Park day

I'm a through and through nature girl! I want to be outside all the time, no matter how hot it is. Matt thought I was totally crazy the other day when I suggested that we head out to Hafer with the girls, but he went along with it! The girls didn't mind the heat at all! Vivian calls this her house and takes you by the hand to show you around.

She was thrilled to take a pic with me! Hey girl it could be worse, I could be yelling No Wire Hangers and messing your bathroom up in the middle of the night! You've got it easy.

Matt and his little ladies "just a swinging"! I love that old country song by the way, my sister and I used to ride the three wheeler all over the place singing it at the top of our lungs. Did I ever tell you that I was in a three wheeler accident once? Knocked out my two front teeth and had to have surgery. Anyway, it has nothing to do with out park trip, but interesting story!

Viv was a little more excited about taking a picture with me! She's my favorite youngest daughter

Viv was way too scared to go down the slide but Vi loved it! She kept trying to climb up it over and over again. She may be our little daredevil!

Viv holding Vi, she loves holding her and taking care of her when she's not strangling her or pushing her down or laying down on top of her.

Look how big my baby is getting! That's kind of what my legs look like in a swimsuit by the way. Don't worry Violet, I'm sure you'll grow out of it!

I'm happy to report...

My bangs have grown back! Thank goodness, you might remember that I had an unfortunate incident at the salon, read about that here.

Now they're grown out like a normal person and not a 12 year old. See below:

Never again.

Day at the museum

Matt got us some free passes to the OKC Museum of Art because it has a special sketch to screen exhibit and we went to check it out on Friday afternoon.

The main reason why I wanted to go was because of the GWTW dresses that were going to be there! It's been my favorite movie for years so I was really excited! They had three of Scarlett's dresses and a ton of other costumes from other movies like Legally Blonde, The Sound of Music and Titanic. It was very cool!

Went went through the entire museum but the girls loved all the Chihuly glass, especially the hallway that has it all in the ceiling.

This really strange mural was very interesting also! I don't even know if you'd call it a mural, but who knows what it's called. Yes those are really human heads!

After the museum we headed over to the Museum Cafe for some dessert!

Oh my goodness, check this cake out! Orange with buttercream icing and raspberries. As Rachel Zoe would say, "I die!"

Matty and Vi loving on each other at the table.

I think Viv looks so grown up in this picture. And to that I say stop it, stay this small!

Here's my little pigtail princess!

He know just how to make her laugh!

And Viv laughed a lot too, it was so much fun and the girls were so good! That makes up for the fact that they both acted like complete manics at dinner that night.

Birthday Party Finally

I know, Vi's birthday was like 2 weeks ago, but I'm just now getting the time to blog about it! I've been doing tons of photo shoots so that has been really keeping me busy! Here goes the party blog!

Since there are so many pictures, I figured I'd do some collages to save space! This collage is all about cake and decor! Katie Rowten did the delicious and beautiful cake, strawberry and lemon were the two flavors. I always choose the same flavors because they're my favorite and I can't ever decide which one tastes better! I prefer to not have to decide, thankyouverymuch! Violet was not a shy birthday girl and really dug into the cake, she loved it! The theme of the party was "purple party" so everything was purple! I ran all over town looking for purple flowers and finally found some! The cookies were from Ileans Colossal Cookie and they were sooo good! They're my favorite cookies in town by far!

This is just some of the guests at the party with the birthday girl and an attempted family picture in the middle. That didn't go so well!

After the presents, cake and all the inside stuff, we took the kids outside for Violet's birthday present from us. A pool! Violet loves the water so we got her a kiddie pool and all the kids had a blast playing in the water. Except for baby Cora, she just laid there and slept looking like a tiny angel! Viv drank most of the water, Addi played in the mulch and Mariah sat under the sprinkler shivering! Violet had such a good time!

See? Told ya.

Violet's one year stats

Since I've barely filled out Violet's baby book, I better put these on the blog so when I'm actually filling out the book I can look this up! I took Vi to the doctor the day after her first birthday and she was 18.8 lbs (15%) and was 29 3/4 tall (73%). Doctor said tall and thin, nothing wrong with that! I wouldn't know.

I've been so busy with other photo shoots that I haven't even blogged about her party, but it's coming!

Happy Birthday to Violet Lane!

I can't believe that Violet it one year old today! What a blessing this girl has been to our lives! She is the sweetest, happiest baby you'll ever meet and brings joy to our lives every single day! We're so thankful for her! Here are some pics from Vi's first year:  

We love you Violet, happy birthday sweet girl!

Things I love about Porter

As most of you know I grew up in Porter, OK, population, me and my family. And a few other people. Anyway, we go visit Porter about once a month and stay the weekend. We all love it so much and it feels like a country vacation! Here are some of the things that I love about visiting my hometown:

My mom's home cookin!

This time she made both a cherry cobbler and peach cobbler, plus many other delicious things! Oooh, I almost forgot about the homemade ice cream!

 My mom sneaking a taste of the cobbler, sooo good!

My dad's flowers and landscaping!

If you've ever been to my parents house you'll think you're on a golf course, the grass looks so good! I particularly love all the flowers that my dad plants. He also weed eats around every single fence post, which Matt always finds amazing.

Getting Viv to love the outdoors!

I've always said that I wanted kids that weren't afraid to get outside and be dirty and Viv takes every opportunity that she can when she's in Porter. This last trip my dad let her fish in the pond and it was so much fun! I even caught a fish myself! And of course threw it back in because I felt sorry for the fish.

All the farm animals!

Currently they have three miniature horses, a llama, a pet cow, two dogs, two cats and a bunch of ducks and geese. I really love when we all go out to the barn to help feed the animals and Viv likes petting the horses.

Great photo ideas!

There is always something interesting to take pictures of! Dad has a lot of weird looking farm equipment that I love taking pictures of. Don't ask me what this thing is, but I think it makes a cool pic!

Visiting the peach orchard!

When it's peach season especially! But it's also fun to go there in the fall when the pumpkin patch is full! This time I got some peaches and nectarines.

I also found these cobblers in a jar that i though were pretty interesting.

And these gorgeous tomatoes!

Getting to see family that lives out of state!

This time Shelly and Anderson came for the weekend and it was extra fun! Anderson is getting so big and he's so much fun. We're counting down the days until my brother Mike comes home from Iraq, keep him in your prayers!

Viv and her cousin Anderson checking out the view at the back of the orchard.

Also this time was extra special because Jayna was in Ft. Gibson for the week! We went over on Sunday and hung out at her parents house and got to know Annie a little bit better. She's too cute and I love her red hair!

Vi and Annie hanging out. They're gonna be besties. They just don't know it yet. And they don't get to decide.

Pics of my girls

I always seem to take more pics of the girls when I'm in Porter.

There are lots more things I love about Porter, but that just gives a nice glimpse!

Yes, I dress them alike

I bought the adorable dresses for the girls a couple of months ago at that new children's store in the mall, but I of course can't remember the name of the store! Anyway, it's a great store and they had these dresses on clearance. So, I had to do a little independence day photo shoot of the girls! Here are some of the pics:

I took a bunch of photos from our weekend in Porter also so those are coming soon!