Isaiah's Graduation Day

Tuesday Isabelle, Avrey, and I went up to cousin Isaiah's preschool graduation!  They had a cute little ceremony the preschoolers put on and each received a diploma! It's so hard to believe that Isabelle will be starting preschool in August!  She will be in the 3 year old preschool class through our church and will have school Tuesday and Thursday mornings.  She is sooooooooo excited to start school and talks about it non stop!  (She is also very excited that daddy is going to be going to school too!  Kevin is starting graduate school in July for his MBA and we are so proud of him for pursing this while continuing to work full time at Principal!)

On to Isaiah's graduation pictures!

Waiting for the big ceremony to begin!

 

Isaiah on his big day!

Treats back in the preschool room!

Avrey and Violet!

Avrey with Grandma and Grandpa :)

After the graduation, Isabelle, Ava, and Isaiah played in the gym for a while.  Lucky for Isabelle Uncle Andy is the P.E. teacher at their school so they have access to all the fun gym equipment! Isabelle had so much fun and did not want to leave.  There may have been a few tears shed when it was time to go.

During all the action...Avrey slept of course. :)

Congratulations Isaiah! We are so proud of you and glad we got to celebrate your big day with you!

Minnesota Trip Day 3

Our third day of our little trip turned out to be just as fun and long as the others! We had planned on leaving sometime after lunch but ended up staying until past dinner! Isabelle was having too much fun, Avrey was sleeping all day again, and we decided to just stay and make the most of our last day!

Our sleeping beauty.

Isabelle with her new purchase. :)

Kevin and Isabelle went to the Sea Life Aquarium while Avrey and I shopped and she ate. :)  Isabelle loved it and had so much fun!  We all went the last time we were there and loved it so much we wanted to take Isabelle again!  The best part is it is just in the basement of the mall!

Isabelle later met Peep the chick. :)  And got a free hat from him.  She was happy. :)

Avrey mid yawn. :)

And quickly back asleep.

Isabelle also met Sharky the Shark walking around the mall. He is the "mascot" of the aquarium. :)

Isabelle and Tracy the Tree from Rainforest Cafe.  She didn't like Tracy the Tree at first, but now loves her!!!!! She is even still talking about Tracy the Tree and how she will look for her at the Rainforest Cafes at Disney World this fall!

Little Avrey again :)

Since we left so late Avrey got in her jammies and Isabelle wanted to wear one of her new nightgowns for the drive home.  Avrey slept the entire way home again!

That concludes our little vacation to Minnesota!  It was great to get away as a family and Avrey did great on her first little trip.  One of my favorite things Isabelle said on this trip was quote "Disney World is my favorite place to go on vacation. I like this place too.  This is a good place to come in between trips to Disney World" :)  Oh Isabelle, we love you! 

Minnesota Trip Day 2

Our second day of our little vacation was spent at the mall shopping, riding rides, eating at Rainforest Cafe (again), and having lots of fun!

Avrey and Isabelle were well rested and ready to go!

On our way to breakfast at the hotel.  They have a wonderful restaurant, Bistro 79, which has a huge breakfast buffet full of anything you could want!

As soon as we got to the mall we went to Nickelodeon Universe so Isabelle could ride the rides (each several times)! She spotted Blue the dog right away!

Avrey sleeping as usual :)

Riding Blues Skidoo!

Driving a big car around the track!

Still asleep. :)

Carousel time!

Riding Swipers Sweeper with daddy!

And riding Azul the train!

Isabelle was very excited to go on the hot air balloons!

Lunch time!

Avrey sleeping again...she literally slept almost the entire day!

On the Barnyard roller coaster!

And more rides on Blue's Skidoo!

Isabelle wanted to eat dinner at Rainforest Cafe again...so back we went!

After a long day of shopping and rides, we went back to the hotel for the night!

Sound asleep!

Stay tuned for day 3 pictures!