Arrrggg!

Kate got to go to her first costume birthday party a couple of weeks ago. The theme was peter pan and to come dressed as your favorite character. I asked Kate what she wanted to be from Peter Pan and she told me the crocodile! Well I couldn't find a crocodile so I asked if there was something else she wanted to be and she said a pirate. I would of thought she would want to be tinkerbell or something girly but nope. We went to the store and bought her costume and then got face make-up to make her look like a dirty pirate. I think she looks so cute! Here she is all dressed up and ready to go, she kept saying Arrgg Matey all day long.

Friends

This past week I had some wonderful friends come out for a visit, it was so nice to get to hang out again. The last time we all got together was last December so it was well over due! Nicole, Aimee and her two girls came out for 6 days and I got to show them this little town of Paris, Texas. Kate is 6 weeks younger than Aimee's oldest girl and they played so well together! Kate doesn't get along with other kids for long periods of time right now (we are working on it but not quite there) but these two played for a good two days before needing to just have some alone time. Great for 3 year olds! They were too cute playing together and I can't wait for them to hang out again. I had such a fun time with them all and miss them already! Here are just a few pictures Nicole took while out here. I didn't really take any pictures, I wasn't really thinking about that much just really enjoying the time I had with them here.

More Pictures...

So this post is a little bit of everything. I am posting a few pictures that I have wanted to post but never found the time this summer and some pictures from a little mini vacation we just got back from. It was so nice to get away for a little bit with just Ronnie and Kate. We went up to an area called Broken Bow, OK. It is only an hour away so not to long of a drive, we rented a beautiful cabin and relaxed and looked around the old town. In the old part of town there wasn't much to see so the next day we rented a boat and went out on the lake. I think I want a boat now! In my dreams! On the way home we decided to go the long way into Arkansas and took a scenic drive through the "mountains" there. The highest elevation was 2000 feet or something so compared to what we are used to they were pretty small. It was still so pretty to go up there and look out and see all of the green trees, it kind of reminded me of Washington. Next big event on the calendar is my dear friends Aimee and her girls and Nicole are coming for a visit. I haven't seen them in almost a year! I couldn't believe that when I started thinking about it. It will be so nice to see them again and visit and have the girls play together! Hope you enjoy the pics! I would say I will post more regularly but well life seems to not be slowing down any so my posts will probably stay pretty sporadic, sorry! I have to remember to get all of the summer pictures off of Ronnie's camera and post those soon!

Random with Broken Bow

My Little Cowgirl

Awhile back Kate started saying the word yeehaw every time she sat down on one of her toys that moved. We thought it was cute and laughed but she recently came up to Ronnie and said that she needed a horse and a cowboy hat so that she could ride it. It struck me then that we are definitely raising a little Texan! So for Kate's Christmas wish list there is a pony and cowboy hat on it :) I guess where we live that could actually become a reality but there is no way that I will be out there cleaning up horse poop! Kate may grow up ok with that but I still have enough of the city left in me that that will never happen!

May Flowers

I know the weekend is almost over but I told you I would post some pictures this weekend so here you go, even if there is only a half hour left of the weekend!

In May Linda came to visit us for two weeks and we had so much fun! She flew into Austin so we drove down there to pick her up and even though it was a long drive it was really pretty. We got to show her around Paris since this was her first time here and show here the little town we live in.

We ended up driving down to Dallas and went to the zoo there and also went to see the cattle drive in Fort Worth. I think that was our 5th time seeing that since we have moved here. Every time we are down there we head over there usually because we have someone new visiting. Kate loved the zoo and we can't wait to go back again. There was a baby born about twenty minutes before we came to it's cage so we got to see the mother licking her new baby and the baby stand for the first time, it was pretty neat!

After our long drive to Dallas we decided to do another drive to Arkansas. Not the same day though. Linda and Ronnie have some dear family friends in Hot Springs so we took a day to drive out to their place to hang out. Hot Springs is beautiful and I totally want to go back to explore it more. We had a blast hanging out with friends!

When Linda flew home it was out of Austin as well so we decided to make a mini-vacation out if and stayed down there for a few days. It is a really fun city and I am so glad that we went down there. We went to the Capital and the Texas History Museum and so many other cool older buildings. Kate loved the pools at the hotels we stayed at. The last day there we went to an arboretum of sorts and then headed home, which was still a five hour drive away. There was a lot of driving involved while Linda was here but that is pretty usual for us now that we live here. It's funny how we think a two hour drive is like 5 minutes now and Kate is totally cool with being in the car that long now. We really had a great time with Linda while she was out and can't wait to do it again! Since moving here we have gotten to see so much of Texas, next on the list is San Antonio for Sea World, I have heard it is pretty awesome there. So here are some pictures of all of the fun we had while Linda was out.

May

Blog?

Wow! I can't believe that I haven't posted since April! How lame am I?! We have been so busy here I haven't had much time on my computer lately. I really need to start blogging from my phone! Let's see what have we been up to?? Well, Linda came out for a visit in May and then there was VBS that I ran at our church here in June. It was so amazing and I have a ton of pictures to post of both of those events and I promise I will do that this weekend! I just got back from youth camp yesterday and it was one of the most amazing experiences in my life! I was so blessed by all of the girls in my cabin and their heart for the Lord. I got to pray with one to except the Lord and two of the girls got baptized. AMAZING! Oh yeah there was also our first 4th of July here in Texas and it was pretty cool! I have pictures of that to share as well. I just wanted to get a quick post up while I had a few minutes to let you know that I haven't completely forgotten about the blog just been busy. Working has kept me pretty busy too but we have been having a great summer, although it has been super hot. It was 106 while I was at camp and I thought I was going to die. Ok not really, just being dramatic but I definitely can't wait for it to cool off again! It gets pretty old staying indoors because of the heat. So for the most part we have been keeping busy with Church activities and we are pretty much adjusted to living here. I can't believe it has been a year! I will get more posts and pictures up through the weekend!

Easter

I am finally getting Easter pictures up here. We played it pretty low key here this year. We went to church and then came home and grilled steaks and had Kate do an indoor Easter egg hunt because it was raining outside. It was very relaxing and enjoyable to just hang out as a family. Here are a few pictures from the day and some of Kate dying Easter eggs.

Easter 2009