Ellie and Clainey!

We were wanting some "Ellie time" so since the kiddos had Labor day off we decided to invite her to spend the night with us that Sunday.

Here's a few pictures of the girlies...

They had fun accessorizing & posing at Walmart...


Little cuties...


This is all the kiddos favorite tree...


We love you Ellie girl! Come stay again soon!

Jessie's visit!

One of my Gilbert high school peeps, Jessica, was in town with her cute little baby girl Jordi. We decided to eat lunch at Liberty Market in Gilbert which actually used to be a Market when we were in High School. Now, they've made it into this really cool restaurant.

I always enjoy chit-chatting with the girls...I just wish Jessie hadn't gotten so rattled when Jordi started getting a little fussy, we didn't even notice :) We had to give her a hard time about it because we are all past the baby faze and it's been so long since we've had are little babes on our hips so we probably just don't remember getting stressed back in those days.

Love ya, Jessie & Jordi! It was so good to see you! Tell Jay hi from us!



Nicole, Jessie, Me, Kelli, Mary and Jordi...


Mary and Jordi...I love this picture!


Cutie pie!

Spirit Week at Noah Webster!

This is a LONG over due blog post!

Here's Maclaine all decked out for spirit week a couple weeks ago!

Crazy sock day....


Crazy hair day, Maclaine's favorite...


Mix-n-match day, she didn't go too crazy with this day....


Crazy hat day....


School pride day...

Grandparents Breakfast

Here's a couple pictures of Maclaine with her G (my momma) at the Grandparents breakfast at her school. Clainey was very excited to have her G spend the night and get up with her to eat donuts at the school.



"Thanks for coming G, and thanks for buying me a book at the book fair!"

Wiggin' Out!

My friend Bernice who is undergoing chemo right now was going to be in town for a few days. We all wanted to get together to hang out before she headed back to Kansas so one of her cousins planned this great "Wigging out" party! I thought it was such a cute idea! If only it hadn't been so stinkin' hot that evening...but it still turned out to be a lot of fun! Thanks Krissy for putting it all together! I can't believe I didn't even get a picture of you!

I'm bummed I didn't get a picture of everyone who came to the party but here's some of the pictures that were captured that night.

Elvis Einstein Presley, The spanish dancer, & Goldie-locks...


Me & Bernice...


Maclaine & Mady...


Bernice with her cousin Amber...


Bernice, Sami, & Jessie...


Abby....


Mady & Ella...


Connie & John...


Connie, Bernice, Me & Mary...


Robert...


Megan...


"Hasta la vista..."

Meet the teacher & First day of school

One of the things we look forward to and get a little nervous about is when it's meet the teacher time at the end of the summer. You never know if they're going to be in the same class with their friends or if they're going to connect with their new teacher. Her teacher this year, in 3rd grade, was actually a 2nd grade teacher last year so Maclaine was very familiar with her.

This year is turning out to be great so far! She has one of her good friends from last year in her class and she comes home and tells us that she loves her teacher and that she has a good sense of humor! So, we're off to a good start!


Here's Maclaine getting ready to head off to meet the teacher...


Maclaine in front of her new classroom....


Maclaine and Mrs. Sosa...


Proud daddy...


Proud momma...


First day of school outfit...


Maclaine and her peeps...

Our summer in photos!

Here's some of the things we did this summer!

We baked...




We bounced...


We lazed around with old friends....


Played with BFF's....


We got slimed...


We hung out with cutie-pies...




We organized....


We swam...a bunch!


We listened to the bands at the mall...


We dog-sat...




We played hide and seek...


We made crafts...


and I'm sure I missed a few things but overall we had a pretty fun summer!