Fireworks at Lake Bridgeport

We spent the 4th of July weekend with family at Lake Bridgeport. KK's cousin Kylie was there too. KK is at the age where she loves interaction with other kiddos. Kylie and her enjoyed playing football, coloring and watching cartoons at Me-Me's. Me-Me enjoyed spending the weekend watching her two great grandkids play and interact. What a blessing for her!

Hopefully Kylie & KK can grow up and be as close as Michelle and I are. This weekend was proof that they really have fun when playing with each other! 

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Don't forget to wear your green today! 

Valentine's Day Pictures

Well today I was off from school for Martin Luther King Day and I decided to go get KK's Valentine's pictures made. I "googled" Babies R Us to get the phone number to their photo people. As to my surprise, they had closed down a week earlier due to bankruptcy. So I heard of a few people using Portrait Innovations, so I searched for their number next. My luck continued and they were closed on Mondays. So I decided that between my mom and I we have great cameras and lens and could take some pics just for some Valentine's Day cards. So off to Target I went and bought a white sheet. Then it was off to my mom's house where we would set up our "photoshoot." It went okay. KK was difficult because she preferred this pull toy rather than posing in front of people yelling at her, "Say Cheese...Smile....Over Here....Sit Down...." So most of her pics were on the run, but I got one I could use on her cards. Hope you enjoy!

The cool thing about this bear is it is the same bear that my mom gave to my papaw for Valentine's Day last year. Here he is with the same bear one year ago. Love ya & Miss ya Papaw!

Dec. 26...Santa Came!

Santa came to our house a day late. (He was stuck in a Blizzard) On Saturday morning, my parents, brother and sister, and grandma came over to watch her open presents. When she woke up, her daddy walked her into the living room. She was starring at everyone wondering what they were doing here. Then she went straight to the kitchen.

She knew exactly what to do. She was stirring the spoon in the pan on the stove. (Obviously didn't get this from me!)

She also got a shopping cart. I see our walls getting beat up in the near future!

(If you haven't heard of Melissa & Doug, go check their website out. Awesome educational toys for kids. This cart is so sturdy and has a flip prevention on the bottom, so she can't stand up on it and tip it over on her!)

After having three Christmas's she didn't get any faster at opening presents!

After opening presents, I made Christmas pancakes. KK seemed to enjoy them.

After we celebrated Christmas, it was off to clean up the house and pack for our week long Tahoe vacation!

Christmas Day

Nothing like waking up Christmas morning in a hotel room! Yes, that's how we got to spend our Christmas morning. At least baby girl isn't old enough to understand. After eating a quick free breakfast downstairs and chatting with others about their blizzard stories, we were on the road back to Texas! As we were driving, I had to take a few pics of the road. It was crazy!

  

         We saw hundreds of cars on the side of the interstate like this.

We got to Texas just too see more snow! We decided that once we arrived at my parent's house that we would let KK play in the snow. Uncle Scooter and his friend helped her build a snowman. They forgot to put arms on it, so silly Scooter decided he would use his arms.

   

After playing in the snow for a bit, it was time for Christmas Dinner.

Yes, once again KK made a mess and it was straight for the bath after dinner.

After dinner KK got to open up her presents. She got lots of wooden puzzles, an American Girl Bitty Baby and outfit, other toys that she probably doesn't need, but her favorite toy was...

the pink motorcycle!

Yes, that's Maggie our dog in the side car of her pink motorcycle! Thanks GiGi & Poppy!

(Now the question is, where is this going to go in our little house?)

Our Family Christmas Picture

Miss KK in her cute overalls!

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve In OKC

We woke up this morning in OKC to small pellets of ice hitting the hotel window. We knew that we needed to hurry up and get ready so we could get back our to Gavin's grandpa's house to do our Christmas then get on the road back to Texas before the roads got bad. We rushed around and got ready and then realized we should get diesel in the truck now so that is one less thing we had to do. We pulled into a cononco so happy because they actually had diesel just to find out that the pump was so slow that we weren't going to fill up this tank anytime soon. So we decided we could just get gas once we were on the road. {We had 1/2 a tank anyways}. Once we arrived at his grandpa's his mom was finishing up lunch. We started to realize that the weather was getting worse, so we knew we needed to speed this process up. So we opened up a few presents while his mom finished up lunch.

KK and her presents in OKC

opening up presents

showing daddy

after a few more presents we were off to eat lunch. In the meantime this is what it looked like outside...

the wind was blowing hard

We quickly ate and then finished opening presents. This time KK didn't get to enjoy opening them because daddy was ready to go before it got too bad. But wait...there is the Christmas Eve Pajama tradition picture. So everybody quickly unwrapped their PJ's and changed for a few pictures.

cute family, huh?

We got everything loaded and gave our hugs goodbye quickly. We pulled out of the driveway and the wipers were frozen. {good thing gavin bought some de-icer at the store earlier} He pulled into a gas station, that didn't sell diesel, and put the de-icer on the windows.

we were not prepared...can't you tell by no gloves?

We got on down the road and made it almost to Norman (20 minutes) before we were at a complete stop! 35 had been shut down due to the weather. This was what we were trying to avoid. I will post the thoughts and pictures about the Blizzard in OKC next! For now, hope everyone enjoys their Christmas Eve.

Opening up her first present!

We arrived in Oklahoma on the 23rd to spend Christmas Eve with Gavin's family. The night we arrived Miss KK got to open up a couple of presents from Gavin's aunt. This was a slow process. She would tear a small piece off and say "oooohh" and then another one and so forth.

a small tear...

there you go...rip it...

who wrapped this present twice....

starting to see the toy...

"oooooohhh"......

After she opened it she then wanted to move it around and show people.

and the process starts all over again....

This time daddy is going to help

can't you see her saying "ooooohh..."

By the way she loved this tea set! She walked around and shared her tea cup with everyone!

This is KK and her second cousin Ethan. She is trying to put her arm around him.

she even tried to share her tea cup with Ethan