Thumbs up!


A big Thumbs up after Dre and Daddy got off the Big Slide!

TEXAS STATE FAIR

The State Fair is one of our favorite things about Texas! Unfortunately, we didn't get the best pictures this year. Dresden really got into it this year, his favorites were the bird show, the light parade, and the Big Slide!

First Day of Pre-School!

Dresden started Pre-school this week. He has the same teacher as last year so he was excited to go back and tell Miss Judy all about his summer. When I picked him up he was talking her ear off about his Star Wars toys! Yes, the obsession is still going strong...

We've got a WALKER!

It's official, this one's a WALKER! She has been walking here and there for the past month, but just yesterday she decided it was her preferred choice of travel! She walked all over Chuck E. Cheese's last night and this morning I haven't seen her do anything else but walk everywhere! Her brother, on the other hand, has no interest. The funniest is Ciena will walk next to Coen, who is crawling, pat him on the head and keep walking by! You go girl! I might also note that I WON the bet Chad and I had going. I bet on my girl and she came through!

GOT EM ALL!


WOW, I'm almost emabarrassed to post this! We did NOT eat this many Happy Meals, I purchased almost all of them as the toy alone. Well, we finally finished off the collection. You have no idea how out of controll the obsession got! He literally asked me if we could go to McD's all day from the moment he woke up. Since not every McD's has the same toys I drove all over Dallas trying to find these! Darth Vador and Yoda were the hardest to find, when we came across a McD's that had the last four he needed I bought them all so we could be done! I have to admit the smile on his little face makes it worth it! He really plays with these little toys all day long so in my mind it's worth the 99 cents and miles of gas money trying to find them!

BABY RIDE

This is the babies new favorite thing to do! Dresden pulls them around the backyard in this little wagon (which barely fits the both of them) and they think it's the best ride ever! There is a little hill coming down from the garage and Dre pulls them up it and then lets go, they get going pretty fast and it's so funny to watch their faces! Ciena is all smiles and Coen gets his serious/concerned look. One of my favorite things about the twins is watching them parallel process things and seeing the different reactions, the older they get the more their personalities differ.

SLEEPING

This one is for Grandpa Whitney. Dresden loved wearing his cousin's head light to bed in Lake Powell so Grandpa Whitney gave him money to buy one when we got home. As you can see, he still loves the head light! He will NOT go to be without it on his head!

OBSESSED!

Dresden's latest obsession is STAR WARS! Chad took him to see the new animated film and it is literally ALL he talks about and wants to play! It doesn't help that McDonald's has Star Wars toys in the Happy Meals right now. He loves to collect things and tends to get into whatever toy McDonald's has in the Happy Meals. So he asks about a hundred times a day when we can go get a toy a McD's (he doesn't really like the food) - so if any of ya'll have extra Star Wars Happy Meal toys send them our way because he won't stop till he gets them all!

RUMOR HAS IT . . .

This is our new neighbor, Jessica Simpson. If true, she lives literally one block over and is in our same neighborhood. I drive by the house multiple times a day and have noticed a lot of work being done, but have never thought twice about who lives there. Well, my photographer/friend told me the other day that her neighbor is the contractor who has been doing all the work and he claims it is Jessica's house. Who knows?? I'm sure I'll look a little harder each time I drive or walk by!

WE'RE BACK!!

Ciena and Coen loved Grandma and Grandpa's Pool

Dre & Grandma night swimming! Enjoying a little dip right before bed

Cousins! Dresden and the twins with Connie's three adorable girls

WOW! After a month long adventure in Utah we are finally back! We started our trip visiting my parents in St. George where we stayed for the first two weeks. My sister Connie and her girls came down to visit and Dresden loved having his cousins there to play with. There was lots of time to relax and to get over the pink eye that we ALL came down with! Yuck!

I could not have made it out to Utah without my good friend Sarah! She was sweet enough to help me with the kids on the plane (Ciena prefers her over me) and when we landed in Las Vegas she drove with us to St. George. Luckily everything went smoothly, the kids behaved well and given the circumstances it could not have gone better. Sarah stayed in a super nice suite at the Palazzo in Vegas and invited me down - I couldn't resist the idea of a girls trip (no matter how mini) so I left the kids with my parents in St. George and was there in a flash! Of course we did all the fun Vegas attractions - eating, shopping, and seeing the sites. Such a fun time, thanks again Sarah!

Once Chad was done with his finals he joined us in Salt Lake City for the last 10 days of the trip. While in Salt Lake we did lots of fun things with the kids - Liberty Land, the Children's Museum, the slides at Park City, and of course spent lots of time with family and friends.

Hiking in American Fork Canyon

We ended the trip in Lake Powell with Chad's family. Lake Powell is one of our favorite vacations -- SO beautiful and relaxing, especially since we left the twins at home with my Mom and Dad! Dresden loved playing with his cousins on the beach, finding Sea Shells, swimming, and tubing.

LOOK WHO JUST TURNED ONE!

Wow, what a year! I can't tell you how many times I've heard, "It gets easier after the first year" so this is definitely a mile stone! When I look back at the last year it seems like it's taken forever and at the same time it's gone by in the blink of an eye! One thing is for sure, I defnintely can't imagine my life without these two precious children - what did I ever do without them!