14 months later

I'm coming back to blogging here and I'm excited!  I'll start by recapping the past 14 months over a couple posts.  We have some exciting, yet scary, things happening with our family.  I'll save those details for a later post ;)

Let's do this...

We had an unseasonably warm winter/spring last year so we spent a lot of time outside.  The kids started swim school and did awesomely.

Sterling turned 5!  On her birthday, I took her to American Girl and she had a dreamy day.  We ate lunch with her dolls and had fun shopping for new accessories for them.  We also had a friends party for her at Michael's Craft stores.  She had the best time and it was the easiest party ever.  

For career day, she wanted to be a gymnastics Olympic gold medalist.  

Xander turned 6!  He's such a snuggle bear that we took him to build-a-bear with his friends for a party.  It was the best idea ever!  

We registered Sterling for Kindergarten and she was so excited!

Attending the White House Easter Egg Roll was such a fun event.  It ended up being really hot, so we were a bit miserable at the end, but we still had a great time!  There were so many characters and games for the kids.  I'd highly recommend it.

Sterling graduated preschool and Xander finished Kindergarten.  We celebrated with Sweet Frog.

Sterling had her dance recital and she was the star of the show.  Front and center with a big smile.

We celebrated father's day and then headed to GA.

We picked up my niece and she stayed with us for the summer.  We had a great time with her staying with us.  She's such a sweet girl.

We hosted a fun Independence Day celebration.

We had sick days, rainy days jumping in muddy puddles, some fun trips, and lots of snuggles.

to be continued...