Kenney's Pool Party

We were in Galveston for Kennedy's 12th birthday and we finally got around to planning a party for her friends. We decided to use the community pool for a pool party. It was a lot of fun!

Nora's visit to The American Girl store

My friend and I took our girls to the American Girl store in Dallas today.

We had brunch in the bistro and it was such a great experience.

It's so cute, the dolls get a special chair to join you at your table.

Enjoying a hot chocolate. Well....mostly the whip!

LOVES her mommy!

She LOVED this campfire set. (Noted - her birthday is in 22 days!)

Posing in front of the Girl Of The Year display.

July 4th weekend

On Saturday we went to my In Laws lake house. The kids had fun swimming off the dock. The water was a little cold and the weather was overcast but Nora did get in for a few minutes.

We didn't get to go out on the Jet Ski's (MIL says no way on busy holidays - too much lake traffic!) But Nora did get to pretend.

Then we had a major downpour and we were worried the fireworks would be cancelled but after about 30 minutes it cleared up and we headed out on the boat to watch the fireworks from the water! It was awesome! It was Nora's first time on a boat!

On Sunday I took Nora downtown to watch the parade. She got lots of Ooohs and Ahhhhs from the people on the floats. So cute!

Then Sunday night we went and watched the city Fireworks display. It was PACKED! They were great - Nora loved it!

Oh - and if you are wondering why I only have pics of Nora, well Kennedy won't let me take her picture and Hannah is always gone - with a friend or her boyfriend. LOL!

I sure hope this works!

I feel like I have just put torture devices on my sweet baby girl!

Here she is sucking that thumb!

We went to the dentist a couple of weeks ago and she said we need to stop.

She recommended the thumb guards.

So I have put them on Nora and tucked her in to bed.

It says we have to do the thumb guards for 30 days for it to be effective.

I sure hope this works!

Gavleston

What a wonderful vacation! 4 days in Galveston with my family, my parents, and my brothers.

The beach house was amazing and the beach was awesome! The water was so warm!

The big girls each got to bring a friend. They had such a good time together.

We enjoyed a great dinner at a Mexican food restaurant in the historical district.

Most of our time was spent playing on the beach and in the ocean!

Or just hanging out on the patio.

But on the 19th we did have something to celebrate! Kennedy's 12th birthday!

She chose to go to the Rainforest Cafe for dinner.

It was an amazing vacation that I will never forget!

Thanks mom and dad!!

Snow Day!

We have snow in Texas!! It snowed ALL DAY LONG yesterday and left us with a winter wonderland! It is just beautiful and white! The big girls played in it all last night and this morning but I didn't get Nora out in it until this afternoon. She had a ball! She didn't complain once about being cold. She made and threw lots of snowballs, made a snow angel, and helped us make 2 snowmen!

I hope that Nora remembers this fun snow day!

It might be a LONG time before we have another one like it!

Happy Halloween!

Well, Nora decided she did not want to be a Cowgirl for Halloween. Luckily I still had last years costume and it fit so she was a fairy princess instead! She was so excited to go trick-or-treating!

Hannah was a Candy Corn Witch. She looked adorable!


Kennedy didn't really want to dress up but I told her she couldn't trick-or-treat without a costume. She really wanted candy so she dressed up as a soccer player....big stretch!

We met up with our neighbors Kristen, Mike, and Kendall. Kendall turned one year old the day before. She was so cute in her Monarch Butterfly costume!

Nora with her LOOT!

Happy Halloween!!