The Fun Never Ends Around Here

Our girls LOVE puzzles. Audrey wants to "play puzzles" all the time and Alaina seems to be catching the puzzle fever as well...

The last few days have been fun-filled with family visits. It started with Cole and Caroline coming to spend the night.
These sisters love to swing together.

And even more when their cousins Cole and Caroline are pushing them.Look at these pretty girls. Caroline is so sweet with the girls. They both just love her to death.

Audrey had the time of her life playing with her cousins.

Some pool time...

Audrey can't get enough of Cole.

After Cole and Caroline left, Papa, Nana and Cameron came for a visit.

Papa brought his jet ski.

Can you believe I let my baby on a jet ski? Her Daddy took good care of her. Not sure she loved it, but she didn't hate it either.

And Mommy wasn't even planning on getting in the water (didn't even bring a bathing suit) but decided to take a ride with Troy and Audrey.

One minute we were on the jet ski...

The next minute...

And then comes Nettie to save us...

She couldn't stand it.

So much for Mommy not getting wet.

Luckily Audrey didn't mind falling off too much.

Alaina just enjoyed the day watching.

What a fun time with Nana, Papa and Cam!

Checkin Out the Ft. Worth Zoo

What better way to spend a hot July day than the Ft. Worth Zoo, right?

I'm ready mommy!

More animals Daddy!

Audrey looks enthused doesn't she?

I need an oreo.

Nice to meet you Mama Kangaroo!

Not so sure about the carousel...

Woohoo this is exciting!

Can you tell we're getting tired?

Fun day with the fam, but let's go home, crank up the air and grill some burgers.

Alaina says that sounds like a good idea to her!

There's Those Eyes Again

What a joy!

The Big Anniversary Date

After 2 babies, a shortage of babysitters, however many moves, and re-doing this house

we were in dire need of a great date.

And what a great 5th Anniversary date it was!

Troy made the plans and surprised me as we showed up at "Simply Fondue" in Sundance Square in Ft. Worth. (I have always wanted to go to a fondue restaurant...and it was well worth the wait. I highly recommend it.)

There were gorgeous flowers and a card waiting for me at our very private table.
It was a 2 and a half hour dinner experience and with great conversation and food we loved every minute of it.

It was perfect even down to the music they played. Troy almost had me convinced that he gave them a playlist. They played our favorites all night from lots of John Mayer to Vertical Horizon to "Drops of Jupiter." It was pretty crazy.

We had a 4 course meal and every course was awesome.

We ended our night by a great walk around Sundance Sqaure and browsing in a bookstore. Then we realized that our babies were going to wake up really early regardless of how late we stayed out. So we opted to go home and get some much needed sleep.

It was a wonderful night.

Can't wait for 5 more years and year 10 anniversary! Boy will that be an awesome date.

Happy 5th Anniversary to Us!

5 years today!
I have a surprise waiting for Troy when he gets home today. We just finished putting together our living room in the new house and I hung a wedding collage.

The written page is my handwritten vows to Troy.
The blank page is for him to write his.

(It occurred to me one day that we all say our wedding vows and then rarely think of them or even remember what we said. I wanted to be able to see them and think of them regularly. They are such special words.)

I love it and it looks really great when you see it in the room.

The pictures are all kind of creative ones taken by our friends Max Fun and Michael Radovanovic at the wedding. We love them.

(Now off to get ready for my anniversary date. Yea!)