6.24.2013

we went on a girl's trip!!!

A couple of weeks ago, my mom, sister, niece, Grace, and I loaded up the minivan and hit the road to Dallas.

























After a few hours, a detour, and too many potty breaks, we made it to our super nice hotel where warm cookies awaited us.  We changed clothes and took to shuttle to the mall by our hotel.


We just walked around and played a little bit.


The girls showed off their dance moves.


We ate dinner and then headed back to our hotel.


The girls went swimming and had a blast!


They were actually having so much fun that I was a little jealous.  I wanted to be in there giggling and doing flips in the water and showing off some new tricks by the steps.


Before bed, Grace and Mimi were making plans for the next day by browsing an American Girl catalog.


And we took some silly selfies. 


Then it was night-night time...'cause we had some exciting plans for the next day!

6.21.2013

InstaFriday

Here we go again...my cell phone pics from the past couple of weeks!

We started thinking about potty training, but I'm scared and I then forced my fears onto John.  We will wait...a little longer.


Grace sang in big church.


VBS Family Night...cowboys, cowgirls, BBQ, & singin' about Jesus.  It was a good night!


This was a pretty great way to spend the day! 


Success!!!


Tripp and Grace playing on the "dog bed" again.


Grace gave Daddy a picture of herself in case he missed her while she was out of town.


Hittin' the road to Dallas!  Girl's trip!!!


Ugh!!! Detour.


Oh my!!!


At the American Girl store with my favorite girl!


Soooo excited!!!


We visited this place.


a little nighttime swim


Ikea at last!!!


Lunch at Ikea...swedish meatballs anyone?


On our way back home.


Are we there yet?!?


So glad to be back home...we missed our boys.


Happy Father's Day to our superhero daddy!  I'm so thankful that my kids have such a wonderful daddy!


these are a few of my favorite things


My first time on Pinterest in over a week.


My sister came over to do my hair and make up for our family pics.  Isn't she the best?


Ice cream for dinner since the kids cooperated for the pics.


Story time, crafts, and ice cream at the library.


A little "pool water" fun!  I really just wanted to try out this new instvideo thing.


Hope you have a happy weekend!!!

life rearranged




6.17.2013

father's day

We had a fun day celebrating all the dads in our life.  We started out by making a superhero breakfast for Daddy.






After church and naps, we played a little in the backyard.


We had our families come over for dinner.  We had pizza, cookies, brownies, and ice cream.  Easy peasy!




I walked in on Carter smelling the cookies...too cute!


We had a good time hanging out in the backyard with everyone.


Grace got to serve lemonade...which is like the greatest thing ever to her!


Charlie and Carter played really well together which is so nice to see!


The dads...our real life superheros!!!


These kiddos are so blessed to have some pretty amazing dads in their lives!


Happy Father's Day!!!