Best of Friends

 These two have been sweet friends since they were born!

 It helps that their Mommy's are best of friends as well. :)

 Kenzie wanted to come to Houston to share her birthday with Audrey, so we set out to have a special 'girls' day' together.

 Our first stop was Build a Bear where the girls picked out new friends, stuffed them, bathed them, put them in their new outfits and then named them. It was so fun!

 Audrey named her bear "Cinderella" :)

 Then we headed to the Tea Room for lunch. The girls loved this place! They got to drink their lemonade from their very own teapot and teacup. So girly and fun!

 They really do have a blast with each other! :)

That evening we went to a Christmas Production at a Church in town together. It was definitely different and entertaining!

Star Pizza for dinner! We miss our sweet friends and love it anytime we can get together.

Happy 5th Birthday, sweet Kenzie!

Thanks for choosing to spend it with us!

Ainsley - 3.5

Our sweet baby girl is 3 and a half! Ains is a true joy and has definitely become Mommy's little helper around the house. Love her servant's heart and take charge personality that is developing in our beautiful 3rd child!

Here are some pics of me around Ainsley's age. See any similarities?? :)

My First 5K!!

So me and these two sweet friends, Megan and Lesley made it a goal to run a 5K before the end of 2011. We are 3 Mama's with 10 kiddos between all of us and it was TIME to set a goal for our health and mainly for ourselves. :) Meg and I started running in September 3-4 times a week early in the mornings doing the Couch to 5K program. There were many mornings that were tough, but there is nothing like having some one there beside you cheering you on to go a little further each time. We were so excited (and a little nervous) to run our first 5K for a wonderful cause. It was also fun to see my cousin, Brad and his family there to support his friends by running the race (he came in 3rd!! Awesome!)

It was a beautiful day for a run! Here we are about to cross the finish line. Love that we stared and finished together! (And yes, that is my son running beside me. :) Fun memory!

My sweet family came to cheer me on. Love them!

Love you, girls! Could NOT have done this without you! WE.ARE.RUNNERS!! Hoping and training to run my 1st half marathon in 2012! We will see! ;)

Michael W. Smith

For Christmas this year, I gave my Mom tickets to a Michael W. Smith concert here in town. It was such a fun night!

We had great seats. It was also fun and an honor to have President George Bush Sr. and his wife there enjoying the concert with is! (Hard to see in this pic, but he is being brought in in the center next to the stage.)

Spectacular music from a Christian music legend!!

The night ended with dinner at Olive Garden (of course!) Merry Christmas, Mama! Love you!

Thoughtfulness

We had two sweet ladies of our Church make things for our family recently:

 These quilts were hand made with love. They are awesome! Love how they fit each of their personalities perfectly!

Thank you, Ms. Bonnie!

Another sweet lady from Church made the girls several dresses. They loved the fun prints on these. :) Thank you, Ms. Jeanne! We are so grateful for both of these ladies thoughtfulness!