Jake's Going Away Party and Anderson's End of the Year Program

 Jake with Mrs. Winemiller

Anderson with Ms. Evie and Ms. Cece

Jake's teacher called me a few weeks ago and asked if we could have a going away party for Jake at school.  How sweet is that?  We LOVE Mrs. Winemiller- she is one of a kind!  Anyways, I wanted to surprise Jake at school with lunch for his class, but my stubborn child started packing his own lunch that morning and would NOT let me talk him out of it.  I finally got frustrated and was like "you can't pack a lunch because I'm BRINGING you lunch!"  Yep, I spilled the beans.  He was stoked, though!

Jake's class his been together since Kindergarten with Mrs. Winemiller, so it was an emotional day.  Mrs. Winemiller adores Jake; she says he is "all boy," but that he is the most tender-hearted boy.  She cried during our parent-teacher conference a few weeks ago, and she started crying again today as I was leaving.  Believe me, the feeling is mutual.  It's going to be hard to find a teacher like Mrs. Winemiller.

Anderson had his end of the year program at Lifesong the same day as Jake's party.  Unfortunately, Anderson had stage fright and wouldn't come unglued from my leg long enough for me to get any pictures or videos.  Grr.  Anderson's teachers are amazing as well; there aren't many people that Anderson will leave my side for, but Mrs. Cece and Mrs. Evie are two that he will.  They call themselves Anderson's "aunts."  Hahaha!  

I think I say this every time, but this will be my hardest move; we've made really good friends in Orlando and had just started putting down roots.  We have an awesome neighborhood, church, preschool, elementary school, gym, etc.  It's going to be hard to top Orlando. :(

I think this will be my last post from Orlando.  Our movers will be here this weekend to pack, load, and ship my car, and we fly out Sunday, May 31st.

The Rest of the Memorial Day Pictures

 Gracie, Ryleigh Kate, Cam, Walker, Jace, Chase, Jake, my mom, and Anderson

 My parents and all the grands

 The whole fam

 My cousin Christy's kiddos

 Amy and her crew

 My favorite people

Love my mama!

I'm so thankful I got to see my family one last time in Georgia before we move.  I'm going to miss seeing these folks as often as I've been able to these last few years. :(

Next stop...Fort Collins, Colorado!

Memorial Day Weekend

 Granddaddy!!!

 Granddaddy and Ryleigh Kate

 My boys with Uncle Bobby

The annual boys' fishing trip

We spent Memorial Day weekend in St. Simons with my parents, my sister and her crew, my granddaddy, my cousin Christy and her crew, and my Uncle Bobby (my dad's brother) and his wife, Jackie.  This was our last weekend to see everyone before moving to Colorado, so it was bittersweet.

Tyson was recruiting in Jacksonville on Friday, so I picked him up on our way and then the party started!  We all stayed in the same complex where my parents' condo is, and we just bounced back and forth between condos all weekend long.  It was so laid back and relaxing.

Saturday morning, the guys went fishing on their annual charter fishing trip.  They didn't catch much on this trip, but they had a good time regardless.  Meanwhile, the rest of us went to the beach and braved the wind and chilly (well, chilly for this Florida girl) water.  Anderson Summers must have run 5 miles running back to where the water started to where the water crashed.  He had a great time! Once the older boys got there, they were all about jumping waves.  The rip current was pretty bad, so this mama was stressed the whole time.  Everyone survived, though, and no one got lost on the beach.  Haha!

We spent Sunday at the pool all day because the rip current was supposed to be worse than Saturday.  After the pool, we all got ready, took some pics, and went out to eat together.  I somehow managed to not get a pic of the whole group, though.

Anyways, in a nut shell, that was our weekend.  It was so hard telling everyone goodbye when we left; my parents are already planning a visit to Colorado next month, but I have no idea when we'll see everyone else.  :(  Boo!  I'm so thankful that we had this weekend together, though.  Next up, I have a few more group pictures to post, so stay tuned!

Staycation

 I love how they lined up by age- the Summers boys + the Braun boys and girl

The view from our room...Anderson was in Heaven with all the lawn mowers that were out on the golf course.

We decided to have a last minute "staycation" this past weekend at the Hilton Bonnet Creek here in Orlando.  A lot of our friends come to this hotel and rave about it, so we decided to give it a whirl before we leave Florida.  Oh, and our best friends, the Brauns, just so happened to be staying at the same hotel for the weekend.  ;)

We left for the hotel shortly after Walker's soccer game Saturday morning and got there before lunch.  We played by the pool ALL day long; it was awesome!  The pool area is huge and has a water slide, lazy river, baby pool, and zero entry.  Our kids had the best time!  We had to literally drag them away that evening so that we could all go to dinner together.

Unfortunately, not much sleep was had by the Summers family that night, so we decided to get up and go home and nap.  Haha.  The Brauns stayed on and played for another day, though.

And that is it for our last weekend in Orlando. :(  I'm glad we could spend it together, not stressing about packing and the move, and with our best friends.  

Our Soccer Superstar

 Walker had just scored a goal here.

 "good game...good game...good game."

 Does anyone else do this with kids' sports or is it an Orlando thing?  This is a tunnel that the parents make that the kiddos run through after the game.

 Walker's biggest fan, besides his oldest brother, of course.

Tyson's mom came for the weekend to see Walker play.

Here is Walker scoring 1 of the 3 goals.

Walker has his last soccer game in two weekends, but I'm not sure if we'll be able to go with all of the moving craziness that'll be going on then.  I definitely wanted to get some more pictures of my soccer superstar on here, though, before the season ends.  

Walker has come a long ways with soccer since he first started last year.  He has been the leading scorer in every game and often comes away with 3 or 4 goals a game.  He is so fun to watch out there!!  Tyson and I are so proud of him.

Stella's Birthday Party

 These two are so cute together.   Anderson calls Stella "Lella" and she calls him "Anson."

 Anderson's buddy, Mason.

 The pretty birthday girl.

These little siblings have been dragged to all of their big brothers' sporting events together, so they've all become buddies.  This is Harper ("Barper"), who is also in Anderson's class at school and whose brother, Grayson, plays on Walker's basketball and soccer teams.  I'm not sure while Harper is giving Anderson the evil eye here she usually loves "the baby."  Hahaha!

I'm sure like many of you parents with young children, we got to a birthday party almost every weekend.  I don't always document the birthday parties; I thought this one was important- not only because it is our sweet Stella's birthday, but because this was a party that "just" Anderson was invited to.  Yep, this party had nothing to do with his big brothers; well, other than the fact that we originally met Stella through Jake's flag football. ;)