And That's A Wrap

I can not believe how fast Emily's 1st year of school went. I pray that every year is as awesome as kindergarten for Emily. She has a great time and learned so much! She was blessed with the most amazing teacher, Mrs. Boose. I even had a great time being able to volunteer through out the school year and getting to know all of the sweet kids in Emily's class. I hope 1st is just as great :) 1st Day of Kindergarten

Last day of Kindergarten. (With a few less teeth)

Emily & Mrs. Boose

Olympic Day

I am SOOOO far behind on my blogging. So please excuse all my random post I am about to do. lol. Mason's last day of preschool they had an olympic day. The kids were adorable doing all of the events. Mason did his very best! At the end they had a little ceremony and all received gold medals. He was SO proud of himself. We were so fortunate to have such amazing teachers. They were so excepting of him and his disabilites.

Six

This beautiful girl is now six years old!

It's still hard to believe that I was chosen to be Emily's mom. She is so loving, sweet, compationate, giving & beautiful inside and out. It amazes me my compacity to love her as much as I do!

My Dancing Queen

Emily had her dance recital last weekend. She had dress rehersal Friday night, a performance Saturday night and a performance Sunday afternoon. She did SO good this year. I definatly think she has found her nitch. The Dance Company's theme this year was "Fun & Games." Her ballet routine was a Super Mario theme and her tap routine was Simon Says.

2012 Erie County Police Memorial

On Sunday we honored thouse who paid the ultimate sacrifice to protect us. This is always an emotional day for family but even more now since we lost our friend last year, Andy Dunn, in the line of duty. His name has been placed on the wall along with the other men and women from our area who have lost their life. Brent and I have to honor of going to National Police Memorial Week this Sunday in Washington DC with thousands of other police officers from around the country. Andy's name will be placed on the national wall along with the other 165 police officers who were killed in the line of duty in 2011.

Brent, his Aunt Tracey & Uncle Ron

Brent & I

Our Little Family

Catch Up

I don't know why I have been in a blogging funk lately. I really do love to blog but finding the time lately has been hard. I have started planning this years Greater Cleveland Area Walk & 5K for Apraxia in honor of Mason. Go here and check it out http://www.apraxia-kids.org/clevelandwalk I am also planning this years Police Officers Ball which is next weekend. I am excited to dress up and have a nice night out with Brent :)

Emily is doing SO well in kindergarten. She is reading everything she can and if she can't she is sounding it out. She is taking tap and ballet again this year and her recital is next month. She has really grown in both this year and really loves it. I hope she always loves to dance because I really love watching her. She is going to "try" and play girl scout softball this year. She informed me she HAS to have pink clets and a pink glove. This may be our only year of softball. Ha!

Mason is doing great as well. He is still making progress in his speech. He is trying to sing a lot which melts my heart. He is really liking preschool and growing socially. He is trying t-ball this year and Brent is coaching :) Our great friends little boy Joey (Mason's best buddy) is playing with him as well and Joey's dad is helping Brent out with coaching. I love watching Mason try so hard and getting so proud of himself when he does well :)

Mason You are 4!!!

I can't believe my baby boy just turned 4! How is that possible??? Mason has brought so much joy to my life! He teaches me something new everyday. He is such a strong little guy and works so hard everyday. He has grown so much over the last year. He is really making progree with his speech and love hearing the new words he is learning. He never let's his disablities get in the way. I love him more then words!

This year we decided to keep things low key again for his birthday. He really doesn't like birthday parties so we had a small family party at our house. The the following weekend we took him bowling with our great friends the Ziegler's. There youngest is Mason's best little buddy. Mason & Joey have been friends since they were in me & Kerri's tummy :)

Happy Birthday sweet baby, Mommy loves you SO much!