a visit with uncle wayne

my uncle wayne was here on business so the kids and i got to hang out with him for the afternoon! :) we picked him up at work, grabbed some amy's ice cream, and headed to play on the cows! the kids had a great afternoon and loved seeing wayne again! the girls think he is just hilarious with his awesome laugh and b.c. thinks he is so cool. b.c. wanted nothing to do with me while at the cows . ...it was all uncle wayne! :) can't wait till the next time he gets to visit!

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easter 2010

we had a wonderful weekend! it was so nice that my family came to spend easter with us this year! we played outside almost all day yesterday . . . croquet, bocce, jumping on the trampoline, playing on the playscape, coloring easter eggs, having a confetti egg fight, and even an early easter egg hunt! it was wonderful! grammy made a great dinner too! then we celebrated mck’s birthday a little early with tinkerbell cupcakes! it was nice for everyone to be together!

the morning was crazy but wonderful. we had an early start to the day with b.c. up before 6 and the girls following shortly thereafter. we opened baskets . . . well 4 each to be exact! one from the bunny, one from us, one from grammy and grampy, and one from tim and missy. . . . can we say spoiled kids? we all went to church service together. the service was really nice and the kids were wonderful. then we had a yummy lunch at monument café . . . a local place. (sooooo glad we opted for simple instead of the fancy place we were planning to go to . . .) it was great! we couldn’t have asked for a better weekend! thanks fam for coming! :)

kam's first plane trip

kam took her first plane trip this weekend to boston. sadly, it was for my nana's funeral. i brought her along because 1. she flew for free, 2. most of my relatives have not met her, and 3. she is having a tough time with the baby coming, the new house, and just being number 3!

she did soooo well on the plane ride there. we even had an extra seat so she could make herself at home and spread out! :)

she had so much fun meeting the family and really helped to lighten up the mood. it's tough to be too down when kam's walking around with her beaming smile! :) she was wonderful too! sooo well behaved. i tried to tell relatives that "no, she really is not like this at home!" but i know they don't believe me! she was an angel . .. of course it helps that she was the only kid with more than 15 people constantly paying attention to her! :)

it was so cool to see her with my pop-pop . . . bonding over m&m's! :) we had to hide the m&m's from both of them! :)

the plane ride home was another story . . . 4 hours on a plane with her on my lap and my growing belly was not so much fun! reaching down to the floor to get treats and treasures from our bag was a task! :) the guy next to us was not so kid friendly and sprawled out with his laptop and legs spread wide . . . can't say i was too sad to get off the plane! :)

with the cost of airfare and our growing family, plane trips will be a rarity! ha! it'd cost us $100 just to check the bags on the plane! :) hopefully we'll get mck up in the air soon so at least they can all say they've flown . . . :)

easter 2009

we spent easter this year at grammy and grampy's house . . . and had a wonderful time. the girls decorated eggs on saturday night and had fun talking about the goodies they thought they'd get from the bunny! :)

i had to wake them up on sunday morning . . . hello! when does that ever happen? they found the special eggs in their crocs (we forgot their slippers!) and headed downstairs (after waiting for everyone to assemble adn for grampy to make coffee and daddy to get the camera) to open their goodies! the bunny left TONS of candy in their baskets along with some cute stuffed chicks! their easter buckets were from us were filled with spring fun . . . towel, suit, flip-flops, pool tools, and sunglasses! grammy and grampy gave them lots of fun treasures too! everything was a hit!

we got ready to head to church . . . the girls were great through the hour and a half long mass! then we headed home for the easter egg hunt! ken and mck were great about letting kam have a chance to gather some eggs! :) they were great about dumping all of their candy in a big bowl to share!

we had a wonderful easter lunch . . . grammy did all the work - what a treat! thanks, mom! we had a wonderful holiday!

poor kam had a terrible case of hives that progressively got worse through the weekend. poor baby was just an itchy, puffy mess! she was such a trooper and really got better after we got her a steroid and some strong antihistimine

24 hour "quick trip" to grammy and grampy's

grammy and grampy were off over spring break so we took a girls' trip to see them. tim and sophia came over for the day day and the girls all had a little "swimming in your skivvies" party! the pool water was FREEZING and all 4 girls were wading and splashing in the water! it was cute! :) we met missy for dinner and had a great day!

on thursday we took the girls to the children's museum at the woodlands mall. it was really cool . . . and even cooler that it was free with our austin membership! :) the girls had fun playing in the grocery store, digging for fossils, playing dress-up, and doing some cool arts and crafts. we stopped for a ride on the carousel and then got cookies and headed home. it was a short, but sweet visit! :)

grammy and grampy's "soon-to-be" property

when grammy and grampy visited we took a trip out to property they have been thinking about purchasing (SINCE OCTOBER!!!). the girls had an amazing time exploring. it is a grand kid's paradise . . . water, sand, shells, rocks, lots of things to climb, and even some cactus to make it seem a little dangerous. the girls were sold on the property . . . now if we can just convince grammy and grampy to BUY it! :)

lunch with aunt sarah

sarah came to visit this week while bailey was out of town . . . what a nice treat to have some extra help this first week back at school. we surprised ken with a sonic lunch on wednesday before she headed home.

ken was so darn quiet. she was so worried about breaking the rules at lunch . . . "mom, we're supposed to be quiet until we go outside!" i kept telling her it was okay to talk if your mom was there . . . she wasn't buying it!

sarah got to meet her wonderful teacher and ken gave sarah a tour of her super cool classroom and all of the center activities! it was a great ending to her visit!