Connor's birthday party

My dear friends' son Connor had his 4th birthday party while we were in KC a couple of weekends ago. I didn't catch as many pics as I'd hoped - Hannah was pretty much glued to me the entire time - except when Tony worked his magic and carried her around a bit. But there are some cute pics I can share...

Madeline and Connor watching a show the night before the party

Ashlin, Madeline and Connor

Madeline became quick friends with Holly - they were together the entire night!

Madeline and Holly

Ashlin - what's in that cake?!? Connor - Birthday Boy!

Halloween 2008

Here are our Halloween pics! We went to a local church festival with our friends Kathy, Gunner and Rylee and family Nana and Manda. We had a great time and the girls were super cute!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Preschool Homework

Madeline has been begging me for homework lately (hillarious, I know). In fact, last night she cried herself to sleep over the fact that we forgot to do some homework before bed time. So I figured I'd better capitalize on the interest she's got right now. I found a cool website with assignment pages for preschool and kindergarten aged children and she loves it! Thought I'd share it with you...

http://www.kidzone.ws/

Please feel free to send me your links if you have some favorites!!!

Jen

Bathroom Renovation...

I'm a bit embarassed about this post... I first chose the items to adorn our bathroom 10 years ago when Chris and I were just starting out in our marriage and I had no sense of style. We hadn't changed a bit of it in 10 YEARS! As we get closer to leaving our small starter home, we're updating things to make our home more marketable. I still feel rather inept at decorating but I'm trying! Anyway, I'm going to take the plunge and post before and after pics because I don't think you'll have a clear idea of the depths of my excitement until you see the bathroom we've lived with for so long!

Our old shower curtain and wood towel rings

Our old vanity, pretty banged up and blah huh?
Our old wall cabinet - overflowing with "stuff"
Tada!! Our vanity after a couple of coats of paint, new hinges and hardware. Looks like new doesn't it?? I'm especially proud of this because I spent an entire day applying kilz and paint and I think it turned out gorgeous!
We updated the wall cabinet, chose brown and orange for the towels and bought a really pretty new shower curtain. The wall color you can see in the reflection of the mirror is the truest color of the walls - the flash washed out the color in every shot.
Chris installed a new light fixture and faucet and he framed our mirror for us!
A closer shot of our mirror, which formerly was just a big slab of glass
Our bathroom is now our favorite room!

Next projects: Front garden and kitchen

Silly pics with my girls...

The pics with madeline were taken in my car while we were waiting to meet some friends at the Mall and Hannah was snoozing. The ones with the goofy pink cap were very fun. At the end I'm going to add just a few more cute pics of the girls. Enjoy!

SURPRISED

SAD

SCRUNCHY (we look a lot alike here huh?)

I found the girls watching Little Einsteins this way - so cute!! Hannah wasn't sleeping but if she were it would be even sweeter.

Boating and Fishing with Papa

On Labor Day weekend, Chrissy met Chris, Madeline, Hannah and I at my dad's for a fun time. We took the girls out on the lake and we were a little leary about how Hannah would do with her first boat ride. But the girls loved it! It was a beautiful day. We rode around for a while, found a cove and all swam and snacked for a while, and then took a nice long ride back. I think we were on the lake from 3 pm to 9 pm. It was an amazing day. The next morning, we took Madeline fishing at one of my dad's ponds. She caught 4 fish and had a blast.

Hannah zonked out on the boat ride so we got to share some sweet cuddle time
Our captain - I love this man

Madeline's first catch

Kiddie Park

There is an amusement park for kids (probably age 7 and under) in Bartlesville OK. It's a 1 hour drive from Tulsa. Last weekend, we went with our friends the Neals and the Hitchcocks for a wild night at the Kiddie Park. The kids had a blast and we got a kick out of watching them. Madeline and her "boyfriend" Vadin held hands the entire night. They have been friends since birth (Vadin is about 4 weeks younger than Madeline, believe it or not) and they've insisted on calling each other boyfriend and girlfriend - I think their sitters have had something to do with perpetuating the budding romance! Hannah was itching to ride everything in site - she's a little dare devil. We did let her ride one ride alone that seemed to have a good seat belt - we wouldn't put it past her to bail out of a moving vehicle! Here are some pictures of our fun time...

Train ride: Me and Hannah, and that's Vadin peeking around from behind

Madeline on the car ride
Madeline and Vadin flying high
Hannah: our little race car driver
Madeline and Vadin raising their arms on the roller coaster
Spinning fast
Young love
Sweet kids
Vadin, his dad Preston and Madeline
Hannah and I - she had to be turned backwards to see her sis

Vadin's little bro Tolbyn
Our dear friends, Megan and Preson (Kathy, sorry I didn't get any shots of you!!)
Madeline, Gunner and Vadin
Gunner