Todd Builds A House...

Todd bought a play set for the backyard. The only drawback...you have to assemble it yourself. It will have a rock wall, sand box, slide, playhouse, picnic table, lookout deck, monkey bars and 3 swings on it, so I am already positive there will be many happy hours spent on it, but wow...the many hours to assemble it keep multiplying. My dad has even driven down from Dallas a couple of times to help. Here are some pics of what was finished a couple of weeks ago! I will post the completed product...when its finished...whenever that may be! I am so thankful that God blessed me with a man that wants to be a great dad and is willing to give up his time to do it!


Trying to figure out which way is up...it took them HOURS to just inventory the boxes...and yes, there were 2 pieces missing!



Peek-a-Boo! I love her missing teeth in this one!

Having a Ball in her new Home!
Searching For One Another!




Don't you enjoy performing show tunes in a play house in the air?

Two Little Birds...

I found this adorable bird bath at Sam's and had to have it. The girls liked it so much they decided to pretend they were birds taking a bath in it (hence the reason they are stripped to nothing but underwear and a towel. I don't know if I had heard them giggle this much in weeks...it really entertained them. So forget toys, go buy your kids a bird bath.

Here Comes Peter Cotton Tail...

Easter 2010...The girls woke up congested and stopped up and coughing like crazy, so we didn't go to church, which is absolutely awful. BUT, they did perk up for 5 minutes when they saw what the Easter Bunny left them. Their favorite thing was the sleep masks! I am so very thankful for my babies!

The Largest Slug in the World

I don't know if this really is the largest slug in the world, but it has to be close, right? It showed up on our front door...literally...last week. It literally made me gag, but I mad Todd take a picture of it, because I knew it would fascinate Kaytlynn. It was probably a good thing she was off with my sister at the camp out, because I know it would have been adopted into our home if she had anything to say about it!

My Girls Know How to Milk Sympathy....

My sister called me and asked if Delaney and Kaytlynn could go to Dinosaur State Park with them. I thought it would be a great experience for them, so I asked the girls, they got excited, and off they went.

I met my sister in Fairfield at a Texas Burger. My sister talked the girls into thinking that she had bought this HUGE old house...that looked like it had been vacant for the past 50 years. My girls didn't bat an eye...they were just impressed that it was so big and had such a nice porch and stairs....poor things.

The next day, my sister had all the kids in her minivan headed to camp, when she was rear-ended by another car. It was not a big wreck, but could have been really bad. She said it was so quiet in the van, that you could hear a pin drop. She turned around and said "Is everyone okay". She said the reply was all in chorus together...All at once they all grabbed their heads, their necks, their sides their stomachs and started MOANING and GROANING as loudly as they could..."OHHHH', OWWWWW, OUCH, ACCHHHH, UGHHHH" . The little stinkers!

Luckily no one was hurt...including the elderly passenger of the other car that was using an oxygen tank.

Delaney's Reading!

What an amazing thing to watch your child grow into a reader. It is one of the only big girl activities that doesn't make me sad when I watch, but it does put me in awe!

Delaney is now reading simple text all on her own and does a wonderful job with it! Best of all, she LOVES it! Truly loves it. She is proud of herself and wants to show you just how smart she is.

Now...if we could just have 1/2 of this enthusiasm transfer over to Kaytlynn...She is way more excited about playing Webkinz and watching movies...I know, because she tells me so :-(...Little Stinker!

Order on the Porch!

The girls last night kept saying Order on the Porch in a very authoritative voice. When I went to see what was going on...I realized they were trying to say Order in the Court...too funny!