September Extras...

I went in search of a quiet Calla one afternoon and found her "reading" this book on Leslie's bed...


Calla has own sense of fashion... such as wearing crowns upside down. Can't argue with the princess...

I thought this picture was cool because it makes Leslie look like a ghost...

Septemberfest...

We had some beautiful weather for Septemberfest this year, so we loaded up the girls (and their BFF Maddie) to have some fun. Leslie of course makes a bee-line to the face painting and balloons. I think she picks something crazier/scarier every time me go. Notice that the unicorn eye is actually Leslie's...

There were a bunch of crafts set up in the Kid's Korner. Even Calla got to make a visor and necklace...

I thought this was a funny picture. Somehow we managed to find the two tallest men in Midland to be friends with! It takes so serious giants to make Barry petite...


The girls played in all the jumpers several times of course...

Calla played in a regular moon jumper that wasn't too crowded, but her favorite activity was going down this gigantic slide...

Tech Game...

The girls LOVE going to the Tech football games! My parents have a suite this year, so it makes everything more enjoyable for everyone. I've actually gotten to watch some plays this year! Both girls have learned that if they hang out with PaPa, they get infinite popcorn, so I usually don't have to do anything but diaper changes:)


The cheerleaders came up before one of the games and took a picture with the girls! Too cute...

My sweet little Red Raider...

This was after the game, so Calla was pretty tired, but still an okay family shot...

PaPa took a little time to throw the ball around with the girls while we were getting everything packed back up...

This was Calla before we hit the interstate. She was one tired little girl...

Time with Mam-maw...

We have been fortunate enough to spend several days with Barry's grandmother the past few months. The girls love going there, especially Leslie who gets to refill bird feeders, or go down to the farm and pick food and then help shell it for dinner!


Mam-maw reading the girls a book...

The girls think this little cove down to the basement is their secret club house. Who knew two steps and landing could be so fun?

Leslie and Mam-maw sitting on the swing enjoying the cool morning...

Summer Sillies...

We were invited to a birthday party for one of our close friends, Ethan. When the parents realized how hot is was going to be they sent out a swimming amendment to the invite that somehow got lost on its way to us. Luckily, no one (including Leslie) seems to mind my children swimming in their skivvies...

We went another party celebrating my great aunt Dene's birthday. It was in the nursing home, so there wasn't alot for the kiddos to do. Leslie and a cousin were playing hide and go seek to pass the time. When Calla decided to join in, I had to take a picture. It's hard to tell, but she's got her nose on the wall counting, "one two- ready or not here I come!"

Cute silly smile on a cute silly baby...

Cute funny face on a cute funny baby...

Here's the train cake I made for the party we attended. I tried to do something easy since it was a crazy weekend, but I think I don't think the time saved was worth the loss. Oh well. It tasted good and everyone still really liked it!

Random August Pictures...

One of the girls favorite games is "flying." It was fun and cute when it was just baby Leslie. Not so fun now with almost 70lbs of cargo in flight...


Leslie has never been big on laying down in the tub until Calla started. She would sprawl out and yell, "Mermaid Calla!" Super cute. I have better pics of them both mermaiding out, but this is the only one web appropriate...

After documenting mermaids, I left the camera on the vanity. Leslie was trying to take silly face pictures to surprise me. Turns out her "silly face" is pretty beautiful...

County Fair...

We always try to attend all the local things offered, so when we heard the Midland County Fair had started back up, we loaded up and headed to the Horseshoe. Overall, we were pretty disappointed with the activities and prices, but the petting zoo was top notch! Leslie loved getting to feed all the animals...


I'm constantly surprised how hardy baby chicks are. Leslie and Calla both got to hold and pet several...

Leslie feeding the alpaca...

I wish this picture was a little further out because then you could see that I have Calla completely upside down dangling down into the trough, so she could pet this guinea pig...
Even Calla got to feed the big animals...

We took Maddie with us, too. She is super nice well behaved little girl, but kinda a chicken around animals. As we were leaving I finally got her to feed this old blind toothless goat. What you can't tell from the picture is that my left hand has a vice grip on her elbow forcing it into the pin. Luckily, she is well enough behaved and trusted me enough that she was smiling when it was all though!

Of course, as all our outings, we ended at the jumpers. Calla was a little small to fight off the big kids, but Leslie and Maddie had all sorts of fun running from jumper to jumper... Or in this case, inflated human wrecker...