Hepfer Family Picnic

The kids and I went with my mom, George, grandma and my aunt Colleen to the Hepfer family reunion. It was fun and we are going to try to make it more than every 7 years!

Chloe’s Party - The Big 4!

Oh was she in heaven! She loves being the birthday girl. She is super into Tinkerbelle so we had a Tinkerbelle themed party complete with decorations and a Tinkerbelle cake by Grandma Lynn. Chloe was hilarious opening her presents. She was thrilled with each one and kept saying, “OOOHhhh. I love it. I always wanted this.” Then toward the end she would say all that And then whip the present at me very unceremoniously and move quickly to the next. I wished I’d had my video camera going.

Surprise Party

After the basement disaster, my wonderful friend Megan had a surprise party for my birthday and bunch of friends surprised us with a very generous gift card to Home Depot so we can get going on the basement.

Chloe and Belle

Here’s Chloe with Belle at 3

and now at 4

She has almost caught up.

Basement Disaster

Our house is tiny but we manage because of the full finished basement. It is where the kids all hang out, where all of Justin and the boys clothes are and Justin’s office. The night before Fathers’ Day there was a terrible storm and our sewer backed up and flooded the entire basement and insurance covered none of it. Here’s that night:

Chloe Turns 4

We gave her the presents from us when she woke up in the morning. A little bike which she actually saw when she got up to come in our room in the middle of the night. As she crawled into bed with me she whispered, “Mommy I saw the little bike for me.” Then she paused and whispered again, “Thank you , Mommy.” Ohhh I could have just hugged her an stared at her all night after that. I was actually petting her hair and her cheek until she said, “Stop that Mommy.” Hehe

Then we went bowling with Missy and the kids. Then when Justin got home we went to dinner.

More Birthdays

The Bucy Family came to celebrate all of the June birthdays with us.

Tony turned 7 the day before Chloe turned 4!

End of the School Year

In June, Jake finished 3rd grade and Wyatt finished 2nd . Jake Both classes had a field day but with my own teaching schedule I was only able to go to Jake’s field day. This is not really Jake’s “cup of tea” so to speak. A few years ago he would have refused to participate and sat in a corner. But now he really tries to do what is expected of him but I always end up watching him and feeling like I took some middle aged college professor away from his research and said okay… go… pretend to be a kid. But it was a fun photo op anyway.

Wyatt’s class had an end of the year celebration of their hard work all year. They did little plays and a talent show. Wyatt showed off his fencing moves. He did a couple sessions of fencing and loved it. More pics!

Jake's Family Party

The weekend after Jake's birthday we had a little backyard bbq to celebrate with family and a few neighbors. It was fun!

Ten years of being a little overwhelmed by the singing. Hehe

Grandma and Grandpa George gave Jake a bike! He really needed it. Wyatt outgrew his and said he didn't need a new one, he'd just take Jake's and we could buy Jake a new one. Then he took it. That day. So, Jake realllllly needed one. ;)

Ugly Dolls. He loves them.