The Karaffa's

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

happy father's day

We love our Daddy. He is our hero, and we are so thankful for him. We look forward to when he gets home each day, and we love playing with him, wrestling with him, when he takes us out, and when he puts us to bed. God blessed us with a wonderful Daddy, and we were happy to celebrate him on Father's Day! After church, we celebrated Daddy with lunch at one of his favorites, Bucca de Beppo. He loved all the yummy Italian food and time with us. Afterwards, we headed home and gave him a few gifts...an autographed book that a college friend wrote, gift cards, & some golf shirts. He then enjoyed a movie with some other Dads from church...Jurassic World. It was a fun day celebrating Daddy. We are very thankful!

Daddy & Me

One of many kisses for my Daddy...

Daddy & Brady (his mini-me)

Silly faces

Daddy & Brecken

Daddy & Emmersyn

We sure love Daddy, and we are so thankful for him. Happy Father's Day, Daddy!!

home

Emmersyn loves to "read." She loves to sit in her chair (or on the floor...or in our laps...or wherever she can) and "read" her books.

Cutie Pie!

Brady reading her favorite book to her...Ten Little Ladybugs!

Daddy ready to her!

We love when we get to have movie night on Daddy & Mommy's bed. Emmersyn isn't quite old enough to sit still on the bed, but not sure why she thought Hutch's bed would be a great spot to sit! Haha!

Movie fun!

Brady was "teaching" Emmersyn how to play the piano...

...& they had fun together!

One day, Emmersyn wanted to start "reading" before she even got dressed...

...so cute!

We are so thankful for our home...it is usually filled with lots of laughter!!

Monday, July 6, 2015

gymnastics

I have been taking gymnastics for 2 years now, and I love it! We practice once a week for 1 1/2 hours, and then we have one performance at the end of each "year." This year, we got to show our parents what we have learned at each "station" (bars, beams, floor, etc.), and I had a fun time! Here we are walking out.

Our floor routine was set to Taylor Swift's "Shake it Off" song, and we had fun!

My solo part...

...including my cartwheel!

On the beam...

...& then the bar, which is my favorite!

And, finally, the mats!

Receiving my trophy of completion!

Another great year of gymnastics...

...& with my best friend (& cousin), Stephanie!

Daddy & Mommy cheering me on.

(My siblings also attended as well!)

Emmersyn enjoying the show!

awards day/last day of school

The day before the last day of school, we did class awards. Mommy was able to attend and watch us receive our awards. I got the "crunch award" for being able to always come through in a crunch.

Me with my "Crunch award" and my promotion certificate to 4th grade!!

Meanwhile, Brady's class was always giving out awards, and he got the "Mr. Sporty" award. Mrs. Rogers said that he is always shooting hoops and has great accuracy for his age...and loves to play with the older kids as well.

He enjoyed his award...and all his friends guessed it before he even got it!

The 1st grade class...well, now officially 2nd graders!!

Brady with Mrs. Rogers...he has so loved having her.

Brady & me...hugging each other in congratulations for the awards we both received!

The last day of 3rd grade for me...

...& the last day of 1st grade for Brady!

We were pretty excited!

All ready for our last day!

We started with awards chapel, and Daddy & Mommy were both able to attend. Academic awards start in 3rd grade, so while Brady got wonderful grades this year, he will have to wait until 3rd grade to earn an award for it. Here I am...receiving my high honor roll certificate from Dr. Johnston.

One last picture of Brady with Mrs. Rogers. He even wore her favorite color on the last day...just for her. What a great year Brady had! His teacher was absolutely wonderful!