A Day with Aunt Cara and the Boys...

Yay for getting to spend an afternoon with Cara and her boys. When we went to Ft Worth for the kids appointment. We were fortunate that Cara was off and able to spend the day with us. The kids were very excited.

Madi loves her nap nanny... everywhere she goes, it goes, her nap nanny, nap nanny! Ok, well maybe not everywhere, but definitely on overnight stays.

Sweet kids...

Wheeeee!

"Fine you can take my picture, but I don't have to give you a good smile!"

Love this kid! He is such a sweetheart!

See...Kisses for Aunt Johnnie. Or maybe he is making a face. It's in the eye of the beholder. I say he's giving me kisses.

Ian was happy to watch and Ten was happy to play and let him.

I think Miles thought he was in a toy store, he was having so much fun.

Working those abs...she wont hardly lay down. She prefers to be sitting up(with help of course).

"Momma what is Mackers doing? This chair wasn't built for two!"

Little toots. I asked them to look at me so I could get their picture together...this is what I get.

Little better...but not much.

I'm not sure if she was trying to turn him around or hug him, but it was sweet.

Big Boys! Sweet Boys!

They were so cute to stand there and pose for us. They are growing so fast. I love them both and wish so badly that they lived closer together. I just know they would be the best of friends.

Ok, so I hear, "Momma, I'm stutck"(her words). When I look, I see that she crawled into Tye's little jumper. So naturally I grab my camera. I didn't even have to ask. She just said, "Cheese".

The little ones... It was fun trying to get their pictures. They couldn't quit wiggling, and scooting. But we did our best.

Tye found Madi's foot and she thought it was funny.

Little cuties!

There's those big beautiful eyes! This pic makes my heart smile...

Who knew hands could taste so good?!?

Even...

..."Little Monsters" have to sleep sometime!

Oops...

I just realized a couple of blogs that never made it to publication. Oops, I don't want to just leave them off so here they are.

 AWANA GAME DAY(Back in March)...
Not very many Kindergartners are asked to go. It is usually just 1st and up. Ten was one of the few that were asked to go. To say she was excited would be an understatement.

 Listening for instructions.

 Crawl baby CRAWL!!!

 Our team was amazing! They took 1st place in the games.

 AWANA AWARDS NIGHT(May)...

Tenely received several ribbons:
First Book she completed the first book for the Sparky Club
Participant, for attending Sparks
Memory Verse, she memorized 34 memory verses

 Syd started attending Cubbies the end of January, right before she turned 2. She loved it and looked forward to it every week. She did have a slight incident when she was sent to sit with me because she bit and choke hugged another little girl. We had a talk and she was great the rest of the year. I think they learned close to 30 verses.

 Miles, my big boy. This is his 2 yr in Cubbies. He has one more before he promotes to Sparks. He learned close to 30 Bible verses as well.

 Group Pic...(I have no clue what is up with Ten's smile)

 I included this pic because I think it looks like Syd is photo shopped in. Too funny!

A Message from Madison to Granny...

"Let me think, what did I want to tell Granny?"

 "Momma, do you remember?"

 "Oh yes that was it...Granny, I love you!"

Madi loves all her wonderful great grandparents and grandparents...Grandma, Granddad, Granny, Papa, O'ma, Pop, Grandnanna, Grandpa, and Granny! These pictures were taken at Rachel's birthday party.

Rachel's Swim Party was a "Splash"...

That pun was too easy I know, but oh well.

We traveled to Midland for some Sun, Swimming, Fun, and to celebrate Rachel's 11 birthday...Crazy how fast time flies.          

Tenley always jumps right in(she gets that from me). Miles and Syd take awhile. They get all their "gear" on. Then they gradually get into the water. Sometimes their hair never even gets wet. Syd still wasn't quite sure she was ready. Rachel was helping her decide. She is such a big helper.

 Lukester...

Sweet kiddos. Luke's turn helping Syd. What would she do without her older cousins help?!?!

 Mister Miles...

 Sweet Rachel...

 Way to be prepared Linda. I didn't even realize that you were in the shot. Cuddle time....

 "There are some crazy kids at this party. They are playing with their cheetos. I'm only 2 and even I know you are supposed to eat them, not play with them."

Swimming + goggles = bad hair day! You can't tell from the pictures, but she really was having fun. She just didn't want me to take her picture. Too bad, So sad!!

A Picture of Summer...

Hair sun drying after just getting out of the pool, eating a pop-ice...

Time for a Hair Cut...

Because of Ten's intensely tender head, I have been practically begging(yes I know I am the adult, but it helps if your child isn't screaming her head off while she is getting a hair cut) to get her hair cut. She would respond the same way every time. She wanted long hair like Tangled aka Rapunzel. That would be great if she didn't scream and cry every time I tried to brush her hair.

Out of the blue she finally mentioned that she wanted to get her hair cut. So I scrambled as fast as I could to get us an appointment with Haley Leatherwood. 

Her hair had actually grown out quite a bit since her last hair cut.

Our favorite part!

Although she did tell me the hair dryer was fun.

Goodbye long, stringy, hard to manage, tear inducing, thick, tangled hair...HELLO cute bob!!

She already loves this hair cut...She walked around the rest of the day with my brush(the one she normally hates) brushing her hair saying see this doesn't hurt.

Now...it's Momma's turn. 3-4 months after I have my babies is usually when I decide that I need a hair cut. This time was no different. My hair was making me hot and it was normally up in a ponytail. Goodbye long hair!

Yay...summer hair cut! I love it. We cut off 12 inches. That is so much better!! Madi didn't get a hair cut...she just wanted to be in the picture.

Haley straighten it for me that day, but I figure most days do to convenience, it will most likely be curly.

We are ready for summer with our new styling hairdos...

I was so impressed with Haley. She had us in and out in a little over an hour. We will definitely be going to see her in the future!