Long Time No See!

The Bohannon Family in fact still exists. We are well and thriving and living life! I have been sooooo very bad at updating the blog since the introduction of 1) iPhone 2) Facebook 3) 3 separate camera sources. It has become so unbelievably convenient to just send a camera photo to Facebook as almost everyone I know is on there. But, to be honest, I miss the stories and activities that go along with blogging. So, I am officially stating my New Year's Resolution as being better at blogging and going one step further...getting the thing finally printed on an annual basis. Hold me to it!

The Buzz

This is the only picture I have of Miller with his new haircut. He wanted his head shaved like his daddy. It is so much cooler in this heat and e.a.s.y. He was driving Brooks around on the Gator, but I made him keep it at low speed. During this picture he was telling me that he was done driving Brooks around. The kid's gotta fly!

Swimming!

This is what the kids did in swim lessons. Brooks pretended to be a kitty cat while Miller was jumping off the diving board and sliding down the slide, something I don't think Ella would have done at age 3. Ella was jumping off the board and swimming to the ladder. She was also swimming across the pool by the end of the week. I'm very proud of my kids and their lack of fear for trying to swim. Thank you Ms. Courtney for another great year!

Introducing Bubbles!

Our beloved fish, Chip, died on Friday. He lived a little over a year with us. He had been sick and responded well to medicine, then took a turn for the worse this past week. We learned a lot more about caring for bettas and Chip was implemental in that education. We brought this beauty, Bubbles, home with us this weekend and so far so good.

Promenade Trip

We ran up to the Promenade mall to hear Belle read during Border's storytime. They were holding a princess dress up costume contest, and Miller wanted so badly to participate with his sister and cousins, we let him. A local tv anchor judged the contest, and although none of our kids won, we gave them the royal treatment by taking them for a train ride in 90 degree heat.

The Weavers with a little birthday fun

Nadia turned 9 this summer and Audrey turns 6 tomorrow. So we decided to have our own little birthday party at Cold Stone Creamery. In Nadia's words, 'this is the best birthday party ever'. It was pretty cool to take a tour of the ice cream shop and make your own creation. Aunt Aimee did a great job helping the younger ones, must be her experience from Braums.;)

Brooks' 1st Haircut

Brooks looks like such a big boy with his new haircut. He was so good for Ms. Taylor and finally reaped the benefits of a haircut from her treat bag. He got his first sucker and looooved it. He came home and proceeded to do big boy things, like unscrew the outlet with a pen. Pens also function to unlock deadbolts as well.

The Hudman's Visit

Ella & Reese
Riley and her Mommy

A touching moment between brother and sister

Kids anticipating the next firework

Kids yelling for Aunt Peanut in the stands

And disappointed she never responded

What a great week to share and love on our family, including Aunt Peanut, the week of July 4th. We went roller skating, where Ella showed us how low she could go, attended the Springdale rodeo, and went to a Naturals game and stayed for the fireworks. We enjoyed our own fireworks display at Grammy's house too. These kids were worn out, but not more than the adults!

Summer Fun

I can't believe the summer is almost over and I'm just now getting to posting pictures from the past 2 months. We had dance camp, bible schools, little gym camps, swim lessons, 4th of July, Annie, Naturals games and visits from all of our cousins. Here's some snapshots of all of the above!

Did I mention it was Ella's 5th birthday?

Okay, so last celebration of the week for this birthday girl. She got to invite some girlfriends to a pool party that our neighbors, the Wears, graciously offered to host. She wanted all things Barbie and the cake to be all pink! There just wasn't enough time in the day for these kids to party like they wanted to, but it was so fun. Thanks so much to all that came and especially to the Wears for their backyard and bonus cocktails!

Ella grew up with one haircut

Our generous, brave, and thoughtful daughter told me 2 weeks before her birthday that she wanted to cut her hair and she wanted to give it to kids that had short hair and wanted long hair. Her donation went to Children with Hairloss. Ms. Taylor did such a great job with her. Ella had her first salon hairwash and in her words, 'didn't freak out at all!' She looks like such a big girl and with making such big girl decisions, I may have to let her go to kindergarten afterall.

Ella turns 5!

This is Miller realizing it is not his birthday and he does not get to open all the presents
Ella's favorite present (although she loved them all), her shoes from Aunt Peanut

So, I couldn't let Ella's actual birthday go down without having some sort of cake to celebrate. Dennis, my Hope Cancer Resource driver, was nice enough to take me to Sam's after treatment one day to grab Ella this Hannah Montana cupcake cake that she loved. She had a great day, full of presents, and hitting the skating rink that night. We were the only family there. It was awesome!