Owen & Alyssa's Wedding

At the end of August we all headed to AZ for Owen and Alyssa's wedding! We had such a blast hanging out with all of our family. We spent the days hanging out at the pool and late nights playing games. The day before the wedding we had a nice family temple trip. It was so nice to go and be there with my family.

I never manage to get any pictures of Dan and I with the girls, so while we were at the wedding we attempted.

We had a blast at the wedding.

And we were glad when the newly wed couple decided to join in on the fun. ;) Welcome to the family Alyssa, we love you!

July

For the 4th of July Dan reserved a pavaillion so we could have a bbq and watch the fireworks at the lake. It's no big surprise but I managed to only take 1 picture of the entire day, so here it is.

After the fireworks show at the lake, a few of us headed over to my parents house to make our own fireworks show in the empty lots behind their house. Dan got a kajillion fireworks and I think our show was better than the show at Grapevine Lake. Emily managed to snap a shot of one of the biggest fireworks that went off that night ;)


We ventured out to the Children's museum in Dallas. Getting there was fun...note to self don't try to drive on any Dallas highway during rush hour. But once we got there the kids had a blast.

It's so much fun to live by cousins!

The June Haps

We started off the month with a visit from Grandma Liddle. We enjoyed spending some quality time playing, reading, shopping, and watching movies together.

The next event of the month was finding out that Makenzie was going to be a big sister! I think she looks a little terrified by hearing the news, or it could have been the gorillas at Rain Forest Cafe.

We also celebrated Kaitlyn's 4th birthday! It was really fun to have all of her cousins in town to celebrate with us. She was also grateful that Dawn was there to make her the strawberry-banana cake, shaped like a heart, with pink frosting and sprinkles that she had been talking about all month long.

And of course we had many days filled with ice cream, shopping and of course long days at the pool.

Happy Birthday

...to my little DIVA

We love the way you
have your own sense of style
know exactly what you want - and how you want it
remember EVERYTHING
love and take care of your little sister
tell imagintive stories
light up our lives

Texas

So we've been in Texas for over a month now and last night was the first time I actually busted out the camera. I just couldn't pass up this shot...

NASCAR and Indy Car in the middle of a pond...nice. Granted this is just right outside of the Texas Motor Speedway, so I guess what else should I expect.


Dan got tickets to the Indy Car Race for his office as an incentive. It was nice to actually spend an evening with (or just near) my husband.

Shaq was there too...He was the one who said "Start your engines"

My sisters also had tickets to the race so I actually spent most of the night with them while Dan was mingling with guys from work. Although it was soooooo loud (we had to wear ear plugs) it was almost like playing a game of charades

The APX crew


We're having a lot of fun here in TX and now that I've finally unpacked my camera maybe I'll get back to updating the blog regularly. But please, don't hold your breath

To anyone who still checks my blog...

Well really just the first 5 people,

I'm paying it forward! My cute neighbor Saedi posted this on her blog and I participated with the promise that I would keep the chain going. So here it goes...

The first five people to comment on this post will get something in the mail (or hand delivered) from me. Who knows what it will be, there are very few things that I actually know how to make but I promise to put some good thought and effort into it and make it as good as I can get.

The catch is that if you are one of the five to comment, you have to post a similar post on your blog. This keeps us all busy and thinking of others. Hope you decide to participate!!!

READY,

SET,

COMMENT

Easter

The night before Easter (Easter Eve?) we had a wicked awesome party at our house with Owen & Alyssa, and Steph & Nate. It included dinner, a bunny cake (also confused for a lamb cake), decorating easter eggs, and the BEST part...pin the puff on the bunny. The non-creators (every one besides me & Steph) were skeptical at first, but it turned out to be very entertaining. And not to brag or anything, but I did manage to crush the competition (and no I did not cheat)

Easter morning the girls found their Easter baskets and then we had to hurry off to Church

After a good nap we headed over to Aunt Cathy's house for a delicious Easter dinner and the traditional Easter Egg Hunt




It sure was nice to have such fun and kind family that lives close by to spend this special day with