Trip to El Paso & Las Cruces

2 weeks ago the girls and I hopped on a plane and headed south.  My niece was getting married in Las Cruces and Cami was a flower girl!  This was an exciting trip.  The traveling part was kind of difficult, but we managed.  Reese is at an age where sitting still for any length of time is deemed cruel and unusual punishment.  Luckily Cami is a veteran traveler and took everything in stride.

first leg of the trip heading out there

second leg of the trip heading out there.  This pretty much sums up how things went for me.

 Thursday afternoon we attended the bridal shower.  Here is Cami modeling for one of the typical games at showers.

 Afterward we went to Si Senor's for dinner.  I tortured my husband by sending him this photo

best chips and salsas

Cami working on a delicious sopapilla

 Friday night was the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner.  The grooms mom hosted the dinner and had great kids tables set up with paint, play dough and coloring!  It was perfect!

 Saturday.  Cami and I headed into Las Cruces early.  We had lunch with my Major Professor from my Master's program.  I consider him a friend and mentor and I also try and make time for a visit when we are near.  Afterwards we were in wedding mode.  Cami had a hair appt and then off to the venure to get ready.

She did great.

Here are the flower girls

My beauty!

Cute photo booth at the wedding.  The kids got a kick out of it.  This was how they did the guest book!

dancing

 We got up and around Sunday and headed for the airport.  Another long traveling day!  Thanks for the great memories.  It was wonderful to be able to see so many family and friends

Its hard work being a flower girl!

Our Family Pictures

So excited about these Family Pictures.  Don't be surprised if you see these on our Christmas cards this year!  I just love them!

Thanks to Amber Hall Images for these great memories!  This is such a precious age for our kiddos!

Cami's First day of Preschool

I can't believe this day has already arrived.  How did she grow up so fast?  Cami is going to a christian preschool that is about 2 1/5 blocks from our home.  It is great, because most days we walk.  Her class is small.  There are about 15 kiddos and 2 teachers.  She has bible lessons everyday as well as letter and numbers of the day and movement.  I had been dreading and looking forward to this day for a while, but we both survived and are getting into a nice little routine.

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Lake of the Ozarks getaway part 2

A few more pictures from our many vacation to the Lake of the Ozarks

Lake of the Ozarks...Part 1

A mid- Summer vacation.  Who knew there was such a thing?!?  There typically isn't if you are a golf business type family like we are.  But the stars and schedules aligned and there was a free weekend! WOW!  Matt took a day off and we were able to drive over to MO to visit a resort at Lake of the Ozarks.  Matt's folks came with us and oh my did we have a great time!

 We enjoyed the many pools on the resort.  They had slides, big pools and even little splash pads for RJ.

Matt and his dad were able to play a really great golf course and had a wonderful time.  The weather cooperated, it was sunny most of the time...but not too hot.

 Cami, Matt and I took a paddle boat ride.  PHEW...that was way more work than I expected.

 We also took a boat tour of the lake.  It was fun to see all the different luxury homes and different resorts, but I'd skip it next time.

We even made some time to visit the outlet mall!  There is Papa with his girls!

More pictures to come. When I can finally remember to get them off my camera!

Disney's the Little Mermaid broadway show

For my 30th birthday, My wonderful husband bought me season passes to Starlight Theater Broadway series.  It is this absolutely beautiful outdoor amphitheater.  It is such a fun place to go.  I have really enjoyed the experience of going to fun Broadway shows only 20 minutes from our house.  One show I have been looking forward to all summer was the Little Mermaid.  We decided that I would take Cami for her first live Theater experience.

I begged her to take a nap in the afternoon, knowing that the show didn't start until 8pm it was going to be a late night.  As I pulled into the parking lot this is what I saw.....

I let her sleep for 30-40 minutes to take the edge off.  Then we went inside to experience the under the sea festival that was going on prior to the show.  It was so fun.  Crafts, nail painting, treasure chest etc.  Cami had a ball.

 Here we are, loaded up with our snacks and ready for the show to start.  She was so excited.  Luckily it cooled off a little just before the show started.

Starlight staff took this and put it on their facebook page.

What a fun experience with my big girl!  Oh my we had a great time and it was extraordinarily well done.  Cami was thrilled.  It was later by the time we got home, in fact she fell asleep on the way home.   Thankful for sweet memories with my little girl who is growing too quickly!