Happy Memorial Weekend:) Happy Graduation, Happy Wedding, Happy Birthday...:)

WOW! What a busy weekend we had. Lucky for us it was THREE days. To start - Friday, Rachael graduated from High School! WOO HOO for her:) We were able to walk around Carver Hawkeye on Friday afternoon while we waited for the ceremony to start. I snapped a few pictures of her practicing her balerina moves and posing:)snuggles with Grandma Julie:)Saturday morning, we were heading to HyVee to get some essentials for a trip to Grandma Faes when we passed a cool little park! Kennedy made a new friend at the park, a little girl named Fiona. It was a bummer that we were only able to stay for fifteen minutes, but it was still fun:) Walking in the field to our car after Tara's wedding. It was a hot one, but super gorgeous day out!

Sharing a seat in front of the fire w/ Garrett - just in time to roast some marshmallows for SMORES!!!!!This morning was a surprise party for Barb! Kennedy was sooo excited to go to Barb's house for a party! She couldn't stop talking about it all morning after we made the card! I am pretty sure that Barb's husband, Jorge, really pulled one over on her because Barb always knows EVERYTHING! So, I am super excited that it was such a good surprise - HAPPY BIRTHDAY BARB!!!!Lastly. For the big surprise at the end of the book! We finally moved Kennedy to her new room! Jon drove to Galena to pick up some WONDERFUL furniture for Kennedy from his Grandma Norma and we are soooo thrilled! Kennedy and I had painted the room about a month ago (just ask her - she will tell you that she painted green; I did let her help!) and she has been so excited to have "one, two rooms!" She shows them off to everyone that walks in the door. Well, now she can actually live in the new one! We also have a brass twin bed, that will be replacing the Dora bed but we didn't want the shock of new room and new big girl bed all on one night...:) Sleep tight!

It's Here! It's Here:) Hip Hip Hooray!!!

We got home from a BBQ on Saturday evening to find THIS beauty in our backyard! Kennedy was ecstatic! She loves it sooo much - we played on it the first night until 8:30 pm, when it was getting too dark to play anymore, and then the first words out of her mouth Sunday morning - "Let's go see my swingset!" So, we were out bright and early playing away:) Thank you, Papa - you did GREAT!

This is Kennedy's first sight of the play set. She's making a bee line for it:)The rock climbing wall!First trip down the slide!Weeeeeeee Haaaaawwwwwww!!!!!! Made it:)

Swingset???? Is it coming????

Kennedy has been very excited for her new swingset that Papa is building! Every day when she wakes up (remember, she is NOT a morning person), she rolls over, wipes her hair out of her eyes and then says, "You want to go see my swingset? It's not finished yet, Papa is still working on it?" and then she drags you downstairs and insists on going outside to play.

Even in the rain. Yesterday, she had on her rain boots and went out with her little Dora umbrella. Then she came and asked Daddy for her rain hat: "Dad, I need my rain hat! It's really special!" Dad's response: "Mom, where is Kennedy's rain hat?" I then had to tell him that she didn't have a rain hat, to which I hear him tell Kennedy: "You don't have a rain hat, we'll have to get you one at the store." Isn't that the best answer? We use it ALL THE TIME:)

This is her playing with the steering wheel that goes on the swingset. She insisted on opening it so she could play with it. Now it is called 'steering wheel pants'.

Here is a pic of Kennedy 2 weeks ago; Jon was in Chicago and we needed to get the grass mowed. Kennedy didn't want to stay inside, so she chose to swing. I would push her as I walked by w/ the mower. Then about 1/4 into in, I walked by and she was FAST ASLEEP. I kept mowing the rest of the yard and she had a nice nap in the swing. Looks comfy, right?