Sunday, September 28, 2014

July 2014

Here are some of our pictures from July.

4th of July at Gramma and Grampa"s

Sierra having some fun on the slide

Avery & Sierra in the pool

Sierra showing off her awesome birthday gift from Jack & Luke, a US soccer jersey and ball.

Getting creative at open studio at the Art Station

Avery getting ready for her first year of Girl Scout Sleepaway Camp

There she goes...she did great! Sierra and I not so much.

Sierra had a fun week at Art Camp. I had no idea what a great artist she is!


We found the Loudoun County Fair. It's not as big as The Spencer Fair but it was lots of fun!

Feeding some birds


A fun ride on a camel. We had never done that before!



The Cliff Hanger!! They had this at the Spencer Fair but Sierra was always too small to ride it. She loved it !!!

Avery trying the mechanical bull. She got thrown off and was not happy about it, which made Sierra refuse to try..

so daddy gave it a try and did pretty good!

Sitting along the Potomac River after a short hike at Bles Park

Getting our feet wet and looking for some cool shells and rocks.

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Nana & Grandpa's Visit

 Nana and Grandpa kept us very busy while they were here, which always makes for a good start to our summer vacation!
Nana & Grandpa took the girls bowling and Sierra won these cool sunglasses!


We wanted to have a beach day so went to The Chesapeake Bay Beach. There weren't any waves but it was a great day!
Swimming in the Chesapeake Bay

Having a catch with Grandpa

Swimming with Nana and Grandpa
We spent a day at Mount Vernon, where we learned a lot about George Washington and had a fun day running around his property.
The girls joining the Washington Family

Posing behind the house in front of The Potomac River

A view of the back of the house
 We also spent a day at another small water park in the area. The girls had a blast going down all of the different water slides and getting water dumped on them from the big bucket (they could've done that all day!)
Avery coming down the slide

Sierra trying out the baby slide
 We also took a trip up to New Jersey to Aunt Kathy and Uncle Greg's house. We had a fun day at the Jersey Shore with Aunt Marian, Aunt Nancy and their families. We also had a nice breakfast out with lots more family: Uncle Michael and his family, Uncle Timmy, and even Uncle Danny and his family were in town from Texas! It was a great trip!
The girls at the beach (Caleigh, Kennedy, Olivia, Emma, Sierra, & Avery)

Aunt Kathy Looooves to photo bomb!

A nice picture of the girls with Nana at Aunt Kathy & Uncle Greg's house

Sierra's 6th Birthday

 Sierra had a great birthday! Of course, she wanted a pool party, so we had it at Ida Lee Park which has a cool little water park. It was a beautiful day, although it could've been about 5-10 degrees warmer, but, as you can see, the kids didn't mind!
Sierra and her friend Anabel

Going down the slide with Kendal 

Sierra loves the lily pads!

A cute picture with Bella & Mason

On the lazy river with Daddy

Sierra with her friend Isabella

Cake Time


Avery coming down the big slide

Very excited about going out for Sushi on Sierra's Birthday!

Cute Thank You hug!

Sierra' special request for her cake...Banana Cake!!

Cute Birthday Girl!

Pretty older sister!

June 2014

 The beginning of June was lots of fun! The girls both had field day and end of the school year parties. We went to Pennsylvania for Ali and Joe's Wedding. And Nana and Grandpa came to visit!

Sierra at Field Day. Here she is trying to ride a scooter while the gym teacher sprays her with water!

This game was super cute! She had to fill a flower pot with water and walk across to another bucket while the water dripped out from the drain holes! So fun!

And they had lots of fun with the parachute! That's her to the right of the gym teacher.

Then, we went to Carlisle,  Pennsylvania for Ali and Joe's Wedding. The whole weekend was beautiful from start to finish. We had so much fun spending time with family, making new friends, meeting the newest member of the Saylor Family, and celebrating Ali and Joe's wedding day!
The girls with their new cousin, Dylan

Sierra & Dylan

Avery & Dylan

Having some fun in the hotel pool

All of the kids

The new Mr. & Mrs. Kristofko

A dance with Daddy
 
And a dance with the bride

The Lantern Lighting

Beautiful!

Just thought this was a really cool picture.

Avery had her field day during the last week of school. They kept me pretty busy so I didn't get many pictures, but here she is having some fun with the parachute.

Avery's in the middle with the pink shirt on.
 Nana and Grandpa arrived just in time to go to Avery's end of the season softball party.

Avery showing off her trophy and certificate!
A cute picture of Nana & Sierra. Sierra loves her Icees!

The party table!