Racing Fun!

It's been so fun to get to see our family the last two weekends! Doug, Amber, Callie and Sarah were in Oklahoma for a few weeks, so we raced up to see them last weekend and they came down to Texas to see us this weekend.

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The girls enjoyed dressing-up in princess costumes and tutu's and playing at the park! Sarah and Addy loved riding the four-wheeler together!

Doug, Amber and I had a chance to run a 5K on Saturday morning, while Andy watched all 4 girls--he's the real winner of that race! I did make sure to pack a bag of oreo cookies for the girls (as arsenal) should things get out of control. Upon crossing the finishing line I could see my little cheering section with black crumbs across their cute smiles! :-) He did a great job watching them and let Sarah and Addy run down a trail together for their own little race, while the very calm Emery and Callie rode in the double stroller!

Future 5Kers!!

Then we raced home to watch conference together, which was so wonderful (or at least the pieces that I caught!). We've had a blast!!!!

Congratulations Andy!

Last weekend, Andy went to San Antonio for the Hall Organ Competition and won first place! We were so excited that Sarah, Bobo and I made a little banner for Andy. We had so much fun coloring it and marking it up with musical notes and symbols. I was so grateful to have their creative genius and help there! Congratulations Andy--we love you and are so proud of you!!!

Dallas Zoo!

Today, Karri (my best friend growing-up!) and Darcy (her beautiful little baby girl!), took us to the Dallas Zoo! The weather was completely perfect and made for a wonderful and fun day! Sadly, our camera can eat batteries like I can eat through a tub of Blue Bell, so we weren't able to get as many pictures as we would have liked, but that just gives us more reason to come back in the future for more great photo ops!

There was a little splash zone river for the kids and Addy was so excited to get in the water until she stepped on a stick--you should have seen how fast she got out of that water!

Addy relates everything in life to her favorite princess, Cinderella, so she was so happy to see chickens and horses "like Cinderella" as she says. She was also excited to see and learn that elephants have their "business" too and after he was done she said "change" (for diaper change) and then kept asking for "more more please!" Very cute! Thanks again Karri and Darcy for such a wonderful day full of new sights and adventures!

Cowtown Fun!

Here are some pictures from the Cowtown 5K we did last Saturday! It was such a fun experience! There was over 18,000 at the race and the energy and adrenaline was so contagious!! While we (Amy, Rick and I) were out running the race, Andy was so great to take the kids around the expo for some fun events. Sarah won a hula-hooping contest and the prize she received was a "Megamind" DVD!!!! We were all so excited for her!!!! After finishing it was great to see a big Blue Bell truck passing out ice cream. I think had I known that would be at the finish line, I might have run faster to get there! :-)

Dancing Queens with Quotes!

The really good moves are at the end of the movie, so keep watching to see Addy and Emery's sweet dance moves!!

Funny quotes from Addy.....

While at the park swinging Addy hears some birds.....

Addy: "Birdies crying?"

Mommy: "Yes, it sounds like the Birdies are crying."

Addy: "Birdies time-out!"

Last Tuesday night we were waiting for Dad to get home to tuck the girls in bed and they were watching the Biggest Loser with me. (The BL contestants were doing boxing.)

Addy: "Exercise!"

Mommy: "Yes, that's right! They are exercising!"

Addy: (walks up to the TV and says with gusto) "NO HITTING!"

Addy is in love with Cinderella and everything associated with it. She walks around wearing "slippers," dresses, and lately asked for a wand when she saw me cooking with spaghetti. So I gave her an uncooked noodle and she waved it around in circles and said "Make Mom a dress like Cinderella!" It was priceless!

"Prayer Pose and Shake Your Booty" staring Emery Claire

Tonight at the dinner table we all folded our arms for prayer and I looked over (yes, my eyes were open:-) to see Emery trying her hardest to imitate us. Folding arms can be tricky business, but Emery just wanted to add her own style!

Emery is going to make a fabulous sign language interpreter! She's already practicing her facial expressions!

Later on in the evening, we had some dancing music on, "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!" Emery was really getting into it--shake that booty!!!

Magical Snow!

There's something about snow that's magical! Addy was so excited to get her hands on it and once she figured out she could throw it at Mom and that I would throw it back, it started a long snowball fight--she loved it! Although, it was difficult to get pictures with snow coming at the camera!

At one point I heard Addy say, "YUMMY!!!" I already knew what was happening and luckily she was eating fresh snow, not the black and brown yucky stuff. What a relief!

We must have stayed outside for at least 45 minutes, when I brought Addy in. She wasn't happy about that. She was completely captivated by this amazing-thing called snow! I think she would have stayed out there forever it I had let her.