Family Vacation!

Since I've been horrible about blogging, I figured I should go ahead and blog about our vacation a few weeks ago while I'm on here. We went to the Ft. Worth Science Museum, Hurricane Harbor and the Rainforest Cafe. We had a blast spending time together as a family!

First Grade!

Andrew started first grade today, although it seems impossible. He was so excited and it seems we have gotten the very best teacher....everyone has said wonderful things about her. I think it's going to be a great year!

Visit to Nana's

We went to visit Nana this past week when Daddy left for camp. We had so much fun! We went to the zoo where we burned up but had fun still. We also went swimming! We love going to Nana's!

Summer Fun

There has been so much going on that it's so hard to find time to blog! We are having so much fun this summer....the kids seem to be growing leaps and bounds. Anna is in full-force toddler mode-into EVERYTHING! Andrew is just growing and losing teeth like crazy. Ok, he's lost two, but it seems he's growing up too fast. Here are some pics of some of our fun!

And She's Off!

There is TONS I need to blog about but I had to share this video first. Anna took her first steps around her 1st birthday and then proceeded to give up on walking....until yesterday! She's loving her new found freedom. (Sorry for the shaky camera....I'm not great at walking backwards) :)

Andrew's Field Day and End of Year Party!

We had a blast yesterday at Andrew's field day! I was really proud of him, he participated well in everything! The first picture is of him and Anna at his end of the year party yesterday afternoon. Andrew ate none of the yummy food they had while Anna enjoyed a cookie AND a brownie! Overall, it was a great but tiring day!






I can't believe how quickly this year has gone by. Andrew has done amazing in kindergarten this year! He scored 100% and 96% in his math and reading benchmark tests!

Dallas Zoo

This past Saturday we meet up with some former youth and went to the Dallas Zoo! Ironically, I don't think we got a single picture of the animals...besides the monkeys I call my children. :)

Awana Awards Night

We've had a great year in Awana....Andrew has learned soooo much scripture! Here a few pictures of the awards ceremony this past Wednesday night. (Notice the bow at the end of the video...he is such a ham!)

Easter

Easter is such a special holiday for believers and our day started off with a great service at church celebrating our risen Savior. I thought I would get some pictures of the kids all dressed up, but Anna was having none of it. At least we got a decent family picture before she melted down.


We had an Easter egg hunt at church yesterday but I forgot my camera so I don't have any pictures of that. However, we did get some pictures of Andrew's egg hunt at school on Thursday.



He got a lot of eggs in these two eggs hunts considering he doesn't even eat candy! I guess I'll have to take care of that part for him. :)

Spring

We are so excited that it's Spring and we can spend time outside! Both Andrew and Anna LOVE being outside. Nana bought Anna a swing to go on the swing set for her birthday (Nana, you'll notice in the pictures it's not the one you bought. I couldn't get the straps of the one you got around her ample little belly so I had to go get another one!) She absolutely loves swinging! As does Andrew!

The Princess is 1!

Well I can't believe it's taken me this long to blog about Anna's birthday party! She turned 1 on the 14th of March! Grandma, I really hope to be better about keeping up with the blog.
So here are pictures of her party-we had a blast! She absolutely LOVED the cake and hated the balloons! :)

Anna's Adventures!

So she's been crawling since her 11 month birthday but I'm REALLY behind in my blogging! She absolutely LOVES being able to go where she wants, and especially being able to come find me if I'm out of the room. I now have a little girl at my feet all the time! :) She's also started doing a few other new things like touching her head when you ask where her head is. She says mama, dada, uh-oh and sometimes you can pick out other words she's trying to mimic. She got her first boo-boo by trying to pull herself up on the tv cabinet and she fell and hit her face on the knob. I feel like there will be tons more of these...she is quite active! She eats just about anything you put in her mouth...her favorite thing being mac&cheese at this point (definitely takes after mama!). She points to things she wants or where she wants to go, which most of the time is outside. The girls LOVES being outside! She has pretty good balance and can stand for a few seconds on her own. I just can't believe she's almost a year old (on the 14th)! Times just goes too quickly.
Anyway, here's a video of her crawling and babbling...just ignore me. I watch these videos and always think, "I really shouldn't talk so much!" Ha!

Anna's first snow!

Snow! In Texas!!!

We finally got snow! And enough to play in...I think the final count was somewhere around 6" and we have had a blast playing but mommy is snow ready for Spring!