Update!

Sorry it has been awhile since I last posted! We have been crazy busy around here. I have started working at the restaurant during the day doing book keeping stuff and Whimsy Tin has been keeping me busy most nights! So its all been a good busy! Evan has finished soccer and I have to say it was fun but I will not miss the 8:30am games every Saturday!! He really seemed to enjoy it and loved playing the goalie. Lillie also started dance back in Sept. I just keep forgetting to take my camera with me to get some pictures. So I took a few last week finally!! Those who know me know that I have looked forward to the day she could start dance since the day I found out she was a girl!! She loves it! I am not sure if she is learning much but the girl has got some moves that can make you laugh!!

Here is Lillie's birthday invitation! Thanks to my fabulous friend Anita!! She makes some super cute stuff check out A Piece of Pope over on my sidebar to see what all she can do!!!

Lillie is Three!!!!!

Singing Happy Birthday!
This is how Lillie does 3

Lillie and her little girlfriends!

Uncle Drew and Mr Kyle the snow cone makers!

Ty, Blake and Evan

Jumping in the Castle

Lillie with her cake and her poodle skirt

Poodle Cake!

Pink Poodle cupcakes

Party favor bags!

Oh my I can't believe my baby is three!!! Our little Lillie turned 3 on the 13Th! On her actually birthday she got her favorite breakfast, McDonald's pancakes and she got a Fancy Nancy doll! She is the only doll in our house that still has all her clothes on!! (Lillie is in a phase of stripping her babies to make them naked jaybirds!!!) On Friday we had her actually party, a Pink Poodle Party! It was a lot of fun. G made her a pink poodle skirt to wear but it was a little big and hot so we took it off. G also has been taking a cake decorating class and so she made her Poodle cake and cupcakes with a little help from me!! Thanks G!!! We rented a bounce castle and told the kids to bring ride on toys. It was so much fun and the kids all had a blast running around outside and jumping in the castle. Uncle Drew came and brought his new snow cone machine and him and Mr. Kyle made snow cones for all the kids, another hit and I think that now Uncle Drew may have a small side business going with snow cones!! At the end we came in for some cake and presents then let the kids run wild! It was a lot of fun and thank you to everyone for coming and making her party extra special!!!

First Day of Preschool

Evan officially started back to preschool at the beginning of the month. He was so excited this year that I really didn't get very many pictures of him because he just walked right in to his class with all his friends and started playing with all the new toys! The first week we also went on his first field trip of the year to the fair to see all of those lovely animals!!!

Touchdown Sally's

Well in case you have not heard Brad is opening up a restaurant here in Benton. It is going to be called Touchdown Sally's. It is going to be in the old Weng's restaurant. They have gone in a totally redone everything. It really looks like a completely different place in there!! They plan on opening up sometime in September. So for all of you Benton folks I hope that you will come out and support us!!

Trip to NWA!

Sweet little Sawyer!

My of my favorite college roomies, Leslie and Jo Ann!
(JoAnne you are on of my favs also!!)


Sara, Keri (she was my lil sis), me, Leslie, and Jo Ann

A few weeks ago I took a little trip to NWA to have a girls weekend. My wonderful friend Leslie let me invade her house for the weekend! It seems like every time we get together we have our kids and so we have a hard time actually getting to carry on a conversation! On Friday we meet up with some of our fellow DZ sisters that also live there to have dinner. On Saturday I got to go see Jo Ann's new baby boy Sawyer and love on him for a little bit!! The rest of the time I think Leslie and I spent just shopping and eating!!

We're Back!!!!!!!

So it has been so long since my last post I really do not know where to start! So here are some pics of what we have been up to since April!!!

Preschool Party

Uncle Chris and Grandma at the lake Memorial Day weekend

Grandad and Grandpa

Oh so sweet!!

Evan in the fountains in Downtown LR

Ty, Blake and Evan

Lillie and her friend Addison playing in the fountains!

And the lakehouse is always the most fun when Uncle Drew is around!

We helped Grandad celebrate his birthday!

Uncle Drew bought a slip and slide for the lake house!

Floating on her back!

Going down the slide!

Lillie practicing her kicks!

They tried to teach Evan how to dive this summer. Here is his version of a dive!!

Evan sliding down the slide on the last day of swim lessons

Riding in Grandad's RTV at the lake.

Spending most every weekend at my parents new lake house!!

Lillie sleeping in her new big girl bed!! I know she is almost 3 and it was so hard to see that crib missing from her room. But I felt it was finally time to change her over!! (I tried to keep her a baby as long as I could) I will post some pictures of her "new" room when I get it finished!



Well so there is our summer in pictures! We have spent almost every weekend at the lake house. I have to say it is wonderful over there!! The kids love it and want to go all the time. Other than that we really haven't done much. Evan finished up his three year old preschool and tee ball at the beginning of the summer. We have stayed busy with play dates with our friends. I honestly can't think of anything else that we have done this summer. I am sorry that I have not been keeping the blog up lately. I have been staying busy with Whimsy Tin and other projects! I promise that I will try to be better and not go so long without an update!!!