Livingston 2011

We finally did it...We made it to the Sandlin reunion!

It seems over the last 81/2 years there has always been something that has gotten in the way of us making the trip to Lake Livingston...college, babies, lack of funds, and I'm sure things I've already forgotten about. Not this year...this year we committed to going and that's just what we did!

To say we enjoyed ourselves would be an understatement...we had a blast!!! 

Apparently Uncle Chrissy was so relaxing, he put Syd to sleep...in the lake.

Ten was our little fish...it was hard to keep her out of the water.

But there was so much more to do than just swim in the Lake. The boys threw the football around a little...

Once a football player...always a football player

They also have access to a pool, so the kids jumped at the chance to have a different place to swim.

Ten just got through telling me..."this is so much fun"

That smile says it all!

Syd getting in some cuddle time with Uncle Chrissy...I am quickly learning he is one of her favorite people!

 Ten and Emily took some time to hit the ball around...it was really cute to watch them play together.

This is the first time Nancy and Steve had their whole family at the reunion...

This sums up how we all felt as we were leaving...we played until we just had nothing left!!

We can't wait until next year...we will definitely be making the trip again.

Just letting y'all know...

...we are still here...

...Stay tuned for more blog posts

Tenley's Pre-K Graduation

The end to another chapter for Tenley...

This is Tenley Pre-K Class at Kids Under Construction(KUC). We have loved that Tenley was able to attend Pre-K here. Yes...Tenley is the tallest in her class.

Mrs. Sue(we love her) giving Tenley her certificate.

Tenley will miss her.

YAY!!!!

                             

They were singing some of their songs for us...they were really cute.  

                            

Tenley and her girl friends. They were the only 3 Pre-K girls...they were slightly out numbered.   

We are so proud of you Tenley! You are growing up so fast...some times I feel like I will turn around and you'll be going off to college. We love you!!!                             

Tenley's Big News...

Our Big girl has lost her first tooth!!!

I didn't believe her last Saturday when she woke me up to tell me that she has a loose tooth. But sure enough, she did. I began telling her how exciting it is to loose a tooth. I told her how the tooth fairy leaves money for little girls and boys when they loose their teeth. She began getting really excited. She wanted her tooth to come out right then. I explained that it could take a couple of days.

By Thursday night(5.26.11) she was just beside herself to get that tooth out! I wasn't completely comfortable pulling it, so I gave her an apple as a snack...I know...I should have just pulled it, but I couldn't. She took a few bites and then when I checked to see how loose it was, it came right out.

I was more excited than she was at first...

I think it surprised her when it came out.

After I reminded her about the tooth fairy, she got really excited.

Another first for our big girl...I've said it before and I'll say it again...She is growing up way too fast!

Awana Award Night

Last night the kids had their Awana Award Night. It was fun to watch all the kids that had worked so hard all year go across and get their awards. It was especially fun to see my 2 little "Cubbies"(that's the name of their club) get their awards.

Sorry for the bad group pics...apparently my camera doesn't like taking pictures in our church.

Tenley with her small group class and her teachers.

Tenley received perfect attendance, said 33 memory verses, finished her Jumper book and will promote to "Sparks" next year.

"Yay! I did it!"

Miles with his small group and teachers. I wish so badly that you could see his face. He was scrunching up his nose making his mad face. It was so cute. It was as if he was saying..."stop looking at me!"...with his face.

Miles also received perfect attendance, said 33 memory verses, and finished his Jumper book. Miles still has two more years in "Cubbies".
"OH....YEEEAAAHHHHHHH...I'm done!"

Much to Goose's dismay, we also received an award. We got the Parent Award. It's given to the parents that teach the memory verse to their kids each week before they go to class. When Stephanie (the Cubbies director) asks us to stand, I thought Goose was going to die! I tried to explain it was a good thing, but there was just no convincing him. Hummm...I wonder where Miles gets his "shyness"?!?! 

YAY...for Visits from Family!!!

Josiah(brother-in-law) had a work conference in Dallas last week, so Momma(sister) and Baby(Brooklyn) flew in with him. Since they were within a few short hours of us, they rented a car and came down to see us for a couple of days. 

Tenley was singing Patty Cake to Brooklyn...they both LOVED it! It was very sweet...I got it on video, but I'm having trouble getting it to upload to the blog.

 

Miles of course had to get his turn in too. Look at that sweet sweet smile.

Sleepy time...babies are precious, but they are EXTRA precious when they are sleeping...it's a fact! So sweet!

Sweet hugs. Sydney already loves her cousin.

I'm not sure exactly what Syd told Brooklyn, but she looks like she's making sure Brooklyn understood.

Bye sweet family, thanks for coming to see us. We love and miss y'all everyday!

side note: you get bonus points if you counted how many times I said "sweet" in this post. 

Dallas Trip

When Miles and Sydney had their 6 month check ups with their VL-CADD specialist in Ft Worth, all 3 kids and I loaded up and made a weekend of it. On Friday after we got the Dr's appointments out of the way, we went over to Aunt Cara's and Uncle Beaubie's to hang with Ian and Mackers.

Sweet Mackers...just sitting there enjoying the beautiful day.

Boys...they are so sweet. I think Ian is more interested in what Ten & Syd are doing than playing.                                 

Tenley and Miless have decided they need a cool swing set like this one...oh yeah, and a backyard to put it in.

I think she's asking who wants to play catch.

Well, Hellooo again, Markers!

My kids play hard...this means that they get dirty. Most days I don't think about it, but as we were leaving Aunt Cara's I noticed Miles had a stain, but not just any stain...it looks like the "stain fairy" walked across Miles' shirt. What do you think? Does it look like a foot print to you?

We headed to Nic's about supper time on Friday night. We hung out there until Sunday when we headed home.
My kids do love to be outside. I caught Miles taking his toys out to play on the patio. He later tried to fry up some mud patties on the grill...real sorry about that Nic  :)

"What? It wasn't me that played on your computer, how dare you accuse me!"

On Sat Nic and Jeremy(Nic's boyfriend) thought we should get out. They wanted to let the kids get out and play.
Look how long this little girl's hair is getting. We can actually put it in piggy tails. Aunt Nic fixed Sydney's hair for our big day

Back view...

First we started at Chuck E Cheese...a big surprise for the kids.

I know the picture isn't that great, but it was so funny. Syd really did like Chuck E...she just liked him from a distance. She's trying to crawl up onto the table.

Then we headed to a real cool playground that Aunt Nic knew about.

As you can tell...during the car ride from Chuck E's to the play ground the piggy tails came down.

This was a LONG, TALL slide. The kids weren't sure about it at first, but once they wentt down they were hooked.

Wheeeeee!

Syd found a slide more her size, and Aunt Nic was there to catch her.

The kids had a blast...Thanks Aunt Nic and Jeremy for taking the kids and me out for a great day.