Adelaide and Elizabeth

Saturday, March 31, 2012

RUMPSHAKER - MY FIRST 5k!!!

I decided to take on my first 5K with Lauren, Kelly and Jennifer, and I gotta say - I get the thrill of it! It was such an adrenaline rush! I ran the entire time and finished in 32:13 with an average mile run of 10:22. Not too shabby considering I hadn't been running long before the race. Of course, the man with the double jogging stroller in front of me was my true motivation - there was NO WAY I was letting him cross that finish line before me! It was so much fun and I can't wait to do another one!

BEFORE THE BIG RACE!

Lauren, Jennifer and I in front of the colon!

See- here's the guy with the double stroller -
I ran ahead of him before I got to the finish line!
Wasn't about to let him show me up :-)

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Casey's 4th Birthday Party

We went to Casey's birthday party on Sunday out at a stable to ride horses. The girls were SO EXCITED - especially Elizabeth, who kept asking "where are the horsies?" As soon as we got there, Adelaide went straight up and got on a horse. My little scaredy cat was absolutely FEARLESS!! She loved it and rode several times. Elizabeth was equally as excited and got right up on a horse without any fear. She would pet him and say "good horse" -it was so sweet! The only time she got a little upset was when she had to put on the helmet. (She doesn't like to wear hats of ANY kind!) But with a little coaxing, she agreed to wear it. After all the kids rode horses, they pulled out a big box of stuffed horses on sticks and everyone had races across the field. All the kids loved it and Elizabeth was right in the middle of it all! We had hotdogs and then sang Happy Birthday to Casey. After it was over, we stayed behind to help everyone put the horses up in their stable, and the kids fed them treats and helped put hay in all of the horses' stalls. They had a ball!! (Especially Elizabeth as you can see from the pictures!!)

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Tap, Ballet and Soccer Oh My!!

We have had a busy week this past week. Adelaide had her dance pictures last friday and since Mommy was busy with the consignment sale up at church, Daddy was in charge of getting Adelaide to her pictures, fully dressed in tutu, tap shoes and gloves. I did come home long enough to handle fixing her hair and putting on a tiny bit of makeup, but Daddy did the rest! Adelaide is dancing to "Lollipop, Lollipop."

Adelaide is also starting soccer this weekend and her Daddy is coaching her team, The Cheetah's! She is so excited to get started. We have purchased pink shin guards and cleats with pink flowers on them (yes I know, ALOT of pink!!). This past Sunday, the coaches had a team dinner at Sol Azteca, where the kids got to meet each other and were given their uniforms. Adelaide was so excited and couldn't wait to try on her "costume" - as she called it! She insisted she wear it for the remainder of dinner, and of course, had to model it for me!

Not sure about the facial expressions, but she was beyond excited!

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day!

We were suprised to hear the doorbell ring at 8:30 this morning and to our sheer delight, Daddy had sent roses to all 3 of his girls for Valentine's Day. The girls were so excited they could barely contain themselves! We love our Daddy!

Thank you Daddy!!

Monday, February 13, 2012

Happy "Early" Valentine's Day

Today, both girls had their Valentine's parties b/c they are out school tomorrow. They actually cooperated pretty well for me this morning before school and I was actually able to get some good shots. Adelaide is too big now for mommie's to come to her party, but we were invited to Elizabeth's and of course I was there with camera in tow!

This was their placecard - how cute!

This is the reaction I got when I asked her to smile.

Loving on Charlie - he seems less than impressed!

Hugging on Katharine

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Here comes the bride!!

Adelaide has been quite obsessed with our wedding album and insisted on watching our wedding video last week. She watched the entire video from beginning to end and wouldn't even let me fast forward thru the slow parts of the ceremony! She was mesmerized (as was I - particularly at how young Ben and I looked!!). She loves to try on my wedding dress and when Ben got back into town last week she insisted on him dressing up in one of his suits and playing "wedding". I had to be the preacher and had them say their vows to each other -- it was hysterical!

Monday, December 26, 2011

Merry Christmas!

The girls woke up bright and early and were so excited to see what Santa had left them! They got a dollhouse and a million other toys and had a great time tearing through each and every present. I wish I had more pictures of the morning but is nearly impossible to help everyone open presents, video and take pictures! Mema and Peepaw came over for breakfast and we went to their house for dinner. It was a wonderful day and all were exhausted by the end of it!

Checking out their new dollhouse - they LOVED it!

Santa remembered the glass slippers!

Loving on her baby!

Future Rock Star!

Christmas Eve, 12/24/11

We spent the morning at Memaw and Peepaws where we had lunch before church. We went to the Children's service at 4:00 and then came home and the girls sprinkled their reindeer food out on the lawn so Rudolph would know where our house was. The girls got into their Christmas jammies and put out their milk and cookies and before bed Daddy read "Twas the Night Before Christmas". They went down without a problem - Adelaide was too worried Santa would come before she was asleep and pass over our house!

All dressed up for church!

The girls were telling Kirmie goodbye b/c he would be heading back to the
North Pole with Santa when he came to our house

Friday, December 23, 2011

Mimi and Papa stayed with us on Friday before they headed down to the Bay for Christmas. This is the first time in a long time that Mimi and Papa haven't been with us on Christmas Eve, so we took the chance to cook a big dinner and celebrate early.

Friday, Dec. 16, 2011 - Adelaide's Christmas program at School!
Adelaide had her very first Christmas program at school and she was so excited to get up on the stage and show us all she had learned. She sang along to most of the songs but at times appeared a little bored - as if she had somewhere else she'd rather be! It was absolutely precious though, and I was definitely one proud Mama! I don't think it was a coincidence that she was right next to her teacher, Mrs. Charlotte though! Afterwards, we all got to go to her Christmas party in her room and I was able to get a ton of pictures with all of her buddies!