Sydnee's First Zoo Day!

We finally got some cooler weather, and decided to take the kids to the zoo. Sydnee had never been before and we were looking forward to taking her. She loves animals! She gets very excited every time she is around a dog, or sees the cows in the backyard. She loves to read animal books, and makes lots of animal sounds. She was a more quiet observer than we expected, but we all enjoyed the day together!


This is Sydnee's excited face when she got to be so close to the goats in the petting zoo.

And this is her telling the goal what she wants it to do.

And this is her "ok dad, hold me before they eat me" face! :-)

Swimming Fun

This weekend we went with some of SAm's family - his dad, Aunt, Uncle, and several cousins, along with some friends - out to a ranch that had a private lake and dock. It was so much fun! We swam all day, bar-b-qued, and most people camped over night. The dock had a slide, diving board, trapeze swing, and a few diving points. Shaye spent the whole day in the water, and after Jaxson did a few slides with Sam, he was confortable to go on his own. I notice now I didn't get many picturesof everyone, and of all there was to do, but this is what I did get.


The kids spent most of their time on the slide. I was surprised how steep it was, it was a little scary for me for them to be on it, but they didn't mind. Shaye was going down backwards, upside down, and twisting after a few hours.



This was the highest platform and it was about 30 feet up. You sure didn't catch me up there, but Sam went for it.

First Day of School

Wednesday, August 12th was the kids' first day of school. Shaye is in Ms.Tucker's second grade class at Wayside Elementary, and Jaxson has Ms.Dunlap for pre-k at Will Rogers. Here in Oklahome, pre-k is all day in the public school system, so both of them will be in school from 9-3:30. It was a little sad to see Jaxson go to school all day, he seems so small when you get him there, but he is ready. He was borred last year without Shaye around and is looking forward to all the activities at pre-k. So now it's just me and Sydnee home during the days. I am looking forward to spending time with her. We are going to go to the library, music makers, the park, and all the other things she has been missing running around doing big kid activities. But we will miss Shaye-Shaye and Jaxy!


Just getting off the bus after a long day at school.... The bus picks them up and drops them off right at our house, which is wonderful!

Party Time!

We had Shaye's party the night of her birthday. We did a summer theme and made flip flops, went swimming, played aloha Bingo and enjoyed a cookout! I think they had a great time! Poor Shaye always has a hard time getting a party together since lots of friends are gone in the summer, but she had a great time with those who could make it! It was a slumber party, and the girls were up till about 2am! I think the goal was to stay up all night long!





Sam painted the girls' faces, and when he was done he was a good sport and let them paint his! They loved it.

Shaye Turns 7

Shaye turned 7 on July 9th! We had taken her shopping and out to dinner the weekend before and let her choose where. Of course it wasn't a pizza place or McDonalds that she picked, it was the Cheesecake Factory! On the 9th, she wanted to celebrate with breakfast. We went to a diner in town and opened her gifts from all the family. Thanks everyone!