Sunday, February 6, 2011

Lexie & Sophie's 8th Birthday

On Saturday, we went to our nieces birthday party at the skating rink in Muskogee. It was definitely fun for the whole family! Even Haynes and I enjoyed skating...what a blast from the past! Hadlee skated for a bit, and decided it would be more fun running around the rink with Reese. I think they thought it was a huge dance floor! Needless to say, we all had a blast celebrating the girl's 8th birthday!
The Birthday girls with Had and Reese
Lexie skating behing the girls
Hadlee's first time on skates!!! 
The girls are having a ball!
Lexie, Haynes and the girls making it around the rink 
This is such a sweet picture
Hadlee enjoying all the birthday treats
C'mon Mommy!
Taking a break for sweet hugs
Reese loved skating with her mom
Annie, Greg, Annabelle & Wag
Reese doing the cha-cha with didi, Lexie and Sophie
The birthday girls with us, didi and Pop

Round Two Snow

On Friday we actually got another 4 inches of snow on top of the 13 inches we already had! It was such a beautiful snow, with big fluffy flakes. Bentley and I spent some time playing, while the girls napped! I love to watch Bentley go crazy in the snow...




It's so exciting to see our house covered in snow. And look at all those snowflakes... it sure doesn't look like Tulsa, Oklahoma.


Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Snow Dazed!

Day 1: What a beautiful sight to wake up to...SNOW!!! I'm not sure I've ever seen snow fall so fast and drifts so high. We watched it snow all day, and loved every second of it. It was definitely worth that trip to Grocery Store on Monday!





The sun came out after the girls woke up from their nap, and Haynes returned home (he was out working with a friend clearing parking lots. Not an easy task in this blizzard)! The girls loved looking out at the snow, and felt the need to put on their hats!



Day 2: We are all starting to get cabin fever around here...like most I'm sure! Thankfully, our friend's the Coonces live across the street, and came over for dinner last night. However, entertaining two restless 2-year olds after three days of being in the house is a daunting task. See below...


Painting and stamps in out PJs! 



After a nice long shower with the three of us girls, we made snow ice cream. However, the girls found the snow to be too cold to touch. And upon making this tasty treat, I realized I was out of vanilla extract. But, wait I did have rum extract...why not, what's the difference? Well, a lot, but it wasn't so bad...they didn't know the difference and we all need a little taste of Rum on a day like this:)



Our next to do, a new train set. A Christmas gift from Kaki and Papa we hadn't opened, yet. All these new toys are coming in handy!



Bentley is seriously bored, and I think we're driving him nuts:)




Finally, Haynes arrives home on a large piece of machinery. A dozer, I believe! A welcomed sight for our driveway and this mom, who is about go bonkers!

Hi Honey!


At last, the girls are outside in the snow. They enjoyed walking around in it, and thought it was funny. Of course, it wasn't funny when Reese's boots got snow on them, and she had a melt down:) Most importantly, we were able to get in our car, get out of the driveway and head to Outback for dinner! A much needed outing! Yippee!!!





Ava's 5th Birthday

Our sweet cousin, Ava turned celebrated her 5th birthday this past Saturday. Safari Joe was there with all kinds of fun creatures...snakes, turtles, birds, lizards and more.The kids had a ball! And we even played outside, soaking up the beautiful weather!

 
 
The birthday girl, Ava and her big candle
One of the cuter creatures 

Hadlee and Reese enjoying some cookie cake
     
Had is all about the icing...no cookie needed!
                                    
My sweet Reese

Hadlee, Reese and Catherine trying out all the flavors