Vacation Bible School

Landon was excited to go to Vacation Bible School at Peace Lutheran this summer. Our church isn't having one due to construction, so I'm thankful he was still able to participate in one.  I'm also thankful they posted pictures each day so I could personally see all the fun he was having (and of course pics for the blog)

My past student Aubrey was one of his group leaders.

He was so proud of his face painting!  

Thursday evening they had a family fun night with a concert.  Landon was excited to sing and be part of the God Squad.  We also enjoyed hot dogs, cotton candy and music!  

That evening we got home around 9:30 after delivering thirty-one bags so we decided to stay up and catch fireflies!  It's summer so you can do that!  

Memorial Day Weekend

We finally made it to a Danger game this year.  It was definitely more work when you have  a little girl who needed to go potty every 15 minutes.  Luckily Landon was able to stay in our seat by himself and Kurtis could watch him from a distance.  Landon of course was excited to go on the field with daddy as usual.  This time he rode around with Kurtis and Bones in the golf cart thingy.

Getting autographs after the game.

At the Happy Brush a week earlier we couldn't decide what to paint so Kurtis and Avery decided to paint a cookie jar for Kurtis' mom as she loves cookie jars.  What a perfect mother's day/birthday gift and she loved it.  

Yummy!

On Memorial Day we kept the tradition going and attended the breakfast and Memorial Day cemetery. 

Grandma's little helper.  He helped water all of her flowers and by golly she has plenty!

That afternoon we headed back home but took a scenic route instead.  As we went through North Platte we thought it would be fun to stop where Kurtis proposed and take some family picutures.

Then of course had to re act out the special moment.  This time we had two crazy kids with us.  Such a fun memory!

We then detoured to Maxwell (drove by my old house) and of course drove through Ft. McPherson to see all the flags.

Then our last stop was Lexington to have supper with my parents and to pick up Wally.

The river is really high.

Couldn't leave without having smores.  

Preschool Graduation

Well...it's official, our little boy has graduated preschool.  He had his graduation program on Thursday, May 19th so I was able to take off the entire morning to celebrate with him.  They shared a slideshow presentation of the entire year, sang some songs and read an interactive story together.

I'll definitely be posting some videos later as this blog wouldn't be complete without them. Landon sang his heart out; literally.  There were so many times Kurtis and I looked at each other and asked ourselves "is that seriously our kid?" He sang so loud and knew every single word.  Landon has definitely grown in his self confidence and isn't as shy as before.  So proud of how far he has grown already; can't wait to see what lies ahead. 

Last day of preschool

Mikki even came and brought the kids along. Landon was so excited to see her.

His diploma!

His class

Grace, Monroe and Landon

Best Buds

Mrs. Hicken

 Next journey

Newell Elementary as a kindergarten Newell Knight

Graduation, Zoo, Graduation and Lots of Family

What a crazy busy weekend filled with graduations and lots of family time.  My cousin from Omaha had her graduation party on Saturday, so we headed down a night early to spend some extra time with family.  We ended up sharing a room with my brother and his family and the kids enjoyed the giant slumber party.  

The girls turned the closet into a magic show.

My cousin from Pennsylvania came back for her sister's graduation so we were lucky to spend extra time with her.  The kids loved the gifts she brought them.

Saturday morning we had some extra time before Kate's party so we went to the Pizza Machine for some family fun.  

There is always one in every bunch!

Cousinly love!

Sunday we then had another graduation in Lincoln so instead of going home and coming back we decided to stay in Omaha another night and head to the zoo the next morning.  We typically plan on going to the zoo when it's super hot, so we decided to hit it up while it was nicer out. The kids had a great time and Avery was at a fun age that she knew the animals.

She is her mother's child.  She loved the penguins.  

We then headed to Lincoln for Dylan's graduation party.