Austin Trip!

Memorial weekend we went to Austin to watch cousin Parker in her dance recital. That girl has some moves. She is a great dancer and we were so happy we were there to support her.

PROUD COUSIN LANEY

Parker's Dance Team

The boys! They weren't too interested in all these girls. lol.

Just a little wind blown. ha!

 We stayed in a hotel this time around, but the kids still had sleepovers of course.

Memorial Day was Laney's actual birthday this year. So we got to celebrate her before we headed back to Midland. We planned on going to a fun little restaurant with putt putt but it was pouring, so we went to Gattitown (which by the way, is LOTS cooler than the one in Midland).

Of course Daddy had to join in on the fun!

We drove into Midland and went straight to Nanny and Papa's for a birthday dinner, swim and Birthday cake.

I would say we had a great weekend watching Parker and spending lots of time with our family!

Laney turns 8!

Sweet Laney Capri turned 8! She requested a slumber party this go around and I was so excited. I was thinking how much fun, and how easy! Well little did I know that slumber parties are hard, hard work but the memories we made were well worth the late, tiring night ;)

Here is a line up of our fun night! (Plus an overload of pictures).

We had her party on the last day of school and she had early release so she helped me get everything ready. This was probably a mistake, since she knew the line up she was asking the whole night if it was time for the next activity. I know for next time to keep everything a secret ;)

First up pizza on the trampoline!

Decorating cupcakes with as much sprinkles as you would like. Our dog Ellie liked this part. She had her fair share of sweets that night.

My mom helping with Baby K. She stayed until everyone fell asleep and also came bright and early the next morning. Couldn't have done it without her!

Opening gifts. Laney could hardly wait for this part. lol

And of course a water balloon fight.

Painting the driveway!

A few dads stuck around and played with the water balloon launcher. The girls loved this part!

We then went inside, got in our jammies and colored pillow cases. This was the most quiet all evening. haha!

Finished products!

We busted out the glow sticks and had a dance party ;)

And one more sugar rush, smores on the fire pit Landon fixed up. I couldn't have done it without Landon either. He fixed up the yard, filled water balloons, put up the tent and hung out with 11 little and 3 big girls. haha!

Pedicures and Manicures!

Movie time with popcorn! They were all crashed by 1:30 am. The invite said "Party all night, Sleep all day" but I am glad we wore them out enough they didn't hold me to that.

Twinkies!! I love sleep overs with my BFF. This wasn't planned but we thought it was so cute they matched.

A big shout out to my BF Katy and mom! They both stayed until all were sleeping and were over to help early the next morning. We were wore out, can you tell???? I owe them big time ;)

Thanks to all the girls for being so sweet and coming to celebrate Laney turning 8!!

Bad news.. Laney, Landon, Me and even Kingston all came down with the tummy bug the next day. Booooo!!! I am so grateful that nobody else got sick though. Just made for lots of laundry for us ;(

Big thanks to Tanner and Jodi for keeping Kipton occupied. They went swimming in the hotel and Kip had lots of fun. He didn't want to hang out with all those girls... one day he might enjoy that..lol.

End of the school/sports season :)

We are so excited that summer is here! The kids had a great school year and we had a busy time ending the school year with projects, parties, programs and more.

I cannot believe my baby boy graduated preschool and will be starting Kindergarten in the fall. I just cannot believe it is already that time. He had an adorable program with his preschool class at Crestview. They sang precious songs, said bible versus and he even had a speaking part ;) Makes this Mommy sad that he is growing up so fast. We have loved Crestview and especially enjoyed seeing him learn and love Jesus more and more each day.

Our baby girl is on to 3rd grade. Wahhhh! She had a great year at Carver and made straight A's. We are so very proud of her!!

We also ended soccer and tball season. So glad we can enjoy our breaks before it starts up again. We loved both seasons and both kids learned so much!

For Laney's last game, we celebrated with crazy socks and crazy hair. It was the best game yet.

 
And of course, Coach Landon joined in on the fun ;)

My friend Crystal told me that her husband was going to coach tball this season, so we knew we needed on his team. I am so glad we did, it was the best season yet. The boys learned so much and had a blast. Go Wildcats!

Now it's time to enjoy the calm summer months.. haha.. who am I kidding?!? It will be a crazy one too, but I will enjoy every minute of it!