The girls enjoyed the majority of their summer in Dallas visiting grandparents! They had a blast playing in the pool, eating out and doing a little shopping! When we came home it was time for Delaney to head back to school, I mean first grade was a big deal this year! Delaney is back in gymnastics, playing a little soccer starting in September and has also decided to take on the challenge of the violin! She is very excited about the violin, Ryan and I just need some ear muffs now! The best part is to watch her practice the violin while Grayson stands and dances around clapping at her! Also in the news that most people already know is that we are having another baby, and of course like the other two it is a girl. See what I have come up with is that we just don't make boys!! But of well at least we have beautiful girls we will just have a dramatic household in the next 15 years!! We are officially halfway through with the pregnancy with my due date January 9, 2007! She weighs about 1/2 pound right now and has all of her fingers and toes. She is moving around lots just like the other girls did. Hopefully I can get the sonograms scanned in and up on the website soon.

The Beginning of Summer for Delaney and Grayson!




Well it is that time of year again as the days get longer and hotter! Delaney had some birthday money and spent it on a pool and floatie! Both Delaney and Grayson had a blast in the pool! Grasyon wasn't too sure at first since the water wasn't as warm as her bath water but soon got used to the idea! She and Delaney played for awhile before the sun went behind the clouds and the water got too cold to stay in!

Delaney also had a Reading Celebration at school. In kindergarten she had to read at least 75 pre-approved books in order to be included in the celebration. She met her goal through the school year and was recognized along with 6 other kids from her class. The celebration was held at Lake Mary High School. She was awarded by Mr. Nathan, the principal and received a trophy, bookmark, book, free kids meal at Bennigan's and a t-shirt. We were so proud of her that we went out and bought her a brand new dress that she now wants to wear everyday!

We spent one Sunday at Islands of Adventure theme park, just Delaney and mommy! We met up with Hope, Tim, Isabella and Nicholas and we had a marvelous time! We ate lunch at Margaritaville and the kids had a ball at Dr. Seuss Land! All the rides there are created for the kids and we rode most of them many times throughout the day! We also got to ride on Popeye's boat and the girls had a fun time running around pretending to be the captain! Delaney and Bella also rode a roller coaster that was just their size! Of course the mommy's couldn't resist riding with them and I think Hope and I had jus as much fun as the girls!

That is about all for now! We are getting ready for Grayson' first birthday party and Delaney moving on to first grade! The summer is here and we are ready for our annual vacation to Dallas!

Our Trip to Tallahassee

We left last Friday for Tallahassee and spent a nice long weekend away from home. Besided visiting family we also got to go to the Florida State University Spring Football game. This is where the football players get on the field and play a pretend game, offense versus defense. We were not sure if we were going to be able to attend due to weather but we stuck it out and only got rained on a couple of times! Ryan was nice enough and bought each one of us a FSU rain poncho so after it drizzled it felt like you were under a sauna!! That Saturday morning we had a birthday breakfast for Ryan's grandmother, MaBunny. Papa finished building the garden in the front yard so we grilled eggs and pancakes on the grill and had other yummy goodies to eat in the front yard! It was such a great time. Aunt Vicki, Uncle Dave, Kami, Katie, Aunt Linda, Uncle Bob, Nana(Diana) and Uncle Alan all got to join in the celebration. After we ate breakfast the kids played frisbee and soccer in the front yard to get some energy out!



I think Grayson also has her first boyfriend! Nicholas comes over every Thursday night for Survivor and as he was sitting in the bouncy chair Grayson strolls up to him. Now I am sure at some point she was going to grab for his head as she usually does but this time instead of doing that first she petted him and gave him a kiss!



Last but not least I got a great picture of Grayson in the bath tub which I have to share! Her hair is really long now so we get to play with it in the the tub when we wash it! She doesn't seem to mind yet and we get a good laugh out of it!


So I hope you have enjoyed the pictures and everything we have done in the past couple of weeks and I will keep you posted if anything new and exciting sparks up!

Spring Break 2006 for Delaney and Grayson

Well me and the girls are back from Spring Break in Dallas!

Delaney was the best flower girl I have ever seen! She was so excited to drop purple colored rose petals down the aisle! After the wedding in Houston we drove to Victoria, Texas and spent time with my aunt and grandparents! It was so nice to be able to spend some time with them while the girls are still so small.

The rest of spring break was spent in Dallas, Texas. The girls and I spent lots of time with both my mom and Granny Melissa, Grandaddy and Aunt Rachael. We always have a great time eating out, shopping and playing with the girls. I also got to spend some time with my best friend out there, Brian and his new little bundle of joy, Samantha! She is so adorable and looks exactly like her daddy! His step daughter Kaitlyn and Delaney got to play while Brian and I caught up with each other's busy lives while introducing Grayson and Samantha!

Spring Break 2006

Also on this trip I got some really good pictures of Grandaddy and Grayson and Granny Melissa and Delaney! Here is a group photo that we took one night out for dinner at Mac's Bar and Grille!

The best story I have from spring break is actually from the wedding! As Laney is standing up at the altar next to the bride Grayson is "talking" in the background when low and behold Delaney turns around and quietly says, "Shhhh Grayson be quiet!!" Grayson got a smile on her face and the ceremony went on without a hitch!

So all in all we had a great time during Spring Break. Lots of pictures were taken and many memories were made! And of course hopefully one of these days all the pictures will make it into one of the girls scrapbooks!

Grayson has now learned how to crawl and pull herself up onto everything she can find! Also she has figured out how to make the sound "d" and "b" so she crawls around saying ddddd or bbbbb! Ryan is just waiting for her to say dada. Oh well! Delaney said mama first so I guess I can give him this one!