Camping

This weekend we went camping at Pedernales Falls with our good friends the Stiggins. We got there Thursday afternoon and set up camp. After we set up camp we hiked down to the river to scope out the swimming situation. The water was really shallow so we just sat down and chatted a bit while we waited for the sun to go down a bit more and it to cool off so we could go up and make dinner. 

When we were done swimming we went up and had tin foil dinners that Shannon had prepared for us. They were really good. Then we sat around the campfire and talked and then we put the kids to bed and played Canasta. 

That night we forgot to hang the garbage bag up and a raccoon ended up coming into camp at about 4:30 a.m. I got really scared and I woke Russell up (he made fun of me for being so wimpy) So basically I didn't go back to sleep for the rest of the night. I was sooo tired!!

In the morning we got up (everyone was up by 6:30 a.m.) and had breakfast burritos and then some yummy cinnamon rolls that Brandt had made in the dutch oven.

This awesome Cardinal bird kept flitting about in the trees around us. He was really cute and had a really awesome bird call. I also got to see lightning bugs at night they were awesome!!

After breakfast we drove to the Falls. They were really cool. Since Kennadee had woken up shortly after I did and hadn't gone back to sleep she was really grouchy and whiny. She finally calmed down and started to enjoy it when she found a sea shell on the rocks.

On our way back up the trail I saw this butterfly on these really cool wild flowers. I LOVE the wild flowers here in Texas there are so many different colors and types!! They are awesome.

We went back to camp and had some lunch and rested a bit. 

We tried to get the kids to take naps but it was so hot that we were unsuccessful. After awhile we decided to go down to the beach and swim in the deeper part of the river. It was a blast. We stayed there for several hours. 

Kennadee and Carston would play in the water with us and then go play in the sand and then come back in the water. It was so fun. The water was so nice and cool it felt good in the almost hundred degree weather. When it started to cool down a bit we headed back for camp and had dinner and then we put the kids to bed and sat around talking for a bit we were all so tired that we didn't end up playing any games. While we were sitting there talking Brandt saw something moving out in the woods. It was the raccoon back for more snacking!! We hurried and put all the food away in the car and took the trash to the garbage bin and then it went away. We also saw some deer on the other side of our campsite they were really cute. They weren't really afraid of us either. We went to bed and luckily for the most part slept through the night. Then we got up this morning and ate and cleaned up and came home. 

  Despite the heat all in all it was a really fun trip!! Thanks Brandt & Shannon for all you did to make it great!! We had a blast!!

Five Years

Five years ago today I married the most wonderful man in the world. Everyone says that the first five years are the hardest and we made it through. There were bumps along the way but the journey has been wonderful so far. I have really enjoyed getting to know him better and figuring out what makes him tick. I am really looking forward to spending the rest of my life with him and growing old together and then spending the rest of eternity with him!! He is such a wonderful, caring, hardworking, loving man. He is an awesome husband and father. I am so happy that I married him!! Happy Anniversary Baby!! I love you!! 

Kennadee Funnies

Kennadee has been saying the cutest and funniest things lately! Here are just a few:

at McDonalds:

K: "Mommy did I get a toy with my food"? 

Me: " Nope you didn't get a Happy Meal"

K: " Oh, Did I get a Sad Meal?"

After asking her if she would prefer to have a different mom

K: "No"

Me: "Do you like having me as your Mom"?

K: "Yes"

Me: "Why?"

K: "because you are all warm"

I totally choked up at that one!! It was so sweet!!

She has said so many other moments like this that I just have to laugh!! She is so fun!!

Kennadee's Room Before and After

Here are the before and afters for Kennadee's room. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of the dark pink that the room was between the before and after but it was about the color of that Ikea hanging cubby thing in the right back corner of her room. I had painted it that color not thinking about how nauseatingly pink that would make it so then I decided I would sponge over it with a mixture of the dark pink and some cream color that we had on hand. So I mixed the paint and bought a sea sponge roller and the first roll up the wall went on almost solidly (arrgghhh!!!) So I ended up having to paint the whole thing!! It was not fun and I was not happy but I think it turned out pretty well. It is definitely a better shade of pink now and it is kind of marbleized with the dark pink. Then I added a wallpaper border because doing straight lines on these ceilings is ridiculously hard!!

Before:

After

Wall paper border. 

It's Disney Princesses (of course)

Kennadee in her Easter Dress

Here are some pictures of Kennadee in her Easter dress. She posed herself in all the pictures. I think I have a future model on my hands!! I am so excited that her hair is finally growing back from her unfortunate scissor incident in December. I am so glad her dress turned out so well and I made it big enough that I think she will be able to wear it for awhile!!

Easter Egg Hunt

Saturday we went to an Easter Egg Hunt at the city park. I called and invited Diana and the kids to come join us. It was a cloudy chilly day but we still had fun. 

Kennadee all ready to go fill her basket

Kennadee and her cousins all ready to go get some eggs

The Easter Bunny and the Easter Hippo (our town mascot) came. They arrived in style on a fire truck The kids were very excited to go see them!!

Kennadee did a great job gathering candy and eggs. 

Much better than last year. 

She was very proud of her haul!!

All in all it was really fun!!

My Kitchen

We painted the kitchen last week. It was supposed to be a burgundy type color but it ended up being more of a grape juice color. I really like it. I think it's kind of different. My Husband on the other hand does not like it. But since paint is relatively expensive and it would cost more than we could afford to paint over it and start again we're stuck with it at least for the next few years. So when I was picking the fabric to make my daughters curtains with I found some cream colored fabric with grapes on it and an idea was born. I thought hey I can make curtains with grapes on them and then find some plastic grapes and vines and decorate that way and maybe people would think we did the color on purpose. So I went to the hobby store yesterday to see what I could find and I found a bunch of stuff that was all 50% off so I bought 3 pots the vines and some plastic grapes then when I came home and put it up the pots just weren't quite enough so I went to the dollar store and got the plates and the candle holders and candles and that filled it in nicely.