Texas Bluebonnets

Bluebonnet pics are a spring tradition for all children in the Hill Country! Thankfully our church has beautiful bluebonnets so we don't have to squat on the side of the highway! I love these pictures of my sweet little girl - some of them she is starting to look like such a big girl and sometimes I can still see that precious baby face. The bribe to get the photos done was to get to play on the church playground afterwards. She loves riding Mr. Bumblebee - we have to stop to take a ride every Sunday after church!

Car Wash

We discovered a new favorite activity for Miss Charlotte... washing the cars! Looks like we will be saving a lot of money on car washes this summer because she wants to do it at home every weekend. Anything that involves being outside, water (especially soapy water), the hose and a 5 gallon bucket is tons of fun! It is no surprise that she ended up in the soapy water and half naked. We are working on requiring at least underwear or swimming suit bottoms when we are in the front yard! She is not excited about the new rule!

Me and my girls :)

On second thought... we may not save money after we see the water bill!

A good song came on.... time to jam with dad!

Rodeo Austin

We spent one of our fun Thursday mornings with Francie and Casey at the Austin Rodeo. The girls love to do anything that involves animals so I knew it would be a hit! They loved the petting zoo and pony rides. At $5 a ride, they only got to ride the ponies once!!! Last year, Charlotte wanted me to let go of her on the horse (which I of course refused to do at 14 months!). This year, she immediately pushed me away and yelled "I do it myself!". So, she did! It was a beautiful day. We took advantage of driving across town to eat some pizza afterwards at Home Slice, one of our favs! We love our Thursday morning playdates!! It is impossible to get these 2 goofs to look at the camera together....

Hello cow!

Face off

I turned my back for one second to take a pic of F and here is what Charlotte is up to....

Baby chicks

Sweet little lamb

Happy girl

I'm doing it Mama!

Lots of miles put in on this fun bridge!

Wordless Wednesday

Weekend with Nana and Pops

One weekend in early March, Charlotte and I headed to Midlothian for a long weekend. I had a CME conference at Scottish Rite Friday and Saturday, so Charlotte got to spend a couple days with Nana and Pops. Thursday, we took Charlotte to her first trip to the Ft. Worth zoo. It is such a beautiful zoo and has a lot more animals than our little Austin zoo! We started off on a bad foot after a late night traveling and early waking... she totally melted down over the carousel being out of order. She quickly snapped out of it though and we had a great zoo trip!! She got a stuffed pink flamingo to remember her trip which she loves and knows it's from "Nana's zoo". I don't have many other pics but Char and Nana had a great time together - they met the Cat in the Hat at story time, had a Chick-fil-A lunchdate with some other ladies and their grandbabies, did some shoe shopping at Nordstrom (thank you Nana!!!) and spent lots of time just playing together. Saturday night Pops grilled us burgers and we enjoyed a beautiful night outside. Thanks for the weekend and keeping my peanut, Nana and Pops!

One of Char's favorites!

Gross!!! This guy totally mooned us for a drink of water! Guess who cracked up?!?

C & Nana

Ellies

Me and my girl

White tiger!

Another favorite

Basketball with Pops on the porch

Sweet girl

Flippin' burgers

Charlotte has learned to pedal her bikes - yay!!

Beautiful flowers and beautiful little girl!

Summer days in February...

What do you do when it's 89 degrees in February?!?! Spend the morning at Zilker with a buddy, have a picnic and a SNOWCONE!!!!

Livestrong Half Marathon

We had SO much fun cheering on Uncle Vinny and Mike at the Livestrong half marathon. We love any excuse to spend a morning downtown and enjoy Austin! It was a beautiful day and we were so proud to cheer them across the finish line. What an accomplishment!! Charlotte and Macy got to play at Auditorium Shores while we waited for the boys to recover. Then we took them to brunch to celebrate at a yummy restaraunt called Olivia! Thanks for sharing the day with us Uncle Vinny, we loved it!