Kelsey's 3rd Birthday Party

Well, I can not believe our baby girl is ALREADY three years old! Where in the WORLD does the time go!!!???? Before we know it she will be starting 'big' girl school, then we'll be giving her keys to a car - Boy, I DO NOT wanna think about that! But she is at such a FUN age! That girl LOVES to sing, just like her daddy! It is just music to my ears... I love it!! I don't know where she gets this from, but she loves to read! (Well, for us to read to her!) :) And she is loving horses!

But, we couldn't think of what we wanted to get her for her birthday..... So at the last minute, we went shopping for her the night before her birthday. She ended up having to go with us... Anyway, let me back up - on the way from MiMi's house, we were headed home and I had asked her what she wanted for her birthday and she said a baby puppy.. I thought it was cute "a 'baby' puppy". Brian called me and I got her to tell him what she wanted and she told him the same thing. Well, on the way to Toys 'R Us, Brian asked me "Isn't there a pet store over here?" I said "yeah, over in Patton Creek" So..... to the pet store we headed! If you know my husband at all he is NO MORE DOGS!! So this was a SHOCKER for me!! But we went in looked at the ones in the little kennels and none popped out at us. We were walking out and the pet store had this little box up front where they can put puppies in the window. Well, this little gray puppy stuck it's head above the top of the box and I told Brian - aww, look at that one over there in the window with the little bow in it's hair. So we got her and played with her for a minute and Kelsey kept saying "I wanna take her home!".. after a few minutes we were like, we don't need a dog.... so we left! Went to Toys 'R Us.. spent more $$ than we needed to.... We were at the red light leaving Toys 'R Us and Brian asked Kelsey "Do you want that puppy?" and of course she said uh ha.... So, BACK to the pet store we go! We got the puppy and went the room and let Kelsey play with her.... I think Mommy and Daddy fell in love with her right then. But we still hadn't made our mind up...... We got out of the room and Brian was up front holding/petting the little puppy and we were still talking about it and I asked Brian, do you want the dog and he looked at her and petted her little head and said "look how cute I am!" I said alright, that's it! We are getting the dog... I know my husband ~ he just doesn't do that! So, we ended up taking a dog home for Kelsey's birthday present!

Now, to the party - we had rented the big slip n slide cousin Layla had for her party and all the kids had a BLAST! They had a GREAT time!

She loves you, too, Piggy! :)

Lunch at Nana and Papa's

We went to my parent's house to eat lunch one Sunday. I got some cute pic's of Kels on their front porch. We also had fun watching the hummingbird's swoosh RIGHT by our heads - never could get all of them at the feeder, though...

My crazy Kelsey

One night I was cleaning up the kitchen and Kelsey came in there, look Mommy, I am a doctor..... She had put her ironing board cover on her head like a dr.'s hat - I was too funny and how in the world did she think of this all by herself - Wow at her little imagination!!

Fun times at the River

I KNOW! I KNOW!! It has been forever!! I'm so sorry! :) But, i am back...

We went to the river to spend the night with my sister and her fiance on Friday night and spent the day with them on the water that Saturday! We had a blast!!!

Monday, Day 3

Yesterday morning we got up and just ate a quick breakfast. Kelsey and I just ate out on the balcony. It feels so wonderful on the balcony in the morning - There has just been this cool breeze blowing - It's great!! After Layla got up, she and Kelsey played out on the balcony for the longest. I think they were playing doctore - Kelsey kept, I guess, putting band-aid's on Layla with a sales paper - I just love to watch these two play. It is so cute!! But, we finally made it to the beach around 11:00 or so. The kids played in the sand and rode the waves for a little bit, then headed on up to the pool.

We had decided we would grill out by the pool last night. We were actually able to get on the grill with no problem. We were afraid we would have to wait on one, but we were lucky! Brian cooked steaks, winnies for the kids, baked potatoes and mac and cheese! It was delicious!!

After dinner, we went to play putt-putt. We had a great time. Drake hit, I think, 4 hole in ones! Way to go, buddy!! Kelsey would hit the ball and then run and pick it up and drop it in the hole - too cute!! :) Brian quit keeping score around hole 11 - couldn't keep up with that and between the two of us, couldn't keep up with Kels!! We went and ate Dippin' Dots afterwards - it was so good!!!

Sunday, Day 2

We got up early and ate breakfast in the room - It was so good!! Amie had to give Eric a quick haircut, so Brian decided to as well!! He asked me - should I? I was like I don't care, honey. It is hair it'll grow back! I seriously would not think he would do it - BUT, he did!! I really like it, though. It has really been his first different style in almost 15 years - HA! He is sooo paticular about his hair, I still can't believe he done it - But, he did and I think he really likes it. Told me we had to go to Wal-Mart and buy some clippers - HA! :)
Finally, after we played barber shop we went down to the beach. We were able to spend it Van, Debra, the boys and then Craig, Becky and Amber. We all had a good time!

We ended up eating at Carrabba's. It was pretty good, but I think ever had better! Anyway, here are all the pic's I got of Day 2~

The Beach - Day 1

After so many months of all the anticipation.... Our vacation is FINALLY here!!! We left the house yesterday morning (Saturday) and met Eric and Amie at Chic-fil-a in McAdory around 7:00.. Since the girls would be contained for about 5 hours, we just let them play. They could just eat on the road. But we left there around 8:00 sometime. It was a good ride down. We got to PCB around 12:45 or so. We got here and our room was ready, so we checked in and got unpacked. We were all starving, so we went and grabbed a bite at the good 'ol Hooters, then went to buy some groceries. This place is so packed, we litterally had to wait about 30 minutes on the elevators to get up to our room! They guys took the stairs since we had milk and the other cold stuff... Anyway - we finally were able to get on our swimsuits and go down to the little water park we have here!

This morning I woke up early. What in the world is up with that???? Up at 6:30 on my vacation.. Guess I am just getting old - HA! :) So, thought I would go ahead and do some blogging!!! But I am out on the balcony and it feels so wonderful out here!!! There is a steady breeze blowing and it is just AWESOME!! All the hard days at work for Brian and me are all worth this one week of family vacation!! I just love life!! Anyway, here is Day 1 of our beach trip!