Swingin'

The Climb

Today we had our Girl Scout meeting...have I mentioned I'm one of the Leaders? Yeah. :) Anyway, today we went to the YMCA to do climb the rock wall for our Couragous and Strong patch. Let me tell you I have 9 VERY couragous and strong little girls in my troop! Every single one of them climbed and I am so proud of them :)

Here's my little monkey before the climb, and climbing the "small wall" and with a couple of her Daisy pals :)


And my little monkey rocking the "BIG WALL." Look at her go! She was so proud of herself!

Zooin' It

Katie, Ryan and I headed to the zoo on a whim this morning. Rushed out the door, picked up some donuts and juice and we were on our way! It was a beautiful day. Have I mentioned we love the Houston zoo? I just love taking the kids there and it never gets old for them. This time we saw the Dora and Diego 4D Adventure. They thought that was WAY COOL. It was pretty neat :). It's so hard now that Katie's in school. It was a lot easier to go on a weekday and beat the crowds. Felt pretty lucky to have today with my girl. We even found Katie's brick that we bought last year for her birthday!

B Baller

I kind of have an unspoken rule when it comes to extra curricular sports. One HAS to involve running and two is the max at one time. So dance is great but it doesn't fullfill my criteria. After soccer ended I asked Katie what sport she would like to do. She could do soccer again or try something else. She was 100% sure she wanted to play basketball. Mommy filled with pride and I calmly said...sure!

I think she's a bit intimidated. But my girl scored a basket and I saw a bit more aggressiveness than I did in soccer. I mean...who couldn't look aggressive with a mouth guard. lol!


I know these pictures don't show it, but there are girls in the league. Only one other on her team though.

Party at The Little Gym!

Better late than never! We had to cancel Katie's original party due to being sick. It was supposed to be at home but she decided that Little Gym would be a great place instead. I was all for that! :) She had a blast and hopefully all her friends did too. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves....





Happy (Late!) Birthday Katie!

72 Degrees on Jan 6...

So we are outside in shorts and tshirts! :) I love taking pictures of the kids playing outside. It's where my photography buzz started!

My sweet boy. So imaginative, cuddly, smart and content...when his sister isn't in the equation.


And this one...have to admit I'm not liking this stage of sassyness, attitude, defiance, backtalking, eyerolling. I honestly thought I wouldn't have to deal with it until the teens. Heaven help me. It's hard to tell from these sweet pictures of her that a major tantrum/fight had just occurred. One that included me dragging her upstairs to her room for a time out. UGGGGGHHHH!

Bringing In 2012!

We love spending New Years Eve witho our pals the Hollas Fam. Last year we weren't able to get together because of the brand new addition to their family, Matthew (Happy Birthday Buddy!). And this year we added the Tarros! So much fun....I think the kids only stopped for a second to eat. :)

We had lots of fun with the sparklers :)

And worked very hard on our Sparkler 2012. Look at that concentration! ROCKED IT!


Happy New Year Everyone!