June (and a little of May)

Rory sustained her first black eye back in May. She was being a crazy kid while at the splash pad one day. I think she was trying to "slip-n-slide" on the table bench. She ran full speed into the table... with her eyebrow in the lead. Hopefully the pics do it justice. It was crazy how fast it started to swell up! Brigham had lots of fun thinking he was a big kid under the water buckets that fill up and dump out on their heads. He was so funny!

Sadly in May we held a memorial service for my cousin Jason who'd passed away at the end of February. His mom was in the middle of moving back from Connecticut and his younger sister was due to have a c-section and wouldn't be able to travel back for a while, so we had it the weekend of Mother's Day. My mom came in to town to help with everything. (This was also why she was around to help me out in going to Cali with Barry.) We decided to throw my cousin Lindsey a surprise baby shower for her and her adorable little boy Nico. It was a lot of fun to plan, and she was totally shocked!

My mom came back in town to help my sister out with her kids while she did a Diversity Camp with her Student Government kids so I got to hang out with her a little bit more. Brigham was pretty much potty trained in these months. There was quite the huge celebration in mommy land! Only one kid in diapers now!!!
Barry and I took the kids to a few movies. That is always an interesting challenge with an 18 month old, a 2 year old and a 5 year old. Rory and Brigham are really pretty well behaved except Brig's several bathroom trips. At least he isn't having too much fun to go I guess! Colton is always a crazy challenge at anything lasting longer than 20 or 30 minutes that isn't focused on him, leading Barry to loathe the entire experience even though I am the one to walk with him or take him out. Go figure. :-)

Rory was also on the Goodyear Sharks swim team this summer. She had so much fun swimming everyday with her cousin Kennedy. She was the 3rd place queen. I thought she did great for her first swim team experience. She seems to be really strong in the backstroke, just like her mommy before her.