1st grade...here we come!!

Masen is officially a "1st grader!" He had his Kindergarten graduation last Thursday and I'm attaching some pics from the big event. Unfortunately, our camera is not the best camera in the world, so I didn't get many good ones of the actual ceremony....buying a new camera is on my list before this baby is born!! Masen had such a great year in Kindergarten! He LOVES going to school (which we are definitely happy about) and will miss all of his friends over the summer. Luckily his best buddy, Brady, lives right behind us, so he'll still get to see him a lot. I thought I would shed a lot more tears, but I was a little busy trying to figure the stinkin' camera out and didn't really have time to cry. I just can't believe that he's already moving on to 1st grade...time goes by sooooo fast!! Daws will be starting Preschool in the Fall too, and he is VERY excited to be able to get his own backpack. I hope everyone has a safe and fun summer!! We'll be sure to post pics of our fun adventures.

Dad, Mom and Masen (and baby sister, obviously by the size of my belly) on graduation day.

Masen's teacher, Mrs. Brous, was so great!! He's really going to miss her next year.

The "two amigos," Brady and Masen.

Masen performing one of his graduation songs at the program. It was about moving on to 1st grade :).

A fun-filled May

What a fun (and eventful) May we've had at the Kindler household! Josh and Jen both had birthdays and we celebrated Mother's Day with family too. The boys (and Daddy) made me a beautiful new flower pot - as Walls of Clay - for Mother's Day. They have made me a new ceramic piece every year since my very first Mother's Day and they are so special to me!! I have them proudly displayed in my kitchen for everyone to see.

Masen started Tball and has had 2 games thus far. He's having a lot of fun and has made a lot of new friends this season. Both of the boys just finished swim lessons and are ready for the pool to open. We hope to make it there a lot this summer. Both of the boys have improved so much and they both went down the slide on their last day of lessons too :).

We also took the boys to their FIRST Royals game last Sunday. They had so much fun!! Masen really enjoyed the game (check out our view from our seats - yes, we were at the second to top row of the stadium - yikes!!). Dawson really enjoyed the cotton candy and seeing Slugger. Both boys got to bring home a stuffed Slugger, which they were pretty excited about.

We're looking forward to the summer. We plan to do many fun-filled family activities. Josh will have the month of July off, so that will be nice!

Hope everyone is enjoying this spring-time weather as much as we are!!



Our "VERY HIGH-UP" seats at the Royals game!!

The new fountains at the stadium are really neat too!

Masen's first Tball game this year - he got a lot of action playing pitcher!

Mother's Day at Nini and Pops' house.

Birthday time and more

Josh turned 33 on Monday! We had a weekend full of celebrations (dinner out with just the 4 of us and then dinner out with Linda, Molly, Damon and Colton). We had our own little
"party" on Monday night too. It's always fun to celebrate with family and friends. Jen's birthday is on this coming Monday. We'll be celebrating on Mother's Day and also celebrating the arrival of our newest nephew this weekend (going to be born on Friday!!).

The boys have had so much fun playing with their cousin Taylor these past 2 years! We've been fortunate to be able to babysit her 2 days/week, but that's now coming to an end and we are really sad :(. We know that we'll still get together lots though, as they live in Gardner too. Dawson and Taylor have really became buddies - they are a year apart. Don't have many pics to post, but here are a few from this week.

Here's a pic of Taylor and Daws playing their guitars.


Daddy and the boys on Daddy's birthday.