Ready for FALL!

I am not sure this Texas weather knows what it is doing...we were teased this week by a few gorgeous 80 degree days and then this weekend it was back in the 90's. I love Fall time...pumpkin patches, fall festivals, nice weather to be outside! We are ready!
This weekend we went and cheered on Gaga when she ran a 5K! Hattie was holding a sign that said " Go, Gaga, Go!" We were watching for my mom to come by and Hattie was so excited when she saw her. All the runners around my mom thought that sign was cute! While we waited for my mom to complete the race, we let Hattie jump in the bounce house and run around some of the small vendors, then we cheered as Grandma crossed the finish line....and she won for her age division. My mom and I are planning on running a 5K next month. It will be a breeze for my mom since she is used to running marathons, but a huge challenge for me since I really haven't ran for 2 years! So we will see how it goes, I am a little nervous.
The rest of the day was spent with my family at my parent's house. Every weekend when we are at my parent's Hollyn takes a huge 3 hour nap there! I guess there is something about napping at Papa and Gaga's house that she loves!
Last night Brent, my mom, and I went to a really nice banquet that my church had. My parents have been going to our church for a little while now and we love it!

Hattie waiting for Grandma to run by and holding her sign

Papa and Hollyn

Jumping

Yay Gaga!

All this running is exhausting for a baby

Happy Birthday Gaga!

Hollyn can really cruise with her walkers

being silly

thank you Jodi for these adorable outfits and all the other gifts! They are very spoiled!

Awww

Yes, she sure does look cute but this little princess has had quite the week of throwing fits....we had 4 nights this week where Hattie was up for atleast an hour throwing a fit because she couldn't get milk or juice. Brent and I were persistent with her not getting her way and finally the last two nights she didn't get up! My goodness it was exhausting and I can definetly see why so many parents are tempted to just give in to their child's fits even though it's not a good idea!

the little princess

sisterly love

cute 10 month old

look at my cute outfit Benny

oh kisses

she is constantly climbing on top of this picnic table

Happy Grandparent's Day!

After church we took my parents out to dinner at Cheddars to celebrate Grandparent's Day! We sure wish Nana and Papa could celebrate with us! Hopefully we will see them in October or November, and we already have plans to spend Christmas with them! Hattie talks about her Grandparents ALL the time! Her and Hollyn are sure lucky girls to have the grandparents they do!
Happy Grandparents Day to Gaga and Papa, Nana and Papa, Great Grandparents Cliff and Sarah, Great Grandma Gloria, and Great Grandma Lois! We love you all!

Also today is the 10th Anniversary of 9/11. I can't believe it has been 10 years already. I can remember being a freshman in college and I was up really early for my 8 am class, when someone came in and told us what had happened. I remember tons of girls surrounding our small dorm tv and classes being cancelled. We will never ever forget that day. We are very fortunate to live in the country we do and really appreciate all those that fought and gave their lives for our freedom!

Little Update on the girls:
Hattie is LOVING her montessori school! Everyday I pick her up and she says " I so happy!" and " school is lots of fun". She has been singing non stop all her songs she is learning there and is constantly talking about her teachers and new friends! I am VERY thankful that she loves going to her daycare. I was so nervous those first two weeks!
Hollyn will be 10 months tomorrow!! She is busy cruising around furniture and holding onto the walls to walk. She is close to walking on her own- but she doesn't need to hurry! She is growing up so fast!

Gaga and Papa holding the girls

Hattie and Hollyn with Papa John! We had fun staying at their house on Saturday and even did a little shopping!

Bri Comes to Visit!

My old college roomie, Bri, flew in to Texas from Oregon. It had been 5 years since we had seen eachother!
I love Bri- she always has such a positive attitude and is so much fun to be around. She came to school with me one day and talked to the kiddos about disabilities and cerebral palsy. The kids had about a million questions...they especially liked that Bri knew how to ski and were very interested in snow and the ski lifts! One little guy told Bri he felt so bad for her because of her disabilitiy and Bri had such a great response, she said that she didn't want anyone to feel bad for her because she is so happy and has a great job, house, and can do almost anything.
One night we went to Grapevine Mills Mall and visited the aquarium and The Rainforest Cafe. I had planned on it being so busy, so we were really surprised when we had the aquarium to ourselves ( mostly) and didn't even have a wait for The Rainforest Cafe! Yay!
Over the weekend we spent time at my parents house ( they just got into town Friday!) and Sara's house! Bri fits right in to our crazy family!
Hattie was really sad when she realized Bri had left today...she told Bri that she was her best friend. Benny also really misses Bri....those two were buds!

looking up at the jelly fish

crawling around in the shark deck....so neat!

touching the sea creatures

Rainforest Cafe was really fun! Hattie didn't care for the loud animal noises every 5 minutes, but surprisingly Hollyn like it!

catching a ride with Bri

Bri kept asking where all the palm trees where?!!? So when we saw these we had to pull over to get a picture