Summer Fun

Since I'm catching up here...I thought I would post some random fun stuff from our summer. Lots of swimming of course, these are of Brit, Brie, Auntie and Sweet Bella at Sunset Hills. The pics of Brie with the lioness and tiger are on a weekend winery getaway weekend our family went on to Ste. Genevieve this summer. The ride pics are from the Madison County fair. And the one of Brit, Brie, and Bella in their cutie matching jammies is from a night that Beth and Jason left Bella while attending a baseball game. We had a great time babysitting, Bella LOVES to be read to and Brittney likes a captive audience!

Brianna is 5!

My sweet baby is 5, how quickly time flies! Brie is a sweet, loving, and funny girl. She delights in making us laugh, and is very sensitive and caring. She LOVES animals, her favorites being horses and tigers. So for her fifth birthday party we went to the local horse riding farm. Luckily she still likes my homemade cakes (although it did take some persuasion, for a while she was convinced she needed a Hannah Montana cake. Umm..Hannah Montana cake at a horse party? Silly girl!) I thought I had a cute pic of Brie holding hands with her boyfriends Reece, but it must be on someone elses camera?

Brittney is 7!

I can't believe my baby is seven years old! She is sassy and smart, and a total drama queen! Really and truly she has a flare for drama...she is quite the singer and a talented dancer. She loves to create things, she is very artistic and pretty organized. She thinks she knows absolutely everything, and already I'm finding that she thinks I am pretty stupid at times! ( I thought I had until she was a teenager for that!) Here are a few pics from her birthday party, held at our favorite beading store Bead It! A few of her friends joined her and made memory wire necklaces. Very Fun! It had a High School Musical theme of course... Those of you who know me well know how much I like to bake and I always make the girls cakes, but Brit insisted this year on purchasing a HSM cookie cake....BORING! You can see the girls posing with their new necklaces on, pink of course with little cat charms.

T-Ball

Brittney played t-ball this summer and had a blast. I have to say that watching these girls play is better than ANY comedy routine I have ever seen! We laughed until our bellies hurt every game! Brie is looking forward to playing next summer, and Brit will move on to Coach Pitch softball. Here's our ball player, she was on the Edwardsville Frozen Foods team and their shirt color was her favorite PINK!

Dance Recital

Here are my talented little dancers! Both girls take classes at JAM dance academy, we absolutely love it there. They are very organized and sweet. Both girls have been taking there since they turned three and LOVE it! Brittney took Jazz this year, while Brie took Creative Movement. Brit's dance was to "Who do you think you are" by the Spice Girls, and Brie danced to "Every girl can be a Princess" from one of the Cinderella movies. Brittney is becoming a very talented dancer, and Brie does a good job too but she is still pretty little. I'm just glad they both enjoy it so much. Brittney has been begging me to let her take more than one class for a few years, but I haven't wanted to push anything...I really want them to enjoy the activities they participate in so I haven't let her so far, but we are letting her take two this year. Tap and Jazz for Brit, and Brie is taking Tap.

Jumping on the Blog Bandwagon

Well, after much coersion from others I am jumping on the blog bandwagon. I'm going to try to go back at least a couple months and give some updates on our summer. Some of my posts may be rather short as I catch up. I don't know how often I will be able to post.......but I promise to do my best!