June Love!

June began and school ended! 

It was a great year but it went by so quickly! 

Look how much they grew this year!

Last day of school Giraffe breakfast! 

What a wonderful class this was.

She loved being a giraffe so much!

The week after school ended we headed to North Carolina to see Dory, Zayde and Uncle Phillip.

Traveling with kids!

When we got on the second plane to Raleigh, the pilots were awesome. They let Jake and Allie come into the cockpit and then when we were in our seats, they gave them a shout-out.

Our first outing was to Pullen Park! It's a beautiful park with a classic carousel that Allie especially loved!

Jake was less enthralled with the carousel. 

But really he liked it. 

We all did!

Next we tried the paddle boats, which we're really fun!

That night the boys went to a Durham Bulls game while the girls had a lovely and leisurely dinner and night at home!

The next day we headed to the 
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. 

We petted hissing cockroaches and other creepy crawlies, enjoyed the butterfly garden and much more! It's a very well done museum. 

On Friday we ended up at Frankie's Fun Park! It was an amusement park, arcade, mini-golf and more rolled up into one! 

We we're excited to have Shabbat dinner at Dory and Zayde's house. Allie was excited to help set the table for dinner. 

Pre-dinner photo session

Photo session part II before we headed off to the airport!

Jake's souvenir from the trip! It was a great visit and we loved the time with everyone as well as the exploring we got to do as our little family of 4! 

We got home on Saturday afternoon and early Saturday our little sport was back at it for his first indoor soccer league game. 

The Lakeline Soccer Zone is awesome! You can sit up above and watch the game. You can even do it with a beer! 

Here's where Jake scored! Glad that he had those white socks on!

It's also great because Allie has a playmate and loves 

getting to see her friend, Sadie. 

Jake's new favorite room! The playroom got an update. Bubba's loveseat and a desk upgraded it from baby playroom to some what bigger kid room. 

He also really likes what's on the wall across from him. Jake earned a play station with his own money. He made some smart fiscal decision-making when he sold some toys that he wasn't playing with anymore. 

Picking up Jake from camp. I love watching him in his element!

We were excited to have Mimi come to visit! We had a great time but I did a horrible job of taking pictures. Guess we were having too much fun or dealing with my car which died twice during her visit. (it's all good now but I may have aged another year from yelling at their horrible customer service.)

We found Dory...the fish, not the Grandma. 

My girl took me (well, she went with me) for a birthday mani-pedi.

We celebrated my birthday with a soccer game, a great breakfast out, a nap and a super fun dinner with a small group of friends. Being with Alex, my littles, my mom & dad and good friends made it was a really perfect birthday and weekend!