Summer Fun

Wow what a summer trip we had. The girls and I left on June 24 and didn't return until Aug 5. We started off from home and drove to Arkansas. We visited with my parents for a few days before the girls and I went our separate ways for 2 weeks. I flew to Texas to visit with the Voltin's, the girls off to Washington to visit Mike's family. This was Izzy's first trip out there and her first time meeting a lot of family.

This is a picture of most of Grandma Bonnie and Grandpa Ron's grandkids.

While they were there I was in Texas to help with their newest arrival baby Hope. As with every trip with the Voltin's it went way too fast. I would add a picture from my trip but the only picture that I took there was of Pam and Hope and Pam had just woke up. I won't plaster that picture all over the internet for you! ;)

After 2 weeks I flew up to WA to meet up with my girls. I was greeted at the airport with big hugs, flowers and a cute little balloon. Our time in WA and OR was filled with visit with family and Izzy's 3rd birthday party.

Great Grandpa Ralph and Great Grandma Dee with the girls

Izzy's party was fun to plan. We had all of her favorite things Phineas and Ferb, pizza and cupcakes. It was so great to have so many family members at her party and for me to be able see all of them too. 

The only bummer about this party was it was soo cold that day in the park. Who knew that a party in July you would need to bundle up for. The day did get warmer and the kids were able to go back to the park to swim at the pool together. Happy 3rd Birthday Izzy girl!

After that we headed back to Arkansas to have a real visit with my parents, sister and nephews. Izzy also lucked out because she was given another party to celebrate with all of them and again with her pals Phineas and Ferb. 

Izzy wanted a water day so we spent the entire day out in the pool and slip-n-slide. All of the kids loved it. 

Poor Kody! The kids were having a great time chasing him down and tackling him in the pool. We decided to leave AR a little sooner than we planned but we decided to bring everyone with us but my sister Michelle because she had to work, boohiss for Michelle to our next stop. At the last minute we decided to take a trip to Nashville which was on our way home any way. We stayed their for just 2 days but it was a lot of fun for the kiddos. Before we arrived we did some searching to find what we wanted to do in such a short amount of time. The kids all vote for the Adventure Space Center and the Duck boat Tour, so that is what we did. 

This them at the Space Center. Below is the super crew just before we took our tour of Nashville. Both of the girls and Konan got to drive it while it was in the water. They really had a great time.

Izzy's Dance

Izzy's end of the year dance performance. She had a lot of fun and Paige was a great supporter too. She was cheering and really proud of Izzy at the end. It was very cute!

They were supposed to be picking up their bear's but Izzy was just hanging out. She did pick it up for the next song. She did really well, especially being in front of all of the people. It was a packed house!

Gymnastics Expeditions!

We had a very busy weekend last weekend. We did the Run for the Warriors, unit picnic and Izzy's gym expo on Sat, then Paige's gym expo and a friends b-day on Sun. Needless to say I was exhausted and so were the kiddos. I tried adding video but it wouldn't load so this is what you get from both of the girls are the pictures that I managed to get.

Little Miss. Izzy right before she started. 

This was hilarious! She bowed instead of putting her hands up and saying TADA!

Paige bounced a few times then flipped under the bar feet coming up and over. I hope that makes sense to everyone.

She received a medal and a trophy. The trophy was for doing this for 3 years, she was really proud of that. She has made a lot of progress in the last 3 years and she really loves it. Next year she has been invited to join their Petite Performers. So we will be spending more time at the gym. 

We are super proud of both of our little gymnast!

Run for the Warriors

She was a warrior that day. She ran, walked, sprinted and whined but she made it all on her own for the full 5k. She even pushed the jogging stroller for a little bit. I told her she can hold on and it would be easier. I hand it over to her and she starts sprinting. Everyone around us started laughing because she was just complaining about her legs hurting. Crazy kid!

We are so proud of her!

You got to love that smile on her face! 

After it was all over she said that she will never ever do a 5k again. Never say never!

Good job kiddo!

Finally!!!

After 3 weeks of it being super lose it finally came out 3 nights ago. The tooth fairy came and took the tooth while dropping off .50. Thank you tooth fairy for not having the night off again because there was a very excited little girl in my room the next morning. Now, Izzy is wonder when she is going to lose hers.

Paige is 6!

Birthday girl Paige! Her big day was on a Wed so we 

had her open all of her gifts from family and a special dinner. Sat would be her party with all of her friends. She had a really good day. Dad called to talk to her at school that was really great. Unfortunately, the playground was a little cooler than Dad so she only talked to him for a little bit. 

She got quite the loot. I was able to talk to the Grandma's before they got gift so that we could all get her American Girl doll stuff. Dad and I got her the doll which she named Megan. The Grandma's got her everything that you could possible want for your doll. She loves everything. Papa Mike had already bought his gift so we were too late getting him in on the plan but him and Gramma Kathi got her a camera that she is excited to use.

For dinner she chose her new favorite restaurant (thanks Uncle Jeff) Hakata a hibacti grill. Uncle Jeff joined us for dinner to help Paige celebrate. We bought him dinner but both the girls went home with 20's. He spoils them! These are the fun hats that they use for birthday's . I wish that I got a better picture of the girls in these because they were hilarious! 

These are Paige's friends that joined her for her party at Classic gymnastics. The kids played hard and had lots of fun. We had pizza and cupcakes, Paige's menu and the pizza had to come from Credo's. Any where else would of been gross. 

 Happy Birthday Paige! We love you kid!

Thank you to everyone that helped her celebrate another year.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone! Here are my two stinkers getting ready to dash for some eggs. As you can see they have already spotted some because neither one was looking at the camera. Turkeys!!! They have bug catchers because the eggs looked like little bugs, just incase you were wondering.

Izzy found her first egg on the stairs while Paige made her mad dash to the trampoline. They had a great time wandering the yard for all of the eggs. Afterwards we played in the yard because it was such a beautiful day. It is really nice to be outside in some nice weather since it seemed like such a long winter.

Hope that everyone had a Happy Easter and that the Easter bunny was good to all of you.