Random June pics

So, that's a taste of what the month of June was like for us. Can't believe it's already July!

Phase one has begun!

Justin had an orthodontist appt. today, and finally got his appliance and his braces!

Here's the before shot.
And, here's his new smile! :) (Of course, he had to have green braces. ;)

I get to turn his appliance once a day starting next week. Muahahahaaa.... ;) This will (hopefully) expand his upper palate to fix his cross bite.

He's on a liquid diet for the rest of today, and starting tomorrow, he can only have soft foods. No more steak for Justin!

He has to learn how to talk again, and it's a riot to hear him try to pronounce words... especially those that have an 's' in them. :D In a few days, he should be used to it enough that he'll be able to talk again.

So glad that we've begun.

Dance Recital!

Rebekah and Emma had their last dance recital of the year last night.

And, did they ever do a good job! :) It was so cute to watch them. I took pictures, but none of them really turned out. :/ Here are a few that are okay.

The girls ready and waiting for the music to start!

Rebekah's the one with the grimace on her face as she streeeeetches to touch her head with her feet. :D

Emma was one of the littlest in the class, so she got the honours of being lifted up in this part of the routine. Score one for Emma! :)

And, here's Rebekah and Emma with their teacher, Elizabeth. Great job, girls!

See how they're now in white? The classes had a 'secret' dance that they all did together. They had to change into all-white clothes for the finale. I did video it, so you get to see how cute they all are!

Happy Birthday, Michael-Man!

It happened.

My baby has turned five years old!!

Look at him, holding up five fingers. :) He knew this day would come.

Happy 5th Birthday to our brown boy, tan man, Michael-man!

It's finally time!

Saturday was a beautiful day. We had taken down some old, falling apart wood in the Prowler, and put up brand new plywood on the ceiling and cottage pine on the wall. It looks so nice now!

Once we got that done, we decided we might as well haul the trailers down to the campsite, since it was finally dry enough. Once we got the Prowler positioned, and got "Bernice", our kids/guest trailer in the right spot, we figured... why not get all the camping stuff out?

So, out came the carpets, the bistro set, the umbrellas, the picnic tables, the campstove... etc. Jeff got the hole dug for the new fire pit. And then we thought, since everything is down here... why not camp tonight?

So, we did! :)

We had bought a new Bola Ball set, so Jeff and three of the kids played a game.

While they were playing, Ethan was enjoying the campfire with me.


We were treated to a pretty sky at sunset. We did hear a little smattering of rain through the night, but it wasn't much, and everything was dry when the kids woke up.

The next morning, the kids were happy with their first campout of the season! :) They waited in our trailer for our bacon, eggs and fried potatoes breakfast while Jeff and I had our coffee. (And, they had some grapes while they were waiting too.)

It was a lot of fun, and a great kick-off to the camping season! Now, we just have to get the last of our camping stuff, including the tent trailer, down and we're all set! Summer, here we come!