Tripp's 2nd birthday party!

My little guys celebrated his 2nd birthday with a tailgating party! We had such a fun day and had so many fiends and family come celebrate. We are truly blessed to have so many people love our children! I think Tripp's favorite guest at the party was Ella, a little girl in his class at school. He talks about her all the time and when I asked who he wanted to come to his party, thats the only person he asked for. You should have seen his face light up when she walked in the front door! We had a great time and Tripp looked so grown up! It's hard, sometimes I still see this tiny little baby!

Uh oh....

One day during nap time, I walked in to find Sadie had hidden a pair of scissors in her room and cut all of her dolls hair, her curtains, some blankets. While trying to remain calm and not fly off the handle, while cleaning up the mess, I was thinking, "I'm actually impressed she didn't cut her own hair." Then I thought, wait... lets check. I was WRONG, she had cut a HUGE amount on the side. I thought there was NO way that this could be fixed. We waited until Tripp woke up from his nap and took him to daddy's office while Sadie headed to the beauty salon. She did a great job! I held her head still the whole time (luckily she has thin hair, so it didn't take long), because she was excited to look around at everything. When they were done, I was impressed out cute it turned out. She looks so much more grown up! We headed back to daddy's office to show him. He liked it, but was sad to see her look like a big girl. She did tell me we had to make sure a hair bow could go in it still ;)

This year Sadie is in dance class! She has so much fun with the other girls in her class! I love watching her really concentrate and learn! Half of the class is spent doing ballet and the other half is tap. I thinking she enjoys tap most. If you ask her what she likes most about going to dance, its playing with the babies and seeing her friends! (They use babies to teach them specific ballet positions). Here are a few pictures from her first class:

Halloween

This year we hosted our play groups Halloween party, which turned out to be a lot of fun! We had a house and back yard full of cute kiddos and their mommies and daddies. It was nice to have all of the families come over.

A few weeks later, on actual Halloween, our church did a Trunk or Treat. The kids liked it, but there were older kids that had costumes that were a little too scary for Sadie and Tripp. We stayed a little while and then took the kids trick or treating to a few houses in the neighborhood near our house. We had a great time!! We have found out that since we don't really live in a neighborhood and since it is on the our skirts of town, we have NO trick or treaters. This means we don't have to worry about candy while we take the kids trick or treating.

Here are a few pics from the two nights:

What in the world is going on!?!?

Man, I've taken some time off from blogging. Here is a run down, in pictures, of what we've been up to!

Tripp playing in the dry creek behind our house.Sadie running from the sheep next to our house.Sadie on the 1st day of School!!Tripp on his very 1st day of School!

The kids showing off their lunch boxes! They were both so excited!Headed to Meet the Lion Night!

Our past few weekends

Since moving into the house, I've been awful about taking pictures and blogging!! Two weekends ago, Mimi & Poppy came into see us and our new house. Poppy was also kind enough to do some handy work for us. Tripp's room didn't have a ceiling fan and we had a light outside that needed to be replaced. We also enjoyed a dinner at the famous Underwood's. It was nice to enjoy some time at home with them.
This past weekend, we had time with our friends, The Gregorys. They were such champs! They have 3 year old, Kendall who Sadie loves, and a 3 week old little girl, Kenedy. Kenedy was awesome, hardly made a peep and only woke up 1 time both nights!!!! We mainly hung around the house and let the kids play, since it rained a major part of the day Saturday. Sunday, Jeff, the kids, and I went to Stephenville to get a bed my niece had that she's not using for awhile so we're going to "store" it for her. Another fun weekend!!


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Where have we been???

Well, its been over a month since I've posted! This is partly due to us moving into our new house. We put our house on the market in May, sold it 2 weeks later and moved into our new house in July! We are so happy with our move. As much as I loved my last house, the neighborhood was shady and we didn't want to stay there for much longer with all that was going on. We moved to the edge of town on a little over an acre to a fairly new house. The kids' rooms are so much bigger and they love them! We also have our trailer set up out here and lots of room for visitors. So, friends and family, come on!!

Sadie's 3rd Birthday party!

Last weekend we had Sadie's birthday party here at our house. We had so much fun being "Wild about Three"!!! We got a bounce house and 2 small blow up pools. It was HOT, but we still enjoyed it. We had some amazing friends and family come! The Gregorys and Hursts drove quite aways so they came in early and afterwards we all went to eat dinner at Humphrey Petes. We sat on the back patio and let the kids play on the playground. We are so blessed with some of the greatest people in our lives, that along with Jeff and I, love our children!

My little princess is 3!

Sadie is 3 years old tomorrow! I can't even imagine my life without her! I remember when we were hoping for a baby so badly, and then the moment I found out I was pregnant with her, and the moment I first laid my eyes upon her! I have so many memories already, in these 3 short years. I enjoy her little personality and watching her learn, watching her become who she will be and watching her interact with her brother. I am so blessed to be this sweet, strong, independent little girls mother! Happy birthday big girl!

My baby boy is 18 months old!

Last week, Tripp turned 18 months old. It seems like forever and a day since he was born, but at the same time feels like just yesterday! You know what I mean? Oh, his little personality. He knows he's cute and knows the little looks to give you to make your heart melt. He looks just like his daddy and has a huge personality like Daddy too! He is a wild man and thinks he's as big and capable as Sadie. Every morning when he wakes up he wants Sadie and his milk... in that order! His vocabulary has grown leaps and bounds and it seems like everyday he's learning more and more! Recently he has also learned how "fun" it is to throw a tantrum when you don't get your way! SO fun! He definitely knows what he wants! His favorite toys are ANY kind of blocks, stuffed animals, and little people! You can tell him, "Buba, go build me a tower!" And OFF HE RUNS to get the blocks! Tripp has also started to enjoy helping clean toys up and when he's done he's quite proud of himself!

It is so much fun watching this little guy grown and wonder who he will become! So glad I get a front row seat!!!

Fun summer day

Yesterday we were supposed to have a playdate at our house, but Sadie has had a nasty cough, runny nose, and the start of pink eye (we caught it in time that it never got too bad). So obviously the play date was moved and we were home bound, except for a run to the grocery store. I promised the kids if they took great naps we would play in the water outside after naps. They held up there end, so after naps I set up the sprinkler and we had frozen yogurt pop. They enjoyed the yogurt more than anything. Sadie liked playing in the sprinkler, but Tripp wasn't a fan. He likes to be in the water, but doesn't like the whole spraying/splashing thing. Anyways, after that we cleaned up and had boiled shrimp for dinner (one of my favorite summer foods)! It turned out to be a pretty good day!

Sadie's 3 year pictures!

I am so blessed that one of my dearest friends, Tawny, is also a photographer! She did Sadie's 3 year pictures and her birthday invites! Love how they turned out!!!