Jossi at soccer camp

So I don't really know what I was thinking signing my kids up for different things this summer. I feel like we are ten times busier. The worst part is all I really want to do is sit at the swimming pool. Instead we are sitting at soccer, swimming and ballet. (That's what Jossi's schedule was like on Thursday!) Well now that the worst is over, we just have to finish up swimming lessons and I guess ballet is a continuous thing, but I think I can handle that. I have no idea how my mom did it with six kids. It's crazy! Anyway now that I'm done complaining... soccer camp for Jossi was really great! I think she really learned a lot, which showed on Friday when we were able to go and watch her scrimmage. Let me just say I was a little surprised. The girl finally has gotten some fistiness(I have no idea if that's a word) in her! Other parents were even commenting on how athletic she is. The only reason I'm bragging is because we sat through three seasons- (two YMCA and one on a Coppell city league team) three very long seasons that we thought would never end. Her first two seasons I don't think she even touched the ball and her third season which was this last spring she did show a little improvement, but didn't get to play much because there were so many rain outs. So you ask, why did she keep playing season after season? Who knows! Whenever it was time to register for the next season she would get all excited and say she wanted to play. Reagan and I would think, well maybe she will like it better this time. Anyway, so we were excited to see that she was enjoying it and doing really good. In fact she was the recipient of the hustle award! Way to go Jossi!!

Jossi looking very determined



I'm not really sure what she's doing here, besides showing a little leg!


Rylee and Dad




Maybe a future goalie?


Rylee just chillin'

Jordyn (aka Jo-Jo) came to visit!!

Last week my cousin Jordyn came to Dallas to hang out with McKenna (Melissa and Brian's oldest). She is thirteen so she is very popular among the grandkids in our family. We had a lot of fun with her. It is so crazy to me how grown up she is. In fact, I found this picture of what a cute little girl she used to be. (Not that she's not cute now, but she's just not little anymore!:)
My cousins Kelsie, Lisa, myself, and Jordyn

Here are some pictures of the fun day we had at six flags with Jordyn, Myself, Jossalyn, Melissa, McKenna, and Madelyn.


We all got soaked on a ride called aquaman. Then you get even more wet as you stand on the bridge and it splashes you. We all welcomed the wetness on such a hot day! We just tried not to think of the nasty green water.

A Mom/Grandma who we love tons and who is so talented!!

So Grandma recently made curtains and pillows for the girls' room. They turned out so good! After a conversation Jossi and I had, I realized maybe we turn to Grandma a little to much to fix things or make things for us. Maybe I should be trying to do some of these things myself. Anyway, we were swimming and Jossi asked, "what happened to our big turtle floatie?" I said, "well it got a hole in it so we threw it away." She replied, "we should have sent that to Grandma to fix mom!" We are so blessed to have such a wonderful mom/grandma. Even if she didn't make and fix things for us, she would still be the best! We love you lots and miss you!!

Grandma and Jossi

The new room with the cute pillows and curtains!

Jossi's cheerleading camp

Jossi did a cheer camp this last week through the YMCA. She had a lot of fun. They performed their cheers the last day and did really good.



We may have a future cheerleader?!?

Dad and Jossi

Best friends or worst enemies

Rylee and McCall
These two are pretty darn funny! It's not very often that we can capture them in a picture showing their true love for each other. They usually see each other daily, so they act more like sisters than cousins. Actually they are probably worse than sisters because of their closeness in age, and the fact that they are the youngest in both families, therefore always getting their way. However, there are very precious moments when they get along wonderfully and we can see how great of friends they truly are!

Jossi the ballerina

So I feel a little behind... Jossi had her ballet recital last weekend. She did great! She was very worried about one of the turns they did, but she turned the right way and did them wonderfully! We are so proud of Jossalyn. There are times she would rather not go to ballet, but she has stuck with it and really enjoys the performing part of it. Who would have thought that our shy little Jossi would like to perform on stage?
p.s. sorry for the lack of pictures and video of her performing. No cameras are allowed during the actual performance. Kind of a bummer deal!

Jossi at her dress rehearsal



Jossalyn and a good, adorable, friend Taylor at their rehearsal

At the performance



Jossi and Aubrey, What cuties!!



Pictures after with Rylee, Mom and Dad