Stockyard, Great Wolfe, Six Flags....

..and anything else Grandaddy could fit in while we visited him last month. :) Last month, the kids, EJW and I loaded up and headed to Texas. (RDC flew out on Friday.) While we were there, Grandaddy had a PACKED few days!! But we had a GREAT time!! When we got there we just relaxed a little, walked around the stockyards and ate a FABULOUS dinner. Then the next few days were filled with watching the cattle drive in the Stockyards, playing on the slides atGreatWolfe, and then spent the day at Six Flags. I am not sure who had more fun and was more excited---the kids or Grandaddy!!!

Fun at the Stockyards!!!

JDC LOVED going to Gre@tWolfe and playing in th e wave pool!!! MWC was tall enough to go down the BIG slides and enjoyed EVERY minute of it!! I even talked Grandaddy into going down at least one big slide so he could see how excited and how much fun she had on the big slides!! (I am pretty sure the one trip up those stairs was worth hearing her laugh and seeing her smile!!)

Riding the rides at Six Fl@gs.......


































.....and meeting a super hero!!!!! :)

We have a LOT more pictures that I would love to share....so be looking forward to them as Wordless Wednesdays!!!!

HAPPY......

......yes we had cake AND a party....but more on that later. :)

Today was our 'baby's' 1st day of kindergarten!!! And she LOVED it!!! No tears.....yes there were a few from mom throughout the day--but they got better as the day went on. :) Fortunately, I know and love her teacher from when I worked in the schools so that was a DEFINITE bonus!! She walked right in and was fine. It seemed like FOREVER until 2:30 --then we went to get her and hear all about her day. We are still getting bits and pieces, but overall she loved it and can't wait to go back. :)
Here are some pictures from her in her classroom---some were taken at "meet the teacher" night.

Can you guess who had the HARDEST time leaving her at school today?!?!!?!?!?

And yes...he did this off and on ALL day long!! :)

And what 'big' day would be complete without a party and cake?!?!?! We knew that all of the family would want to hear all about her day so we went to Pop and Granny's for cake so everyone could see her!!! **Even though by the time for cake we had talked to most everyone!!! We are SOOOO thankful that ALL of our family is so involved with our children and want to know all the details!!!

Hot dogs in July

We have a calendar on our refrigerator that is "kid focused." It has cute little pictures and stickers to put important days. So MWC thinks that whatever the picture is~~well we need to do that for that month~~~and IN that month. :) Which is why Pop and Daddy were on a deadline for a fishing picture in June and why we HAD to have hot dogs on the grill for supper one night in July. And JUST as in the picture, she had to carry the buns out to her daddy when they were ready to come off. :) Hopefully it will ALWAYS be this easy to please our little girl. And it was fun her wanting to help "cook" supper. :)