this month in pictures {the june edition}

Here we go...

June started off with our family's personal mission to help our dentist retire early (ok, that was a good chunk of May also AND the reason I got so sick in Disney).  Grace and Abby had a cleaning and checkup and of course I took a photo because I'm annoying like that, but thankfully the hygenist, Holly, was game:

{No cavities so far!  Hopefully they get Harland's teeth in that regard.  Aren't those some rockin' shades?}

Mom and I took the girls strawberry picking...

The result of which was us making strawberry freezer jam.  Yum!

{Cooker girl Grace is of course always involved.}

Then there was Gabriel's (my cousin's son) birthday at the very fun, and opening soon in my area, Bounce U:

{Grace and Madison}

{Sylvia Mae and Aunt Judy}

{Dad and I}

{Nice pic of Mom and Dad!  Too bad it's infront of a giant inflatable or I might have to frame it.}

{Tyler LOVED this thing}

{The adults have just as much fun as the kids. Yup.  That's Harland.  I have video of this somewhere.}

We seem to have a yearly habit of losing a tree in a storm.  The rest of this one is a ticking time bomb.

We watched our friend's son, Kaden for a bit.  Abby is coming around to babies a little now.  She's been unimpressed with the lot of them until a couple weeks ago.

{Abby and Kaden}

{Then he tried on the mask}

{Grace was thrilled because she got to help feed him.  She made him work for it!}

Mid month we went to the Staten Island Zoo with the girls' friend from school and her mom and sister.

{Abby in the petting zoo with some very hungry animals}

{This Alpaca, or however that is spelled, was VERY aggressive.  He made me nervous.}

{Right after this photo, and me telling her not to, this one showed Grace his distaste for hugs by smacking her with his neck.}

{Olivia. Grace. Gwen. Abby}

Grace had her semi-annual checkup at the cardiologist and everything is great!

We saw Toy Story 3, which was also great!

The girls took swim lessons for the first time.  I can't believe what they can do after a week with Miss Jen!

{They're in the back of this photo}

Phew!