Allie finishes 4th grade!

Well, we now officially have a 5th grader in our house....where does the time go??!!! Amazing how our kiddos get older but Mama and Dad don't seem to, right?!! : ) haha!

Allie had a great year and came home with five awards from her awards day at school. We are so proud of her and all of her hard work this year. And, we are praising God for His continued hand of protection and love for her! We are also very thankful for another great year at our school and are so appreciative of the staff and teachers....a huge hug goes out to Mrs. Cooper for all of her awesome teaching this year! : ) We surprised her with a flower pot full of "flowers", which were filled with gift cards from the students' in her class and the pot was signed by all of the class as well. She was very surprised and loved it! Allie couldn't wait to give it to her!

Now, we are all ready for the start of another great summer, bring on the sunshine, lazy days and lots of family time together!

Fun in the Massey house....

Just finishing up the school year and having fun around the Massey house! Here are a few pictures from my world recently.....

I started a new exercise program (got burned out from my old one....I need to be entertained constantly...I think my girlies got that trait from me!) called The Wave...it's kind of like the old step-aerobics routines only this "step" is shaped like a U so the trick is to constantly be rocking it back & forth. It makes for a great workout! My younger two are hilarious when I get the video and Wave out, they run to their bathroom and get their step stools out and start the workout with Mama! Here are a couple of pictures showing off their skills! : )

And, Allie has found out how fun it is to take photos with our digital camera now so I'm including a few pictures from recently that she has taken! ; )

Enjoy.....

Another season of Allie's volleyball....

Allie kicked off another season of volleyball recently and she is doing great again and loving it. We are proud of her determination and enthusiasm. She started off a bit unsure since this year all of her friends and her weren't able to be on the same team and she questioned how she was supposed to play and try and beat her friends but after a few practices and a couple of games, she's doing awesome! Here's a few photos to share....

Kentucky Derby and Mother's Day!

We always head down to Jason's hometown (Louisville, KY!) to celebrate the running of the Kentucky Derby....it's become a tradition for us! One of his parents' very best friends' throw a get-together that weekend and we always have such a good time going! The girls always look forward to going! : ) We have lots of great food, fun watching the races and lots of kiddos for them to play with. I always tease Jason that one of these days, he's going to take me to the Oaks (the race the day before the Derby) so I can wear a fancy hat and dress and walk around the track grounds for fun!

Some other news around the Massey house....recently, I've started a new exercise program....I kind of got burned out on my P90 program that I did most of last year. It worked great but I guess I'm the kind of person that needs constant entertaining (sort of like my kids...wonder where they get it from??!!!) so I am now doing the "Wave" workout and love it! It's fun so I don't feel like I'm just exercising but enjoying it too! The girls (the little two, Allie is usually at school when I work out) like to get out their step stool so they can mimic what I'm doing with my "wave" step so they join in on the fun with me! I'm posting a couple of pictures of their "workout"! ; )

The other fun event around here recently was Mother's Day! The girls did a great job (as always!) of making me beautiful cards and they had breakfast waiting for me when I woke up, along with some really pretty flowers! We headed to church in the morning and then spent the afternoon with family at my parent's house, where we decided to have none of the mommies work that day but instead enjoyed fried chicken out of the famous "bucket" -- yummy! A great and relaxing day to celebrate being a mommy and having a mom too!

Our Kids' Program at Church....

This year, our children's choir at church put on a spring program titled "Let's Do Church"....it was based off of the early church and how the believers modeled their entire lives daily around what Jesus told them to do....they ate together, worshipped together, shared their possessions with one another, encouraged one another and loved unconditionally. What an awesome message! The kids did an absolutely wonderful job and our choir directors are beyond fantastic.....in fact, the ladies actually wrote the drama and all of the songs for the program...incredible! We really enjoyed watching Allie get into this program this year. She had a great time and really liked learning the songs. She also a small part in the drama as she memorized part of a Psalm to recite...she did great and spoke slowly and loudly just like her Mama taught her! : ) After the program, we had a "church picnic" inside to celebrate the night....that meant lots of yummy food and time for the kiddos to run around like crazy and for the parents to spend time together chatting and laughing! That night after the festivities, we reminded ourselves how blessed we are with our church family and how much we love it...God is so good!

Allie's Religious Education Program and her first SOLO!!

We are blessed to have an elementary school that still offers a weekday religious education class during the school year for our kiddos! You don't have to participate but most of the kids in the class do. They also very fortunate that the little country church right next to the school is where they take the class so the kids are able to just walk next door for their class, works out great! Allie has always enjoyed the class and even though she has learned alot from our own church, she seems to always learn something new there too! Each year in the springtime, they have a program to show the parents what they have learned during the year. This year, Allie was chosen to not only recite scripture but also to perform a solo, a song about the baby Moses and the story of his life. She was really nervous but did a wonderful job....we were so proud of her! And, while driving home that night, we talked about how blessed we are to have her, to have her school and how thankful we are that we are able to have her learn more about Jesus even at her public school! God is so very good!

Conner Prairie Trip with Grandma and Papa!

Grandma and Papa surprised the girls and Mommy with a trip to Conner Prairie. Daddy happened to be away on a trip for work and it was during our Spring Break week so we all headed up to the north side of Indy for a day of fun! Allie really enjoyed learning more about what she has been studying in school this year.....Lauren just had fun watching all of the people dressed up from long ago (and asked if Papa lived back then!)....and Katelyn, well she just got her kicks out of chasing around the chickens and roosters at the Conner farm! ; ) We had a great day, the sun was shining and we really enjoyed spending time together and learning something new at the same time! Thanks a bunch to Grams and Paps for a wonderful day!