Father's Day 2014

Father's Day 2014 was full of wonderful celebration! Here is a peek at what the girls gave their daddy:

We went to church Sunday morning with my dad. My brother had secretly come into town, and surprised my dad by showing up to church! After church, we grabbed a snack with them.

We then headed over to Mark's parents house, where we all spent the day swimming, grilling and enjoying great company! (My phone is not cooperating with my laptop at the moment...I will have to add more pictures later!)

Mark...our girls are beyond blessed to call you Daddy. You are an example to them of what Christ's love is.  Your laughs, hugs and discipline will forever shape their lives.  Thank you for loving them (and their mama!) so well.  Happy Father's Day!

Tony and Dad...we are blessed to call you each dad. Thank you for all that you have done for us over the years.  You are such blessings in our lives, and we all love you so much! Happy Father's Day!

Pictureless Post

Here are some random bullets of the things that are said/done around our house these days!

*If Ashlynn wants to do something on her own, she says "I got! I got!"

*Ashlynn took her diaper off today while watching tv. I said, "Ashlynn, we need to leave our diaper on." She looked at me with the most puzzled face and said, "Oh?"

*When Ashlynn gets excited about something you said, she says "HUH?! HUH!?"

*Bailey has started pointing at things and saying "Dat?"

*We have been cheering for B when she walks, so the other day Ashlynn started running and saying "Yay! Ashlynn run!"

*A has figured out how to run the DVD player (WHAT? She is TWO!). We have now had to hide all of the DVDs so that she won't use them.

*Bailey loves to read. She will find the biggest book she can and drag it all over the house, asking anyone she sees "Book? Book!"

*On the way to church a few weeks ago, Ashlynn started counting. She made it all the way to 12, and we didn't even know she knew past 5!

*Ashlynn is really great at asking to pray.  She will say "Pray God is good".  When we ask her to pray, she bows her head and whispers under her breath and then says "Ah-men."

*Ashlynn will ask "Mama, you ok? You ok?" and then give me a kiss or a hug if she thinks something is wrong

*Bailey has a tem-per. Holy moly.  This morning she got frustrated and cried "MOMMMY!" It was her first time to say mommy, and such a pleasant exchange haha!

*Bailey's favorite snack is dirt. Anytime the door is open, she will scurry outside and start eating leaves, rocks, dirt, whatever she can find.

*Ashlynn will look in the mirror and talk (to herself? a friend? who knows!). Every time, she says "Oh hi! I Ash-wynn. Dis Mama, dis Zeus, dis Bay-Bay" (or whoever happens to be nearby!)

Summer Lovin'

It is that time of the year! Summer has arrived, and has brought yummy good, swimsuits and sweet memories!

Memorial Day 2014

For Memorial Day, we made a much anticipated trip to Austin to meet our favorite new tiny person!

We drove down on Friday, and rented a house with friends for the long weekend. Ashlynn thought it was "Tacie's house!" She loved the extra attention from some of her favorite people (spoiled much?)

We spent our mornings relaxing, swinging and eating on the porch.

Bailey was not too sure about meeting Miss MJ at first, but started to warm up to her by the end of our stay!

We spent Saturday relaxing, and grilling out.

On Sunday, we hit up one of the many restaurants with playgrounds for lunch! Dear DFW, please catch on to this trend stat!

Us girlies got pedicures, and then we headed to swim.  The girls loved the water!

All weekend, we had been promising A that she could have a "va-ni-ya ice team tone",so she got to end the day with one on Sunday :)

We wrapped up the weekend meeting a good friend for lunch, and then hit the road home! We are so blessed to have friends near and far who we love like family!

Sister, Sister

I think these 2 are finally going from sister to friend :)

Riding the bouncing turtle

Playing in dirt together

See saw

"Bay Bay dink? Bay Bay tirsty"

Causing trouble together...

Riding the "BIG" cycle

Helping mama "cook" pan-lakes (aka waffles!)

Sweet cuddles!

Wagon rides together

Family reunion fun

Little pink riding hood is reading a book to her sister

*I would like to add that as I am typing this post, they are fighting like cats and dogs.  No proof of this, because let's be honest, who has time to snap a picture in the middle of a girl fight?!