Our summer of fun has begun!

Yahoo! Its time to get this boat out and have some fun :)

Here we go....

I think it is every mom's dream when she has a little girl and can't wait for the piggy's that she gets to do in that little girls hair! I was the same way 9 years ago. Then I had another girl and another... now this 4th little girl, I was almost excited that she had never had enough hair to put into piggy's, because that is just one more set of hair for me to do!

Now I am not the kind of mom to let my kids go out without their hair done, so when this little babe didn't have much hair and I could just throw a headband on that cute little head of hers and call it good. That was great... well, here we go.... She has more hair and I did finally get it up into the cutest little piggy, I've ever seen! So I guess that means that I am one LUCKY(?) mama to get to do 4 beautiful girls hair :)

She thought she looked pretty darn cute too, so she decided to give herself some kisses!

No more training wheels!

I can not believe how fast this little one of mine is growing up. I look back to when I first started blogging and she was only 6 months old, now here she is ready to turn 5 next month and start Kindergarten. I think that life just needs to slow down a little bit!

So here we are 4 years old and she has hit another milestone. No more training wheels for her!! She was so excited to finally be able to be like her big sisters and not need those things anymore!

Good Job, Lexi! I love you kid :)

The Big 9 Year Old

Some one had a BIRTHDAY!!!

Well because her bday was on a Sunday this year, we did her dinner out the night before. We went to Texas Roadhouse. She got to sit on the saddle and get sung Happy Birthday to. There was this man behind her that kept shaking the saddle so it felt like she was riding.

 Had to get a picture of the grandparents and the parents with the bday girl!

So for her birthday she got her own room with a new bed and a sorts of fun decorations!

After dinner, we decided to let her "open her present"

Grandma & Grandpa got her the bed, GG & Papa got her a cute picture collage to put all the pics of her with family and friends in, a big purple fluffy pillow and new shirts.

I stood inside while Makenna came in so I could catch her expression. I'm glad I did, I think she liked her new room!

Sunday morning we had chocolate chip pancakes with sprinkles for breakfast, she got the Happy Birthday plate of course!!

 She got to open a couple other presents also. An outfit and a picture of Christ to hang in her new room.

My Birthday girl!

 The final act of the night... Cake and Ice cream!!

Dance Recital!

No Rain this year!! We were so happy it was good weather, except that it was a little too good of weather. SO HOT!!

As always, my girls danced their little hearts out and did so good!

Makenna danced to "Don't Matter"

Hannah danced to "Rockin Robin"

 And Alexa danced to "Early Bird"

 Hannah and Makenna also did a tumbling routine. It was really cute and they did so good.

 My little dancers!!

Spelling Bee

Makenna came home from being off track and told us that they had a mini spelling bee in her class, and that the top 3 kids got to be in the school's 3rd grade spelling bee and she was one of the kids! I was really excited for her, she really is a good little speller.

So we studied her words for a week and then we went to the school to see her succeed. It was really cool how they did it. They had all the kids sit at a desk with a white board. All the kids were given the same word and had to write it down and show what they wrote. They each then got 3 strikes before getting out, until one person was left.

Well, she didn't win, she was the 8th out of like 18 kids. Her final word she got out on was beverage. She forgot the e after bev.... well she knows how to spell it now! I don't think she will ever forget that word!



We were so proud of her even though she didn't win. She did good and I am proud that she was even able to make it that far!!

Last day of preschool

Oh my! This sweet little girl had her last day of preschool. I can't believe it! In just a couple months she will be a big Kindergartner! She had a fun last day, they did a teddy bear picnic. They played at the park, had a little jump house, brought a teddy bear and had some yummy snacks.

Then she came home from school with her graduation cap on! She had such a good year, and this little girl is Definitely ready for Kindergarten!!

Memorial Day Weekend

For Memorial Day Weekend, we seem to always go down to the cabin, and this year was no different. Also It seems the weather is always Crappy... Rainy, Windy, and cold... and again, this year was no different. Despite the crummy weather, we had a fun time.

We roasted hot dogs....

Ate smores....

Matt and his dad hung out....

Makenna learned how to ride the motorcycle by herself....

Drew got his first ride with dad on the motorcycle (LOVED IT! He didn't want to get off)

Our little Hannah was climbing in the trees....

We all had a good little time with each other!