Saturday, May 23, 2009

Part 1 of Mini-Vacation!!

Finally, here's some pictures from our last-minute mini-vacation. We started at Honor Heights Park in Muskogee, OK. It is a gorgeous azalea park.


At the entrance to the park, there is a waterfall. We climbed to the top, and the girls and I stuck our feet in to cool down. Michael was mad he didn't have sandals on to do the same.


Next stop was the Oklahoma Aquarium in Jenks, OK. The girls loved running around looking at the fish and aquatic life. They especially loved finding all the "Memos" (Nemo).



Coming next: Colcord, OK, State Park with waterfall and Gentry Drive-Through Safari

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Poor Drake!

Poor Drake-eee-Poo (as Billie and Kyleigh call him): 2 girl cousins and a little sister who'll be here in a couple of weeks! Boy, will he be outnumbered! I thought this picture was so cute and had to share.

Friday, May 8, 2009

Abby

The girls have a new "pet". PawPaw had to bring a baby calf back to his house to bottle-feed because the mama died. So, Billie chose the name "Abby". They both love to help feed Abby and try to pet her, but I don't know what Abby thinks of them.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Check out this location!

I found this great location when we went on the train ride in Van Buren, so I made the girls pose for me to see how it looked in pictures. I think it would especially be perfect in some senior pictures or some older youth shots, and there were some other great backdrops close by as well.




Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Kids Say the Darndest Things...

My kids keep me laughing almost all of the time! The things they say are just priceless, so I had to share a few. Kyleigh's newest phrase is "Oh Man!" The words themselves aren't particularly funny, but the way she says them is HILARIOUS! Her other favorite word at this time is "puke". For those of you who know her well, you know she gets carsick quite easily. Well, I forgot to give her the nausea medicine one day, and she "puked" just as we pulled into Sam's in Fort Smith. Billie looked at her with concern and asked "Oh Kyleigh, are you okay?" and Kyleigh (in her growling little voice) exclaimed "I puked!" over and over and over and laughed about it. I've been sick for the last two weeks with bronchitis, and I had trouble keeping food down for a few days, so Kyleigh got to use the word some more! I guess it's just a fun word for her to say! Ha Ha!



While I was sick, Billie crawled up in my lap when I was resting in the recliner. I started coughing, and she turned to me and asked, "Oh Mommy, you still sick?" I said "Yes", and she said "I'll cuddle with you and watch 'The Doctors'" (I'm addicted to this show). I said "Okay. Maybe when you grow up, you can be a doctor and take care of Mommy." She said, "Yeah, but Mommy, we just don't know how to make me grow up!" Ha! If only she knew that she's growing up too fast as it is! Another "doctor story"...at the beginning of "The Doctors" show, they sing "Doctor, doctor, give me the news..." Well, Billie walked into the room the other day singing this except that her words were "Doctor, doctor, give me a kiss!" She argued with me over the fact that it was "kiss" and not "news". Guess who won the debate?



We took the kids on a little mini-vacation while Michael was on his week of vacation. I was sick the whole week that he was off, but he got a lot of work done outside in the yard. I was feeling better toward the end of the week, so we took off for Tulsa. Billie had begged all week to go to a hotel. That's all she wanted to do was stay at a hotel. We told her we were going to a park and an aquarium first, and she threw a fit because she wanted to go to the hotel. Anyway, once we got to the hotel that evening, she walked in the room, and you could see her eyes brighten. She turned around, looked at me, jumped up and down, and squealed with excitement, "I'm so 'cited'!!!" I laughed so hard, but all I could think was "I bet the people underneath us are so 'cited' that we're here too!" Ha! I'll post pics from the little vacation later.



Okay, last story. I bought Billie a few summer clothes in Tulsa, so when we got home, I had her try them on. One tank top had a little heart on the chest. When she looked down at the heart, she patted her hand on her chest and said, "Awwww...bless my heart!" Is that not cute???



Kids are fascinating, aren't they?

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Beautiful country and kids!

There are so many beautiful places in our area to shoot pictures. Of course, I had to laugh when the kids' mom asked me, "So where are we?" Ha! I know it can seem like you're in the middle of nowhere out here. M & A were so cute and were good sports, even though we found out that he didn't much like his sister touching him whatsoever. :) We had to push back our time a bit because of the little rain showers, but it turned out to be pretty nice! So here's a little preview. And look at those pretty pouty lips in the bottom two!


Friday, April 17, 2009

Choo! Choo!

On Good Friday, Mom and Dad treated us all to the train ride that goes from Van Buren to Winslow. It was a nice trip. Michael said the only thing he would recommend to them to make it better was to have more wildlife. Ha! All I can say is I would not recommend walking on a train as it's moving to anyone who gets motion sickness. It took me a little while to get over that! Here are some pics taken on the train.