The Fighter's

513. Preschool celebration!  Kate finished up another great year of preschool. 514. Sweet little voices singing "This Little Light of Mine".   515. Watching my proud girl walk over a little bridge to collect a special certificate from Mrs. Cheryl. 516. Mrs. Cheryl.  I couldn't have asked for a better teacher match for Kate's personality - she has been so sweet, patient, kind with Katelyn...I love knowing that Kate's in such wonderful hands when at preschool. You may have to hunt a little bit to find Kate (she has the hot pink bow on)! 517. Little sisters up front and center to cheer on their sis!  518.  Cake! 519. Sweet childhood honesty and simpleness.  The second response below from Katelyn is my favorite! A few shots of Kate and her friends from the school year... 520. Sissy love.

503. Memorial Day Weekend. 504. Dad's ribs. 505. The sound of Indy cars speeding around Indianapolis Motor speedway. 506. Family. 507. Bloody Mary's. 508. The start to summer! Growing up there was never a Memorial Day weekend Sunday when Dad wouldn't rush home right after church to flip on the Indianapolis 500.  And today - I still get nostalgic and love the whirring sound of those cars!  This year it was a beautiful day, so Dad set up a radio outside to listen to the race - next to his smoker (full of ribs) and him and Doug sat outside and listened to the race, sipping on their Bloody Mary's!    509. Backyard pools. 510. Prospect of school being out. 511.  Special Treats The girls also kicked off their summer in the baby pool in Grandma and Grandpa's backyard.  Doug gave them a pop - they thought they were extra awesome with their special treat! 512.  On Memorial Day we always head to downtown Sylvania for the annual parade....

495.  These precious curls. 496.  My little hams. 497.  Three little girls sitting side by side in front our backyard fire pit in their favorite animal chairs. 498. Olivia my little cheeseball - stealing shoulder space from her sissies. 499. Katelyn Jane 500. Smores! 501. Sticky faces and hands! 502.  A break from smores and messy hands for a ride on her favorite bus.

488.  The last day of preschool for Kate! 489.  Kate's fantastic wonderful preschool teachers.  We just loved Mrs. Cheryl - I don't know that I've ever met a kinder, more patient, sweet, enthusiastic, caring teacher.  We are so happy with how the school year went - Kate grew so much and we are so thankful for her experience.  She met some nice friends, learned her letters and numbers and how to write them, learned her address/phone number, how to read some words.  She learned the months of the year, days of the week, did lots of counting, read stories from the Bible, memorized the Lord's prayer and learned about baptism.  Kate did lots of pretending in living center (where they can cook in a kitchen, dress dolls and clean house).  We have lots of art work as proof of all the painting and coloring and sculpting she did (her pinch pot is sitting proudly on our shelf in our living room).  And we had great reports that she listened, followed the...