School's Out, London's Calling: Part 1

We checked out of school Friday morning and were on a plane to London that night. Ladies in London celebrating another great school year!

 Our Saturday morning breakfast stop ended up being one of our favorite places to stop for a bite to eat

 Leicester Square

 When I researched what was going on in London, I found out there were 2 parades on Saturday: Queen Elizabeth's Birthday Celebration Parade and the Naked Bike Parade. Guess which one passed by us in Trafalgar Square? :)

 Conquering a Trafalgar lion was comical to say the least

 Here come the guards leaving Buckingham Palace

 The sun came out when we arrived at the palace!

 Coordinating our shades with the Union Jack

 Next stop: Camden Market

 Jenna has found the Mother Ship (a vegan bakery)!

 Happy Hour in Covent Garden

 

 Mel's gallery

 Piccadilly Circus

Graduation Celebrations

Congratulations to the Naples High School Class of 2015! We were honored to be a part of the festivities

Harley and Zane after flipping their tassels

Camden, Zane, and Emma

We love the Z's!!!

Wildcat Soccer

Chris may have been introduced once as Zane's "corrupter" so he decided to make some special t-shirts for Zane's graduation party

Street Cornhole

Antonia & Emma

Zane, Cri, Madds, and Debbie

Sweet baby girl

Skylar, Jenna, and Emma

Congratulations to the newly engaged Zach & Carly!

Camden and Zane playing Frisbee :)

NES Field Day

Let's hear it for another phenomenal field day at NES!  Thanks to the creativity and hard work of one of my favorite ladies (Jenna Rae Rice) the kids and staff had a blast!

Gina, Jenna, Sherri, and me

Meagan, Maddie, and Emma

Hula Hoopin'

Working with Gina, Jo, Brian, and Jennifer as the 5th grade team this year was the best!

Emma getting drenched with the fire hose and loving it!

Jenna gets to let loose on my class

2 years with these kiddos! :)

Camden's turn at the parachute

Camden & Jenna

with a Chris Beane photo bomb

Giant coconut race

"This is awesome!"

Emma on Stage

Emma was in her element with 2 performances in one week at school!

First up: the talent show where she sang "The Giving Tree"

 What a group of talented students!

 Emma, Katie, and Meagan

 2 days later, Emma's class put on a U.S. Geography play. Can you guess which poster Emma made?

 Our shining star!

Camden's 8th Birthday

YIKES!!! I've fallen behind again and playing catch up is at the top of my "to do" list this week.

 

Our handsome boy celebrated his 8th birthday on Memorial Day. The night before, he and Emma had a camp out in the living room.

 Birthday morning doughnut

Concentrating hard while he reads a birthday card 

Comparing birthday #8 and birthday #1

It didn't take him long to start building some of his birthday Legos

 

First jump into the pool as an 8 year-old

 Opening more presents

A priceless reaction when he saw his new bike

 Happy Birthday, dear Camden

Making a wish