My Beautiful Black-Haired Little Sis is 22!

Only snapped a couple pics, but Kristy turned 22 and we had a little bday celebration after a full day of swimming with the kids.  Happy Birthday Kristy!!

(These are totally candid pics and I’m sure everyone will hate me for posting :-)

 

Friends and Cousins Galore

Had the Valdez kids over to play…and Lindy’s kids over while she worked at Trinkets.  It was a fun afternoon with all 9 kids!

 

 

 

Jordyn and Tori                     Lexi and Kylee

 

The kids love to play “drive-through” from their bedroom windows.

 

 

Peyton and Nina

Those Summer Nights

 

 

(can you believe Lexi’s leg extension?  she’s pretty proud of that)

     

Dance Recital 2011

I can’t remember if this is our 7th or 8th dance recital.  But it’s definitely a tradition now…every June we get to do the big performances!  Here are tons of pics from the dress rehearsal, picture day AND recital day.  These girls really do LOVE their dance.  They must get that from their late Grandma Judy.  She was a dancer her whole life and taught dance all while Tucker grew up.  His sisters were always dancing and going to recitals, so this is natural for him to be around.  They have dance in their blood!  And they are really good little dancers!

 

  

Swim Team Season is Here!

I have such a love/hate relationship with swim team.  It is always so much more work then I remember from the previous year.  But its great exercise for the kids, it gets us out in the community for some good team fun, and the swim meets are good family fun.  Right now they have practice every day at 4:00 for Lexi and 5:00 for Jordyn, then meets are Tues/Thurs from 6:00-10:00.  Next year Peyton will be able to be on the team if she wants.  Right now, she just loves to run around and see all the older kids she loves and thinks are so cool.  I can’t imagine being the little sister!  It must be fun to look up to so many people.

 

 

Sometimes I feel a little crazy with how much she wants to run up and down the bleachers.  When we are there for a long time, we usually “camp out” on the grass, far away from the bleachers.