Grandma's House/Cousin Kobe

My Grandma Charlene and Grandma Bryant had my sister and I over for our Birthdays so we were able to get some cute pictures of the kiddos together. The kids love spending time with 'Kobe Man'! Mattie tries to hold him a lot but he just wants to crawl and doesn't like to be held very much. Ryan tends to be a little rough with him but loves him to pieces! We try to explain to him that he is a lot bigger than Kobe so he has to be careful with him. He calls Aunt B up all the time and says 'Can I talk to Kobe Man?'...it's the cutest thing.

Mattie's First Day of School

Mattie started Third Grade yesterday!! I cannot believe it!!! She was really excited to go back to school and see all of her friends again. She got Mrs.Gomez as her teacher and she seems very nice! Their school got a new gymnasium and cafeteria so she enjoyed that as well.

4th of July in Okoboji

We had a wonderful time in Okoboji over the 4th! Mattie had gone up there with Shawn and Virginia a week earlier so her friend Madisyn rode up with us. We went swimming, boating, tubing and took the kids to Arnold's Park so they could ride rides and do some shopping. We did get to see some fireworks and Mattie got a great picture of one of them :) Ryan isn't a huge fan of jumping in the lake yet but he loved to just go fishing off the dock.

Mattie's Dance Recital

Mattie also had her dance recital this past weekend! Again, she did such a wonderful job...We are sooooooo proud of her :)!!

 

Mattie's Piano Recital

Mattie had her second piano recital this past weekend. She did an amazing job!! I am going to work on uploading the video of her performance to this very soon :) She had a lot of family come and support her too!!

Memorial Weekend In Okoboji

We went up to Okoboji for Memorial weekend and had a really fun time. Mattie went up a day early with Shawn and Virginia which she thought was pretty neat because she got the spare bedroom all to herself :) We had pretty nice weather while we were there too. We went boating a couple of times, fishing and shopped at the Emporium and Arnold's Park. We plan to head up again for the 4th of July :)