Goodbye School, Hello Summer!

Last week, we said goodbye to our school...we will be heading to the public schools next year for Jack's Second Grade and Reagan's First Grade (that seems so old, doesn't it???).  It was a bittersweet goodbye.  We will miss our old school but look forward to new friends and new experiences at our new school.  Luckily, we have good friends that will also be making the switch with us - that will make for an easier transition, I hope!  The same day we said goodbye to school, we said HELLO to our fabulous summer.  Before the start of summer, the kids & I made a "summer bucket list"...a checklist of fun summer activities that we can do for the next 3 months.  With our trip to Florida in a week and our trip to Indiana in August, we will be busy busy busy!!!  The kids are taking golf lessons, sailing camp, lacrosse camp, farm camp, hockey (of course!!!) and let's not forget beach time.  We are going to have a GREAT summer 2012!!!!

Here are the kids on the last day of school - notice the fleece jackets...it's still chilly here!  Come on Mother Nature, bring us some beach weather!!!!  Brrr....

Grow, Garden, Grow!!!

Our first attempt at a garden...we've got tomatoes, sugar snap peas, peppers, chives, lettuce and onions...crossing our fingers that SOMETHING makes it.  The kids are really excited about this and love to water it.  Kudos to Matt who built our little box garden on the patio.

Best.Father.Ever!

Happy Father's Day to the best Dad ever!  Matt is patient, loving, honest, funny, caring, playful and many many other things to our kids...

So for this Father's Day, we rented the ice at the local hockey rink for an hour...just for the 4 of us!  It was a total blast...the kids enjoyed having the ice all to themselves.  We raced around the rink, played hockey, played other random games made up by Reagan and just had fun.

Here are some pics from our fun time on the ice:

Also, a BIG BIG hug to my own Dad and my father-in-law for being such wonderful role models.  They are amazing Dads who truly love & cherish their families.  We are so lucky!!