July

July was Tavein's wedding month. We spent most of the month re-landscaping the back yard. We took down the decks and put in a patio, re-sodded the yard, put in some new garden's, and a corner deck.

Aiden and Jared removed the old bricks for the patios.

Aiden brought everyone glasses of water. The weather was very hot.

Tavein and Jared were a great help. They removed rocks, sod and helped anyway they could.

They even helped lay the sod in the backyard. With their help we managed to get it all in in one day.

New gardens.

New planter and deck.

New patio. The backyard turned out great.

We celebrated the 4th of July by attending the parade.Jaxon's stroller was all decorated. He took first place in a contest on the base the day before.

Tavein and Jaxon dressed in red. Jared had to work so they went with us.

Even Aiden came to the parade.

Black Hawk flew over.

Sabrina and her family joined us.

Tanealya was in the parade.

Jaxon had a great time.

May, June

It's been awhile since I have blogged. So, its time to update what has been happening in the Traxinger's house.

MAY

I went to Tavein's and Jared's engagement photo session and decided to take some pictures of my own. The area that they went to at 5:30 am was beautiful.

JUNE

First part of June was the end of the school year for the kids. Riley finished 5th grade, Taylor finished her Junior year and Tanealya got through her first year of job training school. We seem to have a graduation at the end of the school year and this year was no exception. Aiden graduated from kindergarten. He didn't have a ceremony, but he did have a great end of the year program. The song that brought everyone to tears was "Let Them Be Little".

Riley also had an end of the year program. He played in the band and sang in the chorus.

June 2 we went to Spokane to celebrate Emma and Olivia's 6th Birthday.

 The theme this year was Hello Kitty.

Tracie decorated the house. It looked very festive.

The girls had a pinata.

                                                                 Tracie made sure everyone got a turn.

They both got lots of presents.

Then came time to blow out their candles.

Tracie throws the best parties.  It was a great day and everyone had fun.

The last week in June Papa and I went to Spokane to take care of the kids while Tracie and Marc worked. It was a great weekend filled with
swimming, 

                                                                     story time,

                                                                   dress up,

more story time,

chocolate cake,

showing off the garden,

and just being cute.

They were quite entertaining. We had a lot of fun and got a small break from wedding planning.



Week End With Jaxon

We had Jaxon this week-end. He is a very busy little boy. He likes to read If Your Give A Mouse A Cookie. 

Play in his walker even if he can only go backwards. 

Have Papa feed him his bottle. 

Take a nap on Nana. 

Pose in his outfit from Jared's mom. The outfit fits his personality just perfect. 

Watch Papa work in the yard. 

 

 

Take another nap, he does sleep a lot. 

Play with Papa. Jump in  His jumper. He can really jump high,Chew on his favorite toy.

And read the Sunday paper. 

He has been a very busy boy. And it's only Sunday morning.