How time does fly!

Oh my. Our baby, Bryce, graduated from Kindergarten today. I know, it seems silly to have a graduation for 5 & 6 year olds, but they were cute. And the teachers tried (and succeeded on this Mom) to make us cry about our babies getting older. It was a great performance and Trent and I are so proud of Bryce. He did spectacularly in his class this year and we know he'll do well with whatever he tries. He's a good boy and a great son! We love you Bryce.

Birthdays, slip n slides and water days- oh my!

I know I ended the last post with Manning's birthday playgroup party but we had a "family" birthday party after that and we have some cute pictures from that get together as well.



Manning greeting her cousin, Clare, with a smooch. :o)
The beautiful birthday girl.
Tasting her treat.
Sharing her loot with Clare. But only for a moment!
Showing off her new baby and carrier from Melissa.
And on to Bryce playing in a soccer tournament. He never ceases to amaze me with his stamina and skill.
Manning all dolled up in ND gear. What's best is Daddy dressed her this day... (it was Bryce's idea for everyone to wear ND shirts though). I was very proud of Trent... Manning looks cute, don't you think?
Channeling Clare. Clare took a very cute picture in goggles not too long ago and I had to get one of Manning because it reminded me of Clare.
Testing out the new slip-n-slide from Melissa. (this will come in handy for school water day as you'll see in pictures a little bit further down)
Julia gave it a spin! Not too shabby for the first time around!
Look at that splash!
Lance even enjoyed some sliding time.
Fun at the spray park. I just thought Manning was too cute shooting the big water gun.
The boys having "fun" in the water.
Trent working his station at water day at Bryce's school.
Shaving cream station...
Pick marbles up with your toes station...
Ahhh... the slip-n-slide... look at that skill!
Water melon seed spitting contest. Put your back in to it!
Trent and Bryce sliding. Trent was the master of demonstration on this one! We were lucky he could walk the next day with some of slides he did.
The teacher's having fun and throwing water balloons at the kids at the end of the morning.
Bryce's last slide down the bounce house water slide.
End of the fun.
What a great teacher Miss Rhodes is and what a great Kindergarten class Bryce was in! Definitely made our first year at Bette Perot enjoyable.
All the boys in Bryce's class.