Cole's 6th Birthday!

Cole turned the big SIX in June - I really can't believe it! How did he go from this tiny sweet baby

to THIS big boy so fast?


We had a fun day - Cole got a new, bigger bike to ride



Katelyn and I took him out to lunch at Serrano's (yum!).


His cousins came over to play on the water slide and do the traditional Fish family ring toss game.


I stayed up late the night before making him a Ben 10 Omnitrix cake (If you don't know what that is, ask Cole and he'll explain the whole alien transformation process to you). I think he loved it!


The next day we went with Cole and Katelyn's best buddies, Quinn & Parker, to see Toy Story 3 in 3-D.




What a fun time!!!

My twin sister comes to visit...finally!

In June, my twin sister, Glenda, came to visit with her family. Since they moved to Indiana we don't get to see them much, so it was so nice! Her kiddos are all so grown up! And we got to see their youngest for the first time as well.

Our kids really hit it off, and my kids are still talking about their cousins who came to visit and asking when they are going to see them again.

Hint, hint: You guys need to move back to AZ! Here are some pics of their visit and fun times we had:

Katelyn & Faith

My kids & Glenda's kids - so hard to sit still!!!

If you can't tell, Rudolph and Santa (aka Wes & Cole)

Me, Glenda, Preston, & Rose

One night we met for dinner and then went to the park to let the kiddos play (this includes Joel's girls) - what a bunch of hams!

Cole's Graduation (from Kindergarten)

I can't say much about this, other than, holy cow, we now have a 1st grader! Cole's first year of school just flew by it seemed. He is such a smart kid - already reading 1st grade stuff and counting to 100. I think his teacher's hardest job was keeping him occupied so he wasn't too bored! If he's bored, he will either goof off or day dream.

I didn't get very many good pictures of the day because there were just so many people! But here are a couple I managed to snap:

Just after receiving his diploma

Cole & Quinn (best bud)

Father & Son campout

Ryan and Cole went on the Father & Son camp out in May. There aren't many pictures since that is usually my department, but here are a couple:

Enjoying the s'mores


Riding back home with friends (we miss you Papa family!)

So grown up!

Katelyn is getting so big! Wasn't she just my little baby a short while ago?
For those of you who know me, I am a ponytail type of girl, not much fuss. So Ryan has kind of taken charge of making sure Katelyn's hair isn't always just in a ponytail like mine. He's actually pretty good! Check out these pics of my big girl:




He also paints her nails and toenails for her quite often. I think it's very sweet!! He's only painted mine a couple times - the last time, I fell asleep while he was painting away, and awoke to purple toenails with black tips and super sparkly fingernails. How fun! (No pics of them - sorry, my feet aren't that cute!)

Soccer Season

We decided to put Cole in soccer this year - he ended up having a lot of fun! We had to bribe him a quarter every time he kicked the ball in a game (he had lots of quarters by the end of the season). He is a daydreamer sometimes, so that helped him to focus. He was so cute in his little soccer uniform and cleats! I could just see Ryan looking the same way when he was Cole's age. :)

Easter

The traditional dying of the Easter eggs with the Fish clan is always so much fun! All the cousins come and it's a big party!

Cole & Katelyn finding their eggs - the Easter bunny decided to do real eggs (instead of plastic ones) this year. Cole said he wants plastic ones with candy inside next year - Katelyn really didn't care because she still got tons of candy in her basket!




The Easter bunny also brought Cole some skates and me some roller blades (Katelyn and Ryan already have some). I guess the Easter bunny didn't realize I'm pregnant and clumsy and it's dangerous combination! I attempted it once that day, but since I really am awful at it, decided to wait until after the baby comes to try it again!