Just because....

Arrr Matey...

Today was "dress like a pirate" day at VBS!! Jared and Alayna didn't want to dress up, but Haley was all over it! :)





Hmmm... I think it's time to get the bangs trimmed! :D

And this is why...

we don't have much video of Eli to post on here!! (or even pictures for that matter! :) )

VBS - Wacky Wednesday

Haley is going to VBS this week at the church where she'll be going to school. I'm excited that she's going and is getting use to the place. Plus, she's going with Alayna, her BFF, so that makes it extra fun.

I've been picking up Alayna and her big brother Jared in the morning to take them to VBS and their mom, Anj brings Haley home for me in the afternoon. Today was Wacky Wednesday. They got to dress totally wacky! Here's the crew in all their wackiness! :)

Don't they look thrilled! ;)



BFF's :) We also found out this week that Haley and Alayna are going to be in the same class for kindergarten!! Yay!



And Jared, not because he's wacky, but because he's cute! :)

Haley and Blake

This is from this afternoon. Eli was napping, so I'll have to catch him later. It's a little long, but too cute not to share! :)

More pool fun!

Here's a few more pool pictures from this weekend. The water was a little cloudy, so it was harder to get underwater pics. For those who don't know, the other kids are my niece and nephew.

Here's the kids swimming! Eli looks like he's about to drown, but he actually does really well.


Here's Grace underwater:


Haley and Gracie:


Haley jumping in. She won't do it without holding her nose. Just like her Mama! ;)


Haley and Gracie taking a "dive".


Haley underwater:


Blake must have seen something really interesting on the other side of the pool! :)


Here's Daniel and a scary Richard in the background


Eli practicing his swimming.


Eli loves to jump in too! He has no fear.


Grace and Eli were playing this game where Grace would ask for a hug and Eli would say no and try to get away. It's a game Eli plays with everyone, both in and out of the pool! :D

Pool day!!

I got another new toy!! :) A lot of moms I *know* from a mom's board got a super new camera. It's an Olympus point and shoot, small, fits in my pocket and purse very easily. I know what you're thinking, "So what?" Well, this camera is WATERPROOF!!! :D It looks like a regular camera and takes great pictures outside of the water too. But I can fully submerge it and take pictures of the kids. Plus it's shock proof up to 5 feet, so it's great to have around the kids. I still love my dSLR, but this is a lot of fun!!

So, we loaded up the kids this afternoon and here's the pics! They are pretty Blake heavy because Haley and Eli were too busy swimming! :)

Haley singing

Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing - Photo Books

This turns sideways half way through, sorry! But this is just too cute! :)

Haley's Dance Recital 2008

Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing - Photo Books

Yay! I'm so excited that I got this actually edited out of the original full video and I'm able to post her part on here!!! The copyright for this video belongs to Leak Productions. They didn't let us video the recital ourselves, but here's Haley's part of the professional video! :)

Happy 4th!!

We didn't do anything exciting here. Haley did go with Richard and Deline and the kids to the Sachse parade. She, Daniel and Gracie rode their bikes in it. I'll have to post pictures when I get them from Deline. After the boys had their naps, we went to Toys R Us so Haley could use her gift card from Granddaddy and Grammie for her birthday. She picked out a Wii game. We picked up Pei Wei on the way home for dinner, then kept the kids up so we could go watch the fireworks. It worked out great. We parked in the middle median of a road overlooking the mall basically. We had a perfect view of about 6 different cities fireworks! And it only took us about 5 minutes to get home! Big plus! ;)

Anyway, here's some pics!! :D












Here's what Blake thought of the fireworks! :)

Baby-wearing contest

I entered this contest and if I put the link on my blog, I got an extra entry! ;) So, here ya go! :)

Win the Essential Babywearing Stash from Along for the Ride (one Beco Butterfly, one Hotsling baby pouch, one BabyHawk Mei Tai, one Zolowear Ring Sling, and one Gypsy Mama Wrap)

Random pictures from the past few weeks

I keep taking pictures and thinking, "I can't wait to put these on the blog!" But, alas, life gets in the way and they never seem to make it. So here's a couple of pictures from the past few weeks. We took the kids to the Children's Museum in Dallas a couple of weeks ago, so most are from that. Eli also helped Daddy mow the front yard the other day! ;) And, you will get a glimpse into Haley's future! :)

















Here's Haley's future: She'll be doing homework, while Eli's gets to play! :D