The Fort Worth Zoo

A few Saturdays ago Reese and I took a visit to The Fort Worth Zoo. This was our first time to go and although it was a HAUL over to Fort Worth it was so worth it. The weather was beautiful, sunny but not hot and we really had a great day. We packed some lunch and snacks to try and keep things cheap. I don't know what it is about kids and Lunchables but this kiddo loves them. She wanted to eat hers as soon as we got there:)

After a snack we looked at the map and picked out what she wanted to see first. There was SO much to see we could go back and spend another day there. Her top priority was monkeys and elephants so we found them first.

After that we just roamed around looking at everything. Reese's favorite was this HUGE crocodile. Y'all know I am not a good photographer, and I was using my phone to take pics and there was glass there but you still get the idea:) This thing was massive..there were several kids standing staring at this thing for the longest time. This was kinda creepy!

As we were walking by the snake building I did NOT say a word and I was hoping we would just keep right on walking. I do NOT like snakes at all. I refused to go into the snake house as a kid...NEVER ever get near the snakes! But Reese noticed people going in and out and wanted to go...I told her they were snakes and it would be scary but nothing scares Reese. I considered paying a random stranger to take her in but quickly realized that was a no go so I told her I would only go if she held my hand and guided me through with my eyes closed. Ha! Little stinker thought it was hilarious that momma was scared. I'm not kidding those darn snakes will keep me awake at night....terrified!! Obviously no pictures of snakes but we did see this frog on the way out of the reptile building. Oh yeah..don't put money in him because he doesn't work!

My absolute favorite was this...

is that not the prettiest creature you have ever seen?! I love him! After that we had some ice cream, rode a train and just roamed around....

This big guy was just sitting in the window staring at Reese but he turned right when I snapped the picture. After that she said the gorilla and the crocodile were her favorites. Such a fun day with my kiddo...go check out the Fort Worth Zoo before it gets to hot!

Easter 2012

This year we has my folks and my brothers family to spend Easter at our house. The weather has been beautiful and very warm so the kids were excited to get into the pool for the first time. The kids woke up on Saturday morning begging to get in the pool but I thought we needed to at least wait until the afternoon when it would be a little warmer. We were able to distract them with an Easter Egg hunt that Nanny had created. She did a special theme for each kid with puzzle pieces that led them to their big present. It was fun and as usual Reese doesn't really care about quantity of eggs. She wants to stop and open each egg to see whats in it:) Nanny hid the eggs so well that we had to enlist adults to find the remaining two eggs to complete Reese's puzzle.

Finally after the lunch we let the kids get in the pool. Uncle Charlie was the only adult to brave the cold water!

I had been sick the week before Easter, in fact I was sick for almost 3 weeks with Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease. We didn't know yet what it was at the time but not only did I feel really BAD I looked really BAD, think..bad sores on my face. GROSS!  This along with the fact that it's hard to get 3 young kids to stand still for pictures there are not any pictures of us before church on Sunday. SAD! I did randomly snap this picture of Reese on my phone after we got home from church. Guess there is always next year for pictures:)

After all I think it's more important to remember the reason we celebrate Easter then to stress over getting dressed up and taking pictures. I am grateful for family and my sweet daughter to spend this day with and most importantly for our Lord and savior. Happy Easter!

Easter at Primrose

The week before Easter Reese got sick with strep throat and we missed a few days of school and work. I wasn't sure she would get to attend the Easter party at school but she was feeling a lot better and was excited to go.

They started the party with an egg hunt

All the other kids are racing around crazy trying to get as many eggs as they can but not Reese. She wants to stop and open each one to see whats in it before getting more eggs. She cracks me up!

Her favorite egg was one with tattoos in it. Fun!

Sweet happy girl having some snacks:)

Happy Birthday Poppy

My folks came down last weekend to hang out with us and since it was almost my Dad's birthday, Reese insisted we celebrate. She wanted to make a cherry pie which is one of her favorites but also a favorite of Poppy.

Mom brought Reese some Discovery Toys homemade ice cream maker. She was pretty proud she saw it somewhere for like 5 bucks and it had been marked down from 5 million dollers, well maybe not that much but she thought it was a good deal. Haha!

Reese had a bowling birthday party to go to on Saturday afternoon and she was pretty excited to "show off" her grandparents. I told my folks they didnt have to go but mom said she would be happy to be Reese's "show and tell". Ha!

Reese loves her Nanny and Poppy!

Happy Birthday Poppy!

Wordless Wednesday:)

Valentine's Day 2012

This Valentine's Day I thought it a good idea to make a list of all the things I love. I LOVE this little person more the words can possible describe!

RUNNING. Sonic Diet Lime Aids. Being Tan. My family. Diet Dr Pepper. Peanut Butter. Sunshine. God. The feeling after a great workout. My friends. Flowers. The beach. My new pink mixer:)

Baking. Lip Medex. Gilmore Girls. Reading a good book. Sleeping. Being sore from a workout. Steel Magnolias. Watermelon. Blogging. Summer. Chocolate. Flip flops. My gray running tights. Cooking. Downloading songs I love and listening to them over and over. Boots. Doing things for the people I care about. The smell of a freshly bathed baby. Driving with the sun roof open. Praying. Happy endings. Snuggling. Tomato Soup. Having a purpose. Our new house.

Speaking of things I love...we spent our Valentine's dinner with 2 of my favorite little girls in the world! I love these little girls and their sweet friendship.

I kinda think Landry's momma is alright too. We randomly ended up dressed alike so we decided to snap a pic:) Cute outfit E!

More then anything else I have some amazing people in my life and think its a great day to say I LOVE YOU!  Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Birthday Nanny!

My mom came to town last week with the plan of being here on the first day Reese got her new "earring's" since Nanny has special "earring's" too. Nanny's birthday had been a few days before so Reese wanted to make a cake and have a little birthday party for her. Unfortunately at the last minute there was a scheduling problem with Reese's audiologist and we were not able to get the hearing aids but we still had our little birthday party:)


After school Reese and Nanny spent some time reading a few new books we got about "special ears" and Nanny showed Reese how her hearing aids worked. I took this crumby picture with my phone but you get the idea.

We went to dinner at Christina's...and then came home to have cake. YUMMO!

(We all got these matching PJ's for Christmas and little miss was anxious for us to all put them on)!
Reese enjoyed having this guy come and visit us too. Nike dog went to live with my folks when we moved into the apartment and let me just tell you he is one fat and happy dog:) They are really enjoying having him too so it worked out well for everyone.