Big Events

Memorial Day was a LONG time ago.  That's how long I've been trying to blog.  I started this post on June 6th and have had to change the title so that I'm not just blogging about one event from a month ago.  Life has been rolling right along!  The end of school was just extremely busy with testing, end-of-school events, planning Kindergarten celebration, and 18 lively Kindergartners to teach.  At the end of the day, I was exhausted.  As of tomorrow, I will have been out of school 2 weeks, and I don't feel like I have slowed down too much.  I couldn't just pick up the blog again without documenting a few big events we had in the last month.

We had a fantastic Memorial Day weekend.  That Saturday, we were supposed to have Alden's party, but the poor thing was sick, so we made some purchases for the house and had lunch out.  That night Ned and I went to Richmond for my bridesmaid's dress fitting.  The weather  was perfect, and we had dinner outside at P.F. Chang's.  We picked up a Ninja Turtle for Avery that night…don't even ask.

On Sunday we had three families over for a seafood boil.  It was such a wonderful night.  We had seven kids age 4 and under, even though we were missing two families.  Everyone played well and ate well, and all the kids left filthy.  We vowed to get together more often.

I had school on Monday for a make-up day.  That afternoon we went to Alden's first birthday party.  Both kids had fun playing with the outdoor toys at the Grizzards' house.  Sam's fun entailed getting really wet and sandy, so he came home without his pants.

Our next big event was Avery's preschool program on June 6th.  Pictured are the 3- and 4-year-old classes.  It's a small but great group.  They sang songs like Jesus Loves Me and The B-I-B-L-E and got certificates.  Avery has had a wonderful year in this program and is more than ready for Kindergarten, even if I am not.  She certainly did some growing between the first and last days of school.

We celebrated Father's Day and honored the special dads in our lives.

Aside from these big events, we've had a lot of little events that make life so good.  Summer fun is in full effect, and we've been busy playing outside, visiting the pool, and relaxing at home.

Our first pool trip of the season was a bit rocky, and this was the happiest these two faces were that day.  Sam did not care for the big pool one bit and took awhile warming up in the little pool.  Avery did some crying in her Puddle Jumper while her feet touched the bottom after forgetting how comfortable she had been in the water last summer.

We took Daddy on the next trip, and more hands helped everyone.  Sam still prefers the steps in the big pool, but at least he sits there for the length of our trip.

And finally, the highly anticipated wedding weekend was this past weekend.  My childhood best friend, Carrie, got married.  While I was honored to be a part of the day, I was also a nervous wreck.  I have a fear of passing out when standing still in one place for a long period of time.  I think it's a blood sugar issue, and I've had several close calls.  It was a busy wedding weekend, and the ceremony was pretty long, but I made it.  All of the bridesmaids were nervous about one thing or another, and we grumbled under our breath about the heat in the sanctuary, so it was good to know we were all in the same boat.  I felt like a new woman as I walked out of the church.

I know more big and small events lay ahead for the Lankfords this summer, and my intent is to do my best to keep up.