Bounce House Fun...

Tuesday afternoon was warm and pretty, so we went over to Mimi's house for some bounce house fun...and somehow, the kids ended up in swimsuits playing in the water hose! Thanks for having us over, Mimi!
Our friend Carson

Dog Pile!

Bouncing is so much fun!

Gone Fishin'

Last weekend some friends from Sunday School invited us over to fish in their neighborhood. Turns out, fishing is rather boring to 3 year olds...shocking, right?....Well, Erin was a big hit in the golf cart, so the kids all rode around while the big kids (the Daddy's) fished. Thank you guys for having us over...we had a great time. Erin with all the kids...

Caden, Tate, Emmy and Preslee

Emmy just walked up and touched the fish...what????

Tate pretending to fish...

Emmy laughing at the worms...

Lyla was not impressed with the whole fishing thing...

Emmy and her Daddy

6 Month Report...

I cannot believe my baby is 6 months old!

She is such a little angel...I have to say the easiest and happiest baby I could ever ask for!

I love this little "Lyla-Bug!" 6 Month Stats...

18 lb 14.5oz (90%)

27" Long (90%)

18" Head Circumference (95%)

in other words...Perfectly Healthy and a "little chubby"! :)

In her bath tub for the first time...

For comparison...here are Tate and Emmy their first time in the bath seats at 6 months.

"These are the children God has given me. God has been good to me..."
Genesis 33:5

Sea World Trip

For the kids spring break, I decided to take them to Sea World for a mini-vacation. We met Banty and Aunt Courtney in Waco and they rode to San Antonio with us. We stayed with Uncle Todd, Aunt Laci and Cousin Ellie. The kids had a great time at Sea World, but I did not take one picture, but thanks to Aunt Laci for the photography...I stole these from her blog! :)

Cheesing it up before the Shamu Show


Tate said his favorite part was the dolphins...we even got a stuffed dolphin at the gift shop to bring home with us.

Emmy and Ellie feeding the dolphins

Thank you to Aunt Laci and Uncle Todd for opening your house to us. We had a great time visiting and hopefully we can come back soon!

And thank you to Mimi...she kept Baby Lyla for 4 days so we could make the trip...I was not sure Sea World was the best place for a 6 month old...

Saturday Morning Cartoons...

We all slept late on Saturday...9 am!! So, we decided to have a quiet morning at home watching cartoons...even Lyla got in on the excitement...
Four of my favorite people!

Two little look-alikes!

Emmy making sure Lyla doesn't miss anything!

Happy Birthday...Auntie M!

Today is Auntie M's birthday! We went to Babe's on Saturday night to celebrate... The three goofy kids...

Emmy and Brody B.

The Tater

The kids loved climbing on the tractor outside



These two must think we are all crazy, just look at their faces!

The kids loved listening to the jukebox

Emmy dancing to the music

Jo Jo was in town this week to visit...we had fun shopping and hanging out

Jo Jo, Emmy and Lyla

Singing Happy Birthday!

The kids helped Auntie M with her candles

Maggie, Lyla and Mamaw

Papaw with Lyla

Mimi and Lyla

Emmy helped Auntie M open all her gifts...

Lyla was ready for her bath and bottle

Beautiful Miss Maggie

Happy #7...

Today is our 7 year anniversary! Wow, I cannot believe it has been that long. Alot has changed in the past 7 years, most importantly the addition of our 3 beautiful children. To my husband, I say thank you for the past 7 years and here is to 50+ more... Taken March 16, 2002

And last night before our anniversary dinner...

School Pictures

Here are the kids school pictures they took a few weeks ago. The colors are a little off because I had to scan them. They gave us the choice to get their pictures taken together and separate...

She actually smiled this year!

She INSISTED she have the pink background.

Back By Popular Demand...

Ok, not really popular demand, just a few nice requests for more pictures. I have just not been in the picture taking mood lately and my camera battery has been dead for a few weeks! :) So, here we are...We went over to the park today to play. It is very windy, but the kids enjoyed getting outside in the warm weather. It is getting harder to get a good pic of all of them!

Emmy going up the slide...

Lyla and her strawberry hat

Lyla and Mommy

Daddy and Lyla having a talk

Emmy and Daddy

They would just go over and "have a talk" as Emmy puts it.

He is looking like a big boy now!

She loved the wind in her face

Emmy sliding

Huckleberry taking his turn :)

They found some chalk at the park and were drawing on the concrete