Preschool Fun!!

Couldn't resist sharing lyla and her elephant ears for letter E week at preschool! Too cute!!!

Oh and by the way, she wrote her name on her "ear" all by herself! Hard to see but Ms. Stacey was very impressed!!! Such the smart girl!! : )

Summer came to an End!

Well we have winterized the boat and cleaned it up and placed it snuggly in the garage for the winter. We hate for summer to end but are already busy with fall activities! This is Chloe's birthday month so we will have a birthday bash in a few weeks. We have preschool trips to the pumpkin patch and a first grade field trip to see a play at the children's theater. Never a dull moment around here. Maybe now that we aren't at the lake every weekend I will do better about updating this!! Here is a short video of our summer! It was a blast!!

Our Summer Fun So Far...

We have been enjoying our summer break with as much time as possible on the lake. Derek put together this little video of some of our fun...more to come!!

Xplosion Softball

Paige is playing softball for the first time! She was VERY against it at first so we just had her go to a team meeting/beginning practice and she was hooked. She is playing with lots of her friends so she is having a great time. She is a pretty good hitter and can catch the ball well in practice...we just need to work on being a little more agressive in a game. I don't mean knocking people over just not shying away when there are all those people looking at her! She is taking a break from gymnastics right now and loving playing something new. Daddy is really enjoying it as well, lots of time in the yard playing catch and batting! Here are some pics from their very first game!! Getting her zebra striped socks on! She also has super cute hair bows and you can't see it but her nails are lime green to match! Hey, you might as well look cute while you are out in the dirt!!

Playing first base!

After the game, all smiles but tired and HUNGRY!! We made a trip to McDonald's for the hungry ball player and her bat girls!!

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.