Lots of fun in May!

 May is going by fast and, like other years, it is very busy!! Mothers Day, dance recitals and birthday parties have kept us busy so far!

Hattie had her first dance recital, which just happened to be princess theme, and she did great! Hollyn sat in the audience watching saying " Go Hattie!"...she had aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents watching her. My favorite was at the end when all the kids went by with their trophies. All the kids were holding them and running across the stage and then there was Hattie holding hers up as high as she could while walking slowly on her tippy toes. She is SO proud of that trophy!!

Over the weekend we had Adi's b-day party at Wylie Rec Center where the kids got to go rock climbing!! Then on Sunday we had cousin Layla's party where they had an amazing balloonist ( not sure if that's right) and Sprinkles cupcakes!!

 Hattie and Adi

 Hattie was not going to give up until she got to the top! Too bad the place kicked us out after an hour...we might have been there a while : )

 Happy Birthday to my sweet three year old niece! LOVE her!

 Sisters!

I didn't get a pic of the delicious cupcakes! Those were my first "Sprinkles" cupcakes..yes I said those. Miss Hollyn asked for a cupcake and then refused to eat it ...so I couldn't throw it away!!

 Playing in the park while daddy helped cook for a High School fundraiser

 taking the dogs for a walk

 Hollyn's dance class..she always wants sissy to help her

 Field trip to Ripley's Believe it or Not and wax museum...fun fun fun!!

 Having ducks show up in your front yard is huge excitment in this house!

 love reading with daddy

 This is what it looks like in our bed when there are thunder storms : )

 My Mother's Day started by waking up to these strawberries Brent made me...gosh I just counted them and dang...I had no idea I ate that many! Oops!

Our day ended by a family trip to the new movie theater in Wylie! Lucky us had the entire show to ourselves. We were the only ones in the theater, oh and we got free popcorn!! Score! Good thing we had fun..I don't think we will be taking Hollyn to a movie for another 4 to 5 years! That girl does not like to sit still! Ha!

Pedal Car Races!

Today the girls did their first pedal car race! They were so excited and kept asking when it was. There was just one problem...it's a pedal car race and neither girl knows how to pedal very well : )
I still wanted them to do it and figured if they had to..they could just Fred Flinstone their way across the race.  To my surprise both girls did pedal, it wasn't fast but they did pedal!! It was so cute! I took videos of both, but they are too big to post on here. It was pretty hilarious!! Hattie was one of the last in her heat to cross the line and she was so happy. She said " Mommy, I won!". I about went with and said " Yah, you did", but then I thought...nope you are going to learn you don't always win and I told her that another boy won, but that she tried her best and did very good!

This was such a fun event that our neighboring town does. The kids got free shirts, popsicles, popcorn and cotton candy. Our church does a fun booth and has activities for the kids too. Several of our church friends were their with their kids. We will for sure do that again next year. In the mean time I will be working with the girls on pedaling so they can win next year!! : )

Check Us Out!

My friend, Loren, and I have been working out almost every morning. She is living with us until she gets married. We are trying to get in shape for her wedding ( I am a bridesmaid) and she is also competing in our gym's weight loss challenge. Oh and so far she is winning!! YAY! One of the girls at our gym does an awesome blog about working out ( she lost over 100 lbs) and lots of other cool things. When I checked her blog today there we were doing our thing:

http://www.skinnymeg.com/

How funny!!

I do love exercising; and with a friend it's even better!!

Happy Wednesday!