Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Happy 8th Birthday Lainey


This sweet girl makes celebrating her EASY!  Happy 8th birthday to our sweetly sensitive, motherly Lulu.  We love you so much!


Lainey wanted to celebrate her birthday a little early so she could spend it with her best friend Kai before she moved.  They both love "The Greatest Showman" and elephants, so coming up with a slumber party theme was easy!  We carried out the circus theme with a trip to Jumpology to perfect their acrobatics, lots of circus themed games and dress up and a Greatest Showman dance party!  They stayed up way too late playing Truth or Dare and continued the celebration the next morning at the Kanawha opening day pool party!  It was a special time, with a special friend, celebrating our special 8 year old.  


























Happy 8th Birthday Lainey Brooke!











May

Hooray! School's Out For Summer!





Caleb and Orange Room Graduation

Cars are taking over!






Caleb's last day of school. 





Avery and Preschool Graduation


Teeny Tiny Farm Fun!

No Training wheels!


Avery's last day of preschool and our last day at St. Stephen's after 8 years. 




St. Stephen's end of the year program! 

This guy adds a level of difficulty to school programs!  No more front row seats for this Mama! 

Caleb was very proud of his big sister! 

Avery and her Yellow Room BFF Gwendolyn. 


Look out Veritas!  This cutie is ready for Kindergarten!



Lainey and 1st Grade Graduation

Lainey planted flowers with one her buddies during the first grade field Trip to Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens. 




 More First Grade Fun!





















Lainey has become a great (and eager!) reader! 





Someone must have made a good impression on the yearbook staff this year!



Lainey's Birthday Celebration at school. She had a Circus themed birthday party so clown noses were a must! 






Little brother always seems to steal the show!

Mr. Popular!



First grade Peter Rabbit Play.  The end of the year cuteness is off the charts!


Avery was mesmerized. 

Caleb was an enthusiastic audience member!







Lainey had a fantastic year in first grade with Mrs. Garrett. We are sad to say goodbye for the summer.


Hailey and Third Grade Graduation

This girl loves her books!


Little brother stealing the show again while Hailey tries to show us her Narnia scene in her classroom.  


These two have been BFF's since day one at Veritas. 


Sweet friendships formed in Mrs. Basses third grade class. 


Field Trip to the VMFA.

Hailey's birthday celebration at school. Caleb couldn't wait to surprise his biggest sister with Harry Potter cupcakes on her birthday!




Caleb loved hanging with the big kids on the playground.  


Third Grade Narnia Naming Ceremony.  

We were asked to come up with a royal name for Hailey after third grade read "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" together, along with a Bible verse.  Similar to the naming ceremony at the end of the book.  This was the sweetest ceremony ever!  It was so fun to see how each child's face would light up when they heard the name they were given.  Presenting Queen Hailey the Creative! "For anything is possible with God." Luke 1:37.  






Celebrating their new royal status during the third grade Narnia feast. 

We love Mrs. Bass! We couldn't have asked for a better third grade teacher for Hailey Grace!  What a great year!


First Piano Recital 

We are so proud of how far these two pianists have come in just a few short months of piano lessons with Ms. Hofma. 



Lainey played Ode to Joy.

Hailey played Yankee Doodle.


Celebrating piano concert success over milkshakes with Gigi and Babu!



Grandparent's Day

The girls were very excited to show Gigi everything they've learned during Grandparent's Day. 


Sad Goodbye to Dear Friends

It was so hard to say goodbye to our dear friends the Aiken's.  Lots of tears were shed and lots of letters have already been written!  I have a feeling a trip to Kentucky will be in our future soon!








Mother's Day




Ryan and Emily's Baby Shower

We were so happy to celebrate Ryan and Emily's brewing babies!  We can't wait to meet them and know Ryan and Emily are going to be great parents!

This is what happens when you ask your sister to help throw you a baby shower!  Pin the paci on Poogie!  




Commercial Shoot at Veritas

We had fun being movie stars for day while we helped film our neighbors campaign commercial!

We have walls!









Summer Here We Come!

Last Summer at Kanawha. 










Summer Exploring at Pony Pasture Rapids









Hello Summertime!

Catching fireflies.

Hanging around the Veritas playground. 

"Expecto patronum!"

Water fun at Gigi and Babu's. 

Putting those old ballet costumes to use with some pretty cute sister dressup! 

Summer sleepovers are the best! 

The first week of summer is getting off to a pretty sweet start!

Can't wait to see what Summer 2019 has in store for us!