New Pictures

We had Caden, Kinsie and Kinley's pictures taken recently at Portrait Innovations.

They turned out very cute!

Kinsie (3.5 years), Caden (5.5 years) and Kinley (10 months)

End of May

The end of May was a busy time at the Shay house!

Kinsie celebrated her last day of preschool with a program for family and friends. Along with her classmates, she sang all of the songs that they had learned throughout the school year. She also had artwork displayed throughout the room that we were able to see and take home with us, and we were also able to see pictures that the teachers had taken at the different events they had participated in. Ater the program we were treated to cookies and lemonade! Below is a picture of Kinsie with her teachers, Miss Hope and Miss Diana.

Kinsie and Caden's last days of preschool both fell on the same day, so we had a full day of celebrating! After Kinsie's program we went to lunch at the Iowa Machine Shed and then in the afternoon the kids had fun opening their gifts from Cass, Kinley and me for doing such a great job in school. They loved their new pillow pets!

That evening was Caden's preschool program and graduation ceremony. It is very hard to believe that he will be attending Kindergarten in the Fall! He and his classmates sang songs and then he showed us his artwork that was on display. Both Caden and Kinsie were very excited to have Papa Curt and Grandma Terry there to celebrate their special day!

Caden and Miss Niki

Caden and Miss Norie

Caden and Miss Dale

May also marked the end of the spring season of flag football for Caden.

He did a great job again this season!

We also made it to a few parks. This swing is one of Caden and Kinsie's favorites!

Kinsie wrapped up her first gymnastics class and is excited to be moving on to the next level when she begins the summer session! On the final day of class, I was able to go into the gym with her and watch her show off her skills up close!

Miss Monica, Kinsie and Miss Nicole

Kinsie started playing soccer and is having a lot of fun!

This past Saturday evening our neighbors fired up their fire pit and several of our families got together for smores. The kids all had a lot of fun making their treats and playing together!

At the end of May we also attended the Smokin' in the Junction BBQ contest in Valley Junction where the 2 Shay BBQ team participated in the competition. They did a great job and we had a lot of fun hanging out with everyone! Unfortunately, I did not get my camera out for any pictures!