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Matt took the two older kids camping while I stayed home with Evie who was sick. A couple of weeks later Ella told me the following story while we were eating breakfast.

Mom, when we went camping with Dad, we were going fishing and Dad brought his knife. And then we stopped and he carved some letters in a tree. You know what the letters were? It was an E, because thats me, Ella. And then a plus (makes the sign with her finger in the air) and then a K, for Kash. Mom, it was like so cute I almost cried!

The Dance Recital

This might be our last dance recital for awhile. Ella decided that she would rather take gymnastics so we are going to take a little break from dance. She just never really wanted to go to class but once she was there she was fine. I think next time I will put her in with some neighbor friends and I bet she won't have a problem going. Her recital was hilarious. Matt and I both thought she regressed! She did much better at the last recital and when we talked to her afterwards she said that a certain girl was always in her spot! That made sense because the entire time she was looking at the floor where her tape was and she was always kind of behind another girl. Maybe we will have better luck with gymnastics?

Surprise Surprise I could not get this girl to give me a real smile. She got so frustrated and finally said, "Mom, I don't know how to smile!!"

You might notice she is sporting straight hair. She had been begging for weeks to straighten her hair so for her recital we finally did. She loved it and said she wanted straight hair forever.

This was the first dance they did.

And this was the second.

Kash got a little bored and ended up laying down in the aisle.

Evie and Matt cheering Ella on.

Miss Evie in all her chubby glory.

Her teacher Ms. Trista.

I love this picture!

The traditional ice cream afterwards.

Evie enjoyed chewing on her lid.

Preschool Graduation

Ella has officially graduated preschool! She will be going to kindergarten and cannot wait. Her preschool teacher this year was so so good and she loved going. Her graduation was really cute, they sang a bunch of songs for us and of course Ella stood out because she is the smallest one by far! I cannot believe my baby girl will be going off to school in the fall.

They sang the silliest song that made everyone laugh.

Just after receiving her diploma.

We love Ms. Heidi!

She was excited to give these cake pops to her cute teacher.

This is her friend Kenlee. I am sad this is the only picture I got with a friend.

Kash wore her cap for the rest of the day!

New and Improved

We got a sand box for the kids last summer but Matt was never satisfied with it. He always had the intention of expanding it and really utilizing this awkward space. Well in one Saturday he busted this out and the kids LOVE it. He decided to leave the existing sand box and build around it so there would still be some shade. We have neighbor kids coming over all the time to play in it. It is such a good size and the best part is Matt made a cover to go on it so we don't have to deal with the cats!

More Evie

This girl is growing up fast! She is "sitting up" now. She mostly sits up with her hands in front of her to balance. But once that head of hers veers to one side, she doesn't last long! Most of the time she starts sitting up and somehow rolls herself to her belly, but she is getting stronger.

Warning: This is NOT a boy! Blue jammies, no bow, no hair for that matter...this is an awkward faze! But she is the cutest thing:)

She was LOVING being on the trampoline with all these balls!

Oh wow we love this girl.

Evie at 7 months

Evie is still as sweet as ever. She is so happy and content. I really cannot believe what a good baby she is. I think we keep waiting for her to turn into this teething monster, but so far she has been perfect! Here are some of the things she is doing at 7 months:

*She loves to be on the floor with toys and once I put her down the next thing I know she is across the room. She doesn't crawl or even scoot, but she ROLLS. She rolls fast and she knows how to get where she wants to go.

*Her favorite thing lately is her excersaucer. She plays in that thing forever. She likes to sit in it in the house and play with the attatched toys, and loves to be in it outside and watch Ella and Kash play.

*She is a great eater (surprise surprise). She eats rice cereal, oatmeal, and fruits and vegetables.

*She is just now cutting her first tooth, so we will see how this affects her mood!

*She gets laughing hysterically. Especially when Matt or Ella is playing with her. The funniest thing is when she is next to Lola, who is also her age. She laughs uncontrollably at her and it is so funny! Lola doesn't even have to do much, but Evie laughs SO hard.

*She still wakes up at least once at night, but goes right back down.

*She has discovered her tongue, so it is always out.

*She makes the loudest noises...Mandy thinks she sounds like a zombie!

We really cannot get enough of this sweet little girl.

I have always wanted to have girls that I could put in matching outfits! They are 4 years apart so it doesn't happen very often but when it does it is so fun!

Here she is with her new found toy-her tongue. (And its hard to miss the double chin, no neck, and rolls!)

Playing at the splash pad. Ella is always lying down next to her and wants a picture taken.

She loves loves this toy!

Lots of kisses

All three kids were in our bed one morning and Ella and Kash were loving on Evie. They were being so cute with her.

She was getting kisses from all angles!

We have pictures of all of my kids like this and they look so much a like: