Friday's Favorites

Zach LOVES his pasta. Maybe there is some Italian in him?

Smoothies have been the afternoon snack at our house these days (thanks G and P for the hand blender). Luke is very nice about sharing.

Zach loves his new box ride. Who needs fancy toys?

Bath time is always interesting.

Luke likes to hold Zach's hand on car rides - LOVE this!

Swinging at Christian's birthday party.

This is often what happens when I ask the boys to smile for the camera.

Thought I might try to post our favorite pictures each week so our family can check in on the weekends and get the latest updates. Feel free to call me out if I miss a Friday - somebody needs to keep me in check :).

**I must give credit to my friend Amy for this one. I saw this on her blog and decided to adopt it for my own. Thanks, Amy!**

Graduation Day!

Mom is so proud!

Dad is so proud!

High Five, big brother!

Ashes, ashes, we all fall DOWN!

Ring around the rosy, pocket full of posies...

Kayla, Jilly, Ross, Ryan, Emmy, Jeb, and Luke

Accepting his certificate from Ms. Lori.

We all attended Luke's graduation today. (Sniffle, sniffle - How will I get the grocery shopping done now?) :) It was a nice event. No cap and gown yet, but he did get to walk across the stage to accept a certificate from his teacher, Ms. Lori. His class then performed a "skit" (it was actually just two rounds of Ring Around the Rosy) before heading out to the playground for a picnic of hot dogs, fruit, and treats. (Luke was in heaven!) The whole thing was pretty silly, but I did find myself looking back on the past school year with fond memories. Like of Luke's first day of school wearing his "big boy" underwear and carrying his first backpack and lunchbox. And the drive home that day when I asked him how school was and he answered, "I hit a boy." He really has grown up A LOT this year. Some things I'll miss, some I won't, but I will definitely look back on it all as a great learning experience - for us both. NOTE: Sorry for the blurry pics. We're looking into a new fancy shmancy camera to avoid these mishaps.