End of Kindergarten

Landon had some fun activities at the end of the school year.  Matt and I both got to go to his class picnic and bring him lunch one afternoon, and Matt helped with Field Day.  So crazy that we will have a 1st grader and a Pre-schooler next year!!

Landon's teacher, Mrs. Schenkelberg, opening her class gift at the picnic….it was a memory book from the year and she loved it!

 Some pictures from Field Day

 This is Landon on his first day of Kindergarten….

And on his last day of Kindergarten...

Landon LOVED Kindergarten and was very sad for it to end.  His last day, he actually fell asleep holding the picture of his class.  He had a wonderful teacher and learned so much….he can read chapter books, add, subtract and write stories.  It's amazing!  The year just flew by and I can't believe how much he grew and changed.

Granny

This is definitely one of the hardest blog posts I have had to do…  

On May 21, we said goodbye to my wonderful grandma, or "Granny" as my brother and I always called her.  She was sick and her body just shut down.  She was 85 years old, and she was married for 65 years to grandpa. She is no longer in pain, and she is enjoying life in heaven, I'm sure!  She was always the life of the party, so I'm sure she is making everyone laugh up there and is definitely playing games like Russian Rummy, the Horsey game and Aggravation.  Those were just a few of her favorites. We all have so many great memories of playing games with her, and just spending time with her.  Granny LOVED being a grandma and a great grandma, and she was definitely a fantastic one! :) Granny was loved by so many people and always lit up the room when she walked in. She was like a surrogate granny to all of my friends, and they all loved her too!  She was hilarious and there was never a dull moment with her.  I loved hanging out with her, no matter what we were doing.  It was always a special treat to go to Granny and Grandpa's and get to hang out with them.  I was fortunate that I grew up right down the street from them, and saw them frequently. I was even more fortunate that I had her in my life for so long and that my boys got to experience what a great person she was as well.  She loved all the holidays and they definitely won't be the same without her.  I will forever be grateful for everything she did for me, all the time we got to spend together and for all of the wonderful memories.  She was one of a kind and can never be replaced.  I definitely miss talking to her. When something crazy or funny would happen, she would be my first call, and we would laugh and laugh about it.  I have picked up the phone several times to call her, before realizing that I no longer can.  She loved hearing my stories from school and she really loved hearing about what the boys were up to and what we were doing as a family.  I know she is watching over us though, and still laughing right along with us!  Granny was the best and she will truly be missed.

Here are some pictures I have of her over the past 10 years. I'm not sure if they are all in the correct order, but they are close.

I think this is the last picture of the entire family at Christmas….before there were any great grandkids.

One of our silly Christmas pictures…still before grandkids

 

Granny holding Adelin when she was born

 Another pic at the hospital

 Ade's First Christmas

 Landon's baptism

 Granny and Grandpa's trip to Ohio with my parents when Landon was a baby

 Landon with his great grandparents

 Landon's first Christmas

Reading a book to Adelin

 Great pic of Grandpa and Granny

 One Christmas at Mom and Dad's

At Jeremy and Cindy's

Watching the kids play on Mom and Dad's patio 

Great pic with Mom and Aunt Missy

 Our Family at Christmas in their new house

 Granny and Keegan

The boys visiting Granny and Grandpa

Another trip to Granny and Grandpa's

Granny playing outside with Ade and Landon

I think this was Thanksgiving this past year

 The last picture I have of Granny…with Grandpa at the nursing home

 What a great lady….we love you Granny and you will always be in our hearts <3 p="">

Until we meet again...

Matt's Birthday

For Matt's birthday, we went out to eat at one of our favorite restaurants here, Strip!  The food was amazing, as always.  We usually go there for our anniversary and don't take the boys with us, but we all went this time and Landon and Keegan loved it too!  They even brought Matt out a birthday cake for dessert! The boys helped me make Matt a mint cake as well, so we had two rounds of cake that night!

Matt's cake...

 Singing "Happy Birthday"

 Blowing out the candles

 Daddy and his boys

Choir Party/T-ball Parade

We had a busy day after our visitors left.  First, Landon had his end of the year choir party at church.  

This is Landon getting his certificate and music pin from his teacher, Miss Annie.

Landon didn't miss choir at all this year and won the Perfect Attendance Award!  He was so excited!

After the choir party, it was time to head to the T-ball Parade.  Since Matt is the coach this year, he had to make a banner for the team to walk in the parade.  They are the Pirates, and did an awesome job on their banner!

Matt & Landon with the banner.

 Keegan and I getting ready for the parade.

 Ready to catch some candy.

 The boys walking in the parade with the banner.  I think there are 13 people on the T-ball team, and only 3 kids showed up to walk in the parade :(  One was Landon, one was the assistant coaches kid and just one other player.

 All done!

 What a fun day!!!

Fun times in Cleveland

*The past month has been crazy here, so I apologize with the lack of blogs lately.  I will try to get all caught up this weekend, so stay tuned!

The same week that us 4 went to the Cardinals/Indians game, my parents and 4 of their best friends (Aaron & Joyce, Warren & Marcy) came to Cleveland as well!  I went with the 6 of them to the Cardinals/Indians game on Thursday afternoon.  We had great seats behind home plate! We had a blast and the Cards won again!

Here is all of us….Dad, Mom, Me, Joyce, Aaron, Marcy and Warren

 Me with Mom & Dad at the game

 After the game, everyone came back to our house for dinner.  The CAVS came on right before they went back to their hotel, so here are a couple pics of Keegan and my dad watching the game!

 On Friday, my family went to school/work :( but the 6 of them had a lot of fun.  The girls went antiquing and out to lunch.  The guys went on an all day Charter Fishing trip.  It rained on them a lot, but they had a blast and caught some huge walleye!!!

Dad holding a big Walleye

 Warren with his huge Walleye

 Measuring the fish!

 Dad with another big one!

 All 3 of the guys with their fish from the day!

All the fish

Friday night, we took the boys to the hotel to swim and then all of us went out to dinner.  On Saturday, Warren and Marcy headed home, but Mom, Dad, Joyce and Aaron came to our house for the night.  We watched Landon play in his soccer game and grilled out for dinner.  Those 4 stayed with us that night….more good times!

This is Aaron reading to Keegan on Sunday morning.

Saying our goodbyes to everyone…..we didn't want them to go!

Aaron & Joyce with the boys

Grandma and Papa with the boys

Mom, Dad, Aaron and Joyce in front of our house

And with Landon and Keegan!

Thanks for coming to Cleveland and hanging out with us for a few days.  We had a great time and can't wait for all of you to come back again!!!