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!!!