out on Friday night at Redfish Lake. It was beautiful.

We spent a lot of time in this van:

Our start time was 4:00 a.m.

The view was breath taking the whole way.

We finished strong. But mostly, we finished.

Our cool new shirts:

The husbands threw us an after party with Costco cake.

School's Out for Summer

School is finally out for summer. We had a picnic for the end of the school year. They had such great teachers this year. It was nice weather. What a fun last day of school.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Graduation and Recitals

Kathleen had her ballet recital this weekend. She was so beautiful and did such a great job. She really is starting to look like a ballerina.

Cody "gradulated" from preschool. He was soooo cute. Ryan got harassed for taking time off work to go to a graduation for a kid who hasn't even started school yet. But it was precious.

Singing the national anthem:

Nothing is cuter than having your child wave at you from stage.

Cody with his teacher, Miss Heidi:

Mohawk boys:

Kathleen was really excited about her bun before her recital and wanted me to take a picture of it.

Kathleen got to go on stage with about 6 kids before her performance for being at her dance studio for 5 years. She even got a trophy.

Cody graduation:
Kathleen's piano recital:Brandon's Piano Recital:

Kathleen's Dance Recital:

Red Sox Baseball

The kids are now officially back into their baseball season. All three of them are on the Red Sox teams. Hooray! On the way to the first game, Cody fell asleep in the car.