Tagg is 6!

Yes, my baby boy is 6 years old now. We celebrated with a small backyard birthday party with a few friends the weekend before. On Tagg's real birthday he wanted to stay home and pay board games, "sorry" needs to have AA for kids!!

Lucy

Spending time with our littlest cousin is always fun but she is at a great age right now and totally fun. They played together and really enjoyed being together.

Grandpa

Memorial Day Weekend

We traveled to Kansas City to meet at Luke's new house, it was a great house with a nice sloping hill for a slip-n-slide. Lucy, Saylor and Tagg had a great time in the 90 degree weather.

The Violin Recital

May is a hectic month for our family. We finished soccer, violin, school and traveled to Kansas City. I wanted to display the pictures from the violin recital. The kids took lesson all school year and built up to the big night at Hastings College Music Hall recital. We practiced a TON and were really prepared for the performance. Tagg went up on stage and our instructor announced the wrong song for Tagg to play. Saylor and I were petrified for him, Tagg was cool as a cucumber and played the song that she announced. Despite the initial shock, he did great. We asked him how he knew how to play the song and he said that he had heard Saylor play it. Saylor did great at her performance and playing at the school talent show.

Mimi and Papa turn 61

Mimi and Papa have the exact same birthday and it is the day after mine. We had a great time celebrating their big day with dinner, gifts and individual cakes. Saylor was able to draw a picture and have a cookie cake made to replicate it, Tagg changed his mind about using his picture and went with the golf cake.

The loss of a family member

Yes, we lost a member of the Pershing clan on my birthday. Our fish, Nemo, died leaving behind one grieving boy. Matt officiated a backyard funeral and Tagg spoke a few words about how "Nemo was a curious fish and I took really, really good care of him." Martha, the family dog?, has taken to exchanging rides in the car for good behavior at home! It was a wonderful birthday for me with the exception of the fish "going to heaven."