Discovery Museum

 Finally! a new post. It only took me 5 months! :)   I took the kids to the museum in Acton the day before school started and we had a blast! 
They got to dress up in what they wanted to be when they grow up...

Allie as a teacher

Gavin the astronaut 

Sydney the scientist

Sydney's Kindergarten Graduation

Sydney's last day of K5 

She LOVES her teacher Mrs. Braunius. She has been such a blessing to our family!

The K5 Aide is Mrs. Armstrong. Syd has learned so many awesome bible lessons from her :)  

Her principal, Mr. Burbach, is one of her favorite people at SMCA because he's SO funny!

MiMi and PopPop got to fly out for her big day! they stayed a week with us, we had such a great visit :)

One of her best friends, Owen (she says she wants to marry him) :) 

Her good friend, Hannah

Another good friend, Faith

Her teacher, Mrs. Braunius

Saying good-bye to her classroom and cubby :(  Mommy took it much harder than Syd :) 

Family vacation 2012

My aunt and uncle have been trying to get my family to come down to their house in Vero  Beach florida for years. We finally all met there this April!  We had a blast!

Here are Allie and Syd with my nieces Ella and Payton 

Allie and Payton

My sister, Kelli, and Gavin

We got to meet my new nephew for the first time. This is Ryder, 3 months. He was one popular baby!

Gavin found a buddy to play with him in the sand (Taylor is my cousin Kaitlin's boyfriend) They live in PA and flew down for the vacation!

Our last night there, we HAD to have a slumber party! but they didn't last long :)

Me holding Ryder for the first time!  

Allie and Syd with their new cousin

Allie and Payton, stuck together all week :) Payton is 11, so Allie thinks she is SO cool :)

Gavin surprised us and wanted to hold Ryder a lot. He was so sweet and gentle with him ;) he's telling us to hush for the baby.

My mom and dad with their 6 grandkids (my sister and I both had 2 girls and one boy) :) 

This is my cousin Abbie and my sister Kelli (Abbie flew in from California and Kelli drove down from Indiana)

My mom and dad

My aunt Mara and uncle Bryan (the host for the week!) 

Trying to get a sibling picture was not easy! G has NO attention span!

My sister and her adorable kids (Ella 9, Payton, 11, and Ryder 3 mo)

My mom, dad, sister and I

this is my aunt, uncle and their girls (Abbie and her boyfriend Sirus, and Kait and her boyfriend Taylor)

Uncle Bryan was pretty popular! 

My mom and dad with their grandkids again :) 

My sister and I with my cousins, Abbie and Kaitlin

We laughed all week because my cousin's boyfriends were very popular between our little girls!  They were so sweet to them and gave them tons of attention :)