Happy Birthday to YOU, Sweet Libby Lou

Cade and I made a quick trip over to Frisco

this afternoon to help celebrate the big

NUMERO CINCO

for Miss Regan Elizabeth!

The party was held at a super, huge gymnastics center! 

The kids got to rotate around the gym

in small groups

enabling them to try out all the equipment. 

After they got good and tired out, we

headed to the party room for

a rainbow themed soiree.

Ginny baked layered rainbow cupcakes and the each

child got to decorate their own cupcake!

It was a BIG hit with everyone :)

What a fun party...

When we drove away Cade asked,

"Mommy can we drive back to Frisco tomorrow?"

That's the sure sign of a good party in my book!

Thanks Ginny

and

Happiest Birthday Wishes

to you

Sweet Libby Lou

A FUNNY dog, a FINICKY cat and a hamster who steals the show

We spent the evening with some friends this weekend

and watched a great family movie!

If you haven't seen Walt Disney's

BOLT

we would definitely recommend that you check it out soon.

Bolt is the story of an American white Shepard who

has lived his entire life on the set of his made for TV

sci-fi action show,

where he believes he has special super powers!

Through an accident, he becomes separated from his owner

Penny and sets out on a cross country trek to reunite with her!

Along the way, he meets an old alley cat named Mittens

and an absolutely fearless, hysterically funny,

TV-obsessed hamster named

RHINO

{who by the way was my favorite

and stole the show with his quick wit, crazy faces, and loyalty}

Through a series of adventures the unlikely friends

realize that it doesn't take "super powers" to

accomplish a mission...

just teamwork!

I love this shot of Punzie {the little dog} eyeing Gracie's

popcorn like a hawk!!!!

Petting Zoo Pals

With cameras, bug spray, and kids in tow,

we braved the Texas heat/humidity

to visit the {free} local

petting zoo with some sweet friends!

Libby Lou

Court Jackson, you are one handsome dude!

My Man

Stylin' & Profilin'

Addison found the goats more to her liking!

Staring at....water.

The ducks were hiding out in the shade!

You know it's hizz-ottie-H-O-T-T-I-E

when ducks hit the shade tree instead of their pond.

And I'll be a mOnKeY's UnCLe if our kids didn't have more fun walking these stumps. 

If they crossed them once, they crossed them 10 times. 

Even Levi, Gracyn, and Court braved the treacherous stump walk. 

Libby, poor girl, was the only one who lost her balance and sustained a slight injury. 

She was still a little shell-shocked from the injury and the

 deer attack in this photo...

We all walked away unscathed by the animals...

except for Libby's t-shirt which showed an actual

dental impression

from a deer who apparently eats

size 4T cotton tees for lunch!

Thank goodness the alligator on display was only plastic.

Menu Monday...a recipe for true friendship

Friendship

is the cooperative and supportive relationship between two or more people.

In this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge,

esteem, affection and respect along with a degree of rendering service to

friends in times of need or crisis.

Friends will welcome each other's company and exhibit loyalty

towards each other, often to the point of altruism.

Their tastes will usually be similar and may converge, and they will share

enjoyable activities.

They will also engage in mutually helping behavior, such as the exchange of

advice and the sharing of hardship.

source: wikipedia

"Friends are the sunshine of life."

John Hay (1871)

{Ginny & Addison Grace, holding Cade}

{December 31, 2004}

"A friend loves at all times."

Proverbs 17: 17

{Ginny, Me, Ashley: ALL PREGNANT -- December 2007}

"People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

{Addi + Gracyn = Cuddle Buds}

{January 2008}

"A friend is a present you give yourself."

Robert Louis Stevenson

{Sweeties}

"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter,

and sharing of pleasures."

Kahil Gibran

{Sunday Afternoon Swing}

{November 2009}

In the words of the immortal Golden Girls theme song...

THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND.