June!

June is always a fun month because it's our anniversary month and Cate's birthday month. We celebrated six years of marriage on June 2. It feels surreal but it's true! ;) We began our June with a birthday party for Cate's good friend, Andelyne. It was a beautiful day for some splashing and sunshine.

Happy Birthday, Andelyne!

One of the girls' favorite activities is collage making. It gives me a chance to sort through old magazines to find some fun pictures for them to use, and I find recipes for me to make!

One day we packed a lunch and met some of our friends at the temple. We took a tour of the Visitor Center, which the kids loved. And we had a picnic by the baptistry because it was drizzling a bit. It was a great outing!

June brought National Doughnut Day, so we had to meet up with our friends at Krispy Kreme for some free doughnuts. SO delicious!

Lizzie's friend Mia was in a talent show for her school and her family invited us to see her perform. Mia was fabulous!

Lizzie was very excited to watch Mia sing.

Here is a picture from one of our weekly trips to Target. The girls love stopping by the jewelry and sunglasses section and they thought these sunglasses were hilarious!

June was also an important month because baby Rhett arrived! Jeff and Lois welcomed their third boy, Rhett William, on June 13. He weighed 8 lbs 10 oz. We visited Mom and baby in the hospital--Lizzie and Cate were on cloud nine!

Reed and Blake even spent a night with us, and the girls were on cloud nine about that too.

Chris got an email from Dogfish Head (a restaurant) saying that they were going to have a carnival of sorts, so we had to check that out. It was pretty fun!

We continued our June festivities with a trip to Jersey. We went to the beach, of course.

We went strawberry picking in West Cape May with Aunt Katie, Aunt Alex and cousin Bentley, and Auntie April ;) Very fun excursion with plenty of treats to be used in jam, cookies, etc.

Katie and Julia tried taking us clamming...but it was not successful. The girls were seriously freaked out by the squishy mud and sand crabs. Better luck next time, I hope! haha

We lounged by the pool...ahhh so relaxing!

We rode the tram car with Mimi. What a nice way to end a hot summer day.

Katie and Julia took the girls to the zoo. Mimi and I drove the sister missionaries to Vineland and Linwood, so on our way home we met up with the girls. Apparently Tina Fey was at the zoo too, so that was exciting!

When we returned to Maryland, Dad treated us to some Brewster's ice cream.

The end of the month brought us to ONE DIRECTION! Julia loves 1D, so when Chris was offered tickets through work, he had to accept (or else Julia would have probably lost her mind). It was an exciting night to say the least!

On June 30, sweet Catherine Michelle turned three. She wanted a Monsters University-themed party and we had a good time with that! Cate was so excited to have a party with some of her nursery friends from church.

June was a terrific month and we had a blast throughout it all. July's summary will be coming soon! ;)