Camping

We headed camping again this past weekend with the Chances and the weather could not have been better. When you think about it, it was about 70 degrees warmer than last time and 10 degrees cooler than the same time we went last summer. The campsite was very shady and it was quite windy, which kept us nice and cool, especially at night. On the way to the lake we stopped at Sonic for a shake and Jillian loved it, once she got the hang of it. Needless to say, the shake was not very evenly shared with Mommy.
Umm, this is good!
Jillian enjoyed seeing all the deer at the campsite - I think she even called them Dogs (no surprise there)
When it was time to head to the lake the next morning, she didn't even bother to wait for Mommy - she was off
She enjoyed playing in the water and had no fear - she went head first into the water several times


She also enjoyed playing in the chair - here she is playing peek a boo with Kelly
She relaxed in her camping chair from Grandma and Papa
Played baseball with Daddy
Fought over the baseballs with Kenzie
And rode on her truck
She even took time to pose for a family picture
Jillian played so hard that she had a few bumps and bruises by the end of the weekend. She tripped and fell face first, bumped her nose and her chin and busted her lip a little.
Kenzie had an equally hard time with camping. She feel dancing, fell out of her high chair and tried to touch the hot grill. This was our attempt to get a picture of the girls matching chins with scratches on them
We all had a great time and hopefully the Chance's will invite us back again next year!

Jillian's Adventures

Jillian spent a total of 11 days at Granny's house (9 without mommy and daddy) and she had a wonderful time! She did lots of things. Of course, she had to get dressed up for Church and Granny could not resist pictures.
She picked some of Granny's flowers
Was fascinated by the cows, which she lovingly called "Dog!" Granny was determined to make her say cow and moo by the end of her stay. When I arrived she pointed at the cows and said, "Dog - woof, woof!"

She helped Grandpa mow the grass
Played in the swing
Swam in the swimming pool Granny and Grandpa had to buy for her
Played beauty shop - I think Granny did better with the pig tails than me
Played in the kitchen
Learned to open doors or at least she tries real hard
Learned to climb in chairs by herself
And of course had to have her buckets (all of them) while sitting in the chair

Helped Granny make cinnamon rolls and bread and um they were good


Thanks, Granny and Grandpa for taking care of me - I had fun!

Vegas/Karin's Wedding

We went to Vegas last weekend for Karin & Donnie's wedding and we had a wonderful time!
I think my favorite part of Vegas - and it's hard to choose is the flower garden at the Belagio. I love to see all the things they can make out of all flowers.


James got the 24 hour stomach bug on Friday, but luckily I had friends to go out with
Saturday we enjoyed the wedding

The cute couple!
We spent the entire weekend with Sean and Renee and have decided that we are compatible traveling partners. We have so much in common and the guys are hilarious together


Sunday night James and I enjoyed a nice dinner at an Italian restaurant and enjoyed a variety show
Stay tuned for pictures from Jillian's adventures in Hallettsville

We enjoyed some time at the Church picnic on Memorial Day weekend and Jillian got to go to the fish pond and ride the train.

She also had her first experience with real spaghetti this week and she got it all over her and had a blast doing it
James and I are off to Vegas tomorrow afternoon and Jillian was off to Granny and Grandpa's house for the next week and a half. I told her we had to pack her suitcase for Granny's house and she climbed right it! I guess she was ready to go. We will sure miss her so I hope she misses us a little bit but I know she will have a great time. We will have plenty of Vegas pictures for next time and I'm sure Granny will take lots of pictures of Jillian's adventures as well.

Country Girl

We spent the weekend in Hallettsville last weekend and Jillian loved it! She is such an outdoor girl and loves to get dirty. She picked beans in the garden with Granny and Grandpa...


Played with the potatoes that Grandpa had dug up...
Then helped put the next batch of potatoes in the bucket


She worked really hard at picking up the potatoes and I have a really cute video of her doing it but for some reason it will not load. She was like a little weightlifter - every time she reached down to pick up a big potato she would grunt like it was so heavy!

The next day she helped Granny make cinnamon rolls
Notice how curly her hair is - there is something about Hallettsville that makes it even curlier - it is never that curly here.

And I couldn't resist her first picture with pigtails. I think they are so adorable but I am too much of a perfectionist and she is too much of a wiggle worm to make them work. When I look at them all I can think about is how her hair is not parted perfectly down the middle and they are not even. Maybe when she gets older, she will sit still long enough for me to do it.