Kaden's Kindergarten Graduation, The World is a Rainbow Song:)

This is a video of my precious little boy at his Kindergarten Graduation.  How could I not cry at this!  He's so precious and is growing so quickly.  Seems like yesterday I was swinging him on our back patio at our apartment in his baby swing.  He has truly been a joy.  The litte boy is so happy, mostly skipping when he goes somewhere, he loves Star Wars and army men, and is SUPER smart, reading, drawing, and remembering...EVERYTHING!!!  We love you sweet precious Kaden, more than the whole wide world!  You are such a gift from God!

Lake Oachita, the kiddos "tubing"

My camera has been broken so forgive me for not posting in a while.  I just got it back from Nikon, but have seemed to have lost the card reader and card, so here's some videos from my Flip in the meantime!  This one is from our trip to Arkansas.  We stopped off near Little Rock after our annual family reunion to enjoy Oachita Lake with the family.  Jayna and Steve rented a boat, this tube, and skiis, we all had a WONDERFUL FUN-FILLED day!  Here's Kaden and Kinsley trying to "tube"!  Enjoy!

Memorial Day Weekend - Camping at Mount Nebo in Arkansas

Boy howdy folks this is the way memories are made!  We had a blast Memorial Day weekend with Curtis's brother and sister-in-law Kevin and Sarah, and our precious nephew Corbin!  This was only our 2nd camping trip as a family EVER!  The first camping trip was with some friends from church and was fun but cold, and this one...well...we wouldn't trade it for anything!  We love being with Kevin and Sarah and always have, it's getting even more fun now that we all have kiddos!  We met them for the weekend at a beautiful state park in Arkansas.  This place was gorgeous, up on a mountain, with huge trees, amazing views, great camp sites, a pool with a view, fun activities, hiking trails, etc.  So we get there Friday night and as we are setting up our tent it starts raining....and it doesn't stop...not even for FIVE MINUTES the whole rest of the weekend!!!  But did we let that ruin our fun...NO WAY.  So we headed to Wal-Mart, gotta visit here when you're in Arkansas, and picked up some galoshes for the kiddos and made the best of it.  All I can say is Praise God for the gazebo we bought ahead of time, that was supposed to be used for a fun eating area, etc.  It ended up over our tent, which was NOT waterproof, and kept us nice and dry:)  We had so much fun sitting by the campfire, roasting marshmallows, making smores, talking, watching the kids play, etc.  Despite the rain, some awesome memories were made, and...we just can't wait for the next trip!  Oh...and I forgot to mention...we brought a little friend home, yeah, that's right, a very stinky toad was found in one of Kaden's galoshes in his closet a few days after we got back, yeah, I said a few DAYS - man, it was nasty:)  Gotta love it!   

Here's all our cuties playing!

Kinsley and Corbin exploring.

Kevin and Sarah in the kitchen:)

Kins at the playground

Kevin and Kaden at the playground

Kins, Corbin, and Kaden having a ball!  Rain?  What rain?

Kevin and Curtis in the "kitchen":)

The family - darn the disposable camera - ya never know what you're gonna get!

Sarah

the view from the pool - spectacular!

Me, Sarah, and Corbin by the fire

Kevin and Kaden by the fire

the kiddos retreated to the car for a while to watch movies - Corbin loved all the snacks Kaden and Kinsley passed along to him:O

Our trusty tent - with gazebo and tarp - this is the high life folks:)!  Hey...whatever keeps the rain outta our beds:)

A fun lunch date and a lazy Sunday afternoon!

Mom, Jae, and I have decided to start meeting weekly just to get together and "be" together.  We kicked it off this last week by meeting for lunch at Sweet Tomato - if you haven't been there, it's like a Souper Salad on steroids - yummy!  The kids had a blast picking out their own food - I let them choose what they wanted from the buffet, and you would of thought it was the best thing in the world.  They said over and over how much fun it was to "make" their own food.  We had a wonderful time visiting and we all can't wait until next week!  

The other pics in this post were from a random lazy Sunday afternoon in Southlake Town Square!

Kai and me

Two happy little tootbugs that with their own "recipes" as they like to call it!

Cuties in Southlake Town Square

Kinsley lovin' life and...her ice cream!

Kaden with his ice cream by the fountains.

Kinsley's Fourth Birthday Barnyard Bash!

Kinsley had her fourth birthday party a couple of weeks ago, and the sweet little thing wanted a "barn" party.  So...it was supposed to be at the park under a covered pavilion, but it was rained out, not just a little rained out, we're talking a down pour here.  The ONLY day out of the last two weeks Mother Nature decided to bless us with rain, mind you.  So...we went for plan B and had it at our house!  A little crowded but still just as fun!  And being the precious girl that she is, not one complaint!  These pics are out of order, but work with me here folks!  Brace yourselves, this is a long one!

Afterwards we went to eat at Casa Rita's - it's actually pretty yummy despite John's face here:)

Jae, Dad, and Kai

Kinsley and Grammy (Mom)

Kinsley and her friend Ella

The Babb girls (the boys were too busy playing Star Wars in Kaden's room:))

Kinsley's friend and preschool classmate Hayley

Curt and Misty

Dad and Curt

Precious little birthday girl!

All the kiddos eating cupcakes.

Kinsley's closet was a fun place to play for some reason????  Isn't this a cute pic though?

Sister and Brotherly Love

The treat bags

snacks

my friend Dawn made these awesome barn animal cupcakes - don't you just want to pinch em' - SOOO Cute!!!

Dawn also made this barn cake - isn't she amazing?!

Happy little four year old!

Enjoying her birthday

Kinsley is FOUR!!!!

Kinsley had her real birthday on Tuesday.  She had school that day so she decided to celebrate by taking powdered donuts instead of cookies or cake.  She got to pick and that's what she wanted!  After school our good friend Misty invited us over to her neighborhood pool for a swim - our first swim of the summer - Kaden and Kinsley were both so incredibly excited!  After swimming we came home for Kinsley's favorite dinner - I asked her what she wanted, and told her she could have whatever since it was her birthday, guess what she picked...macaroni and cheese!!!!  

Here she is enjoying her dinner!

At the pool!

She loves her Misty!

Kaden enjoying himself at the pool!

My big four year old!!!

Mother's Day 2009

I had a fabulous Mother's Day this year.  Curtis and the kids made me a delicious breakfast and Curtis got the kids ready for church.  Church was great with a nice message, and then we went to lunch at mom and dad's.  Jae, John, Kai, and Gwen all came and we had a yummy lunch, that the boys prepared, and a fun , relaxing visit!

Here's the family out on mom and dad's deck!

Jae, Mom, and Me - We love our mom!

The girls and Kaden eating lunch!

Kinsley, Me, and Kaden - I love being a mom to these two!

Our precious boys making us lunch - we're so grateful for them, they are AWESOME!!!