Lauren's Graduation Party

Erin and Sean

The Brothers-in Law

Momo and James

Look at that cutie!

Trouble

Aww

Cousins

Good Times!

We are so proud of you Lauren!  We know that you will do great at college.

Love,

JJ and Uncle Todd

Watson Family Reunion

We had an impromptu family reunion at our house this summer while Todd's cousins were in town.  It was great to get everyone together and relax.  The kids had an especially good time getting to know their cousins from Florida.

Gracie, Stone, Dashel, Abigail and Emily

Greg and Uncle Paul

Enjoying pops

Sandy and Uncle Paul

Todd, Bobby, Greg, Joan and Paul Matthew

Q and U Wedding

Every year the kindergarten class has a wedding for the letters Q and U.  All the children dress for school in their Sunday best with the hopes of being Mr. Q or Miss U.  This year Emily was picked to be Miss U and her friend, Patrick, was picked to be Mr. Q.  I'll be honest...I had no intention of attending the wedding until I received a text from a friend that Emily was the bride.  You would have thought that this was her real wedding...I was boxing out my friends to get just the right picture or video.  Luckily, we have known each other for a few years so there was no harm done. :) 

 Emily with some of her bridesmaids

 A few of the groomsmen

 Me and the bride

Patrick, the groom

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Here comes the bride..

The video of the actual ceremony wouldn't load but the funniest part about it was all of the kids giggling. 
Too cute.

 Getting ready to feed each other cake.  All the kids sang.
 Emily was very worried about this part of the ceremony.

 Sisterly love.

Emily and Alysen

Emily and Tyler

Hopefully I will get the other videos up.  They are priceless.

Ponding.

If you asked me before Thursday what ponding was, I wouldn't have had an answer.  I volunteer in Emily's class every Thursday and this past week we, along with Mrs Duffy of Prescott Farm, brought the class to a pond located on the nature trails behind the school.  I was super excited that poured that morning making everything nice and muddy.  Nothing says fun like a bunch of kindergartners with nets scooping up pond muck and swinging them around for us to inspect them.  Good times.  Aside from the filth, the kids had a blast.  They found dragon fly nymphs, leeches, salamander eggs and caddisflies.  It was pretty cool.

 They all started off pretty clean

 Emily scooping up some pond muck

 Kids checking out their finds

 Emily found some salamander eggs.  She was so excited!

 Mrs. Duffy showing the kids what they found

 Caddisfly

It is so great that the kids have unique learning opportunities like this at their disposal. 

Thanks Mrs. Duffy.

Spa Day

I have to love having a 5 year old and a 3 year old who have their own stylist, Brooke.  They will tell anyone who listens that Brooke cuts their hair.  I recently brought Abby for her first cut and just brought both of them for their summer dos.

 Before her first cut

 And after

Her reward for being such a good girl

Watching big sis

My two beautiful girls

Wacky Wednesday

I believe the pictures say it all!

1 Mile, 5k, 10k, ...What's next??

 Recently we headed out to Williamstown to visit Julie, Jeff and the kids.  This visit wasn't like ones in the past, we decided to add a physical aspect to it and do some running.  The boys ran a 5k on Saturday to benefit the Berkshire Humane Society and the girls walked a mile with Biscuit.  It was a great turnout and the amount of dogs that participated was great.  Great cause, great time.

 Reading of Fancy Nancy at local bookstore

 The boys pre-race.

 Just a few of the canines involved

 Todd so wanted to beat this girl!

Father and Daughter running to the finish line.

J and Jeff 

Crossing the finish line

No 5k is complete without some child labor

Allotted break time for the kids

Sprinkler time!!!

Not a good idea to give the 3 year old the hose

But that smile is well worth it!

What is missing from this posting is pictures of Julie and I running the 34th Annual Steve Zemianek Bennington Road Race in North Bennington, VT.  This was our first 10k ever.  It was a gorgeous day and the route was so pretty.   I am just sorry that I haven't been able to run since this outing.  Hoping to get out there soon and put my new sneaks to good use and give Julie a run for her money in the next race. 

Thanks Julie and family for a great weekend!