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Walking Cocky

Happy Birthday Poppi!

Today was Daddy's birthday. After church, Tequila, Jason, Kensleigh and Nanny came down for a cook-out to celebrate Daddy's birthday. Jason grilled hamburgers and hotdogs and we had a hamburger birthday cake, too. After we ate lunch, Addie and Kensleigh went outside to play in the pool...Poppi decided to "jump" in with them!

Winchester, VA

Addie and I started our travels to Winchester, VA after dropping Chandler off at football camp on Sunday, June 6. We stayed in Greensboro, NC with Allison Sunday night and got up Monday morning to continue on our way. We finally made it to the hotel around 3:30 Monday afternoon. We spent the week with Kevin. He was in Winchester at the UDC for pre-deployment meetings, but we did get to see him in the evenings. Of course, Addie was also up and ready for breakfast before Kevin had to leave for the UDC every morning. In the afternoons, when Kevin returned, we took Addie to the pool so she could swim with her daddy (because the pool was too cold for mommy)! After pool time, we went and grabbed somehting to eat before Addie would crash for the night.
Addie and my job, while Kevin was in meetings all day, was to gather everything he needed for Afghanistan. One afternoon Kevin came back with his dog tags...Addie really enjoyed playing with them. One evening we were packing his sea bags and he decided to pack Addie, too!











We had a great time with Kevin. He left Friday to start his travels to Afghanistan. Addie and I left Friday morning and drove all the way back home.



We are all gonna miss him very much! We love you Kevin!!

Schools out for Summer...

FINALLY the boys are out of school for the summer!

CONGRATULATIONS, Chandler!
Chandler made one "B" and the rest "A"'s!
Chandler will be going to football camp Sunday-Tuesday and then spending a couple of weeks with the Villanueva's. Have fun!

CONGRATULATIONS, Bailey!
Bailey made one "B" and the rest "A"'s and "S"'s!
Bailey will be going to his Grandma and Grandpa's for a couple of weeks. Have fun!

Good job boys, I am so very proud of you both!


Sunday after dropping Chandler off at football camp, Addie and I will be driving to Greensboro, NC to spend the night with Allison. Monday morning, we will get up and drive the rest of the way to Winchester, VA to spend the week with Kevin before he flies out on Friday. Friday, Addie and I will start our journey back home, stopping in Greensboro for the night.

Introducing Addie to dance recitals

Friday night, Addie and I went to Ashlyn Fox's (Eric and Kristal's daughter) dance recital for Carolina Dance Studio. So, I had Aunt "T" make Addie a tutu and onesie for the occasion. I couldn't have her going to a dance recital without the proper attire! Addie loved the recital, especially the tap and fast jazz music. She sat in my lap watching the dances and eating some of her puffs (kinda like she was in a movie theater). At halftime, we went back stage to get Ashlyn dressed and ready for her dance and to take some pictures of the two girls together. They were so cute! Ashlyn did such a great job and Addie loved watching her dance. After Ashlyn was done, we decided to get some dinner. We all headed over to Mi Rancho's for some yummy Mexican.

Addie and I really appreciate Eric and Kristal sharing this evening with us. It was very hard to be away from Kevin on our birthday but spending the evening at the dance recital made it a little easier for me. We really had a great time!

James Rouryck and the Giant Potato

Chandler's Gifted and Talented Class put on a play for the school. The GT class casted all the characters, incorporated the 5th grade chorus, and put the set together. They also were responsible for getting students outside of GT to help with some of the characters.

The play was about an Irish man name James Rouryck who is lazy and doesn't want to plant his potato crop so that him and his wife can survive the winter. So he goes looking for a Leprechaun to give him some gold. He captures the Leprechaun and won't let him go until he gives him a pot of gold. Instead the Leprechaun gives him a magic potato seed that grows a giant potato in the middle of the road that leads to town. James goes looking for the Leprechaun to ask him what he is suppose to do about this giant potato that he can't move out of the road. The Leprechaun tells him that maybe he should share his "wealth" with the town.

Chandler was the leprechaun in the play. I believe he was the best character, but I am a little bias:-) They had dancing fairies, which Addisyn loved to watch. It was a great play and all the character's did a wonderful job.