Not so fast Daddy

Trent and Brayden decided to take the training wheels off his bike without my consent.  One push from dad and he was off and riding by himself.  He did a great job and of course wanted to keep them off.  The problem is he can't get started by himself and I'm not up for that so the training wheels went back on the bike at the end of the day.  Maybe next summer we can try it again w/only 2 wheels!

Yee Haw!

Brayden and Madyson needed birthday pictures and Brayden did not want to go to a studio so I decided to just take them myself.  B had to dress up in his "cowboy clothes" so M joined in.  I'm not much of a photographer but how can you go wrong with these two!  (Warning there are a lot of pics and I didn't even post them all, I just couldn't choose!) 

Handsome Boys!

These two have decided they want to dress like Daddy for church.  They are so dang cute!

Darn School!

Summer was fun but all good things must come to an end!  Here's to the start of a new school year!

B was so excited to that he figured out how to clip his boots to his backpack.  He couldn't wait to show his friends!

Brayden and Ms. Ashley (yeah they moved her up so he gets her again this year!)

Can't believe they are both in middle school!

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M is 11!

My baby girl is growing up fast!  For her birthday this year she went to Frontier City w/a few friends and had a blast (I took the pics on another camera and can't find it.)   She wanted a phone and a camera and of course her daddy came through for her and she got both!  Madyson is becoming so responsible.  She is a great babysitter and helper around the house (when she wants to be!)  She is a great student and is also developing into quite an athlete.  She loves volleyball and softball and is great at both.  She has such a loving spirit and is so great at making sure everyone feels included and special.  I am so lucky to have her as my daughter!  

Crazy Rain

In June we had some crazy rain.  In a matter of a few hours we had something like 10 inches of rain.  Streets, businesses, and homes were flooded.  People were stranded, bridges were knocked out and my kids were ecstatic!  I didn't quite realize how much rain we got until later in the day but the kids took advantage and played like crazy!!! (Apparently I also took more pictures than I realized.   I tried to narrow it down!)

Farewell Fifth Grade!

My baby girl has officially graduated from elementary school.  She has loved Cross Timbers and had a great year!  She received several awards, but I didn't write them down so I will have to wait until she's around to fill them in!   The fantastic girl scout troop that had been together since 1st grade presented a gift to the school for letting them meet there for so many years.  They were a great troop and we are going to miss them.  For the fifth grade celebration they had a Circus Theme party and the kids had a great time.  Now it's on to middle school, yikes!