Kissing Cousins

This is from a few months back but I just got copies of these pictures and they are too cute not to share! Here is Charlotte and her cousin Luke.

Birthday Parties

This has been the summer of birthdays it seems and this morning we went to a party at the park. Cha Cha had a great time seeing all her friends from school. She enjoyed cake and wearing a party hat, but her favorite was...

the pinata! She swung at it so hard...

and tried and tried to bust it open. Thankfully some bigger kids were there and they were able to break it open so everyone could enjoy the candy inside.


Jane didn't go to the party but she is so cute how could I not include a picture of her???

Baking Cookies

Betty Crocker better watch out, Cha Cha is on the loose and ready to bake with the best of them.

Janie loves her sister

Cha Cha still has the great abilty to get her sister to laugh.

Pool time

We set up the kid's pool in the backyard today - anything to water the lawn, right? At first, Jane wasn't sold on the idea...

But she changed her mind pretty quickly and had a great time!

Silly Cha Cha

There were a few moments this morning that were very entertaining. Here Cha Cha looks very worried about the house in the back ground.

The reason she was worried was that she has been on a kick of watching sleeping beauty and inside the house was this spinning wheel and she didn't want to prick her finger and fall asleep for 100 years.

Later on in the morning, Cha Cha decided she needed to play the drums on these leaves and trees with her two sticks she picked up along the way.

Then she needed a rest so she laid down on this rock bench...until she saw a bug and hopped up prety quick.

Family photos

At the wishing well.

Cha Cha was sad that Jane and I sat down with her in the butterfly chair.

I'm a Beautiful Butterfly!!

In the gardens the girls fell in love with these huge butterfly chairs.

A morning at Zilker

This morning we took the kids out to Zilker Botanical Gardens. The kids had a great time and were troopers in the heat.

Best Friends

While in Houston we met up with my best friend from childhood, Mia, and her family. Her daughter, Myla, is 6 months older than Cha Cha and they had a good time playing together and ended the day with a nice hugging moment.

With four months separating Jane and Maddie, these two took a bit longer to warm up to each other.

Good Bye Boyce Springs

This weekend we spent time in Houston getting some furniture and stuff from my parents. It was probably the last time I'll be in the house I grew up so I wanted to get some pictures of the family in front of the unoffical spot for all pictures taken throughout my life.

Here is everyone - I think Jane and Brian found something interesting on the ground.

My sweet little girls!

Cha Cha is such a good big sister!