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! ;)

The rest of May--catchup

This summer has been flying by! I think it feels shorter than past summers because Chris had a summer term class that lasted from May 20-June 11. It sure is nice to have him home for dinner and bedtime...until the end of August when school starts up again. My sister Katie received her mission call and opened it on Mother's Day. She will be serving in the Washington Kennewick Mission, Spanish speaking! Katie will report to the Mexico City MTC on September 25.

We spent the week in Jersey after Katie opened her call. It was before all the shoobies came down, so the island was pretty peaceful. (Scary thought--I am now considered a shoobie...I don't live in NJ anymore ;D) We saw Julia play some softball; we were able to say goodbye to Becca Walker, who is currently Hermana Walker serving in Paraguay; we ladies went to Ashley Perez's baby shower; we had tons of fun all around!

Lizzie finished her spring soccer camp. Soccer Saturdays were so much fun and we loved them! Thank you to Coach Dave and Coach Meg for making it happen!

The Jensen family came to DC to see their sister's graduation, so we met up for the day after four long years apart. We had a great time catching up and seeing our sweet daughters interact with each other. Can't beat the National Zoo and Potbelly's :)

Cate fell asleep so she missed out on the final picture ;)

Uncle Bill and Sarah came to visit us for a few days. We love visitors :) They even treated us to an evening of Chuck E. Cheese!

We also went downtown to check out some places on the National Mall.

Pop-pop and Mimi came down to see us too. We spent some time in Fredericksburg checking out the Civil War sites.

To cap off the end of the month, my friend Katie and I threw Lois a baby shower! Katie graciously opened up her home to friends and family (and children!) for a fun luncheon to celebrate the new boy coming to the Heit family. We loved the idea of throwing mustaches on everything blue, green, and orange.

Here is Lois and me, post-shower. Thank you Lois for letting us celebrate on your behalf ;)

And there is our month of May. Here's to getting our summary of June up and running shortly!