So much has happened since my last post...WAY back on the last day of December!! I have no idea how a month and a half passed by, and I was somehow unable to add anything to this blog! So many fun things have happened around here! I'll start out with the brand new 4 year
olds, since our February pretty much centers around them and their big birthday!
Before their big b-day, they came home from school with these life sized cards (that they are wearing in the picture above) for Sam and me. They sang a special song to go along with their presentation...so special for us!!
The girls special day was spent having a party with friends and family at
ASI Gymnastics! They LOVED every second of their Princess themed gymnastics party!
getting ready for guests to arrive....they actually turned 4 at the very beginning of their party...Ella at 2:04 p.m. and Emmy at 2:06 pm...I am never organized enough to get a picture of them the minute that they turn a year older....
Emma (left) Ella (right)
at the house before their party holding up their "fours"
at
ASI for party time!!
Ella Cate
Daddy and his sweet princesses
Emma's cake
Ella's cake...this is the 1st year that they wanted individual cakes, so because of that we opted for Target cakes rather than the pricey specialty bakery cakes.
singing "Happy Birthday"
most of the party guests watching one of the coaches jump HIGH on the trampoline
many guests looking on at the action on the gym floor
the girls loved the great
ASI coach who hosted their party!
they got to be the leaders of all of the games...they felt
soooo special!
Emma
Ella
Bettie and
Quinny
Gage
Carter, Carson, and Corbin
Sam, Uncle John, and Aunt Madonna
G-Dad and Nathan
Cade and
Grancie\
Colt and Carson
Emmy and
Ashlyn
Noah
Colt and
Cade
Reese and Julian
Nana and G-Dad
Meg, Julie, and me
Me and Uncle Caleb
me, Chels, and Shawna
Mom and me
Brenda and me....parties are the couple of times a year that I seem to be able to capture special pictures like these...so I always ask everyone to pose with me ;)
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Something else that was really special this month was the snowstorm that we had in the DFW area. Supposedly the last time DFW recieved this much snow was 32 years ago....I didn't get to see it then because I was'nt born yet....my mom was newly pregnant with me!! Crazy!! The kids LOVED every second of the snow, and Sam and I thought that it was pretty fun too!!
Thursday afternoon when the kids got home from school
The sad snowman that noone would help me with...I think Cade was embarrassed to pose with me in front of him!!
He's wearing the kids preschool shirt
building the snowman...Cooper and Sophie loved the snow too!
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We went to a Mavs game with Brenda, Colt, Chels, and Carter at the beginning of February. It was the girls' 1st Mavs game, and they had a blast!!
We have a picture like this exactly 4 years ago 2/26 when I was 35 weeks pregnant with the girls...EXACT same pose, only the girls were in my tummy...soooo funny
the crew
eating at Hooter's pre-game
Today all of the Pre-K classes at the little ones' school held a Pre-K Circus Performance. Carson played a strong man, and we all really enjoyed watching him! Here he is posing for me after the show in his classroom.
waiting his turn on stage to life the heavy bar
his cool strongman tattoo
his other tattoos
his circus flag in the sanctuary
Carson lifting the bar
showing off his strong muscles
Ashlyn after she performed her dog trainer act
Carson and the other strong men
finished performing and enjoying the rest of the circus
walking in
Carson's friend Ethan did a great job as the ringmaster
Ashlyn was a great dog trainer!
