Summer Kick Off

Summer has started with a bang! We have become pool rats and go almost daily. We are either at the park, pool, aquarium, zoo, our friends houses, or in the sprinkler out front (and of course you can find us at the commissary once a week with 2 flailing screaming kids). This past weekend was special because my college girlfriends and I celebrated JaneBerry's recent Las Vegas nuptials in Virginia Beach. We stayed at the Cavalier Hotel for 2 nights and lit up the town! GiGi came and stayed with the girls and spoiled them rotten. Bring it on Summer we are ready for you!

Tye Die T-shirt fun!

Pool Time!

Out to dinner

Balcony girls - from front to back- Melissa, Christine, Kelly, Jess, and JaneBerry

Champagne toasts all around

Beach Babes

Oceana park playdate

Peter taught Ava how to play T-ball

she is explaining the steps to me

wham!

Go Peter go!

Ava loves our sprinkler!

We are pool rats this summer

DIVA

can't keep her from the water

any where is a dance party with Aunt Jen!

Our nice little set up. Ellie was content with eating her toes that day

Zoo day

Finally got to meet Audrey Grace Haselton! She is a beauty just like her Momma Laura

she is so alert and happy

loving her bright fun nursery

beautiful mother daughter picture

playdating life

The girls already have a busy dating life...playdating that is. We were so sad to see our good friends, the Ashleys move to California. Emmy and Ava are about a month apart and Brenner and Ellie are 2 months apart, and Megan is a fun friend who has some phenomenal baking skills. We'll miss you guys- California is lucky to have you!

Emmy, Ava, and Frankie

Brenner and Ellie already flirting

awww

Megan & Kids

Redheads

Liz & Company

McQueen Crew

Joelle and cutie pie Camden

Kimberly was sweet enough to host an enormous playdate get together the day after the guys left. It was joyful chaos.

baby corner

Kimberly made homemade pizza- homemade dough too- WOW delicious.

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Annual Strawberry Picking

One of our favorite things about Hampton Roads is the strawberry picking! This year we found a farm close to us in Chesapeake and picked about 8 lbs of strawberries with Aunt Jen. Ava really enjoyed picking this year. She would pick one, put it in her bag, and then eat the next one. Ellie Bean supervised from my back. We made a strawberry cake (didn't turn out too great) but made strawberry daiquiris 3 nights in a row (finally perfected them - use Bacardi Gold Rum). We are looking forward to picking blueberries in a few weeks.

Visiting Bdad and Gigi

For Memorial Day weekend we went to stay at GiGi's house. We went to Eric's graduation, visited Bdad, had a sister's date with Jess, and had lots of lake time in Montclair. Ava is terrified of swimming (hopefully we will break her out of that) and you can't keep Ellie from the water. She literally crawls in as deep as she can and is attempting to swim. She is such a little athlete! Ava was more about collecting things on the beach and making water pits. Such different personalities between the girls but both so incredibly sweet and enjoyable. GiGi spoiled up rotten as usual and we really enjoyed visiting with Bdad. Ava always wakes up every morning we are in Northern Virginia excited to take the trip to Greensprings Retirement home to visit Bdad. We are looking forward to many visits this summer.