Friday, July 23, 2010

Cow Head

Wow! This summer is just flying by TOO fast! I haven't even been *GASP* taking as many pictures as I normally do. Something's just not right about that!
Kennedie got to go play at one of her friend's houses one afternoon, so I took Colton to Chick-fil-a. Well, it was Cow Appreciation Day. If you dressed up like a cow, you get a free meal! Well, I'll do a lot for something free, but that's a little much for me. I saw a kid in the parking lot with this silly cow hat, so I asked the guy taking our order if they had any more. We got home, punched out our cow, inserted slot a into slot b, and here we go...
Now tell me that's not the funniest thing you've seen all day!!! I still can't bring myself to throw this silly hat away. He pulls it competely over his head and was driving his little car around. Oh, that kid!!!
(His new outfit is on the hood of his car because I told him to take it to his room...so he was driving it there.)
Here's one of Kennedie's ginormous sunflowers! It's taller than our swingset! And she started it with just a few seeds. The girl has got a green thumb...and a great Daddy that helps her.
And finally, here's Colton again. I'm telling you, the kid is funny! He constantly has me laughing! He had on mis-matched jammies, because he's all about dressing himself. Then of course, the cowboy boots. Then he topped it off with his Nerf rifle over his shoulder. He said he's a Marine. I asked James if he was worried that that's what his son sees him as.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Swimming, Rangers & Backyard Fun!

The kids just wrapped up 2 weeks of swimming lessons and they did GREAT! We are just absolutely amazed that these are even the same two kids!
I thought this picture was funny! It was right before their lessons started, and it was like Kennedie was telling him all about it. =)
Colton was in the Tadpole class with Miss Krystle. She was fantastic! And, there was only one other little girl in his class. Love that!
My little tadpole!
My girl. This is the same child, who last month would get upset when water splashed in her face in the bath!
Who is this kid???
We went to a Ranger game while James was in CA with Granny, Poppa, Apple & Kyle. SO much fun!!!
My girls loves some cotton candy!
2 of my most favorite boys ever
Granny & Kennedie were crossing their fingers for a homerun so they'd set off fireworks!
Thought this was just a cool pic with the moon shining overhead.
And I may or may not have told my handsome hubby that I would delete this picture. (Sorry, babe!) He climbed on top of the monkey bars to get a better look at the bunnies on the other side of the fence, and posed for this goofy pic. Love him!
I really thought this was cool. Kennedie and James planted sunflowers this spring, and this was her first bloom! It's only halfway there...doesn't that look neat?
And look at how tall it is! (Yes, she's in her pj's) I have a picture of me around this same age in front of my sunflowers.
And look at her watermelon now!!!
Silly play time (in our pj's and boots of course) with our funny Daddy!
Colton joined James on top of the monkey bars...this picture just makes my heart melt.
And here's the edited version...cool, huh?!

Rain & Parade

We are just having a blast this summer! My kids are such routine kids...they do so great on a strict bedtime schedule, and well...since it's summer, that schedule has basically gone right out the window! And it's been so fun!
We've been having lots of crazy rain lately! It's definitely put a crimp in our water park schedule. Last week, I grabbed the kid's umbrellas and let them loose in the backyard...in the pouring down rain!
Look at my girl! Can you see how hard that water is coming down?!
Soooooo fun!!!

beautiful.
It took Colton a little longer to let loose in the pouring rain. He just kept looking at me, like "are you serious??" (ignore his little boxer briefs =) it was an impromptu play in the rain kind of day
Look at that water gushing under him...it was raining so hard!
sweet, sweet boy.
Colton wanted to try out some goggles like sister wears. So we tried them out in the bathtub.
We went to the parade in downtown Arlington again this year. We got a perfect spot and the kids just loved it!


Oh, I just LOVE this precious baby boy!!!
This was one of the silliest floats...the 6 Flags man was dancing and the kids just loved it!
Colton was just so content sitting there watching the entire thing. He loves parades!
And here's all of our favorites! We look forward to the motorcycle Elvi every year!
(this poor guy's bike...I just felt sorry for the bike)

And I just love her camera. =)