Miss Lily, welcome to the life of a Stockstill. With the close of Dylan's first grade school year we've hit the summer with both feet running. Last Sunday we loaded up the kids and a few families from church and headed to the Long Leaf Rails to Trails for an afternoon bike ride. My bike turned into the multi-faceted-all-terrain-kid-train-that-doesn't-hurt-my-legs-at-all caravan that hosted Micah in the backseat and Lily in the rickshaw. Shauna and Dylan each biked the 15 mile route solo.
Dylan swept the end of the year awards, aka The First Grade Oscars, winning the Citizenship Award, P.E. Award, Music Award, and the Accelerated Reader Award. I had to whip him with soggy noodles when we got home just to remind him who was boss. Seriously, we are super proud of all our kids. We are blessed to the full extent to parent such great kids.
Last night we headed to the Gulf Coast for "Sounds by the Sea" a Patriotic Performance by the Gulf Coast Symphony. It still gives me chills to see the men and women who so galliantly fought for our country stand as their military branch's fight song is played. One man, in his 70's stood and waved a small flag as the first notes of "anchors away" filled the air. Very powerful. They closed the show with a phenomenal firework display. Micah liked the ones that "flash and sound like a huge gun." Yeah, I like those too.
Shauna and I celebrated the big 13th anniversary today and I must say, it's been the greatest 11 years of my life :)
Julia Roberts has nothing on these lips!
The Kiddos and RoRo!
Her Synchronized Swimming pose (after her NeNaw).
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looks like some fun mississippi times. we miss yall
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