The Hoernke Family: July 2012

More summer fun 2012!

Ashlyn at her dance class. Those little girls were so fun to watch practice!

Brielle is always creating her own fun. Climbing in the cupboards was definately an exciting thing to do this summer for our 1 year old!

Ashlyn took swimming lesson for 2 weeks in June. She was still a bit hesitant during lessons but by the second week wanted to dunk her head more and more. We have been swimming at lakes and pools a couple times since then and she is now jumping off the side of pools by herself and going under water completely and not minding it! Hopefully she keeps it up!

We attended Colby Cheese Days near the end of July. It was a HOT weekend (much like many this summer) but we stuck it out a bit to go on a few rides and we also watched the parade. Grandma Debbie and Aunt Cindy made sure Ashlyn got more than enough candy at the parade and Brielle stayed cool eating up the popsicles!

This is the sight I have seen a couple of times after we come home around 5:30pm after daycare. Brielle still takes 2 naps at home on the weekends (averaging about 5 hrs total each day!), but during the week they only put her down for one nap which lasts for about 2 hours. Therefore, we have one tired and sometimes crabby girls on our hands at night before bedtime at 7 (or earlier!). She has never actually fallen asleep on the kitchen floor but she grabs the kitchen towel and decides to lie down and take a bit of a break :)

Summer Fun!

A lot of time was spent enjoying the nice warm weather outside at the beginning of summer! Both girls love the water and enjoyed the "splash pad" on numerous occasions. Brielle didn't even care that the water was cold and going right into her face. She just sat in there and thought it was the best thing ever :)

Ashlyn decided one afternoon that she would have a garage sale since she has seen many of our neighbors have them. Funny how she took out all of HER toys from the garage to "sell." I'm sure she'd be pretty upset if we really did have a sale of her stuff!

Brielle cruising along outside walking behind her toy. Stubborn little thing refuses to walk alone so this is her mode of transportion, along with the cozy coupe car and just crawling on the driveway on her knees! We would think her knees would get pretty sore but she doesn't seem to mind all that much. Once and a while she will walk on her hands and feet with her butt in the air to save her knees for a while...silly girl :)

Danz Kraze 2012!

Ashlyn was in a 5 week poms dance class early this summer. They ended the session with a performance at a summer show with classes from all ages up to the North High School Varsity Team. They were the youngest group to perform (ages 4-6) in front of a very large group of people at the YMCA gym. Ashlyn had a lot of fun and we were sooooo proud of her for going out there and doing so well!!!

(She is the 3rd from the left in the group)

More 4th of July Fun!

A visit near Medford was a must over the 4th as well! Grandpa Dave and Grandma Karen stopped by as well and Dad and Grandpa showed Ashlyn how to catch some real fish from the dock. She actually caught quite a few small one's and was very excited. They even caught a turtle with the net so Shotzy had some excitement as well!

4th of July!

Been slacking on posting pictures this summer! Every weekend has been busy and seems to be scheduled with something fun to do :) We spent a long weekend over the 4th of July up in Phillips. Brielle LOVED the swing and could literally stay in there for over an hour. Ashlyn spent lots of time playing in the lake with her cousins. The weather was hot and perfect for the water. Sparklers were of course a hit with the older kids this year as well.