4th of July Weekend

I'm in Dallas again this week...it's pretty darn hot here! This is going to be a REALLY busy travel month...I'm here till Friday, then Austin, San Antonio, Boston, Hanover NH, , Newark NJ, NYC and back to Boston before the end of the month!!!! (yeah, all those New England ones are all one big trip...I'll be gone for 12 days!!!!!) There are four new posts so enjoy:):)

We had a busy 4th of July weekend! On Friday the 3rd, we spent pretty much all day out at the pool. They had a bounce house and Caroline had a blast just playing with her daddy in the pool! That night we went to a friend of my dad's house for a GIANT block party (the one that was on the news for having tons of people, etc.). They totally do a better fireworks show than McKenzie park so we get to see awesome fireworks and bypass the craziness on the night of the 4th...works for me! Then on Saturday we went to the parade and then just went home for the rest of the day. My dad ended up cooking steaks that night and we just watched some fireworks on TV:) Then on Sunday we went to church, ran a TON of errands and then spent the late afternoon at the pool even though it was overcast and windy. It was still good bribery:)

Don't make fun...I sound stupid in this video!



At the Grimes' party...

CoCo took the girls to dance to the band.

Caroline turned into a little groupie! She woudn't leave the band (the Caprockers...they do classic rock and are pretty good!). The singer got cracked up that he had a 3 year old groupie and threw her his gituar pick (and she put it straight in her mouth...gross!).

Becca and Caroline in their matching shirts at the parade.

Cutie girls!

Jace, Cyndi, Zoe & Jett

This was right before church on Sunday. I thought she looked SO grown up in this outfit!

Vacation Bible School

Caroline went to VBS at my dad's church this year...and she had a blast! I'm so glad she was able to go, since you have to be 4 at our church. The first night they stuffed toy turtles for children whose belongings have been distroyed by natural disaster and our conversation about it went like this:

Caroline: I made a turtle.

Me: Really, who did you make it for?

Caroline: For families.

Me: Really, what families?

Caroline: For families who don't have any toys. I have nine toys so I don't have a turtle, but they have no toys so they get the turtle.

Me: Well, that is nice of you, and yes you do have a lot of toys.

Caroline: I have nine toys! (and then she proceeded to count to nine on her fingers the whole way home)

It suprised me, though, that she really got the concept of giving to others because she has enough! Wow...she gets more than I think!

Here she is dancing to the music...my little dancer!

She was showing me her dance after VBS. Oh, by the way...thank's King's for the pj's! This is the nightgown ya'll gave her for her bday, and i think it is the ONLY thing she's worn to bed since:) She is actually quite obsessed with the slippers too!!

Shanna's First Shower

Last Sunday was Shanna's first wedding shower. It was so great to see so many of our Bunko friends and people from church there! Shanna got some fun stuff! We are throwing them a couple's shower/pre wedding BBQ at our house on July 19th...should be fun!

The Cox/Bennett/Morales ladies (almost time to add Smith in there too!). I love how you can see the sonic cup in the pic...that is SOOOO our family!

Me and my big girl!

Weekend with Becca

A couple of weekends ago, Becca stayed Friday night and most of the day Saturday with us, and then Caroline went with them Saturday night. It had been a while since she spend an extended amount of time with Becca and she had SO much fun!! We went to Clay Cafe Friday night and Caroline made a "beautiful" plate (read: 15 layers of all different colors...hmmmm), Becca made a cute bunny with clothes on, and my mom and I made suprises that we can't talk about yet! Then on Saturday we went to The Falls ALL day!

She was concentrating SO hard on her plate!!

This was the first time I ever let Caroline in the "big pool" without me or Dale right with her. I figured with Becca in there and with me right on the side of the pool, it couldn't be too bad! It really boosted her confidence in the water.