Happy Birthday America!

The 4th of July has always been a fun-filled time for the Kyre's!  This year Emma danced in her annual Pride & Spirit show with her dance studio on July 2nd, and then on the 4th Emma danced in the Westerville parade, we shot off some cheesy fireworks at home and saw the professional ones later!  Great time had by all!

Ending June with a bang!

This past week has been all about volunteering, dancing & some pool time!  For my 8th or 9th year, I have been volunteering to make snack for my church's Vacation Bible School.  The past 3 years, I have been the lead..yikes!  Emma attend this from K-5th grade and Ethan has as well.  She also helped me when she was not at summer dance classes which helped alot!  Over 200 kids and 50+ volunteers all fed and coordinated the theme of the bible story each day!

Then Friday night Emma performed in the Westerville 4th Friday for the preview of dances she will be performing at Disney in less than 2 weeks!  She did very well as did the other dancers!

Then it was a much needed pool time on Saturday and Sunday after church.  Sunday my parents joined us as well and my kids really loved that since they do not see them that often!

Fun in the sun....

The weather is finally coming around and feeling like June.  This month is no exception to the chaos of sports, activities, etc.  However that is the way we like it!

At the beginning of the month, Ethan had his Classics Eagles Summer Camp.  It was a 3 hour-5 day camp.  It was great for me as well since I could get things done and try to get in a workout!  He had so much fun and several of his friends attended as well!  Thank you to his Nana as his early birthday gift of camp!

Next we had a weekend of pool time!  Emma wanted to have a friend go swimming with us before she moves to GA.  So we brought her along and the girls had their girl time but also hung out a little with us!

Then my birthday was Monday.  I used to not really care about my birthday until I had kids.  I love that they get excited to celebrate it with me and make it special for me.  Since it was a Monday, Erik had to work and Emma had dance classes.  So I took Ethan to the driving range and then we hit the pool for 4 hours!  So much fun to spend one on one time with him!  Then we went to dinner with Erik and Emma as well at one of my favorite restaurants...Marcella's.  Yum!  I received gift cards from family and a nice new Fitbit Charge HR from my mother in law.  I have broken 2 Fitbit charges and I could not receive anymore free :(    So I hope this one holds up better!

Makeovers...oh my!

To make it a special 13th birthday, we had a party at Lush in Polaris Mall this past Sunday evening.  This is an organic cosmetic store and smells wonderful as soon as you walk in.  Emma invited 5 girls to get facials and make bath bombs!  The hostesses were extremely nice and very helpful!  The girls glammed up for an hour  and 30 mins and then we had subs and cupcakes.  Each girl took home a bath bomb and some goodies from the store we bought for them!  I hope she had a wonderful party!  You are only 13 once!

 Her birthday this year was May 30th and on Memorial Day this year!  Her presents from us were her second ear piercings from Claire's, her cute tap shirt and of course her party!  Plus she went to the pool with her BFF and had dinner at House of Japan!  A very expensive birthday but it is a special one!

May it is!

May is one of my busiest months for our family due to recitals, choir shows, soccer, birthdays, etc.  But is also lots of fun!  Here is the rest of our month in a nutshell!

First was Emma's recital(s)!  She danced in 7 out of 8 shows!  I am so proud of her and how much she has grown as a dancer!  Hope she continues with it!

Next up is Emma's last 7th grade choir concert!  She really likes choir and she is taking this again in 8th grade!  She had a few speaking parts in this as well!

The 2nd to last day of school was SuperGames for Ethan!  I was working so a couple of Moms grabbed some pics for me!  It was a great day for it!

We decided that Emma could get her 2nd ear piercings on her 13th birthday since that is when I had mine done too.  I went ahead and had it done a few days early since it was Memorial Day weekend!  I did not remember it being so expensive otherwise I would have pierced them myself it I was not a "responsible parent" like I am...most of the time!

We visited the Westerville Field of Heroes and saw some flags of our friends and family.  Such a wonderful event each year!

Emma turned 13 on Monday.  I can't believe how much time has flown by and she is a teenager!  I am so excited to see what the future holds for her!  For her birthday we went to the pool and invited her BFF Emily and then went to dinner at her fave House of Japan!  Her party will be this Sunday with her friends at Lush at Polaris Fashion Place!

May flowers

May has started off with a bang!  We had many events so far this month!  At the beginning of May was our annual March for Babies walk.  Erik and I have been walking in this for over 20 years and I have been currently serving as a member of the Family Teams Committee.  So much fun and for a great cause!  The weather was great too!

Then Ethan and I made a poster for Teacher Appreciation Week for his 3rd grade teacher.  So much fun and well deserved!

We also attended Fouse's 3rd grade state presentations this month!  Ethan researched South Carolina which is his favorite vacation spot.  We have been vacationing there before he was born!  He did a great job and so did the entire 3rd grade!

Last Friday was Career Day at Emma's middle school.  Different companies came to speak to the students about different jobs within their workplaces.  She came home very excited and said she wanted to be a graphic designer for Bath and Body Works!

Finally we celebrated Mother's Day last weekend.  Saturday Erik's Mom and Grandma visited and we had an early dinner to celebrate not only Mother's Day but Erik's birthday.  On Sunday, Erik and the kiddos took me to lunch to Marcella's!  It was so yummy!  Then we visited my Mom!  Finally we ran errands and had dinner at B'Dubs to celebrate an early bday with Erik!  Fun weekend!

Spring is here!

April was another busy month full of fun and activities!  However this month was mostly about Emma!

She performed at the Starry Night event in Westerville that included different learning experiences for families.  Emma actually performed solo in one of her fave dances this school year!  We were so proud of her and hope she continues this trend!

Then it was parent watch week at dance.  I watched Emma in all of her classes which are I think 10-11 classes 4 days of the week!  It was fun to see her in her element!

Then she performed in Westerville's 4th Friday which is the very first one of the season!  Love these performances!

On April 24th, Emma confirmed her faith in God at our church and it was my Mom's 60th birthday!  It was a wonderful day!