Cousin Savannah

Savannah is in town!  It has been really great to spend some time with my beautiful niece.  Bunny and I took her shopping and we had high tea.  Such a fun treat.... Bunny started taking her many years ago and she still enjoys going.  I'm very excited that they included me in their tradition!

I attempted to introduce her (and Bunny) to sushi today.  It didn't go great.  I give them credit... they tried it, but they certainly didn't like it!  Everly liked it more than them.  She was quite the little sushi eater.... it was hilarious to see!

The best part of her visit, watching her play with her cousins!

All smiles!

"Savannah is so fun!  She's hangs me upside-down!"

They are so sweet.

Can you tell he's having fun!?

I love this one..... Everly is all sly.

They really had fun with her!

I LOVE that Savannah is so great with my kids and she enjoys them.

Cousins are the best!

30 Years in the Making

Life-long friends are special.  It's really amazing to get together with people who you've known your entire life.

Last March I got together with a bunch of those girls and that was just the beginning!  This week, Jennifer and Nea came to Conroe.  I love that we had a chance to relax and catch up.  Well, semi-relax, considering we had four little ones with us.  Nea brought Jacey and Jenna.  And, Jennifer actually wanted to come even though she didn't have her kids.

It was a great time.  Walker and Everly really enjoyed playing with Jacey.  And, they liked having baby Jenna to look at!

Here are a lot of pictures... yes, they are mostly of the kids.

The girls bonding!

Super fun at the Waterway Fountains.

Walker loves having his head wet!

Jumping!

All three with smiles!

Jacey is so sweet and cute!

Jennifer and her buddy, Jenna!

Sweet girls!

Of course, Walker and Everly aren't looking, but at least we have all four together!

Fun in a line.

Yogurt anyone?

Yep, we had two whole days together, but we didn't end up with of picture of me, Jennifer and Nea.  Ugh.  This is what happens when you have four children together!

Even though we didn't end up with a picture together, we had a great time.  I love that we are all able to spend this time in our lives together.  We grew up together and now we are raising our kids with each other's support.  So fun!

We're on a Boat!

Our very fun friends, Jen and Pedro, recently moved to Lake Conroe!  It's great fun to have them close by.  And, Walker and Everly are happy to have a friend to play with.  Isabel is the perfect age.... right in between them!

Last weekend they took us on their boat!

Everly liked the boat.... loved the doritos!

Future lake people?

Isabel and Walker with Clark!  I promise, they were having fun!

Looking forward to more fun times on the lake!

Everly is TWO!

Goodness, I'm really not sure how my baby girl is two, but she is.  Time flies when you are having fun!

Here are some things I want to remember about my little two year old!

Everly is definitely our strong-willed child.
She's full of opinions and energy.
She says, "I did it!" at least 100 times a day.
She loves her big brother and tries to do everything he does.
She is very much a Daddy's girl right now.  If Daddy is in the room, nobody else matters.  So sweet.
She wears her backpack on the front.
She makes up songs.
Her favorite movie is Monsters, Inc.
She likes peaches and cheese.  Those are her favorites right now.
She's nowhere close to swimming on her own.  When we pull her under she looks like a turtle and doesn't move!
She sleeps with at least 10 "babies"in the bed.  She loves having her little friends around.
She loves having "pinky" and her blanket with her.  Thankfully, she doesn't take them out of the house!
She no longer uses a paci.  About a month ago, she gave it up with no problem for about five sleeps, then she wanted it back.  Mommy cut it and she never asked for it again!
She's gone tee-tee in the potty two times, and tries many, many times a day.  I feel like we are a long way off from being potty trained, but she might surprise me!
Everly is absolutely hilarious and so smart.  I can't imagine our lives without our precious little girl!!!!!

Okay, on to the good stuff.  Pictures from her big day!

Swimming with her hero

New bikini!  Happy girl.

Buzz Lightyear gets a cupcake!

Ready for her party!

Fun weekend with Nanna and Bubba.

A family picture!  Sweet babes.

Her crown cake.

Fun with Daddy.

Happy Birthday to you!

Presents!

fun!

She's a pro at opening.

A new bike!  Thanks Ms. Gayle!

Back for more cake!

Balloons are fun.... even after the party!

Pick Up Where We Left Off

I blog about it every year.  I can't help myself... it's always so fun.  I'm talking about my annual reunion with some of the greatest girls ever, my ZTA girls.

We all met up in Austin and had a really fun weekend.  We drank wine and talked.  Did yoga and talked.  Went to lunch and talked.  Went shopping and talked.  Had a fantastic dinner and talked.  Went for after dinner drinks and talked some more.  You get the point.  We talked... a lot.

It's so fun to get away without our men or our kids and catch up.

Our favorite saying.... "it's like no time has passed."  It's true.  When we get together, it's just like old times!

The best part?  Yes, we talk about all our old, silly stories (and when we are all together, we actually put the pieces together for the full story!) but, we also get to talk about the grown up stuff.  Marriage and kids.... you know, things actual adults talk about!

We started to add up the years and we were shocked to realize that we've been friends for 17 years.  17 years?!?!?  Doesn't seem possible, but it's true.  We've been friends for half our lives.  So cool.

Here are some pictures of the weekend:

Julie's new career... yoga instructor!  She taught an awesome class!

I've been friends with Andrea for more like 30 years!  So fun that we grew up together and she's my ZTA friend!

Love hanging with Maren!

Tiff needed her crown and coke.  Some things never change!

I call this one, "We've Still Got It".  He's on the older side, but couldn't resist sitting down at our table to talk to us!

All the girls!

Pedicab!  Such a great way to get around Austin.  

Tiffany, Erin, me Maren, Julie, Tinsley

Okay, had to include this one.  Our waiter who called me "sassy".  After he told me that I had Britney Spears' eyes I decided everyone needs a gay best friend.  It's good for the self esteem.

I must give a shout out to the most fabulous husband and father ever.  Clark is so supportive of me getting to spend time with the girls.  He kept Walker and Everly for the weekend without a single complaint.  I think they had a ball together.  In fact, when I went in to get Everly up from her nap she looked at me funny and asked for daddy.  I don't think any of them missed me a bit!

Can't wait until next year!