May/June

The transition from end-of-school-year to summer was good to us and my only complaint is that the days went by too quickly.

These kiddos are ready for summer!

Lucy perfected her various poses in May and was quick to ask me to snap a photo, regardless of location or attire.

Showing me that she can wear all of her jewelry at once, despite my advice against doing so.

Casually hugging a tree during Charlie's soccer match.

Hard to pull off a thug look when your cowboy boots are pink glitter and you are wearing cupcake pajamas.

As a rookie parent of a school-aged child, the end-of-the-year activities sort of kicked my tail.  I completely underestimated the number of end-of-year picnics, field trips, etc. when I signed up to attend all of them.  And by the 4th event within a two week period, Charlie barely made eye contact when I arrived.  I made such a rookie mistake.

May was also the beginning of baseball for Charlie which was really fun because he was on a team with most of his friends from kindergarten.

I laughed out loud when I saw Charlie's picture of another grown-up that he could trust...Emma in the bottom right corner.  His circle of trust is small so she should feel special.

We celebrated my dad's birthday at the end of May with a get together with all of our Gehl cousins. Thanks to my  brother for hosting - it was great to see everyone and enjoy some fun outside together.

 And no end-of-year would be complete without some Field Day activities!

Kindergarten was great to us and Charlie's excited to be a "firstie" next year...apparently all the cool kids are saying that these days.

 June brought more baseball and while the skill sets may not have changed much over the season, the boys became much better and louder at cheering for their teammates from the bench.

The kids are attending the same summer program so it's great to have a single drop-off/pick-up and so far, the kids are enjoying being together during the day.

 More fun was had in Cascade - there is something about playing with a farm set from the comfort of a backyard that was simple fun!

Having failed to check the frequency of baseball games, I signed the kids up for swimming lessons in June.  We found ourselves with a 2-3 week period of some activity almost every night during the week.  Not my cup of tea.  For you families with many children in many different activities, bless you.

We had a Supple family fun weekend in June that started with an overnight stay in Galena.  The kids started the adventure with some face painting at the hot air balloon festival.

Charlie's smudged Mario brothers face - the eyebrows still crack me up!

Absent the face paint, we realized that BJ and Charlie were pretty well matched for the day.

Lucy's "butterfly" pose to show me her face painting.

We had some Father's Day fun before heading to the pool for the day.  These kiddos love their daddy and rightfully so, they got a good one...

 who can only resist tickling them for so long!

 We were pleasantly surprised to find Ariel and Flounder at our local Chick-Fil-A.  Nothing like being serenaded by Under the Sea while enjoying some chicken and french fries!

We also had a Gehl family fun weekend back in Cascade in late June.  It was a great day of spending time at the Sportsmen's Park and going through a scavenger hunt through town.

Lucy enjoyed a slide that is very unlikely to be "up to code".  It's hard to tell from the photo but the top of the slide was at least a story-and-a-half off of the ground that left little room for error.

 We finished the day with a movie in my parent's backyard and a campout that lasted until storms came through in the middle of the night.  It was a great that hopefully created some lasting memories for everyone.

Ready for the show to begin!

 Finally, Charlie and Lucy ended the month by showing me their box costumes.  Creative?  Debatable.  Funny?  I think so.

We're looking forward to a fun-filled July!