Random Pictures from May

And a few from June!  I just realized I hadn't created a June album in iPhoto yet!  

 The girl is obsessed with markers, wants to color with them all the time.  And really, she is pretty good with them…except for this incident.  I told the kids, "I am going to put Pippi down for a nap.  Please don't argue until I come back downstairs in 5 minutes."  Well, they didn't argue because Laney was busy coloring herself!

 I just laughed.

A few weeks ago Laney was going thru a phase where she would get straight up from bed before 7, stumble into our room and demand breakfast.  And when I say demand, I mean it.  One morning before I could get her cereal to her, she had already fallen back asleep.

 We have had a few rainy mornings lately.  They love to sit in their chairs on the deck and watch it rain while I make breakfast. If we had adult sized furniture out there, I would probably join them.

 This boy has been in heaven lately.  They are digging/putting in all the stuff for AT&T UVerse (Amen, Alleluia!) right behind our property line.  

She loves to help me water the flowers.  This time she got a bit aggressive with the sprayer and the dirt fought back.

 Some early morning photography work of Cooper.  And yes, I wear sweatpants and sweatshirts to bed in the middle of summer, always cold!  And sometimes socks too :).

 My kids love when we get to watch Henny Penny!

He didn't want to nap this day so I let him get up.  We played with Piper, I let him watch a cartoon on the iPad.  I was getting ready and look out my bathroom to see him sound asleep in my bed.  So much for not being tired ;).

Ok-think I am officially caught up on May!  

I made 2 new and delicious summer recipes this week.  The first is this apple pecan chicken salad.  I had never made chicken salad with greek yogurt before, definitely different than mayo but still good!  I made this Tuesday night to have for lunch the rest of the week as I knew no one else in my family would eat it :).  Tonight we had these chicken and asparagus kabobs.  They were yummy and pretty easy too.  

9 years

Today marks 9 years since Adam and I said 'I do.'  Time flies when you are having fun :).  Adam got back in town this evening so we met at Jalapenos for dinner.  Our perfect children were perfect angels, insert sarcasm here.

We celebrated our anniversary earlier this month with an incredibly fun trip to one of my favorite cities, Ft. Worth.  Adam got us George Strait tickets to see his final concert on his final tour.  It was my Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, and Anniversary gift…he tried to throw birthday in there too but I drew the line.  On Friday morning we dropped the kids off with my parents and hit the road at lunchtime.  I prayed and prayed that our sweet Pippi would take her bottles well and sleep soundly thru the night for my parents.  For the record, she did and was perfect…unless my mom was lying to make me feel better ;).

 After a very quiet 8 hour drive, we arrived late in the evening.  I was so, so excited to be back in Texas.  Downtown had more updates since the last time I was there, like this fun splash pad area.

 Come to Momma.  We had dinner at Mi Cocina, 30% for the food, 70% for the drinks :).  

 We hit a couple of our other favorite spots for drinks before calling it a night.

 Unfortunately I was pumping during the trip, which meant washing parts in the hotel sink.

 A sign you are without your children?  When you are drinking big beers in the back of a taxi headed to a concert :).  Bad choice on taking a taxi…imagine trying to find one after a concert with over 100,000 people lets out.  

 Love a good reason to break out my cowboy boots!

 Funny that Adam is holding 2 waters and I have a beer.  Let's clarify that he did not drink water all night.  We were over the moon excited to be here!!!

There were lots of incredible guests that sang with him during his over 3 hours on stage.  

We felt like we saw a piece of history that night, this man is a legend and put on an amazing show.  

Thank you to my mom, dad and sister for taking such good care of our kids.

Happy 9 years Adam, love you!!!

Tee Ball

This is season 2 of tee ball, I looked for a tee ball post from last summer but couldn't find one.  

We love tee ball!  Cooper really likes playing and practicing at home.  I love that it has a purpose, each kid bats and runs bases and attempts to field the ball.  We tried soccer last winter and it was really just a cluster.  

 Lots of backyard practice.

 Batting practice with Grandpa the night before his first game.

My fave tee ball player!  

 Our little leftie up to bat!

 Part of his cheering squad.

 Goooo Royals! 

My fave picture, maybe ever.

Memorial Day Weekend in Wash, MO

I know, Memorial Day!  I am so behind!  And we haven't even watched Scandal in over a week!

We got home Wednesday afternoon from Omaha, unpacked, did laundry, repacked and hit the road to Wash, MO on Friday afternoon!

It was the 175th anniversary celebration of the city so there was lots of festivities!  It started Friday night with fireworks on the riverfront.  

Saturday morning there was a parade in downtown.

Hadley and I took some selfies and sent to her mom and dad who were headed to a wedding in KC.

The kids LOVED it!

And I did too!  Seriously, it was an awesome parade!  

You don't see this everyday!

The clydesdales made an appearance.

Adam's Grandpa started Hillermann's nursery.  The front of the truck had a picture of him on it, I wasn't quick enough with my camera :(.

It was Pippi's first parade!

After naps we headed to the park across the street for some fun.  Laney kinda liked her sno-cone ;).

These girls took over the bar at dinner time.  

The kids went down this bounce house slide what seemed like a thousand times!  Laney would just throw herself down it, so funny!  And a tad scary.

These girls went from bounce house to bounce house for a couple hours just jumping and jumping.

We spent Sunday at the Zicks.  The kids swam (well, not mine, another reason for swim lessons!) and we cooked out.  John made me a delicious frozen margarita.  

 We bathed the girls together and then they had a post bath dance party.

Laney was hugging Brynn…I think.  They were so funny together.

Hadley and Brynn loving on Pippi.  So sweet!

Ha!  Piper's face cracks me up, love this picture.

It was a great few days and fun kick off to Summer!!  Next time we are back, it will be to meet our newest niece/nephew.  Maggie is due in just a few weeks…so exciting!!!!!!!!!

Omaha - the children's museum

The next morning we got up, ate breakfast and headed to the children's museum.  It was crazy hot outside so we were happy to be going inside for the day!

warning…lots and lots of pictures.

 Cooper spent probably an hour at this station.  He loved being the mechanic on this car.

 While he played mechanic, she played artist.  Laney was loving all the painting.

 Why just stick to paper??

 I can't say enough wonderful things about the museum!  They had every detail covered, including fans in shapes of school supplies!!  We ended up spending almost 5 hours here!

 That's looking into the ball area where we spent at least a couple hours.  Adam was supposed to be on PTO but he was on that phone quite a bit and he was the last one asleep both nights working on his computer.

 There was a 'Kindergarten Prep' classroom.  I could have stayed there all day and taught this boy all sorts of stuff with their fun materials.  

 While Coop and I played in the Kindergarten room, Laney and Dad were grocery shopping.

 love.  Girl on a mission and with a full cart!

 Piper hung with Cooper and I.

Hello! I loved teaching with geoboards!  See what I spelled out on mine ;).

 This sweet baby was a dream the whole trip!

 The last hour or so we were the only ones in the ball area.

 All the ball tunnels led to this ball pit.  They would collect and every 5 minutes or so an alarm would sound and they would drop.  Cooper LOVED this part.

 Laney LOVED this miniature house.  In fact, Adam had to drag her out of it when we were leaving.

 We made catapults.

My boy and I in the pirate ship trying to escape from the bad pirates.

The children's museum wore them out!  We drove around a bit for them to sleep before heading to an early dinner.

I would go back to Omaha just for this mexican restaurant.  It was so good!  We strolled in (literally) at 5 just in time for happy hour.  Let me maneuver my double stroller and 3 kids around you while you enjoy your margaritas ;).  I had a raspberry margarita and green nachos that were to die for.  

And I am pretty sure Adam would go back to Omaha for Ted and Wally's homemade ice cream.  Adam loves himself some good ice cream and this place met his high standards.

We stayed a second night in the hotel, went to a good local breakfast place and hit the road.  It was such a fun couple days and highly recommended, only a 3 hour drive from KC!!  If we did it again, I think we would just stay one night and drive back after the children's museum on the second day.  We are so glad we decided to take the trip, it was a great kick off to summer!!!!!!!