Happy Halloween 2008!!

Well I hope everyone is enjoying a Happy Halloween!! Here are my two girls this year in their costumes before Trunk or Treat last night at our church. We have one Gabriella from High School Musical 1-3 fame and one Butterfly Fairy. They were both very excited about the holiday and a little shy too when it came to saying Trick or Treat but by the second row of cars I think they had overcome it. The candy helps a lot of course:-)















Kaylee's favorite part of her costume was the "T" necklace which of course stands for Troy Bolton.











Campbell was most excited about her wings. That was her only request this year is that she had wings.











Here is most of the crew from the Halloween Part we went to at the Robinsons' Home.











How would you like to have this crew show up at your door?











Campbell in action Halloween Night.











Kaylee after getting some candy...ready to move on to the next house.


I hope all of my blogging friends have a wonderful and safe Halloween. I look forward to the pictures of all of your children dressed up:-)

ACU Homecoming 2008

Well I am just now recovered enough to blog about the weekend which was a lot of fun but left us all very tired.

This year was not only the typical ACU Homecoming activities we usually do but we also had some 10 year Reunion festivities to add to the fun with Cary's class. There was an Elvis theme this year hence the man dressed as Elvis. We kicked things off by attending the Carnival which our girls look forward to each year. Kaylee stayed near all the games where you could get prizes most of the time while Campbell wanted to do all of the activities. It was great to see all of our friends who had some to town for the reunion. I even got to reconnect with my precious friend Reagan who I had not seen in about 10 years. It was so good to be able to see everyone in person and actually have a conversation while chasing our children of course. It seemed like no mater where we ended up all evening there was someone there that we knew. So wonderful! Here are a few pictures of the Friday night fun!




Campbell in the bounce house that looked like a firetruck which she referred to as "the train".














Kaylee suited up for laser tag the one time we lured her away from the games.

















Campbell with a baby duck from the petting zoo.










After all the fun activities the girls were worn out and ready for bed so they could get up early on Saturday for the big parade.




The theme of Homecoming this year had to do with Elvis hence the man dressed as Elvis in the parade.










Here are our girls in their cheerleader outfits ready to yell about their ACU pride!















Kaylee & Mom
















Campbell & Daddy













Saturday night we went to Cary's reunion dinner and enjoyed catching up with a lot of friends we had not seen in a long time. It is always so good to be able to relive fond memories of our ACU days together. We even went out with a group of about 30 friends afterwards to continue the fun and laughter. (Lucky for us the girls were home with a great babysitter who had them in bed asleep before we got home. ) I think the next morning my side still hurt from all the laughter the night before. There is nothing better than making memories with friends and reconnecting with those you have not seen in a while. Thanks ACU for giving us all a reason to come back!!

Tagged by Meredith...

I was tagged by Meredith to post the sixth picture from the sixth folder on my computer so this is it.

Kaylee was about 18 months old and we were enjoying a spring trip to the Dallas Arboretum with some friends from our class at church. We were hoping to all get some great pictures of our firstborn children but I think we ended up doing more chasing than picture taking. I remember packing everything and the kitchen sink for the day. I cannot believe that was so long ago now. Great memories that make me smile.

I am going to tag Kristen, Nicole, Traci, Courtney, Shelley, and anyone else who reads my blog and wants to play along:-) Two posts in one day...watch out world!

Me, crafty?

We have had a busy week and it is not over yet. We have definitely not had time to be bored which is a good thing but I have also not had time to do laundry which is not so good.

Thanks to my sweet friend Meredith it has been a productive week too. She was gracious enough to invite some of us who went to Canton over for our first ever "Craft Day" where we made the most adorable tutus. We had seen them in Canton and Meredith being the crafty friend that she is said we could make them so we did! I feel like I have just become friends with the young version of Paula Dean and Martha Stewart all in one package. There is nothing Meredith cannot do, maybe some of her talent will rub off on me:-) She even had two crafts laid out for the children as well as a very delicious brunch prepared. It was so much fun to feel crafty and get to have some great time talking with friends.




This picture is our finished product. Don't we have the cutest models ever!







We have also attended "Open House" at Kaylee"s school as well as Campbell's school this week. It was fun to get to see some of there school work and visit with their teachers a little. We even got to do a fun family craft together at one of the schools. I love seeing them interact with their friends and the way that they both enjoy being where they are during the day.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend with your families!

Time Goes By...

I want to start by saying to all of you who have inquired we are still very much alive around here just extremely busy. We have been attending Birthday parties, Balloon Festivals, and other activities that seem to fill up our weeks, however I have not taken many pictures thus the lack of blogging.

The school year is off to a bang around our house. Here comes some proud parent bragging:-) For the second year in a row Kaylee got "Good Citizen" for the first six weeks. I cannot believe that it has already been six weeks of school! Where has the time gone? She also brought home her first real report card with grades in it. Since there had always been an "E or S" before she was a little unsure of anything less than a "100" being a good grade. When we sat down to look at her report card together and I told her she got two "99's" and three "100's" she started getting teary because she thought the "99's" were bad grades. We have since had a very long talk about the different numbers and I assured her as long as she was trying her best that was all we asked. My sweet girl:-)
Kaylee continues to love playing chase, soccer, and other active games at recess. Rarely do I hear that she has played with a girl because their games are too boring. Who wants to be the Mom or kid all the time she says when there are Clones Wars to be in? (We have never seen the movie or read the book but I suppose the boys have filled her in.) I love that she is her own person and does what she wants. She still adores school and cannot wait to go each day. We are so proud of her and her precious heart for the Lord. We feel so blessed daily to be her parents.

Campbell is also off to a great year. I think she keeps her teachers laughing most days with her funny words. I do not know where her thoughts come from sometimes but they usually have to do with me. A few weeks ago she randomly told her teachers I walk around n*k*d all the time. When we got to the car I asked her why she told them that because I can assure you I do not. (Maybe if I had the body of Brittney or Jessica, sadly that is not the case though.) She replied in her sweetest voice, "Well you do when you are getting in the shower." Of course she did not tell her teachers that. Thanks goodness they are some of my precious friends or I would have been even more embarrassed. Supposedly I was in a lot of trouble according to her the other day too but she never told the teachers why...I am sure it would have been another good story. That girl is a mess and constantly has us in stitches.
She is really into the fact that she is getting bigger each day. She relates most things to the size of people. I told her she could drive me to church this morning and she said, "I am just the little girl...you are the big Mom so you have to drive the Tahoe". I also told her she could cook dinner the other night to which she responded, "You are the taller one so you have to cook." You've got me there. She is also constantly loving on her babies and reading them stories from the Bible. It is so cute! When she is not doing that she is dressing up in her best princess attire with her tippy tap shoes and dancing around the house. Our days are very action packed around here and never dull. She is another blessing from the Lord in our lives.

Most Friday nights you will find the girls like this and us supporting our favorite High School football team. It really is fun to join in the excitement of a West Texas tradition. There is nothing like watching the love for the game come out in these young men when the ball snaps. The girls get into the band and cheering too. They are so fun to watch. I am looking forward to the cooler weather while being in the stadium though.

Then on Saturdays we usually try to support ACU by taking in a football game at Shotwell. The girls both have good friends whose Dads are coaches for ACU so they play in the stands while we take in the game. It is a win-win situation for all of us.
You can see pictures of Campbell at the game last night on my friend Whitney's blog of Campbell playing with her daughter, Morgan. (Unfortunately Kaylee and I were home because she had a fever.)

So if you do not hear from us for a while you can guess where we are...I will try to blog more often in the future. Thanks for sticking with me the few of you who still read about us.

Blessings to you all in the coming week!!