it's great to be 8

Avery turned 8 today!  He enjoyed his last day at cub camp and then him and I were off to see Cars 2.  After the movie we met grandma and grandpa and Debbie for dinner at Bandits!  He was all smiles all day!

Averys cousin is NOT a Celtics fan:)

The 30 ft.  'EGG DROP" at scout camp....looking to see if it survived:)

His egg survived by being wrapped in miracle foam, sheepskin and packed in marshmallow!

We Love you Avery!

Bike, beach and a birthday girl!

Happy birthday Aubrey June!  Aubrey is 14 today:(  She wanted a new bike WITH a basket.  Riding around the neighborhood is one of her favorite pastimes.  Nate, Jane and her rode their bikes to the donut shop and then we hit the beach.  It was a beautiful day!  We love you Junebug.....

Aubrey and neighborhood friend:)

Revenge and a cute cub

I am not too sure what Jake did at youth Conference to deserve this payback.....

I will forever be finding green dots.....

Avery got to go to cub camp this year!  He is quite excited to start scouts, unlike his big brother.  For about a year now he has been looking forward to getting his "costume."  I have stopped correcting him.....too cute.  Today when we picked him up he told me he had "faced his fears" by climbing to the top of the climbing wall.

Next stop....High School!

Seriously, time just goes too fast!  Today Aubrey had her 8th Grade Promotion.  Another Lytle off to High School. Crazy.  

whose big kids are these???

A night of Stars

Last night we took the 3 younger kids (Jake had more important things to do...ha) to the Hollywood Bowl. We had the pleasure of seeing Star Wars in Concert.  We had a great time and Avery especially LOVED it.  They showed scenes from all the Star Wars movies with a live orchestra and choir playing. The atmosphere there is so, so neat!  We sat in the bleacher seats up top with a great view of the Hollywood sign and the Hollywood hills.

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 After we headed down to Hollywood and Highland and walked around the busy streets enjoying the sights!  The kids loved the Walk of Fame and seeing all the hand and foot prints.  It was a fun but late night!

another year, another recital

Jane and Avery are both still taking piano lessons and really enjoying it!  Their biggest complaint is our piano.  We have a really neat old piano that a dear friend gave to us.  Unfortunately it has a few non working keys and is too old to be tuned. One more thing to put on the expensive Lytle "wish list"....it will have to go below bathrooms and a roof!  They love recital time when they get to play on this "grand" Grand Piano!  They both did a great job.  Avery entertained us with the theme song from Star Wars and Jane played Once Upon A Dream from Sleeping Beauty.