The Next American Idol????

Kendall is constantly singing. Everywhere she goes, she will just bust out in song. I finally was able to catch her on video singing two of her favorite songs!!
This first video is "ABC's":

This second video is of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". She was a little camera shy on this one!!

Aunt KeKe is in town!!

My dear friend Kari (Aunt KeKe if you ask Kendall) is in town so she stopped by tonight. It's always so nice to spend time with her!  We had a great time catching up, eating dinner, and just playing with Kendall.

Since Kari now lives in another state, we don't get to see her much. But I love the way we can just pick up and visit like we see each other every day!

We already miss you Aunt KeKe and we can't wait to see you again!

A Fun Family Wedding!

Well after driving all night (10 hours) we finally made it to Amarillo Friday morning. My mom gets a huge gold star because she drove for the majority of the time!! We stopped to see my Grandma Shirley. She took us out for a great breakfast and then we went shopping!

Kendall got a few clothes and a new pair of shoes! She loved her shoes so much, she wouldn't take the new pair off and tried to put her old shoes on the store shelf!!

That afternoon we drove the rest of the way to Dumas. That evening was the rehearsal dinner. It was so nice seeing all of my mom's family. I even got to meet a cousin of mine for the first time and her wonderful family!

 My sweet granny!

Memaw & Kendall

Uncle Tom & Aunt Shirley!

Saturday was the wedding. It was so pretty!! Kendall kept wanting to see the "princess"! They had a cake and punch reception after the ceremony. Later that night they had a private dinner and dance for family and close friends. We had so much fun!! Kendall boogied all night long!!

Princess Victory & Kendall

The bride & groom with Kendall

I can't believe my little cousin is all grown up!



Kendall doing the Chicken Dance. O how I wish

I got this on video!!

Sunday morning we left Dumas and headed back this way. Again, my mom earns the big gold star because she drove most of the way!! We made it back around 6:30 that night. Thanks for a great road trip Mom!!

Ok, so Blogger is acting up, or maybe it's my computer, but I am having a hard time downloading pictures. So this is all I'm putting up for now!! I hope you enjoy the ones that made it on here!! 

What a night!!

Well we have been blowing and going this week! Justin has been working overtime so it has just been Kendall and me for the most part. Yesterday we went out to dinner with our dear friends to celebrate Mr. Mark's birthday. Kendall was being a little pill in the restaurant! Finally she calmed down when the appetizers and ranch dressing came out. She loves ranch dressing!! Well, she decided that she was going to use her whole hand to dip the ranch out and finished the bowl by literally drinking it!! I let her be because she was sitting there quietly. It wouldn't hurt anything right???

Boy was I wrong!! Starting around 1am this morning, Kendall started throwing up. Five pj changes, three bed changes, and one change for mommy later, Kendall was finally feeling better. I got in bed five minutes before my alarm was set to go off. Kendall was still feeling bad and had a temp this morning so we both stayed home today.

Moral of this story....there is such a thing as too much ranch dressing!!

We are leaving to go on a 10 hour trip for my cousin's wedding. Please say a prayer that it was only the ranch dressing and we will have a good, uneventful trip!!

Weekend Fun!

Yesterday morning my parents came to town for a little bit. My mom had a hair appointment so my dad played with Kendall while he was waiting.

When my mom was done at the beauty shop, we met up for lunch at Subway! They now have a new sandwich that is the Subway Club with guacamole and it is AMAZING!!

Yesterday evening Justin, Kendall and I headed over to the Oliver's for supper and to visit. Their daughter is 15 months, and the two girls get a long great!!

Here they are watching Praise Baby. I just love how Kendall decided to put her arm around Emma!!

Today we went to Church and then out for pizza! We couldn't leave without playing a game!

 Thank you for the dress Grandma Shirley!!

While Justin and Kendall took a nap, I did some much needed cleaning around the house. It was so hot this afternoon that I put Kendall in her swimsuit and let her help me clean the trashcans and our car floor mats. I didn't get any pictures, but she looked so cute! She took her job of "scrubbing" the mats very seriously!!

We ended our day with a great meal by Justin, reading not one, not two, but three books!! And now that there is a very slight decrease in temperature, I'm out to finish cleaning the inside of my car!!

Our First Movie Night!!

Well Justin and I decided to take the plunge......we took Kendall to her first movie in the theater!!

We went to see the "Winnie the Pooh Movie". It was only an hour long and was the perfect length for Kendall. She loved sitting in her own chair. I got her a little kids pack that contained a drink and popcorn. She loved the popcorn so much, she had it all gone before the preview had even stopped!!

We did have to take one potty break, but other than that Kendall did great and we had a great time as a family. Afterwards, we went to eat Mexican food!!

I just love our family fun nights!!

Our Week Thus Far...

Man have we had a busy week!! Monday I was supposed to get off work at 3pm, but because of some robot cases (I'll explain the robot in another post) I didn't get to leave until 8:30.

On Tuesday I was on-call and we were swamped in the OR so once again I had to stay until 7:30. I love my job but I absolutely hate missing bath and bedtime with Kendall. Justin did call me and we had prayer time over the phone, but it just wasn't the same!

Wednesday Kendall, Justin and I played out in the garage. I love watching Kendall drive her little Cozy Coupe!! I asked where she was going and she replied "shopping". When I asked her what she was going to buy she replied, "lunch"!! Yes, I know, we eat out way to much! But we really are working on that!!
After we had family prayer time, I met my friend Amy to see "Horrible Bosses". It was pretty funny!

Tonight Justin is on duty so Kendall got to have some much needed mommy/daughter time! What did we do??? You guessed it....shopping!! I had to get some things from Target. I did really good at just getting things on my list. I only bought Kendall one extra thing and it came from the dollar bin!! After bath time we played with her kitchen. She loves pouring me "coffee"!! It was so nice to just play with Kendall and be silly!!

I hope everyone is having a great week!

Weekend Recap

This weekend has been a low key, but fun weekend. Friday Justin was on duty and I was on call so my mom came to stay with us. We had a great Girls Weekend!! Friday night we went to Olive Garden and then we rented "Just Go With It".  It was a pretty cute movie. It did have to go it, but only for about an hour, but I still didn't get back to bed until around 1:30! So my mom let me sleep in and kept Kendall busy!!

After some yummy breakfast we went to one of my favorite stores in College Station...Heartworks! I just can't get enough of that store!! We then got some lunch and headed back for some much needed naps!

Thank you Mom/Memaw for a great weekend!!

On Sunday, Justin came home so we just lounged around, took naps, and then met up with our dear friends for Mexican food! We had a pretty lazy/relaxing day, but it was so nice just being a family!!

Overall we had a great weekend!!

Lake Fun

It had become our family tradition to go out to the lake every year for the Fourth! We always have so much fun just relaxing, playing in the lake, and eating lots of food!!

This year we took our new friends out with us. They have a little 14 month old so it was a lot of fun to watch her and Kendall play together!

We dressed our daughters in coordinating outfits (without any planning) so we tried to take a picture. Let's just say the girls were NOT in the mood for pictures!!

We were in the water for most of the day, so I hardly took any pictures..:(

But I hope you enjoy the ones I did take!!

I hope everyone has a great week!

Weekend Fun!

Justin was on duty yesterday, so Kendall and I decided that we would head to Houston to visit Memaw and Papo!! We first met them for breakfast at IHOP. You know it's going to be a good day when your day starts there!!

We had a great day just hanging out with my parents and doing a little shopping!

Uncle Ryan and Miss Lindsey came over for a little bit to say hi. It's always a treat to see Uncle Ryan!!

On Sunday we went to Church. The Houston Symphonic Band played and it was absolutely beautiful. My favorite part is when they play the music of all the military branches and all the servicemen stand up. It gets me every time! It's amazing and humbling to see just how many men and women as well as families are involved in the military!

After a quick lunch and nap we headed back home!

Thanks Memaw and Papo for a great weekend!!

Family Fun Night!

We have been so busy lately, Justin and I decided that we need a family fun night! We started out at Cheddar's. I had my favorite lemon pepper chicken and Justin had his buffalo chicken tenders. Kendall was mesmerized by the big fans so she was really good tonight!

We are still working on our manners!



Next we went bowling. This was Kendall's first time to participate and she had a blast! She was cheering for everyone (and I mean everyone)!!

 She just loved her bowling ball!

"Patiently" waiting for her ball to return!

At first we just helped Kendall roll the ball and then one of the staff members brought us this ramp thing. It is the coolest device and it really saved our backs!!

It took us quite some time to get through just one game, but we had so much fun!

And because I have never won a game against Justin, I just had to post this picture:

A Fun Twist on Fruit Salad

Today is another installment of Show Us Your Life Friday over at Kelly's Corner. This week is Breakfast/Brunch Recipes and I am super excited. Breakfast is probably my favorite type of food and I could eat it any time of the day!!

The recipe I chose for today is Fabulous Fruit Salad. This puts a new twist on your traditional fruit salad and who doesn't enjoy fresh cold fruit on a hot summer morning right?!?

I hope you enjoy and I can't wait to try all the other yummy recipes!! 

Fabulous Fruit Salad:

Ingredients:
1 med honeydew - peeled, seeded & cubed
1 med cantaloupe - peeled, seeded & cubed
2 cups cubed seedless watermelon
2 med peaches, peeled & sliced
2 med nectarines, sliced
1 cup seedless red grapes
1 cup halved fresh strawberries
1 cup (11oz) mandarin oranges - drained
2 med kiwi - peeled, halved & sliced
2 med firm bananas - sliced
1 lg Granny Smith apple - cubed
1 can (12oz) frozen lemonade concentrate - thawed
1 pkg (3.4oz) instant vanilla pudding mix

Directions:
In a large bowl combine the first nine ingredients.
Cover & refrigerate for at least one hour
Just before serving, stir in the bananas and apple.
Combine lemonade concentrate and putting mix.
Pour over fruit and toss to coat

*When I'm short for time I buy the already chopped up fruit from my grocery store!

I hope you enjoy!