Father's Day 2012 and Summer Fun!

I'm a little bit late putting up these pictures from Father's Day, but I guess it's better late than never.  The girls started a little early with Jacob and gave him his present on that friday.  Thank you Jacob for being such a wonderful daddy to our girls and for working so hard for our family!  We love you so much!

Jayda made daddy a catchall basket.  It's great for throwing
all of his stuff in when he gets home from work.

Hanging out on father's day with daddy and oupa!

Silly girls playing with daddy's balloon!

Jayda and Oupa!

Oupa with Sydney!

The girls have really been needing a haircut after all the
swimming in the pools and lake this summer. Yay for a haircut!!

Little missy needed a trim too.

 Last weekend we went out on the boat with our sweet friends Jolene and Daniel and Andrea, Gonzalo and Sara.  It was so much fun getting to see them and hang out together on the lake!

The girls had so much fun with Sara!

Having fun on the tube, woo-hoo!

Sydney went for a ride on the tube for the
very first time this weekend.  Yay Sydney!

Jayda swam in her 3rd swim meet of the summer yesterday.  She did awesome and got to swim in a relay and then did freestyle.  Daddy and Oupa both came to watch her swim so that was really neat!  Thank you Oupa for coming to the swim meet, I know it was really HOT!

On the ready bench before her relay.

About to dive in...she was the first swimmer in their relay yesterday.

The girls did great and were so excited to get their ribbons!

Silly sister kept wanting to wear Jaya's swim cap at the meet.

Sydney was trying to hand out drinks to everyone
 at the swim meet.  Sweet girl!  It was SO hot yesterday!!

The girls waiting to get Jayda's individual freestyle ribbon.

Yay, she got 3rd place and was so proud!!

Lake Trip & Jayda's 2nd Swim Meet!

Last weekend we stayed with my parents at a condo on Lake Conroe.  My parents hadn't been able to come out on our boat yet so it was fun getting to take them out for the first time!  We had a lot of fun playing in the lake, swimming, and just hanging out over the weekend! 

Heading out on the boat friday morning...ready for a good time!

Jayda was so excited to go out for a fun day on the lake!

She loves to play on the tube!  Oma went swimming in the lake with her too!

Just hanging out in the water!

Oma even went for a ride on the tube, yay!

The sweet girls were exhausted after a long day out in the boat!

Yesterday was Jayda's 2nd swim meet.  She got to swim 2 events yesterday-one freestyle relay and the individual freestyle.  She did a great job in both events and was very excited that she got 2 ribbons!  We were so proud of her and she seems to getting better and better at each meet!

About to dive in to the water for her first relay! 
She was so excited to swim in a relay this time!

Waiting for her riboon after the relay!

They got 4th place, woo-hoo girls!!

Deep conversation with her buddy Madden
 at the swim meet, how cute is that?!

Little sister sweating it out and supporting her big sis!

Jayda's Last Day of Pre-School & First Swim Meet!

Getting out of the car and all ready for her last day of school!

Jayda's last day of pre-school was a few weeks ago and I decided to take several pics of her morning and afternoon routine. It hit me, pretty much the morning of her last day, that it really was her last day of pre-school...sniff, sniff! So I thought it would be cute to get a few shots of what she did each and every day of pre-school. I can not believe that she will never go back to pre-school!

 

Jayda and Sydney walking into school.

Checking into school.

Unpacking all of her stuff.

Hugging little sis' goodbye, so sweet. She did this every morning at school. Sometimes Jayda would even take Sydney around to all of her classmates and tell them bye too.

Jayda loving on Sydney at her last day of school "spread your wings" ceremony.

Checking out her scrapbook from the year, she was so excited about it!

Jayda giving her buddies Jenna and Lily hugs goodbye, such sweet girls!

The girls hugging Jayda's co-teacher goodbye.

Jayda loved her head teacher too and is going to miss them both verymuch! Luckily they both live in the neighorhood so she will still get to see them!

Walking out of pre-school for the last time, so bittersweet!

She always liked showing me her artwork first thing when we got in the car after school.  This is the journal that she worked on all year, very impressive!

I had her a little summer fun goody bag for to open in the car. She was super excited about all the goodies!

We went to the splash park last week and the girls had a blast...and had to take several snack breaks.

Daddy's little girls all ready for his softball game.

The girls loved watching daddy play softball!

Jacob and Klint took Jayda out for a quick ride on our boat last weekend and Sydney and I dropped by to see them. I thought it was so cute to see Jayda holding our stall number up for the valet guys.  She had a great time with her daddy!

All ready for her first swim meet!

 
Jayda started swim team about a month ago and they finally had their first swim meet yesterday. She has improved so much since she started the team. At first she couldn't make it all the way across the pool without stopping several times and holding the lane rope. Now she swims straight across without stopping at all. I am so proud of her! It's so neat to see her on swim team, especially after I swam on a summer league swim team for 14 years! I have enjoyed every minute of it and she is having a great time!

Jayda and her buddy Madden hanging out at the swim meet.

Playing a little game while they waited for their event.

Jayda and her teammates getting lined up for the ready bench.

On deck about to race.

"Take your mark, get set..." Bringing back SO many memories for Mommy!!

And she's off, GO JAYDA!!

YAY, she did so good and was SO happy to see daddy made it to the meet!

She got 2nd place, woo-hoo!

Jayda was thrilled to get her 2nd place ribbon! So proud of my sweet girl, way to go Jayda!