Camping

This past weekend we met our friends, the Reisings, at Lake Bob Sandlin. They camped all weekend, but we could only go Sunday to Monday. This was Macey's first real camping trip (not in a cabin). We cooked out Sunday night, and roasted marshmallows. Vince and Sean were fishing on the lake until midnight and caught many fish. Macey and Brady were up until 12:30! They were both very close to getting spankings. The kids enjoyed riding bikes, Macey did okay without her training wheels, until one of her pedals fell off. Me and Kiley definitely got some excercise chasing and biking the kids around. Macey loved going out on Mr.Sean's boat, he even let her drive. It's so nice to get away from TV, computers, phones, and WORK! Vince and I really want to start camping more often. My best memories of my childhood were of camping, and I want Macey to have that also.

Yeah! No training wheels.

My goal was to have Macey riding her bike by summer without training wheels. I took them off a while ago, but she wasn't interested in riding, plus I don't like to 'play' outside until we have warm weather...then we practically live outside, except to eat, sleep and poop! Ha! Well last night she did it. She did not want my help at all. A neighbor of ours loaned us this bar that you attach to the back of the bike so you don't have to bend down to hold onto the seat...it was a back saver. She has the riding part down, and is pretty good at stopping on her own, but she still needs help taking off. I think within a week she won't need me at all. I told her she will be able to go on long bike rides with me while I run like I did with my mom. I am so proud of my 4 1/2 year old!!! Hopefully you can see the video below. There is also a video of her at swim lessons. She is swimming great, but it was hard to get good video. She has had Mr. Mike as her instructor the past few sessions; she adores him, she used to tell me he is her boyfriend! She is in a green swimsuit with purple goggles. There should be 3 videos below, this is my first time to post videos so hopefully it works.

Swim lessons

Swim lessons

No training wheels.

Indianapolis

I finally got around to posting some pics from our trip to IN. We were all excited to see Grandmother. It was Caitlin's first airplane ride and she did pretty good. We really enjoyed seeing our Grandmother (Macey and Caitlin's GREAT Grandmother!), Aunt Patty, Uncle Ron, and all our cousins. It was tough getting a photo of Grandmother with the kiddos because Caitlin does not sit still...ever! We tried to go swimming in the hotel pool, but the heater was broken and the water was too cold, so the girls took a bath together in there swimsuits. It was a quick trip, but we were so glad to see everyone.

Kindergarten registration

I can't believe it, but I just registered Macey for Kindergarten. I was actually nervous going into the school, not sure why. We were sitting in the office waiting on the school nurse, and there were about 4 ladies in there working. One of them asked Macey her name and she says 'Macey Brooke Ashman'; then she asked if she has any brothers or sisters, and Macey says 'Yes, I have 2 sisters'. The lady then asked how old her sisters are, and Macey said 'I don't know, there names are Maggie and Sage'. I then had to tell the lady that they are our dogs. All the women and the dad sitting in the office starting laughing. I told them the dogs are a huge part of our family. I will definitely remember our first experience at the school. I just can't believe she will be starting school. First day of school is August 24, Macey will be 2 days shy of 5 years old.

I will try and post some pictures of our trip to Indianapolis later.