Happy 4th of July!

My Patriotic Princess! Cutie!

I hope everyone had a great day today! Ours was wonderful- for the most part. Okay, there were a few things about it that were less than wonderful...

1. Jake had to work most of the day :(

2. Our house was a huge mess, so I had to break my "no cleaning on holidays" rule. You know I'm a rule follower, so I hated to do that!

3. My mom & I had the great idea to take the kids to the bike parade. That sounds fun, right? Well...it was at the HOTTEST part of the day, where they ride around a park path with NO shade, and they put the wrong start time on the website, so we kind of missed the whole thing! Not wonderful. :( The kids didn't care and said we could just have our own parade. They had fun playing on the bounce houses but we didn't stay very long, it was just too hot!

(having our own parade!)

Anyway, once we cooled off, got a snow-cone & sat in the shade for a little bit we were much better! We went back to the park which had cooled off some! Jacob got off work and met us! (See how things are getting better!). We listened to the bands, danced with the kids & hung out with Becky & Vicki's family. Then we watched the fireworks! I love watching fireworks, especially when they are set to patriotic music like these were! I felt very proud to be an American, thankful for our troops, and thankful for my family! It turned out to be a wonderful night! :)

(just relaxing, waiting for the fireworks!)

My sweet family

Seven Happy Years!

Today is our 7 Year anniversary! (Which means it's our 10 year dating anniversary!) I can't believe how fast it has flown by! This has been the best 10 years of my life! This time seven years ago we were dancing and having the best time ever at our beautiful wedding & awesome reception! I'll never forget that day! Happy Anniversary Jake! Thanks for 7 wonderful years!

Happy Father's Day Jake!

The kids were so excited for Jake to get home from work tonight. They couldn't wait to give him his gifts and spend some time with him! He is a wonderful dad & husband and I'm so thankful for all he does for us! He rocks!

Here's what we made for him. I printed & framed these. I totally stole this idea from another blog. I just thought it was too cute! They each made him a garden step stone with their hand & foot prints too!

Happy Birthday/Father's Day Dad!

Today was Father's day and my dad's birthday! We got to spend some time with him today while Jacob was working. He's such a fun dad & grandpa to our kids! We got tickets for him & my mom to go see the Oakridge Boys preform with the Ft.Worth Symphony. I decided to get an extra ticket for myself so that I could join them! We had fun and it was a great show! Here are a few of my favorite pictures of my dad!

Mommy's Little Helper

My sweet little Sarah is getting big enough to help me out in the kitchen! One night we made pizza. She put the cheese & toppings on. She loved that job, but then realized it would be more fun to eat everything that she had just put on. She didn't appreciate me taking it away to put it in the oven! After we cooked, she helped with the dishes! (Her cute outfit is from Mawmaw! I love it!)

Jenn's Bridal Shower

Jenn & Cody's wedding is going to be here before we know it! I'm so excited! Last week I got to go with them to Cacharel (where they are having the reception) to sample some of the choices for their menu. We were treated to a four course meal there, complete with chocolate souffle for dessert! Yum! The room where the reception will be held is just beautiful!!

This weekend was Jenn's first bridal shower. It was given by a group of my mom's friends who we have known since our preschool years! We played the game where you make wedding dresses out of toilet paper! She got lots of fun stuff, including some of her Fiesta wear (which I love by the way!)! Sarah joined us for a day with the ladies. She was quite the social butterfly, but somehow didn't get in any of the pictures.

A (Very Hot) Day at the Zoo

Last week, on Jacob's day off, we took a family trip to the zoo. It was lots of fun but it was SO hot that day!! We started off with a picnic lunch. I think this first picture is so cute, they way Sarah is looking up at her daddy. She's such a daddy's girl!




We spent a long time in the Texas area. We went through the Outback area and the aquarium. We saw the African animals- zebras, giraffes, elephants, lions, and ended up in the Monkey house!

Our little monkey loved looking at the monkeys!

Relaxing Summer

I haven't updated in a while. There hasn't really been anything excitng to report. May was such a busy month for us, we have been enjoying some free time this summer. We've mostly been doing things around the house- going to our neighborhood pool & park, coloring, playing with playdough, playing games, drinking lemonade, going to the library & Sonic happy hour, reading a lot for the summer reading club, going to the Y and getting together with friends. I guess we have been busy, but not overly busy! It's been great! I love Summer!

Today we loaded up the wagon & took a picnic to the little park by our house. I got a picnic set as a wedidng gift. I love it, but hardly ever use it. It came with two plastic wine glasses. I let the kids drink juice out of them. They loved that. Adam said it seemed like a date. How would he even know that?

Sarah is on a major Elmo kick. She loves Elmo and talks about him all the time. Her other favorite thing right now is shoes, especially her crocs. She asks for them from the minute she wakes up. It makes her sad when I take them off at night. Here are a few pics from the last few days...