Kansas Fun!

Two weeks ago Momma, Jax and Kinley made a trip to Kansas for Gma Oakley's Surpise 50th Birthday Party! Daddy couldn't make this trip because he wouldn't have been able to leave until Friday afternoon (the party was Fri night) so Momma and the kiddos headed out on Wed morning and came home on Monday. We sure did miss Daddy, but we had so much fun with cousins, aunts, uncles, gmas, gpas, and all of our other Kansas friends!


Big Kids!


The blonde haired, blue eyed cousins stickin together!


Hey Rach, where's Tegan?


Oh, that's right, GGma fed her to the giraffe :)


All the kids got a turn to feed the giraffes, one of the coolest things about the Wichita Zoo!


The kids loved to visit Gpa Oakley... :) (Aunt Kayla said it!)


7 cousins on one horse, of course!


Kinley had to prove the wagon really wasn't as heavy as Aunt Jenn and Aunt Kris said...


So FUN!!!


GGma's surprise bday party with her 7 babies! Don't know what is more surprising, the celebration or the fact that she is 50 and had 7 grandbabies in 2 years and 2 months!


Birthday Boy, Brennan on Sat with his Elmo cake!


Kate and Kinley taking lessons from Uncle Justin and Uncle Brett on playing video games!


Kinley feeding Tegan!


Kinley holding Aunt Shelly!


Gpa Oakley and Kinley!

Lake House Fun!

Momma's a little late with this post but we have to post some of the pics from our mini-vacation for Mr. Eric's Birthday a couple of weeks ago! We had a blast with our great friends, the Alarids, at thier family lake house near Austin!


The best of friends and worst of enemies! This pic completely captures the girls personalities and thier LOVE/HATE relationship. We hope they are friends forever and this pic can be used in a wedding slideshow someday as each other's bridesmaid, they are the perfect pair and the closest thing to a sister the other could have. Oh, how Kinley loves (and hates) her Tay Tay! Since I'm on a roll about these two girlies I have to note that Ms. Rachel called me this week and Tay had to tell Ms. Jess something - half way thru telling me she said, "May I talk to Kinley now please?" I handed Kinley the phone and heard the girls telling each other about the clothes they were wearing and making plans to go to each other's houses next week. It was so cute and a fun memory for us mommas to know are baby girls are old enough to take over our phone conversation. Sweet girls!!! (Wow, hope I don't write a book about each photo!)


Cheerleading pyramid???? Ms. Mimi and the girls! :)


Our little miss!


Riding in the ski boat, but still too cold to ski!


The girls helping Mr. Eric drive the boat!


Slumber Party fun! The girls got to sleep in the same room for the 1st time at the lakehouse this trip. The evening was complete with Momma and Ms. Rachel getting in on Simon Says, Duck-Duck Goose, and a GREAT game of Hide and Seek. Jax was a little disappointed he didn't REALLY get to play! We won't talk much about how it took a LONG time for the girls to go to sleep and that Ms. Mimi even had to get in on the threatening and volunteered to sleep in the same room as these two drama queens to keep them out of trouble...

Thanks to the Alarids for a great getaway and happy belated birthday to Mr. Eric!

Bubble Fun!

Don't think feeding bubbles to your brother is as healthy as blowing them, but it sure is as much fun!

We Don't Say That Word STUPID!!!

To the tune "Oh Be Careful Little Eyes/Ears/Hands/Feet"

Oh be careful Mr. Cory what you say,
Oh be careful Mr. Cory what you say,
There's a Kinley in the crowd
and she'll call you out - outloud!!!
Oh be careful Mr. Cory what you say!

In church on Sunday morning the youth minister, Cory was giving a talk on never being to broken for God and he made a quote about not being "dumb or stupid" - frankly I don't remember his exact quote because I was shocked when all of the sudden Little Miss smacked me in the arm and announce, "MOMMY, WE DON'T SAY THAT WORD - STUPID - RIGHT???"

So how do explain that Mr. Cory is allowed to say it in context, but she is not allowed to say it? Guess we'll just have to go with - shame on Mr. Cory for now! :)

Easter Weekend!

Kinley had a great Easter with Gma Kerry, Gpa Tom and Uncle Troy coming to town, here are some pics of her on Easter weekend.


Kinley with her loot from the Easter Bunny!


Sad that this is the BEST pic Momma got in the yard of both kids dressed up...


Kinley hunting eggs - her favs were the one's filled with MONEY!!!


Kinley and Daddy with the Egg Glasses from Gma and Gpa!


Gma and Gpa and the kids at Creekside Park.


Kinley and Gma Kerry!

Bluebonnets 2010!

Pre-Easter Fun!

Easter Egg Hunt




Story Time with THE EASTER BUNNY!




Coloring Easter Eggs with Mom and Jax!