Father's Month :)

Instead of a Father's Day, we went ahead and celebrated a Father's month!  Look at that adorable mustache of his!!!  I am obsessed with it!!!

As you can see Ryan had a blast playing wiffle ball.  Our monthly parties are a great opportunity for fun and activity with friends and family!  He's pretty cute, huh?

Ryan thoroughly enjoyed our family day at the Reuben H Fleet Science Center, thanks to my parents for the year pass.  My three little piggies and one little beaver thoroughly enjoyed the IMAX theater at the center as well.

Ryan LOVED this particular activity.  This center allows you to build a bridge laying down, then use the clear plexiglass to bring it up and allow it to stand free.  Of course Merrick's favorite part was knocking it down!

One sunny afternoon in June, we took a family bike ride to the Mission and Pacific Beach boardwalk.  Then relaxed by the bay after the long bike ride.

...and played a game too!

Our neighbor Alex invited us to the Greek Festival to enjoy her heritage, some dancing and ethnic food.  It was a lot of fun, and these guys really loved the Greek donuts :-)

Recently Ryan and I merged into becoming the property managers where we live.  This allows Ryan to use his handy skills occasionally, and I get to capture his cute smile in the act!

On Father's Day, Ryan had his beauties all around him.  We enjoyed a fun day at the beach...

...and finished the day with a yummy BBQ.

I thought I would add this handsome photo of Ryan with his brother.

We all enjoyed some play time at a friend's birthday party to end the month.

To bring this post to a close, I would like to share that Ryan is the absolute champ for our family.  We appreciate his unique and valuable contribution more than words could ever express <3

End of School Festivities

I have shared a couple YouTube videos in this blog, one of Rowan's orchestra concert and the other is Merrick's choir concert.  I believe the videos will not appear in this email.  If you would like to see the videos just double click on the first picture here and it will take you to our actual blog.  There the videos will appear.

Rowan the professional student, it appears as if she breezes to receive the honor roll every semester.  However, she puts in many hours of homework and gives 100% of her effort to her school work and projects.  High five girl!

Kierce made a self portrait and shared it with us at her end of the year open house.  I just love the words she used to describe herself <3 she is spot on!

Above is the video of Rowan playing the cello in her orchestra concert!  

Merrick was super excited to share his school work gorgeously displayed throughout his classroom at his end of the year open house.  He has grown so much throughout the year, in all areas!

Kierce was honored by having her artwork chosen to be displayed at a local bank.  They had an open house for the families to attend and view their works or art.

Merrick and his friend Nicolaas getting a BIG hug after their end of the year choir concert.  They had a blast!

Above is a video of Merrick singing in his choir concert!  The kids worked very tediously all year on this music.

The day before Merrick's last day of school was a blast!  We both had a blast at his field day, I enjoyed running a station and Merrick enjoyed running around to all of them!  Of course he got the ring on the tail that coordinated boy :-)

Kierce enjoyed her field day on the very last day of school!  She LOVES field day, and I LOVE to see her having fun and enjoying time with her friends!

How fast can we fill up a bucket with water using a spongy ball???  Quicker than you thing :-)

Kierce with a couple of her besties!  It was a great year!

On Merrick's last day of school, they had a GIANT party, with games, food and all kinds of fun!

Here is Merrick with a couple of his besties!

And Rowan's orchestra and band program has an end of the year beach party, so we had a great time all day long celebrating the end of the year!!!

No sleeping in for the Merricks the morning after the last day of school!  Time to start our summer volunteer project bright and early.  Sweeping up the walkway by the beach...it's called the "wall".  We never know what we will see while sweeping.  Last week, the kids and I were in a commercial for KPBS!  Check out our YouTube page to see them!