Days of our Lives: Finally, summer is here

Now that the end of school is drawing near (tomorrow is the last day), I have time to sit down and update the blog. I went back through all our pictures to see what we've been up to the last few months. Here's a summary:

Our Lizzie (labradoodle) turned 1 year old on April 16th. She loves hiding her face in the couch pillows!

This is a 5 1/2 foot black snake we found under our porch last week. Austin shot it and took it out in the field.

Graduation celebrations were underway with 3rd-5th grade last week. Here's Kelsey following her BFF Chloe and Emily into the auditorium for awards day. She made the A/B Honor Roll this year.

Coby accepting his A/B Honor Roll as well.

Kelsey celebrated her 9th birthday on April 23rd. She had a Taylor Swift themed birthday party.

Kelsey went with her Aunt Laurie to the Taylor Swift concert in Columbia for her birthday. I know she enjoyed her very 1st concert!!!

These are our Awana Missions group on Sunday nights. They were finding out what was hidden in their cool whip without using their hands. It turned out to be gummy worms, and we told them a story about a missionary who had a worm growing inside his leg. Then we prayed for our missionaries who face dangerous situations as they share Christ with those who have never heard the Gospel.

Look at our precious Lizzie! On this particular evening she was just relaxing on the couch when she was suddenly startled by some noise outside.

She leaned up to look out the window to discover a cat in our yard.

Instead of barking, she just froze in this position and watched intently. We laughed so hard because she was sitting straight up!!!

I found these pics on my cell phone when we went out to eat for Kelsey's birthday at the Mexican restaurant. They brought her dessert, sang happy birthday, and then...