Avarie's Recent Dance recital

Avarie recently ended another 6 weeks of dance class and they had their recital. It is always so cute and her teacher miss Nanci does such a great job!! Here are the cute little dancers!
Dress rehersal

Baseball

Derrick decided to take the kids out and play some baseball. No the ball isn't correct but we thought a bigger ball would be easier for Avarie and she got the hang of it pretty quickly!

Hitting the ball

hitting the ball again

ball boy

Hiking

A couple of weekends ago we went hiking around Castle Rock! It was a fun short little hike for the kids! They had a lot of fun!

Playing in the rocks
My favorite people and dog in the whole world!!

He had to help and carry the water

fun hiking

having fun climbing down the rocks

sweet family

Avarie & Reid

Here are some pictures of what the kids have been up to. I started a Pre-school with Avarie this week and these are some of the things she has learned and is doing pretty well with! She loves school and is constantly talking about it and wanting to have it every day.

Upper case As all her no help Lower case As with no help
I wrote her name of the top line and she copied it

Reid tickling Avarie.

He attacked her and got her to the ground and then started tickling her!

Avarie taking pictures of herself

Avarie kept talking about wanting a guitar so Derrick got his out of storage and she keeps trying to play it.

Reid wanted to put Derrick's shirt on. It was pretty cute!

Cory Visit

Cory, my brother, came to visit us the first week in August. It was great to have him here and the kids loved it! We went and did lots of fun activities. We Went to the zoo, sea world a couple of times, the Riverwalk and the Alamo. We also went to the Cave Without a Name. It was such a fun visit.

Zoo Trip

Reid loving the hippos Having fun with Uncle Cory
The hippos

Cory at Lory Landing being bombarded by the birds

Cave without a name

River walk boat ride

Standing by the Riverwalk

The Alamo

Reid being his goofy self at the Alamo Avarie and Cory at the Alamo

McArthur Family

Here are some pictures from the McArthur's trip to visit San Antonio

Reading with grandma Swimming with grandpa
Zoo Trip

Seaworld Visit

splash pad

Shamu show

Azul show

Derricks Parents came to visit for a week recently and like a dork I forgot to get out my camera, but it was a wonderful visit. We were able to see lots of sights and have a great time with them here despite the suffocating heat. We went to seaworld, the zoo, Cabelas and the outlets, the pool. It was so great to have them here with us and be able to visit with them. We had a wonderful discussion about ancestry and because of this Derrick and I were able to find some of the birth records for my ancestors that were born in denmark. It was such a great experience. My kids are so blessed to have them as grandparents and examples! Hopefully I can get some pictures from Derrick's mom and attach them to this post later.

Derrick Oral Exam

Derrick had his comprehensice oral exam on July 6th and PASSED!!!! Yay!!! We are so excited. The exam ended his in class portion of the program. He is now in a clinic for his internship which will last until next august and then graduation!!! We are so proud of our Derrick!!! He passes first time through with no call backs which was wonderful

A very relieved and excited Derrick

( I think he is the most handsome man in the world especially in his uniforms :) ) Happy family
Cake
(not my best the fondant was not cooperating that day)