Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Happy 1st Birthday, Lola!

On Lola's birthday we had some fun "special" things planned for the day, just for her, since her "day" fell on a Thursday.  We had a small photo shoot with the birthday girl before heading out for the day.



 Then we were off!  Meme, Lyla, Lily, and I took her to the Galleria for lunch, but most importantly to ride on the carousel!  It was raining, so we thought this would be a fun indoor activity.  Let me tell you that SHE LOVED IT!  She was the princess of the carousel!  She smiled so big and waved at everyone she saw.  It was the cutest thing ever.  Her sisters loved it too!






After a few more stops and a little bit of shopping, we came back home to rest.  Later I was unloading the car from a little of grocery shopping and the girls were helping me.  Well Lily found a bowl of mashed potatoes, we had left from lunch and somehow placed them on the floor.  Guess who found them!!  When I turned around, this is what I saw!  At first I didn't know what it was and thought icing at first, but then I knew!  We have got our hands full with this little ONE year old!  :)


After cleaning up the mess, we cooked dinner and had cupcakes for dessert.  This was Lola's first cupcake, and she loved it!  She ate every bite!
Here are the girls singing Happy Birthday to her for the 100th time!  :)


 Of course we ended the night with a present!  She opened one from Meme.  
It was her very own baby doll!


More posts to come from her party!!  :)

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Our Little One is ONE!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Little Miss Lola Jewel!!!!  
I can't believe it has already been one year since your birth.  This year has flown by and you have grown by leaps and bounds!  Our first year as a family of 5 has been a wonderful one.  We love and adore you!  Here are a few pictures to help us remember your first year!

Newborn...


 Your sisters have adored you from the start!


One month...

 Two months...

 Three months...

Four months...

5 months...

7 months...

8 months...

9 months...

10 months...

11 months...
 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!  WE LOVE YOU!!!





Father's Day

On Sunday, we had a great day!  We went to church and enjoyed lunch together at Black Jack's and then dinner together at Cracker Barrel.  It was a nice relaxing day.  Lyla made a book for Ashley answering questions about him.  It is the cutest keepsake!  I hope he had a great day and know how much we love him!


On a side note, we also had a great anniversary.  We went to dinner on Saturday night to a Japanese restaurant.  It was delicious!  Lyla took our picture on Sunday for us to remember our special day.  She was a great photographer!  :)


Wordless Wednesday!


Wednesday, June 22, 2011

VBS 2011

This past week, I had the privilege of teaching the 3 and 4 year olds at Vacation Bible School at our church.  This year's theme was the Big Apple Adventure.  This happened to be Lyla's class, and she couldn't wait for me to be her teacher!  :)  We had 10 children most everyday, give and take some.  It was amazing at what all they could do.  I think they learned a lot but also had a good time!  I am not sure I would want to teach 3 and 4 year olds everyday (potty breaks will get you!) but every now and then it is fun!  EVERYONE should try it sometime!  Thanks, Mrs. Julia for helping me!!

Here's our room!
 

    
    

Here are the kids hard at work...






 We made Twinkie taxis one day...

 Look at this sweet group...
 They made fruit loop necklaces in crafts...



 We are learning where New York is...
 We are walking like a taxi to crafts!


 Singing to Jesus...
 Making shields...



 Wednesday night was VBS Family Night...




 The girls loved the train.  They probably rode it 20 times!