So We LOVE to Camp!!

We all went camping a few weeks ago. I wrote a great blog post about it but for some reason it is just not cooperating with me these days so it DISAPPEARED. So, I am trying yet again to get this posted!!

Our girls LOVE to camp. It is time I just cherish with my family. We are able to get away from it all and enjoy getting dirty and eating things we cook over a campfire. (Now don't get me wrong we still have access to technology hence all the pics with my phone and I don't camp without electricity and running water...I am pretty much a city girl! )

Here is our popup camper! We LOVE it and it is a great step up from the tent!!

Had to take a picture of this cabin we saw on one of our hiking trails. TINY cabin that you can see from the sign was home to 11, and 5 of the children were born in that very cabin...she was more of a woman than me for sure!! We went with some friends from church (that is who the extra kids belong to). So much fun for the girls to have friends to play with!

Daddy and the girls at the top of a cliff over looking the beautiful waterfall.

We had a great time and are already planning more trips this spring and summer.

Spring Break Girl's Trip!

Well, Blogger is not being my friend right now so you are going to have to see our fun weekend trip in REVERSE!!! : ) We took a super fun trip to Dallas to see Nana, Aunt Sarah and Grandma Jolene! It was A BLAST!! We visited the American Girl Doll store, went to a dress up cupcakes and tea party, had nails done, spent the night at Grandma Jolene's house and at a hotel, swam in the hotel pool, shopped, ate yummy food and giggled and made memories til our little hearts were all FULL! It was a wonderful time and we made tons of memories!! So here is our little trip, just in reverse!

Super tired girls on the way home! Yes, I took this while driving, but promise I never took my eyes off of the road! : )
It was Aunt Sarah's birthday weekend too! We had yummy cake at the hotel!! Song, candles the whole nine yards!!

Our hotel was next to Bass Pro Shops so we went and saw the fish and found this LARGE fish for a great photo op...our crazy Chloe always ready to make people laugh!

The girls in the lobby of the hotel. They love staying at hotels, it's just so much fun to be somewhere new!!

A quick ride on the carousel at the mall, well TWO quick rides!

All finished getting our nails done. Lots of glitter, bright colors, nail art and rings...made for super happy girly girls. Paige said this was her favorite part of the weekend!!!

Getting those nails JUST right!

The crew at the Cupcake and Tea Party...it was so much fun and super yummy!! I highly recommend Let's Pretend in Grapevine, TX!!!

Getting our glittery makeup on for the party!

A pic of Chloe's outfit...yes she picked out a cupcake outfit...dressed perfectly for the occasion!!

All the girls all dolled up!!!

Sound asleep on the floor after movies and fun at Grandma Jolene's house!

Paige at the American Girl Doll store with her doll Olivia who just got her hair done and her new purchase, Coconut the dog for Olivia!

Olivia in the beauty chair!!

Waiting patiently for Olivia to get her hair did!

As you can see if you made it this far we had a great time!!! So much fun to have some girly time!!! Thanks Nana, Grandma Jolene and Aunt Sarah for making it so special!!!

WE LOVE YOU!!!!

Gymnastics Meet and a Crazy Toy Story Kid!

Paige had her 2nd gymnastics meet last night and did AWESOME!!! She tied for 2nd on vault, 5th on bars, 2nd on beam, 3rd on floor and 4th All Around. She was so proud of herself!! It is so much fun and incredibly exhausting at the same time...I am a nervous wreck while she is out there!!! We didn't get home until late and Derek is sick in bed this morning but other than that we had a great time!! Scoring is hard on dad and papa (and me too) you never really know what they did "wrong" to get deductions. Papa said she needed to play softball, either your foot is on the base or it isn't! Not quite the case with gymnastics but Paige is doing great!



Now on to our TOY STORY crazy child. Yes, believe it or not from the pictures below there are a few of the characters that she doesn't have but we do have lots of toy story stuff! She is a cutie for sure.

Just Dance!!!

We got Just Dance for Kids and the girls LOVE IT!! Even Lyla got in on the action! : )

Lyla's CBS Christmas Program

Today was the Christmas program for CBS. Lyla has been practicing her Away In A Manger for over a week now with movements and all.

She was not crazy about getting up on the stage...


On to "Away in a manger"...

"the little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head"...
"The stars in the sky"...
"Look down where He lay"...If that isn't the sweetest thing ever I don't know what is!!!!

Wow Been a While!

Somehow time is passed and I haven't said anything to the few of you that actually like to know what is going on with The Spicer Crew! I could never catch you up, so instead I will just start again! We are in full countdown to Christmas mode. It has been fun seeing how excited (HYPER) the girls are about Christmas. I managed to get a picture of Paige with Santa this year, the first for any of the Spicer girls. Her K class went to the library and she was super stressed because everyone was going to take a picture with Santa...that is supposed to be fun, I tried to explain to her! Any way we survived and I at least have one picture with her and Santa!!


Paige also had her first gymanstics meet...super fun and she did great!! Even as I type this Paige & Chloe are in the living room in leotards (yes, it is 20 degrees outside) pretending they are judges at a gymnastics meet...they LOVE gymnastics! The pictures aren't the greatest, no flash in there and they were farther away from us than we thought they would be, but it was a great night!!

3rd on Vault, 8th bars, 4th beam, 4th floor, 6th all around...AWESOME!! She did great!!
Here is her cute team!!

And here are her biggest fans (daddy was behind the camera!)


Sisters watched as much as they could...then they watched a movie!!
That should do it for now...more Christmas pics of parties and fun to come!!

Chloe's First Day of Preschool!

The day she has been ANXIOUSLY awaiting is finally here!!! I think she asked me maybe 47 times this morning, "Is it time to go to preschool yet?" and she was awake and in our room a little before 6:00 AM so I think she was a little excited!! Chloe had a great first day at preschool and is just getting so big! Lyla and I went to our first day at Community Bible Study today and it was great. So cute...Lyla kept telling EVERYONE we came across "I go to Bible Study" not to be outdone by Chloe telling everyone "I am going to Preschool!" They are such cuties and I couldn't be any more proud of the beautiful (inside and out) little girls they are. Here are some pictures we took this morning...enjoy!!