a trip to east texas

last weekend the girls and i took a trip to tyler to visit my best friend from college - mo! and of course her adorable, sweet little girls. thankfully they were near tyler so we were able to meet there for a couple of nights. we had such a great time with all these little girls in one hotel room! mo brought shirts for the girls to paint, as you can see below. i think they turned out cute! but not as cute as all the girls!!! i really wish we lived closer so we could see each other more and our girls could be close friends. but it is nice to be able to see each other every now and then. we also got to visit jen & trey and meet their girls but of course i forgot to take my camera to their house. :) over all it was a wonderful weekend of catching up with old friends!

fourth of july

we went to el paso this weekend for the fourth - you can pretty much see what we did the entire time by these pictures. i will say it started a little rough with major delays on our flight at the extremely crowded dallas airport - the kids did pretty good, considering but we'll share a couple of those aiport pics as well.

kyler's first hair cut!

so i finally took the girls to mrs. sharon today to get their hair cut! kamdyn has had hers cut a couple of times and just needed a trim. she went first to show kyler how it's done. kamdyn even ended up getting it washed...such a big girl! then she ended up being such a sweet sister and holding kyler's hand so she felt comfortable. they both did great...we ended up taking some major inches off kyler's and giving her a cute little bob! hopefully it will help it to grow out more evenly. it's pretty darn cute but man, it makes her look older!!!

last day of school!

i can't believe this school year is already over! we ended up having the last day today (friday) as a make-up day from all those crazy snow days we had this year! our girls were truly blessed this year with such amazing teachers and friends in their classes. we are so grateful for spp and how much it has meant in our girls' lives.

kyler's class had a sonic picnic today for lunch! then her sweet teachers put together a video and slideshow of their class. they were so special and so thoughtful to do that for us. they even gave a copy to each of us, along with a bible and some other fun toys.

kamdyn's class got to have a pizza party for lunch today and then a splash party outside. i am pretty sure they had a great time! it was fun to be able to attend both and see the girls in action.

and now we are READY FOR SUMMER!!!

a late mother's day celebration

i had a wonderful mother's day! the girls (and zack) gave me roses and made me sweet little cards. the best part was just being with our family - the four of us - all day long. i had been gone the entire week before so it was a welcome change! i am so grateful for my two little sweeties and so thankful that God chose me to be their mommy! it is an honor and privilege.

i am bummed i didn't take any pictures on saturday when we celebrated with my mom (nini) at cari's house. the cousins all had so much fun playing together in the backyard and cari cooked an amazing dinner. it was such a fun, relaxing evening! the only thing that would have made it any better would have been if lindsey & her family could have joined us.

zack's mom was out of town over mother's day weekend so we got to celebrate with her last night for dinner. the girls had a ball (as always) and they just love their annie so much! and they love little hayden too. they are so sweet with her. here are some cute pics of annie and her grand-girls!

bluebonnets

oh my goodness - i can't believe how behind i am on this family blog! i have been neglecting it like there's no tomorrow! when i was editing these pictures i realized i had not posted any pictures from easter or since the beginning of march! yikes...i better get on that. in the mean time - here are some pictures we took in the bluebonnets the other day. you can see it better on my haley b photography blog but i wanted to share here as well!

kamdyn's carnival party

we had such a great time at kamdyn's birthday party this past weekend! we had a carnival with games, balloon animals, popcorn and lots of fun! i can't believe she is already three!!! she is such a big girl these days. and i love it!

here is the invitation:

not too many kids wanted anything to do with the clown wig but at the end of the party austin, brooke and kamdyn had some fun with it! and all the kids got clown noses too.

we had an awesome cake made by laura at carter cakes. she did an amazing job and i can't wait to work with her again!

kamdyn LOVED having so many friends at the party!

isabel is of course her BFF. if you ask her who her best friend is she will always say isabel. they are really two peas in a pod. they love each other so much!

lexi is another favorite friend of kamdyn's. they were just enjoying some popcorn here. :) and below you'll see that the most fun all the kids had was playing with all the balloons!

thanks to annie and nini for keeping a close eye on kyler and feeding her to her little heart's desire.

and look at that cute baby hayden...already 10 months old...how did that happen?

the birthday hat!

hayden's first time to swing! how cute is she. and she loved it! these are her laughing faces! :)

lots of fun gifts from everyone...and brooke was right there to help!