Weekly Post

We started out this week celebrating Cole's 11th birthday on Monday.

We went out for dinner after school and then had cake and ice cream.

Liv's teacher had a celebration/graduation party on Tuesday.

Ethan finally agreed to get a hair cut :)

Oliver helped Shawn with the yard work

Liv and I went summer clothes shopping

We ate ice cream as much as possible

Last day of school was Friday.  We had the annual school bus pool party.  I didn't see Ethan all day long on Friday.  He left early for school and went home with friends and to party until the evening.  I am not sure that I am ready for all this teenager stuff!

Cole and Liv started tennis lessons

They also enjoyed ping pong at the club

More swimming with friends

Cole's birthday water balloon fight.

Tomorrow is our first week of summer.  We are excited!

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Cole left for Camp Whitcomb with his school class for a few days this week.  

Shawn and I went out on a date!

I made Pina Colada cupcakes for a Puerto Rican fiesta for Liv's school class.

We swam at the pool

 We rode bikes

We took a road trip to Madison for Ethan's soccer tournament

We bonded as a family :)

Liv did my hair during the games

Cole finally got to go to Orange Leaf for frozen custard

Ethan's team is splitting up after this tournament and going to different teams.  It was the last time many of them will get to play together. Ethan went out with a bang and got a yellow card for arguing with the ref his last game :(  

Cole has been the un-official team manager for Ethan's team.  He sits with the team and helps warm up the goalie before every game.

We had some pretty impressive summer storms during some of the games.

We goofed off in the weight room at the hotel

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We had amazing weather again this week.  Lots of fun time spent outside!

We went swimming

We went to the driving range.

We played Spike Ball

We made quilts for a Young Women's Activity and Liv helped.

We played tennis

Ethan and his gallon ice cream bucket.  He calls it an after school snack!

Cole finishing projects for school

Liv and her cute friend having a play date.

Cole and his cute friend having a play date!

Ethan has cute friends also, and they have been over at the house a lot lately, but they never want their pictures taken :( 

Liv snuggling with the dog at night.  He loves all the attention!

Ethan working on a school project teaching how to make pancakes.

We had a great Memorial Day! Shawn and I got up early and went to our weekly Orange Theory class.  Then we went home and got the kids and headed to the ward Memorial Day Breakfast at church.  After that we headed to the Milwaukee Brewer baseball game and then home for a BBQ and ice cream sundaes with the neighbors!

We finished the night with a fun water balloon fight!