Generations

Generations of Family!


Family is such a precious gift! I am so glad my children are being blessed with a relationship with their great grandparents! My grandparents are so precious to me and I know my children will feel the same way one day!

My girls love to go to the farm! They learn so much and they can run free and not worry about cars speeding by or walking out in the street! We love the freedom they are granted to run, play and explore! They always have so much fun on Pudden and Pap's Farm!

Marley was even brave enough to hold a grasshopper and then chase her sister with it during our last visit to the farm! It was very fun!

Our Potty Girl

We have learned in the past couple of weeks that Marley is a reader while she potties! A couple of weeks ago Marley walked into our bathroom and grabbed the potty seat she sits on on the potty. She looked at me and then the potty and went to put the seat on it. I asked her if she needed to potty and she shook her head yes and gave me the potty sign. I said ok and put the seat on and sat her on the potty. She promptly teeteed and clapped for herself and so did I. Since then she has been telling us that she needs to go alot!! Sometimes she has just gone and sometimes she was in the midst of going and sometimes she even told us before she went. 95% of the time she will teetee when you put her on the potty. It has now gotten to the point that she is telling us before she goes (not everytime - but alot!)! Especially when she needs to poop! We even got her the tinest panties you have ever seen! She thinks she is so sassy when she wears them!

Marley's 1!

Marley Walking

This is Marley walking at Jump N Jungle! She has been walking a while now but it is still the cutest unstable walk you have ever seen! She is to little to be walking!

The Amarillo Zoo

Cool Slideshows!

We went to the Amarillo Zoo with our friends the Chandler's! I wish we had a zoo! The kids got a kick out of the monkeys and so did the adults. After we saw the monkeys, tigers, bears, lions, water buffalos and all the other animals in the zoo we went into the park for a picknic! It was a very enjoyable day (other than John not feeling good from the food poisoning he had received the day before :( ).

Is Football Season Getting Close??

John found this stripped polo in Redskins' colors for Colter and it was a perfect fit! They look ready to head to a Football game!

John cannot wait for football season! He is going to teach Colter all about football I'm sure!

Breakfast Bliss

Happy Fourth of July

We had a busy 4th of July! We started it by going to the Parade downtown!The police kicked off the parade in style! The police cars were a hit with Marley! She loved the lights and sirens.
Following the cars were the horses! A hit with both girls (especially MaKieley)!
MaKieley enjoyed seeing the band! She wants to know when she can be in that band.

Colter loved the band! He watched all the shiny instruments go by!

Marley had the best seat in the house! Right on top of her Daddy's shoulders.

There was a huge cake to celebrate America's Birthday! MaKieley wanted to know how they made such a big cake! (It was NOT a real cake :)

This was one of the cars John really liked and Marley thought the character riding in the car was funny!

MaKieley was particularly interested in these little girls. They sang all the way down the road! And danced too! She wanted to know how she could get involved with them before next year.

We were all having a great time watching the parade! MaKieley could not stop watching long enough to come take a picture with us.

Here is another car John REALLY liked!! :)

MaKieley enjoyed waving the flag!

This was one of the only times we were able to stop and look at us so we could take her picture!

There was a stage coach that MaKieley really liked!

A friend of ours played his bag pipes in the parade! It was very cool!

We all thought this old fashioned fire truck was very cool! John says it must have cost a lot of money to refurbish this truck.

Marley - once again watching those lights!

Our friends James and Patti along with their kiddos Eric, Emilee and Allison had a float to promote there MAZE. We love the maze and visit at least once a year (most of the times more)!

There was also a group of lawn mower pushers! MaKieley wanted to know why these people were so fantatical (fanatical) about their lawn mowers. And why Daddy did not paint his lawn mower red, white and blue.

Marley got worn out watching the parade!

She also made a friend with a small dog.

Here is another old truck John liked!

The masked rider even rode through!

Followed closely by Raider Red!

MaKieley made sure she showed her Red Raider Spirit by giving a guns up to the Masked Rider and Raider Red!

The Police started and now ended the Parade!

The parade was a lot of fun! Afterward we walked down to the Fourth on Broadway Street Fair! We had a turkey leg and some cotton candy and a snow cone and several other treats while we were there! Finally we had to take the babies home for a nap. While they napped we made lupper (a combination of lunch and supper). Mom, Dad, Tim, MaKieley, Marley, Holly, Colter, John and I all ate a great meal of Brisket, potato salad, baked beans, green beans, squash and ice cream! It was a great time. Later that night we watched the fire works from our front windows.

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY EVERYONE!!

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The Kissmobile

On our way from Fredericksburg to Franklin we went through Austin and happened upon the Hershey's Kissmobile! MaKieley thought it was great and so we stopped to see what it was all about since we had to get gas anyway! They were taking nominations for the sweetest mom or something like that so John and the girls nominated me and were videotaped for possible use in a future commercial. We were also entered into a contest for some kind of trip. I'm sure we will never hear out of them or be in a commercial but it was a fun detour!

MaKieley's Debut

John's mom performs at a local place in Fredericksburg called the Choo Choo Trolley. She and her partner invited MaKieley to sing!She jumped at the chance and took the microphone and belted out her version of Shout to the Lord! She did a great job!