June!

We had a great first month of summer!  It sure went by quickly.  The first day of the month was Erin's ballet recital in downtown Raleigh!  I was one of the two class mom volunteers and we all had a great time.  The girls did a wonderful job! 



Anna also had her first summer tennis lesson that morning.  Unfortunately, the coach had to cancel the rest of the lessons in June due to a conflict, but we hope to resume in July.  After the recital, we had a fun family dinner at Cristo's Italian by our house!

Monday the 3rd we prepped for the trip, as well as had the girls' dentist appointments (their first time going to the same dentist we do instead of the pediatric dentist - it went fine).  We also had Anna's friend Madeleine over and went to the YMCA pool before dropping Finley off at the Pooch Pad for boarding for the trip.  Tuesday-Friday was our fun trip to the Bahamas!

We got back Friday night and had a quiet weekend at home still in vacation mode.  Monday the 10th, Anna had her 9-year checkup, which went well.  The girls had their first summer dance classes that week and have been enjoying them.  Erin's teacher is the older girls' ballet teacher and is definitely tough, but Erin seems to be hanging in there and enjoying it.  Erin started working with Ms. Amy for reading on Wednesday morning.  We had a sad night on Wednesday when we went to church friend Debbie Reilly's funeral.  Thursday, we ladies had a tour of the Raleigh rose garden and NCSU and then we all went to Bark in the Park with the Holly Springs Salamanders that evening. 





And Friday, we had a fun pool playdate with some friends...the weather was actually cool!

Saturday the 15th, we went to a fun Fathers Day event for the neighborhood and Erin had altar server training that evening.  Bob had a relaxing Fathers Day at the pool on Sunday! 



We had a fun visit from Grandma A. and Ansley the following week after a trip to the NC History Museum on Tuesday. 





Bob had a quick 2 day trip to Boston at the end of the week.  Anna had Sarah over to spend the night on Saturday, and Erin and I went to see Aladdin on Sunday...super fun!



The following week was more fun, including Anna having 2 playdates with friend Sofia - one day at each house.  We girls went to paint pottery on Thursday with Sofia, then went to a program at the library. 



We also enjoyed volunteering at the Catholic Parish Outreach on Friday, helping to fill orders for families who came in to receive groceries.  I enjoyed a night out for book club that night, and Saturday we had a really fun day trip to Charlotte for baby Vinnie's baptism!  Anna hung out at friend Addie's pool on Sunday, and that's about it for the month!  We are trying to strike a balance between staying busy and relaxing this summer.  It was a great month, and we look forward to more summer ahead!