Thursday, July 15, 2010

Summer 2010....so far....

4th Of July! We had a wonderful 4th of July celebration this year and the kids really got into it. We went to the parade in The Colony in the morning. Sarah went nuts over the candy and Kaden just loved watching everyone, as well as being with his cousins and grandparents. Madyson enjoyed sitting with Grandpa! After the parade we had lunch with Grandpa and Grandma and cousins at Chick-Fil-A...yum! We went home for a rest and then met up with everyone again at the Frisco Freedom Festival. There were bounce houses and puppet shows and firetrucks and lots more. Sarah actually slept in the stroller for like 45 minutes of it, but Kaden just had a blast and even attempted to do the climbing wall for the first time. The weight range was 40-250 pounds....Kaden weighs 45 pounds... so he'll try again next time to make it to the top. We were very impressed he even finally agreed to try it...Brandon was so proud!
We headed out to Russell and Jeanette's for a wonderful BBQ (just in time before the rain hit) and then went back to Frisco for the beautiful and amazing fireworks. We had amazing seats right near where the fireworks were being sent off, and just really enjoyed ourselves. God Bless America!

Raelee and Kaden (best buds) hanging out in the back of the car during fireworks.
Brandon and I with the girls waiting for the show to start!
Madyson absolutely adores sitting in these little people chairs....here she is posing for us before the parade starts.
Kaden, Madyson, Sarah, Jeremy & Raelee sitting on the curb....will the parade ever start?

Brother and Sister...Sarah has started calling Kaden "brother" all the time...it's so cute.
Madyson and Mom at Frisco Freedom Festival....love this girl! (thanks for the photo Erin!)
Grandpa Russell, Madyson and Daddy!
Sisters!
Love it! Aren't they just the cutest ever?

This is a photo taken a week after Madyson's birthday after her sister, Sarah, drew all over her face with a marker. They were laughing so hard and I knew they were up to something. I was in the bathroom and came running out to discover this beauty!

Madyson loves the little chairs we have, especially this little rocker. She sits in it all the time...and has a taken a couple tumbles out of it as well.
Ray Roberts Lake
June 24th
A friend of mine from church invited us out to the lake. It was our first time there and it was just loads of fun. The kids just had a blast and played and played and played. Madyson had her share of sand and Kaden is share of water, but we survived and had such a wonderful time!

Sarah eating lunch and getting lots of sun!
Kaden never came out of the water...I had to remind him to come get a drink and eat...we stayed for about 4 hours.
Madyson playing in the sand...a few minutes after this shot she dumped that bucket into her mouth...yep took a big drink.
June 23rd...Madyson is 1!
These next photos are of Madyson mostly. She turned the big "1" year old on June 23, 2010 and we all a great time celebrating her!




I can't believe my baby is 1. She has been the best baby in the world! WE JUST LOVE HER SO MUCH and can't believe how fast she has grown. She is walking all over the place and starting to become a little toddler getting into all kinds of stuff! She's such a sweetie though and we just adore her.

June 14th (Mon-Sat)
Liz & David visit
Aunt Liz and cousin David came to visit us for a week. We had sooo much fun with them and enjoyed having them stay with us so much! We miss them and will post photos later. Liz took all the photos that week, because Brandon had the camera at cub scout camp all week. So I'll put some on once I get them, but I didn't want to forget to blog about it!

Well that's about it for now. I'm glad I finally had a chance to do a little update. Everything is going just fine for us. The kids and I spend a lot of time in the water and Brandon is working like a horse trying to get the park in McKinney finished. It sure will be nice once it's all done though and we look forward to being some of the first to try it out. Kaden will start Kindergarten at Rogers Elementary on August 23rd and will turn 5 the next day (August 24th)! Time flies! Hopefully I'll get a chance to blog again before then cause we still have lots of summer left!