End of School festivities

Graduation time! Cute little Cole graduated from Pre-school. George and I had a fun time watching the sweet program they put on for family.

Singing songs...

Cole is usually pretty shy so I was impressed he actually sang and did some of the motions for the songs.

Ready for Kindergarten!

Lily was just excited about the cake.

Field Day! Cale does a fantastic Field Day for the kids that involves lots of games and water. They LOVE it!

This cute girl is Sage, one of Jude's good friends.

The best part of Field Day is the firetruck that comes and shoots water all over the kids. I missed when Lance's class got to do it (we were at Cole's preschool graduation), but I caught Jude!

On the final day of school, we got to attend Lance's Elementary School Graduation! George was amazing and came straight from working overnight at Culpeper.

Ms. Jones, the Principal.

Scott, Abbey, Madison, and Henry all came down to celebrate with Lance! 

This kid has so many people who love him!

Mr. Smith. Lance really enjoyed this teacher! His other teacher Ms. Lesser just had her baby and missed the graduation.

We pulled Jude out an hour or so early from the last day of school since we were there. He had a great year with Ms. Massie!

Okay, NOW summer can start!

The kids weren't the only ones to "graduate" this month. George and I got to attend the graduation ceremony for the 3rd Year Residents where George was awarded a certificate for completing his second Research Fellowship.

Way to go, Love! It's been such a long road, but he's finally finally been offered the position of Associate Professor at UVa and will be joining the faculty in September! George has been working in the Attending position at UVa for the last two years, but due to budget issues they have been unable to "officially" hire him as faculty until this year. In order to keep him in the system, they opened up two one-year Fellowship positions for him. We are so grateful! George has worked so hard for this!

Welcoming in summer

The summer is almost here! The kids are almost as excited as I am that school is winding down. We have a fun summer ahead of us with trips to the Outer Banks and Florida.

Lily is the same as ever. She is a nut, sweet as can be one minute and a crazy monster the next. She reminds me of a cat--she gives and receives love on her own terms and timetable. We love this thing, crazy personality and all!

Jason came to visit one day! He flew home from BYU and drove down with a friend to visit for a day. We took them to the Downtown Mall for lunch. It was so fun to have him here!

Jason also brought Vera who will be our guest for the next little bit while my mom and Glenn put their house on the market. They are moving to Florida sometime this summer and thought it would go more smoothly without a dog underfoot. She settled in quickly and I think Bender is going to like having a friend around.

Jude had his last soccer game! He's enjoyed the season and wants to sign up for the fall. I'm glad he's found a sport he enjoys.

Lexi is our ray of sunshine. She is happy all day long. She loves being with people, she loves petting the dogs, she loves playing, swinging, being outside, riding in the car, going to the gym. She is a pleasure to be around and finds joy in everything.

I introduced the kids to the movie "The Emperor's New Groove" and they LOVE it!. Cole especially likes the end with the cat and laughs hysterically for the entire scene.

The pool finally opened! We took a couple trips to the waterpark with some friends. I love that our kids are fish, but it does make pool trips a bit stressful since the younger three can't swim.

Lance is such a good brother!

Cole is such a snuggle-bug. He loves to cuddle. Apparently Bender wanted in on the action as well.

Pool noodle fight after church!

Haircut time! I get my hair cut probably once a year. I love it!

We are lucky to have several kiddos Jude and Cole's age in the neighborhood. When the kids get home from school, there is usually a "kid exchange" and buddies pair up to go to each other's houses. I love that we have good friends.

My errand buddies.

Bring on the summer!!