A Zoo Day

Thanks Ann for inviting us to the Zoo...it was a fabulous idea and we really enjoyed checking it out! We will certainly be back to see more!

Life is good!

Alright ladies and gents....I know I have been slacking on the blog these last few weeks - I apologize greatly! It is not as if I have had a ton going on, but it does feel like time just keeps flying by!

What can I fill you in on? Oh funny story...we were at Kaitlyn's soccer game today (which by the way she scored 4 goals all while skipping across the field - she must really like it as she never stops smiling the whole game), anywho, Addy always gets upset after the game because Kaitlyn gets a treat and she does not so today I planned for it and brought her a drink and some pretzels. She takes one look at her snack and then looks at Kate's blue Gatorade and cheese-its and shouts "Dunkin Donuts, when can I play so I get the treats?" For those of you who know Addison you know how soft spoken she is - well this was really loud and Brent and I could not stop laughing!

The girls are still taking that theatre class and they have another performance coming up at the end of May. There is talk about them taking a theatre summer camp where they put on a production at the end of the camp with costumes and all, but I am not sure about that yet.

We found another mall, which is a little closer to us today. That was nice as it was so windy outside you could not really do to much even though it was 80 degrees.

Oh, yesterday on one of Brent's off days we went to an Arts Festival in downtown Oklahoma City. That was really nice - of course we could not afford a thing, but walking around was surprisingly beautiful. The downtown area is really quite nice. It reminds me of a smaller Indianapolis. After the Arts Festival we walked over to the OKC Bombing Memorial - which was probably one of the coolest memorials I have ever seen. In fact, one part of it (because the area is so religious) were they have a statue of Jesus weeping gave me chills. If you ever come to visit remind us to take you b/c it is a must see.

Alrighty then, I think I have caught everyone up to date. Wish Brent luck in the run tomorrow (13.1 baby....) and say a little prayer for the girls and I heading to church without our sweetie! LUMUKU.....come visit!

Easter was Egg-Cellent!

The girls and Uncle Ryan...they had just woken him up! He brought treats from NYC - what a great Uncle!!!
All this exploring has pooped out the girls! (And Daddy)

Grandma, Papas and the girls at some art in Downtown Edmond.

So Easter has already come and gone. What a bummer! Why does time always fly by so fast when you are enjoying yourself? Here are a couple photos from the long weekend. Let me see if I can recap what we all did: music class, gymnastics, theater class, science museum, long walks on the golf course, golfing (Kaitlyn did about 9 holes and loved it), church, cooking, ice cream, almost got a puppy, hobby lobby and tons of chit-chat!

It was wonderful - thank you to Marty, Denise and Ryan for making the trek out here...we can't tell you how much we loved spending time with each and every one of you. I will post more soon, but we our first Edmond play date coming over here in 15 minutes so I need to get going! I think I could be more excited about the play date than the girls! YEAH!

Yeah, Grandma & Papas are here!

Thank goodness, Grandma and Papas are here in Oklahoma! Marty and Denise arrived early early on Saturday morning and everyone went crazy to see them! Oh yes Brent and I did too cause we knew that it meant maybe a few extra hours to ourselves while they are here and what parent would not go crazy for that-seriously let's be honest here!!! We then headed off to Kate's soccer game where she was AWESOME! She had on her game face the whole time and was running so hard - I tell you what watching her made me smile from ear to ear. After the game we grabbed a bite to eat at yes our favorite Chick Fil'A (another one that if you have never tried it you are missing out!). Then OF COURSE we went straight to Hobby Lobby for Addy - who immediately gravitated toward this adorable Tinker Bell bandanna. She spent the whole rest of the day with this purple bandanna wrapped around her head. I hope I got a picture of it to show all of you because it was too cute for words! Grandma and Papas also picked up a ton of crafts to do with the girls. After our day of excitement we decided to end it with a fun-filled night of Rockband....oh yes, we broke it out and all played - don't believe me I have everyone on video! Ryan, Brad and Brent we will have to use that video at just the precise moment - possibly your parents' 60th birthday party!!! More to the point though it has just been a treat to spend some quality time with family. Lots of love for now - I am heading to bed the girls got up this morning at 6am...no you read that right 6am - which is still sorry to say too early for my blood. Love you, Miss you, Kiss you.

Howdy from Texas!

Hi Kaitlyn....lovin' that smile! What can I tell you about Kate lately? She is becoming more and more independent as far as putting things away in her room the way she wants them and getting dressed in what she picks out. I love it though...Addison is making a goofy face to y'all! What is new with Addy? She is trying to be like her Big Sissy and independent yet at the same time she loves to be held like a little baby and hear stories about what she was like when she was smaller. Still loves her penguins (thanks Chelsea B, now I have 2 animals that must be with her at night). She is coming around to gymnastics as she realizes she can jump off just about anywhere in the gym and not get hurt.

She is certainly my daredevil....

Go Shannon, Tara and Sarah - knit that scarf for Christmas!!
Thanks you ladies are amazing and I am so blessed to have all of you in my life!

Well, our weekend back in Texas was wonderful. However, I have to sadly admit that we certainly did not have enough time to see or do all the things that we would have liked. We will head back there again though probably when it is closer to pool weather though!

Today the girls and I glittered Easter eggs. Yes, I had this brilliant idea that if we simply just used glue and glitter to decorate the eggs it would be so much easier and not nearly as messy. Who was I kidding? I have just spent the last 45 minutes cleaning glitter up off the floor. It was really fun though and we are going to use the eggs as decorations for the table on Easter. I will have to take a picture when we have finished the project. They are out looking for branches to hang the eggs off of right now....