The Brlan Family Visit

The Boyz Payton BrlanMason taking Livi for a ride

Olivia had a lot of fun showing Mason the ropes in North Ridgeville

Liv and Payton

Liv and Mason

The Brlan and Peters Families

We had a great visit and wish they lived closer than California!

Hopefully the next time we are together, WE are visiting California

The Girls Graduate!

We are so proud of both our girls for having such a successful school year! I am going to brag about them sorry...

Maddie is doing great learning the alphabet. She is even starting to recognize letters :) She loves to write the letter "M" and she is working on "a" and "d." She started riding her bike this summer and is a machine on it. She passes her sister who enjoys a sunday stroll on her bike. Maddie is still working on potty training but is getting better. #1 is great but its the #2 that we can't figure out. She says it scares her to let it go?! She has gone about 4 times in the last month but only if she is naked. So I guess we will look a lot like WT this summer so Madz can figure out the potty. Hey, whatever it takes! She still continues to make Mike and I laugh with her silly voices and stubborn behavior. She must get that from her dad!

Olivia had a great report from her teacher for preschool. They said she was a bright little girl and is ready for kindergarten. She just needs to work on our address and tieing her shoes. She told her teacher she lives in "Ohio State." :) I have been introducing the pre-reading books to her and at night before bed we work a little bit on starting to read. Sometimes she has an interest and other times she just really enjoys listening. It has been really exciting for us to see Liv's growth from just last year when we were working on the alphabet sounds. Her strength is rhyming words. If she hears or says two words that rhyme she is quick to point it out. She is still really big on make-believe and pretend play. She loves to dress up and pretend. She also loves to tell her sister what to be as well. Liv told her teacher she wants to be "a teacher" when she grows up. What a smart kid! :) The two big things she is looking forward to next year are: #1 riding the school bus #2 no naps

Way to go girls we are so proud of you and looking forward to another great year!

Memorial Day

We went to the boat or as Olivia calls it "the porch" for the weekend. The girls went swiming in the hot tub, fishing with dad and we all went for a boat ride. It was a funfilled yet "relaxing" weekend. We are looking forward to more weekends up there now that summer is here :) The girls have their own fishing poles and they have plastic fish on the end so they like to practice casting. Livi is doing really well and Maddie is starting to get the hang of it as well. While she was practicing she started saying "aachoo" when she would cast. It was really funny so I tried to get a video of it but its not nearly as dramatic as she was doing it before. Doesn't it always happen like? Check it out...

hot tub swimming

boat ride with Fisher

Livi and the Grandmas

Walking with Fisher after dinner

Mother's Day

For MOTHER'S DAY we went to the tribe game. It was kids fun day so there was things for the kids before the game. The only thing our girls enjoyed was Jungle Terri and his animals. It was a little chilly but we had a good time.Mike touched the snake!!The girls just watched, with mom, from a distanceNo way! It was just sliding around in between everyone!! checkin out some other animalsMadz was not a big fan of the robot, or anything else that was in costume!!staying warm during the game, with "onion" Maddie got "ketchup"We all got "Slider" slippers at the game. It was there give away for mothers day!Then we all slept.....Ahhh

Having a Picnic

The girls had a picnic with their stuff animals. They pretty much emptied my pantry.

Hilton Head

We had a great trip! The car ride was not bad and the girls did really well.

Dinner at Marley's

we found a star fish!

we took pictures on the beach

We took the girls to a bakery across the street then had breakfast on the beach.

It was beautiful and very quiet.

Liz and Todd rented a house with a pool so we would get together for dinner and the kids would swim. They had lots of fun!

This was at our pool by our condo complex

Checking out the sights for the day. We went to a great little area that had shopping, playground, lighthouse, and harbor.

Eating ice cream at the Salty Dog Ice Cream Shop

the playground had a huge tree house

Gracie was a huge help and the girls loved playing with her!

One night the "young adults" got a night out! It was fun, and felt like old times.

This is Tracie and I. She is a friend from school who was down there at the same time with her family. People at school say were sisters? What do you think?

This was OUR "SITUATION"