Madelyn turns 4!!

 On June 10th our sweet Madelyn Belle turned 4!! She was so excited to have a birthday finally and already said she can't wait til next year to be 5! We were lucky to have Aunt Kelli and her cute kiddos still here visiting for Madelyn's big day and Grandma and Grandpa Stacy came for the celebration that day as well! We had a simple birthday party with the family at home, had pizza and cake and ice cream and took a nice family walk to enjoy the nice windy weather that day. Unfortunately it was a little too cool and windy for the pool which was our original plan. Luckily, our sweet Madelyn was just so happy to open presents and have everyone there that she didn't care much that we weren't swimming.  Kali and Alexa made this really cute birthday cake banner for Madelyn as seen below. Madelyn loved it and she loved her new scooter and special lip gloss, strawberry shortcake doll, and little critters sets from G&G Stacy! She is one special girl and is so fun and easy to love!! We are so blessed and grateful to have our sweet Madelyn in our family!!

(And by the way, Kali has leftover kitty face paint on her face from the last day of school that she refused to wash off. Nice. Looked like devil horns if you ask me)

 CAKE TIME!! Madelyn picked out the cake and chocolate frosting and even helped put the sprinkles on.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET GIRL!!! 4 YEARS OLD AND GROWING UP WAY TOO FAST!! WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!

Aunt Kelli comes for a visit!!

Aunt Kelli, and Alexa and Michael came to visit us for a week at the beginning of June and we had such a blast! The kids had a great time together even though Zach and Kali were still finishing up their last few days of school.  Madelyn and Michael loved playing together :) We pretty much just hung out and played and Kelli helped out a ton with my crazy schedule that was still going on. So in between naps, swimming lessons, piano lessons, and school the kids were able to still play and have some fun!

 On the last day of school for the kids, Kelli had the brilliant idea of ambushing the kids with silly string and water balloons when they got home. They thought this was super fun and loved that their cool Aunt Kelli was right there in the middle of it all! haha!!  HAppy LaSt DaY of ScHOoL!!

 Alexa got Zach cornered!

 Water balloons :)

 Our awesome neighbor friends joined in on the fun as well!

 COUSINS!!!

 And another one of Kelli's great ideas....tie-dye t-shirts made from permanent markers and rubbing alcohol...the kids LOVED making their very own shirts! Thanks Aunt Kelli for being so much fun!! We love you and Alexa and Michael and can't wait to see you again!! 

Static anyone?!

 This girl cracks me up... I thought these pics were too funny not to share!!

1st & 2nd grade school performance!

 Zach and Kali were in a musical performance show called "Go Fish" put on by all the 1st and 2nd graders at school. They did a great job and had a lot of fun doing it. Madelyn tagged along with me to watch them and she loved seeing her big brother and big sister up on stage. Kali was right down front and center so I could get a good picture of her but Zach was a little harder to see...(see pic below)... he is right in the middle right behind the angel :)

Sisters!!

Lincoln Little League 2012

Zach had a great baseball season this year with his awesome Round Rock Express team! We love coach Tony and can't wait to be with him in the future for basketball season and baseball again next year!

 Zach was known for catching the fly balls and seriously never missed! Thought this was a cool picture of him in action!

 He had lots of great hits!

One of Zach's biggest fans enjoying a yummy orange :) The girls and I never missed a game! (unfortunately Daddy was gone on business most of the season) 

 Team party! Zach and coach Tony with the really cool trophy the boys got...the boys all signed every ball. Super fun!