What honey wants, honey do

OK, so I have been comtemplating just ending my blog posting. I feel like it takes forever to upload pics and everyone is on FB anyway. But, my husband says he loves looking at it and showing it to people. So, if you are one of the few that still checks it out now and then, let me know and I will try to do better at keeping up.

I will post soon since we are getting our family pics back this sunday.

Into the new

The new school year has brought lots of new things. Katelynn is now in 1st grade and loving it, Brennon in preschool 3 days a week, and I am busy doing hair, Mom's club board, playing soccer, and having fun as always. Mckinley is growing up so fast and is now 7 months old.

A week ago it rained all day in Dallas and we got close to 10". There was flooding everywhere including on our golf course. We took advantage and went swimming in the puddles.

Mckinley is getting so big and is changing every day. She is sitting up really well and so fun to play with. I love this picture because it shows off how blue her eyes are. So fun!

It was super fun to be able to go to lunch with my brother, Troy while he is on his mission here in Texas. Right now he is in the next city over and it has been so great to be able to send him food, clothes, and anything he needs. What a stud!

More pics of my adorable girl!

She is also starting to eat solid foods. She's not sure what to think about it yet, but sure is cute and messy!

Big brother loves Mckinley and it is so fun that she can hold her own bottle now.

And we love that summer is still here and we can enjoy some great watermelon!

Trip pictures

We had a good time going to Austin and San Antonio with Matt on his work trip again. We are hoping to make this a tradition as I'm sure he'll have many more trips. On our way home we saw this car in the parking lot and had to get a picture of it. The bumper sticker says "I brake just for the hell of it!" I guess that's what he gets. Too funny!

In San Antonio we stayed at the Westin Resort. It was really nice and we got a room with a balcony and view of the city and hill country. Six Flags was really close and they had fireworks every night. So we had so much fun watching them from our balcony.

The pools were the best part. They had 6 pools and a water slide and waterfall. The kids loved to swim from pool to pool.

Katelynn was sick for one of the days, so we mostly hung out in the room. It was cute to cuddle in their beds as a family and just relax.

More pool pics...

Every night they let you roast marshmellows and have smores. It was fun to do right by the pool and then we went on a nature trail around the resort.

And more pool pics.... You can tell where we spent most of our time..

Even Mckinley loved relaxing at the pool...

I had to include water slid pictures as this was the highlight for the kids. I think they went down at least 50 times!

Here was the view from up on the hill. Matt and I were almost giddy to see tree's, hills, and views again. Not much of this in Dallas.

The top of the resort with a view.

In Austin we went to dinner with friends and then went to see the bats come out from this bridge. We missed sundown, but could still see them everywhere just flying around the bridge and emerging from underneath. I guess there are close to a million under there. So crazy!

Another shot from the bridge...

Daddy's girl also had a lot of fun in Austin!

Right before our trip we went to a water park, NRH2O. It was a blast and I was so glad the kids were able to do a lot of the slides and pools. Even Matt and I got to do some of the big slides.

Here is a quick video of Brennon doing the steep slide. He is our dare devil and I love that he will try anything.

Summer fun

The best sound in the world? - A baby laughing

I love to hear Mckinley laugh. Believe it or not, the kids are so much better at getting her to laugh than either parent. She thinks the craziest things that they do are so funny. I caught only part of this on video. She laughed for over 10 minutes that day at the kids and they were doing the most random things. You can tell she just loves them! I'm so glad she has an older brother and sister to look up to.

Mckinley first 4th of July and family fun

We enjoyed a relaxing weekend over the 4th of July. We went to a small town parade and then later enjoyed a BBQ with friends. We also enjoyed the fireworks and the kids loved it! Brennon wants to go see more every night now. We let them watch from the top of the van near the end and they thought that was the best thing ever. Here are a few family shots!

And parade fun........

The kids love playing with their sister. It is so much more fun now that they are both older. They really love her and feel horrible when she cries. They build forts for her to lay in and read her stories when she wakes up. It's my favorite thing to see how they care for "their baby".

On days when I'm not doing hair we try to venture out to the pool or somewhere fun. This day we went to a petting farm and the kids had a great time! It was overcast, so we got a break from the summer heat.

Mckinley as a sleeping beauty...

Brennon just loves his sister! They are going to be two little troublemakers here in a few months. I can feel it already!

Lake Trip

Today we headed to a really cool lake in Ft Worth. It is a spring fed lake that they have made into a swimming area and added slides, diving boards, and a trapeze swing. We spent most of the day there and grilled burgers for lunch. It was so fun, now I just wish it was a little closer so that we could go more often. The water was the perfect temperature and the kids loved everything and were so brave to try everything.
Mckinley relaxed most of the day, but I wanted to get her out in the water and she really enjoyed it. That's my girl!

The kids loved playing in the water and the sand and even had a water fight.

Brennon couldn't get enough of the kids slide and diving board. He had no fear diving off of it right into the water and even though he couldn't really see us under water, tried to swim to us after jumping in. He is going to be our dare devil. He really wanted to go on the big slides and was sad when they told him he was too small.
Here is the trapeze swing. I of course had a blast jumping off it, but Matt had to show me up and do a back flip off of it.

A group shot after grilling hamburgers and hot dogs. Why is it swimming makes you so hungry?!

Me attempting the swing.... I also did the high diving boards and did some diving. All this made me miss my college days of cliff jumping and diving at the local pools. Good times..

Of course sand castles had to be made every time there is sand.

Family

The past few weeks have been so much fun. We have been super busy and been enjoying time as a family. Just this past week we went with friends to the Rangers baseball game and had so much fun watching and chatting. Mckinley enjoyed her very first pro game. (don't worry Joy, we are still Cubs fans ;) )

Katelynn had her last day of school and we invited friends over for a water fight and lunch. It was a tradition for us growing up and the kids loved it as well. The water balloons were gone in like 30 seconds, but we still had fun getting wet and running around.

My baby girl is now graduated from Kindergarten. I can't believe it! This year has flown by. I'm so proud of her!

Kindergarten graduation at her school was fun. She was the star of the kindergarten slide show. They must love her like we do!

Totally a Katelynn pose. Don't you love her attitude at 6!

We have hit the pool most every day we have free. Even Mckinley loves the water. We love our pools and wearing the kids out!

We went with some friends to the children's museum in Ft Worth and had a blast. Brennon's favorite was where they had a whole area with hundreds of train tracks that you could play with. He was in heaven!

Our baby girl is now almost 4 months old. She is getting so big and still has blue eyes and fair skin.... what?? She is a doll, though and we love her!

We had portraits taken of the kids and here are a few of my favorites...