MOPS Egg hunt

Ready to go with her new Barbie bucket.  Big enough to collect as many eggs as she can pick up.

Soccer Practice doll style

Turned around to see her dressing her doll Marie up.  The outfit is her pumpkin costume from when she was 6 months old.  The rest is her soccer gear. 

Easter party and performance

After the egg hunt we went back to Kaylie's classroom for her party and performance.  They enjoyed several crafts, treats, and of course learning about the meaning of Easter.  We finished our afternoon with an Easter performance.  She is definitely a performer.

School Egg Hunt

Each year Kaylie's school does an Easter egg hunt.  They give them an egg carton numbered 1 to 12 and they go and find an egg with the coordinating number on it.  I was pretty impressed with Kaylie.  She did a great job finding her eggs and finished pretty quickly.

Braving the storm

Shiner huddled in the closet covered in a thick blanket during a tornado warning. Actually seemed to work a little better than normal.

Comfy Cozy

Snuggle time with cousin Garrett and bed time with Great Grandma Joey.  She did so well sleeping in Joey's bed with her.  Every once in awhile Kaylie would try and play princess of the bed and knock Jo to the edge.  Thankfully, Jo didn't seem to mind toooo much.

Dress Up

While trying to find some new clothes Kaylie asked if she could take some things into another room to try on.  This is how she came out.  I absolutely love her imagination!

Broken Bow, OK

 It is not a surprise that Jason and I love going to Broken Bow or as Kaylie would say 'the cabinets' so when a weekend came up with nothing to do we packed up and headed there for a weekend filled with peace and relaxation.  Prior to this trip we had not been without another family joining us making us leave the dogs behind therefore this trip was even more special.  As you can tell by the many dog pictures we love our puppies so much.  They are getting older and starting to decline health wise so we knew we may not get many more opportunities to take them.  Sad to say this but this trip wasn't really about us but about the dogs.  They love being outside just as much as we do and we wanted to do this for them.  Silly yes but it made us happy and we had a great time being together as a family.

The weather was absolutely gorgeous.  It was warm enough for us to be able to enjoy ourselves during the day and cold enough at night to enjoy sitting by the fire .  We even got the opportunity to take advantage of the hot tub which turned out to be Kaylie's favorite thing.

We spent the weekend cooking, roasting marshmallows and hot dogs, as well as hiking, playing soccer and pretend fishing.  The dogs were able to come with us every where we went.  If we had really felt like being adventurous we could have even taken them on the train with us.  We opted for Jason to walk them around while Kaylie and I did that.

At night we were serenaded by the local music while starring at the stars that were clear as the eye could see.  Both nights Kaylie had us bust out in singing "Twinkle, Twinkle" after the first star was spotted.  That was a special memory for us.

On Sunday we packed up and headed back to reality.  As you can see by the last picture of Shiner on the floor of the car they had fun.  We really enjoyed our weekend and definitely needed a little time away from reality.  

 Kaylie took this picture.  Makes me smile to see how much she loves the camera.

Looking up at the stars.  Sang "Twinkle Twinkle" right after this.

Ready for her smores.  After a bite or two she opted for only having chocolate and graham crackers. 

Daddy cooked dinner so mommy cooked breakfast.  We got our bacon from a local store and I have to say it was the best bacon I have ever had.  We will be doing that every time we are in town.

I like that these two pictures are back to back.  For awhile they were both on the blanket together. 

Our first time to ever roast hot dogs.  They turned out better than expected.  Little monster ate three of them.  I don't think she was hungry at all!

She had a blast in the hot tube.  She would jump from spot to spot.  We had a hard time getting her out.

 Sweet picture 

I love how Bailey looks like she is smiling at me as Shiner lays passed out on Kaylie's pillow.  A sign of a good time.

Giddy Up...

 I am pretty sure I failed at Western day at her school but I had nothing.  To my surprise I didn't even have a white shirt for her to wear.  Thankfully one of our good friends came to the rescue and let us borrow the hat otherwise she would have been the odd one out.  This picture is the first time she has ever worn a cowboy hat. 

Camping out

The imagination of a four year old makes me happy.  She has set up a camp out for her ponies.  My favorite part would have to be the dogs on the second step with their water bowls in front of them.

From our Shamrock to yours...

I absolutely love her team.  We couldn't have been blessed with a better first experience.  The coaches are incredibly sweet and loving to these girls and have more patience than I would have ever imagined.  They work hard to set each girl up for a goal and to feel success and I love that about them.  Today she was definitely lucky.  We are not sure if she scored her first goal or if she took it all the way and had a little help getting it in but if you ask we will say it was hers.  Happy St. Patrick's Day!  P.S. - I was asked this...the socks were not bought specifically for St. P's day.  They are part of her outfit. 

"Who rocks?!?...Shamrocks!"