Circus Parade

"The Circus" was the theme of Adi's last dance recital in May (I know! I know! It's August and I'm sorry I'm just now posting these).  Her class was the circus marching band.  As you can see in the picture above...she was absolutely adorable in her costume!

  

She loved sitting on Mommy's counter and getting her make-up done!  She is such a girly girl!  Isn't she the cutest thing ever?? 

She loves to dance and sing all the time, all around the house, but she wasn't the biggest fan of actually LEARNING a dance to the music.  She would rather do her own moves as she pleases. :) This was her second semester in dance and her second recital.  We took a break over the summer and will probably skip dance this year.  We may put her back in it when she gets a little older.  Is that bad?  She is just 3 and she takes gymnastics and loves that!  So I thought we would just stick to that for a while. 

However, she does get cute costumes out of it! :) 

It's About Time!!!

I made a list (forever ago) of topics that I wanted to blog about...it is now AUGUST, summer has come and gone, school is about to start, and I 'm just now getting to this!

So, I'm going to combine a couple of topics into one blog and get this rollin':

CANYON SODA SHOPPE

Canyon Soda Shoppe has become one of our favorite places to stop in and have a tasty treat!

Adi loves to go because she feels like such a big girl sitting at the bar on the fun, twisty stools.  Oh yeah, and she likes the milkshakes of course! :)

It's hard to find little diners like this these days! If you live close, you should try this place if you haven't already.  If you are traveling through, definitely make time to stop and check it out!

MOTHER'S DAY

My thoughtful, creative husband did this for me for Mother's Day with a little help from the girls!  Chloe wasn't very cooperative with the hand prints as you can probably tell!  I absolutely love it!  

I also got a necklace from Stella & Dot!  I've never heard of them before but I was invited to a party and they had some really neat stuff. (Sorry about the sideways pic)

Also, Chloe's dedication ceremony took place Mother's Day weekend. 

I had a great Mother's Day surrounded by my favorite people!  I'm very blessed to be the mother of two sweet little girls!

I'll get back to you soon...hopefully it wont be 6 months from now! :)

Brain Fart

Every time I sit down to blog, I always seem to draw a blank!  Don't some people refer to this such thing as a BRAIN FART?  However, when I don't have the computer in front of me, I can think of a whole list of things I would like to blog about.  So...I have decided to write a blog listing the things I want to blog about.  HA!! Now when I sit down to write, I will have a list to refer to.  If you know me very well, you know I am a list maker.  It drives Bradey crazy.  He thinks all that habit does is set myself up for failure since I hardly ever accomplish my list of To-Dos.  If you are a list maker as well, you know the feeling you get when you cross off something on your list.  Even if it is just ONE thing, it feels amazing!

Here it is:  Blog Topics

• Mother's Day

• Adilyn's Spring Dance Recital

• Landscaping/Trees

• Wine Club

• Canyon Soda Shoppe 

There you have it!  Soon you will be reading about the above topics.  I have successfully reminded myself of the things I've been thinking about blogging about!! 

Have you ever heard of anyone wanting a tree for an anniversary present?

Am I strange?

Oh well!! I don't care! We have lived in Amarillo for 3 years now and every year, 

when Spring rolls around, I fall

 in LOVE with the Texas Red bud trees.

They are such a beautiful, lavender color when in full bloom!

My house looks so plain in front because we have not planted trees or finished 

flowerbeds!

 

(this was at Easter)

Slowly, but surely, it will all be landscaped but to do it all at once...not in our 

budget!

SO...I have asked my wonderful hubby if we can get a Texas Red bud for our 

anniversary.  HE SAID YES!!

Don't you think this beautiful creation will look awesome in my yard???

Since we are going to get one tree, we might as well look for others to plant at the 

same time. After all, we don't

 want the Red bud to be lonely! 

So the search for trees has begun...

Twister Time

It is that time of year in the Panhandle...

I wish I was talking about the game "Twister," but I'm not!

I'm talking about these bad boys...

This picture was actually taken yesterday evening by someone in Amarillo.  

It was just a few miles from us!  

CRAZY, I know!

It also touched down around Canyon, but there was no damage reported 

anywhere!

I love, love, love, springtime weather!  However, I'm not a big fan of 

TORNADOS.  

We are forecasted to have more bad storms roll through our area over the 

next few days.  

Oh the joys of living in the Panhandle - Tornado Alley!!!

My Chunky Monkey

My precious "chunky monkey" is 4 MONTHS old today!

  

She is rolling over from tummy to back, playing with toys, slobbering all over everything, smiling, cooing, and she absolutely loves her sister!!  Having two little girls is so much fun!  We are so blessed and thankful for two healthy, beautiful children!  

I love you both to the moon and back!!

Hooray for School!

A few months ago I had blogged about Adi going to preschool.  I was so excited about a program that Amarillo High School offered that allowed children to get preschool experience at an affordable cost.  Well...that program is no longer available after 37 years!  BUMMER!  So, I made a few frantic phone calls last week to some churches around town to get information on Mother's Day Out/Preschool registration dates, costs, availability, etc.

She is now officially registered for the Summer and Fall sessions at Kingdom's Kids!  I'm so excited for her and I know she will have so much fun.  Her best friends, Noah and Kayt, are already enrolled there.  They were going to do the AHS program also and be in the same class together.  Now, they will be at the same school, but not the same class. We also know some other families who have their kids there and have heard nothing but positive comments!

She will be attending just one day a week during the summer.  They follow a VBS relaxed curriculum with lots and lots of fun activities! During the Fall it is more of a preschool, center-based curriculum.  They offer a writing program, computer time, and a basketball program for tots (not sure of the exact name)!


Now...on to my next goal for Adi...swimming lessons!

Easter Weekend 10

• Family arrived at our house on Saturday around lunch...spent the afternoon together...then went to Saturday night Easter service at HCC.  The church has a really pretty courtyard and we stayed and took family pics afterwards.

• All the girls colored, decorated, glittered...you name it...some eggs.  

• Uncle Cody thought it was a good idea to bring a baby chick to each of the little girls.  YES, A REAL ONE! SIX OF THEM!

• The Easter bunny stopped by our casa to decorate our front yard with lots and lots of eggs.

• The girls were so excited and had a blast hunting eggs together!  It is so much fun when we can all be together for Easter! Such a blessing to watch them together.

• Gram bought some fun bunny masks that everyone, even Chloe, enjoyed.

• The table was decorated with candy, bunnies, colored eggs, and goodies for each little girl!  

• I finally got to watch the movie, The Blindside.  It was so good!

• We played a game of Phase 10 amongst all the craziness with 6 little girls, 9 adults, 3 dogs, and a small house!  We love to play games when we are together...nothing will stop us!  

• And finally, after everyone left on Sunday afternoon...we are left with a sweet...little...fury...stinky...chirping chick in our garage!  And Adi adores it!

Hope your Easter was as exciting as ours!

PARTY, PARTY, PARTY!!

Adilyn's 3rd Birthday party...Dora style!

The precious birthday girl.

Playing hard.

Made her wish and blew out her candles!

Opening presents is always a group effort!!

Her sweet friend, Noah, singing "Happy Birthday" to her.

He had practiced all morning!!! 

It's hard to believe she is already 3!! Before we know it, she will be 16. :(

She's 3

 Three years ago on March 21, 2007 my sweet little Adilyn Beth was born.

Time went by quickly and soon she was turning 1.

Last year she turned the big 2...

and now my little redhead is 3!!

I just want to freeze her and her sweet little self so she can't grow up anymore.

Her birthday party isn't until next weekend and we debated on telling her it was her birthday.  We didn't want to confuse her and get 100 questions about her party, cake, and presents.  But as the day arrived and a few morning hours passed, we decided we couldn't keep her from knowing!  We were excited and she had been asking for weeks, "Am I 3 yet?"  Daddy got her a Happy Meal for lunch and we took her to Chuck E. Cheese later.  Chuck E. Cheese is one of those places, could be at the top of the list, that parents dread going.  We definitely fall into that category of parents.  However, it was well worth it to see her little face light up with joy and excitement.

After she wore herself out playing games, we took her to ToysRUs and Target to shop!  

We came home with the following...

Watercolors!

(A new kid table with 4 little chairs for her to eat and play on.  We have been looking for one of these for a while now.  I'm kind of picky and didn't really want one with princesses, dora, etc on it.  Finally, we found this one!! Not sure she cared so much about this but Mommy was excited!)

New pajamas with princesses on the front and her own little pink lap top.  She says, "I'm working mom!" 

A musical set that includes the drum, bells, tambourine, shakers, etc.  Now we have our own little band in our house!  She has two friends that have a set like this and she has always enjoyed the drum!

And finally, her own golf clubs.  Daddy is starting early with her...training her to be his new golfing buddy!

And this is how Chloe celebrated most of the time...

One more thing that Adi got from us...

We gave it to her a few weeks early because we had to plan around weather, time and help in order to get this thing built. Daddy and Uncle Ryan worked hard for two days!

Happy 3rd Birthday sweet angel!  I love you and your sweet heart, funny personality, and the girl you are becoming! 

Three Generations

I love this picture!

My mom is so proud of her girls.  I just wished we lived closer so they could grow up 

spending quality time with their Nana more than once a month. 

Adi resembles my mom some, especially her facial expressions when she says certain things.  

Thanks mom for all that you do for us.  I love you and the girls adore their Nana!

My Sweet Valentines

Our Valentine's Day was pretty calm.  Spending time as a family, at home, was nice!