February 19 came and went...

Digging into the chapel birthday bag!  She pulled out an orange water bottle!  So exciting!!

Birthday chapel is so special!! 

 After the big American Girl weekend we came home and had a family party w/ Pappy, the R family & the C family.  (Mimi was in Austrailia!)

 Adly requested that Jess wear her Ariel dress to the party.  She wasn't too excited about that, but she did it anyway for her BFF.

 Blue basketball from Missy & Davey!!!

 Missy is so thoughtful!  She gave Adly and Jess the James Avery Be Fri & St Ends charms.  Soooo sweet!!!!

 Hugs for Pappy.

 Rendin checking it all out...

 Rex is snackin'...as always!

 Happy 5th, Tiny!!

Holt & 2 of his favorite ladies.

 Me & my little lady.  That's what was under that beautiful princess gown!

Time flies...can't believe she's 5!!!!



Two American Girls!!

We're here!  Diana and I took the girls to The American Girl store in Dallas!!  Big Fun for the Big 5!!

Here they are ready to shop for the their Julie babies (Bitty Baby).

 "There she is for real, Jess!!  Julie and her BFF!!!"

 Happy Birthday lunch at the American Girl bistro!

 Julie baby got a special seat at the table too...of course!

 Birthday girls!!!

 Their babies got a balloon and t-shirt to keep!!

 We spent 4 hours in there!!

 Diana was smart and set us up w/ the American Girl package in our hotel room.  The girls got sweet portable beds to keep for their babies (Cinderella currently sleeps in ours) & cupcakes w/ milk.

(We stayed at the Westin, by the way. & it was perfect!)

 BFFs!!!

 It was Adly's actual birthday when we woke up!  I had a little surprise waiting for her.  Dollie and Me clothes, of course!!

 Kathryn got glasses & a new outfit from AG.

 Love that sweet I-just-woke-up face!

 One last look...at this point Jess was already saying she wants to come back really soon.  Me too!!

 On the way home we hit McDonald's.  Kananai & Julie came w/ us.  We bought the little booster seats to attach to the table at AG.  Best idea!  Julie eats every meal w/ us now. 

Happy Birthday, Adly!  (Jess too...in a couple weeks!)



Let's try this again...

Don't really have an excuse for not posting...other than my old laptop sucked and now I have a new one...but I almost don't want to say that b/c I got used to being a slacker blogger! 

So, here's an update for now...I'll go backwards for a bit after this.  (Adly is 5 now!)

We went to Kinder Round up!!!  She's gonna be a Kindergartner next year!

We went w/ her new friend, Avery.  They were precious together.  Sweet girls.

 Waving bye as the kinder teachers take them for a little orientation!  So exciting!

 And afterwards we had Chick fil A...of course!

 Holt's team won their last game 19-3!  wow!  He got a hit...we were so proud.  Coach pitch is a whole different ball game!  & we really love his new coach.

 Blurry, but baseball ready!

Around here...

Watching tv in our bed...

 Then on to making a tent!

 Happy 7th birthday, buddy! (Yep, a month ago!)

 One of the many birthday desserts!

 Ariel was there...

 Holt's class went on a field trip to the Bob Bullock museum. 

One of the many performances around here...

 baseball season started!  This year he's on the SF Giants!

 Valentine Party in Holt's class...

More Valentine's & a special little lady's b-day coming up...

Happy 7th birthday, Holt!!!

I can't believe I've been such a bad blogger...lost all my followers, except family (maybe) & didn't even update on my son's bday!!  Okay, another attempt....

Here he is...big boy 7!!! 

(Phillip, Massimo, Holt & Mason)

It was another year at a hockey game.  This year they had glass seats.  Heard it was totally worth it!!

 We had a little party beforehand...

On the ice!!

Then the game & on to sleepover!!

Adly & I had a sleepover in our room.  Plus ALL her babies. 

 These three boys have been best buds since preschool.  It's precious!!!

Time flies!  They are so cute and big...w/ big teeth growing in!

*I'll post family birthday pics soon (I think).  

Happy New Year 2012!

Dang, I'm behind!  Still going to add the other Christmases we had, but for now, here's a pic of us on New Year's Eve!  (Notice something utterly gross about my husband?  Seriously bothered that he felt the need to keep it in the pictures!)

I would post the tradtional (for us) hold the crab legs up at the table, pic, but there wasn't one.  Boo to McCormick!  Ugh!!  Happy New Year anyway...it's been good to us so far.  Hope you feel the same!

Is it too late to post these?

They'll come in small bursts as my computer gets cleaned...it's not letting me download all my pics right now.

Here they are before church service, Christmas Eve!

 Then we went to MaMa & PaPa's for presents & dinner!

Julie baby got a new changing table!!

 "Dude!  It's NinjaGo stuff!!"  That's what he says constantly, "dude".

 Julie baby got a new ballerina outfit!

 Here's the real Julie who gave Adly, Julie baby.  (John's oldest sister.)

Just a random cutie pic of Holt at school.

 Too many cameras...where do we look?!  John looks worried & Holt just wants it over!

 Freddie's perfect Mustache!!!