Fathers Day

We actually got to celebrate this special day twice. Saturday night we had Neils parents over for dinner and celebrated with them.

Then on Sunday the kids celebrated Neil.

Here are some pics from our day.

We spent the majority of the day sorting legos/building sets and watching Backyardigans :)

Preschool Parade

Today my kids got to participate in the Preschool Parade that The Well puts on. Each child between ages 2 and kindergarten get to bring a vehicle of their choice to decorate and ride in the parade. They could bring their bikes, trikes or scooters.

Once we got there, we registered, then we got to decorate the vehicles. Justus brought his scooter and Haven her trike.

They also had where you could make a license plate for your vehicle, you could make a hat of your choosing (Haven of course picked a Princess crown) and they also had face painting.




Justus loved playing in the bounce house and both kids love the play area.

Then it was on to the big RACE!

Trikes went first so Haven went first. She was so cute out their peddling so hard.

Scooters went next so it was Justus turn. He raced so fast. He came in second but we were told after the fact that the boy who beat him was 6 ;) It was a close race tho and Justus had fun.


Then we cheered for those racing on bikes.
Next it was parade time where we all kept reinforcing that it was time to go slow. All the kids did great!


Fun times at the Parade!

Things that stir my heart

Besides raising my children to be happy, healthy, Godly people and wanting to be a wife of noble character, there are a few things that stir my heart.

I came across this the other day off of Beth Moores blog and I just read and was in wonder.

http://www.asourown.org/

My heart is moved to such compassion for these and I want nothing more than to help.

So this is my prayer.....Lord - how and when? I want to help!

My heart is stirred.

J preschool graduation

Today was Justus last day of Preschool! At his school they dont do a formal graduation but they do have a graduation celebration.

We got there and had prayer - which I LOVE about a Christian school.

Then we went outside to have some cake & punch - yummy!

We went back inside for the kids to show some of what they learned.

We saw them do their American Flag salute as well as the Bible salute - another great perk to a Christian school

They did some songs for us

Then they each received their Preschool completion certificate. Afterward Mrs Tracye presented the Preschool Class of 2011. So cute!


Pictures with the teachers - Mrs Tracye and Mrs Sharon!

So proud of Justus!

Swimmy Haven

Ive been so proud of Haven in her swimming this year. She went from fussing very loudly and super apprehensive to being able to jump into the deep end and swim to her coach Ms Jamie.

She is not super fond of back floats but Jamie is nice and will often sing to her while floating.

But look at her swim - in the deep end!

And her jumps - not quite as demonstrative as Justus' were, but she does it none the less.

Diving for rings is one of her favorites.
Proud of her!

The Suite life

Neils work has box seats for the San Francisco Giants. He has gotten to go before, but this time I had the privilege of coming too.

Gigi and Papa were amazing as always and kept the kids for us so I could take part in some adult activities.

We got to hang out with some of Neils clients. Besides Neils coworker that hosted, there was a winery there, a grower/packer and a cancer center. I found it very interesting talking to these wonderful people.

But the best part was just being at the field with the amazing view and getting to enjoy the amenities of the box.

Crazy Weather & other random stuff

Good Friend Whitney put it best in her blog post here:

http://whitneyfrank.blogspot.com/2011/06/not-that-im-complaining.html

But Im of the same mindset. Usually by June swimming is a regular activity and shorts are the norm. However, not this June. Last night I donned my Uggs and sweatshirt for a graduation party. Crazy!

On a happy note - today was very lovely and our church had our annual baptism service at Woodward Park. It was a nice change of pace as we were all casual and watched those who were being baptized freeze in the pool of water they were being dunked in. Afterwards we spent some "family" time, as The Well puts it, hanging out eating a hot dog lunch with all of our Clovis campus attendees. The kids had a great time and Neil and I got to relax just a little bit ;)

We, as a Pettit family, have been doing all sorts of crazy stuff to stay occupied. Here is a picture from the other day depicting Justus and my silliness.