Zoo Time

We went to the zoo with Cassie and Grace over spring break. Words of wisdom...don't go to the zoo during spring break!!! Holy moly, it took forever to get into Mohawk Park and then we had to park far away from the entrance (not even in the parking lot) and then wait in line for about 30 minutes. Craziness!! It actually was not bad once inside the zoo and the girls had so much fun with their cousin. Worth the wait.

 

 

Camel ride with Aunt Cassie.

 

 

Didn't want to ride.

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Claire-4
Grace-3

 

Dance observation day

In December Claire had a dance observation day for her dance class. We were able to go into the classroom and watch them dance and take pictures. They had a Christmas party with gift exchange as well. I will warn you there will be a lot of pictures with this one. Also, I am not all that good taking photos indoors so they are not the best but still so cute because quite frankly, my daughter is a very cute little dancer. See for yourselves.

 

Some of her dancing friends.

Claire's best friend Rachel. (This is who Claire thinks is the coolest person she knows. Seee Claire is 4 post.)

LOVE THIS ONE!!



FRIENDS

The girls and myself have great friends within the Jang family. They were our very first playdate back when Quinn and Jaycen were infants. It has been so fun watching the kids grow over the past couple of years. The girls get so excited when they know they will be seeing Alex and Jaycen and they cry when we have to leave them. When they are parting ways you will almost aways here these exact words while crying and waving. "Bye Alex, Bye Jaycen, Love you!!!!!!" The boys are the same. The Jangs will be moving to New York soon and I have to say I am a little (maybe more than a little) sad about that, for selfish reasons of course. Not only do the girls have a friendship with the boys but I have a friendship with Desiree. I have not told the girls they are moving and not sure how I am going to. The Jangs are still trying to sell their house so I figure I will wait until that happens. (Praying they sell it soon) I am so happy for their family and for what God has in store for their lives!! We have been blessed by them and I know our families will be lifetime friends.

Micky Mouse popcicles on a hot day.

 

Quinn and Jaycen

Claire and Alex

Friends

It's too HOT!

I know I complain when it is cold and yet here I am complaining it is too hot! Over a 100 degrees every day is too much. Luckily we have great friends that want to cool off at the splash park.

Sweet Friends

We love our friends Alex and Jaycen and we love that they invite us to swim in their pool! We will miss them dearly when they move to New York.

Wedding Time

We left our family vacation in Ardmore and headed to Great Bend, Kansas for my friend Shannon's wedding. She asked me to be a bridesmaid and I was so excited and honored to be a part of her day.

 It was a 6 hour drive and I was a little worried that it was going to be a horrible ride but as always the girls surprise me. The girls were wonderful during the wedding as well. Jared had pads of paper and pencils to keep them busy but they liked watching mommy in her "purple wedding dress". The girls talked about how they were getting to go to the "wedding party" all day. The girls danced and played games at the reception/dance. They had a blast! I had so much fun watching them. They loved spinning in their dresses and loved dancing with mommy and daddy.

We left after the dance and drove to Kansas City for the Beck family reunion. That was another 4 hours in the car. Luckily the girls danced themselves sleepy and slept most of the way.

It was so great to see some of my Great Bend friends again. It was great seeing Shannon. I miss her dearly so it was wonderful seeing her again and especially on her special day. Best wishes to the happy couple. :)



Zoo Playdate with MOPS

I am convinced that I can only go to the zoo when it is hot...happens every time. We had fun in spite of the heat with our friends from MOPS. Claire wanted to see a giraffe and Quinn wanted to see a hippopotamus. We did see giraffes but no hippos at the Tulsa zoo, we will have to go to OKC for Quinn to see them. Claire's favorite was the giraffe, naturally, and Quinn's was the elephants. Fun times, we hope to go again this year but maybe we will wait until fall.

Chuck E. Cheese

Our MOPS play date today was at Chuck E. Cheese. We have never been before and the girls loved it! They had such a good time playing games and collecting tickets. We ended up with 90 tickets and the girls picked candy (not surprised!) and bracelets as their prizes. They loved that they got to eat their favorite...pizza! It was extra special because Claire's friend Alex was celebrating his 4th birthday today so we were able to celebrate with him. Quinn was very afraid of Chuck the mouse when he came out to say hi. So much that even when I put her to bed tonight she said "Mommy, that Chuck E Cheeses scared me." I hope she doesn't have nightmares. I think I have said before that I am very weirded out by mascots...they creep me out! It was difficult for me to be brave and tell Quinn everything was fine and that he was our friend. When the whole time I am looking at that big mouse head all I wanted to do was punch him in the face and run away. (Was that too violent?) I now have the willies! Anyway, the girls had fun and can't wait to go again but they want to bring daddy next time. Fine with me...him and Claire can talk to the big mouse while Quinn and I play games far far away!

Claire and Jaycen.

Alex and Quinn.

She is so brave...she gave him a high five!

See Quinn's face? Scared...I feel ya Quinny!!