The Wedding

Last weekend we went to my cousin Elizabeth's wedding in Oklahoma City. It was our first long car ride with Sydney, and I have to say that she did pretty well. Gracie Claire and Sydney both did great the whole day, and it was an exhausting day. This was the first time that most of my mom's side of the family got to meet Sydney in person (they all live in IL.) So, that was fun! It's so fun to show off your babies! My dad performed the wedding, and if you've ever been to one of his weddings, you know that it's always great! The reception was fun too! Paul and I actually got to dance a couple of times, because we had so many people to look after the girls for us. It almost felt like a date! (I'm finding that we definitely need to be making time for more of those, or I just feel burnt out...we're working on it!) All of that said, we had a great time seeing family! Congrats Mike and Elizabeth!

Paul & Me Dancing

Gracie Claire, My Dad, My Sister Gracie, and Me

Gracie, Elizabeth, & Me

My Dad & Me

This picture is probably my favorite. I love the relationship that Paul has with our girls!

Gracie Claire dancing with her cousin Liam. She had a blast on the dance floor!

Blue Steel? ;o)

Sydney got some dancing in too!

The Fam

Smiles

I just love my sweet girls' smiles!

Playtime

Sydney's 3 months old! I'm really making an effort to take in every single moment and am enjoying every single stage that she goes through. How can 3 months go by so fast?!

Concentrating hard during tummy time!

Dancing With the Stars

YEA!! For our anniversary, Paul got us tickets to the "Dancing With the Stars" tour! How fun is that?! He is so good at coming up with the greatest things to do for special occasions! He knew I would absolutely love to go to this show! How blessed am I to have a husband like him! (And, yes, I felt this way even before he told me about the show! :o) He's the best!

Can you tell I'm excited?! I just realized I ended every sentence with an exclamation point! HA!

The Queen

I've just finished reading Esther and loved the courage that she showed for her people as well as her faith in God's sovereignty. I continue to see God's sovereignty in our lives over and over again. I wonder what God has in his plans for me and my family, and more importantly how I would act "in such a time as this." (4:14) I would hope that I would have the faith and courage of Esther.

Mayfest

We went to Mayfest on Sunday and loved watching Gracie Claire take it all in! Having kids is just the best!

Gracie Claire's first ride on a carousel. She giggled the entire time (and then cried when she was made to get off.)

Sydney had a good time too! She snoozed in the Baby Bjorn with Daddy!

Gracie Claire's absolute favorite part of Mayfest was the pony ride. Again, she giggled the entire ride and then cried when she was made to get off. During the two minute ride, she decided that the pony belonged to her. This girl cracks me up with her love of horses.

Bluebonnets, Chicken Hats, & Purple Toes

I will apologize ahead of time for this being a very random blog.

Bluebonnets

This past weekend we went up to Paul's mom's. They live in a little "Germantown" north of Denton called Muenster, and every year we go up for Germanfest. As we were leaving to come back home, we stopped in front of Paul's mom's gate where she had tossed some bluebonnet seed. There was a pretty good little patch, big enough to get some pictures of the girls. Our mistake...waiting until right as we were leaving. The girls were exhausted and every picture we took, pretty much looked like this!

Chicken Hats

Along with Germanfest comes Polka bands (yeah, I know...weird.) Along with Polka bands comes, "The Chicken Dance." People walk around Germanfest with chicken hats on their heads (yeah, I know...even weirder!) Anyways, one of the things that Paul's mom likes to do is stand at her gate and cheer on the people that take part in the bike rally, which is one of the activities that comes along with Germanfest. Usually, she wears a chicken hat while doing this. This year though, Gracie Claire and Parker, our nephew, wore the chicken hats. I have to say that Gracie Claire is the first person I've ever seen that still looks adorable, even while wearing a chicken hat.

Purple Toes

As I was painting my toes last week, Gracie Claire became really intrigued with the whole process. Obviously she wanted her little toes painted too. Amazingly, she sat really still while I painted! She loves showing those cute little purple toes to anybody who will look!