Forgot to post this in April

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This was from I was away at the beginning of June and face timing with them.  I have another picture of the blond boy.  He didn't quite fit on this screen in this picture.  I missed my family when I was gone.

Packing cat

 

He's helping her pack for camp, saying he doesn't want her to go, or saying he wants to go...Not sure.

Dance

 
The nun with an attitude!

 
 

Favorite pose

 

Super girl!

Judi and Natalie's Tuesday Night Tap Class

Judi and Nat's Monday Night Class

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy!

Tia's Tap Class

Videos some day!

track and field

 

April and May were a little crazy and I didn't even get a chance to tell you Kira did track and field. 

She did long jump for part of the season and high jump the whole season.  She made it to county!  At one point, she proudly told me she was exercising almost 20 hours a week.  (Dancing 7.5 + PE 5 + Track 4-9 depending on the week)

Good job, Kira!

I forgot to say, awesome photo by my brother, Joe!  Thanks Joe for everything!

Ride

 

Oh my is all I can say.

Twins?

Last night, Tia and Nick went to a baseball game. Tia got to play the National Anthem with the school band and then they watched the home team win in an exciting game!

The big screen

The girls and I got to watch Nick on the big screen when he gave his talk for work. The talk was broadcast (on the private network); it was so fun to see him give such a great talk. He looks good up there!

 

5/29 Dance show

Our show on 5/29

 

Tomatoes

 

There are lots of tomatoes out there and soon they will be red.  Did we tell you that all of our tomatoes planted themselves?  The seeds that fell last summer yielded these plants (plus two more plants).  Hopefully they are nice and hardy plants!

Zucchini

Garden by Nick, Natalie, and Tia

 

 

Judi cooks it mostly. Sunday night (last night) we made 4 zucchini--two were turned into zucchini fries, one was turned into zucchini hummus, and one was turned into 4 loaves of zucchini bread (Nick's specialty). 

Coale

He loves her!

 
Photo by Kira

Nice picture

 

They look so nice when I take them to work with me.  (Looks can be deceiving.)

Surprise flowers

 

These popped up in our yard this year!  They are lovely!

Plums

 

Almost!

Show

The K company dancers in the June 4th show.

 

It got a little crazy! Photos by Nick

8th grade promotion

 

Just a few hours ago.  Yay, Natalie!

The queen and her subjects

 

We get to take care of our neighbor's kitty this weekend.  I think the girls like her.

Dr. F goes to Washington

Fabulous conference for work this last weekend... Two dance shows on Saturday until 6:30 pm and then a red-eye for the conference that started Sunday morning at 8 am in DC. It was completely insane, and a blur, but thankfully it all worked and no planes were late (to the conference). The conference involved a lot of great people (170 or so of them) and we have lots of good work to continue!

Little flower on a hike

From my birthday

Muffins

 
Natalie has perfected her chocolate chip muffins!  These cute little silicone muffin liners are awesome.  The dishwasher doesn't like them, but the cook does. They were a mother's day present.  I'll follow up with her recipe on our food blog soon.

bee house

 
One of my Mother's Day presents was a little house for Carpenter Bees.  They don't make honey but are great pollinators.  Someday, when I have more time, maybe I'll have a hive.  Brother Rob has 3 hives... (pictures soon).

So Kira

Or is it sew Kira?

helper

 
A baby preying mantis -- s/he just hatched and is going to work in our garden!

Sweet boy!

 

One of the pictures in the book.  Could he get any sweeter?  Love his tilted in head!