Cate Update

Life with an 8 month old is never ending fun! Catherine has become my little "helper." She loves to help me do laundry. I sort the clean clothes and put them in the baskets then she takes everything back out again.
She also likes to "help" in the kitchen by taking everything out of the cabinets, everything as far as she can reach off the refrigerator and would LOVE to get into the dishwasher!

She is great help in the bathrooms too. Never leave the lid up at our house and keep all trashcans out of reach!

If only mommy would let me have the kitty food. She LOVES to try and has managed to dump all the food out twice. Fortunately, she has not found the kitty litter yet!

Catherine showing off her new teeth. Now these were hard work! It looks like the top ones are about to come in so we are ready for more sleepless nights in the near future.

Straw Wars

Great Papa getting a sneak attack on William.

Back To School

Today was the 1st day of school. They all had a great day and love their teachers. Elizabeth is in 5th, Sarah 3rd and William kindergarten. This is the only year they will all be at the same school! Catherine did fine today without them but she sure got excited to see them after school!

Meet the Teacher

William starts kindergarten on Monday. sniff..sniff

Laser Tag

The kids have enjoyed the free bowling program and 1/2 price laser tag this summer! Sure hope they have this program again next summer. www.kidsbowlfree.com

Boys! Boys! Boys!

William had a fun day playing at a friend's house in our neighborhood. He doesn't get to be around this much testosterone very often!

Pep Rally

The kids learning cheers at their 1st Coyote pep Rally tonight.

Farewell Party

We had a nice cookout at Coach Steele's house today. Eric's coaching staff had a party in his honor. We all laughed as they reminisced about all the good times over the years. Eric is really going to miss working with these guys!

New Office

Above picture in Mr. Assistant Principal's new office! The kids thought it was so funny to be in the principal's office. Eric gave us the grand tour of his new school. It is so beautiful and the kids can't wait to go to school with daddy someday.

MAD Camp

The girls did a great job this morning at church performing their summer musical. They spent the past week at MAD Camp (Music, Art and Drama) preparing for this big event.
Above is Elizabeth doing a dance to one of the songs.

We went out for a nice lunch afterward with Nana and Papa Gammon. If you look close you can see Catherine's new tooth.

The Big 4-0!

We celebrated Eric's 40th birthday last night. The kids had so much fun decorating the house and making him a Dr Pepper cake. We got him an iPad but sad it did not arrive in time for his birthday.

7 Months

Catherine is already 7 months old! Above is an 18 second video of her crawling. She started the army crawl a few weeks ago and cut her 1st tooth. She is now full speed and into EVERYTHING!

Ice Age Mammals

The kids enjoyed the new Ice Age Exhibit at the Heard Museum.
They had a great time with Nana and Papa.

Surviving The Texas Heat

Getting wet is the only way to survive in this Texas heat!
We made an impromptu visit to a local splash park so we could cool off a bit. Afterward, they were able to play tennis.

The kids thought it was the greatest thing ever getting wet in their clothes!

Catherine could have sat here all day.

Ranger Game

Eric got great seats and took William to the Ranger game last night. William was so excited to hang with just daddy. The rest of us enjoyed being boyless and had a fun girly girl night! :-)

Fireworks

Happy Birthday America! Hope everyone had a Happy Fourth of July!

Branson, Missouri

After our Arkansas adventures we took the kids to Branson for a couple of days. Above picture of us at the Branson Variety Theatre waiting to see a Broadway show. It was really good.
The kids loved Dick's 5 and 10! They got lots of souvenirs!
www.dicksoldtime5and10.com

White River

We took the kids to the White River in Northern Arkansas for 3 nights/4 days. Our GPS and iPhone were not able to pinpoint the address of our guesthouse so we started our vacation lost on a dirt road in the middle of the Ozark Mountains!

www.whiteriver.net/angels-retreat/

The stairs from our guesthouse down to the White River.

We took a sunset boat cruise on Bull Shoals Lake.
William was so excited to drive the boat.

Catherine getting the marshmallows ready for our S'mores. The kids also had fun hiking, fishing, swimming, playing washers, riding a 4 wheeler, feeding fish off the dock and catching lightning bugs.

Hot Shots

The girls went to basketball camp this week. Elizabeth is middle row third from left. Sarah is on the front row far right. They both won the Hustle Award for their age groups and Elizabeth won the Hot Shot Award. Look Out WNBA!

Ready. Set. Go.

Oh No!!! She is about to get into everything!

Six Months

Catherine is six months old today! We started her on vegetables for the first time. She thinks squash is so yummy!

Happy Father's Day

Vacation Bible School

The kids had a fun time at VBS this week. They sang their songs during church this morning. It was Elizabeth's last year to go to VBS. :-(

Round Two

Elizabeth has been letting her hair grow. She decided to donate it for the 2nd time.

Wilds Of Africa

We took the kids back to the Dallas Zoo today to see the new Giants of the Savanna exhibit. It is awesome and worth getting out in this Texas heat! I think the temp was close to 100 but we brought spray bottles and the zoo has lots of spray misters.
The kids were so excited to pet and feed the giraffes!

They loved riding the camel and we all enjoyed the Monorail Safari Tour.

Race For The Cure

We did the Susan G. Komen race this morning. I am so out of shape but made it across the finish line with my three girls.
Nana got ribbons in memory of Cousin Debbie and in celebration of Great Nana Green.

My friend, Sandy, and her family joined us. It was a great experience for the kids!

Swimming In The Rain

First Swim

Catherine chillin' by Papa and Nana's pool. She got in the pool for the first time this afternoon and loved it!

All Stars

William was one of three players selected from his team to play on the All Star team. He played for the South team. (William is second from the right).
He had two great hits.

William playing the pitcher position. He is #2. The South team beat the North team 20 to 17! Way to go All Stars!!

Happy Anniversary

Today is our 15th Wedding Anniversary! Eric had emergency gallbladder surgery over Memorial Weekend so don't think we will be going out for a steak dinner tonight! Happy Anniversary! (wish I was still this skinny!!)

Ready For Bed?

It is getting harder and harder to get the kids settled down for bed. They are so excited it is almost Summer Break! Today is the last day of school!! Yay :-) Catherine is so tired in this picture. She is not about to go to sleep and miss something! We are ready for some late summer nights. Hopefully, that means late summer mornings too!