Me and My baby.

Kate is a total Daddy's Girl...
and i love it. It's so cute to see her love her daddy so much.

Lucy is such a Mama's girl...
and I LOVE it too.

There's nobody she would rather be with than me.
When i hold her she doesn't want to go to anyone else.
When she see's me she come straight for me.
She's the sweetest little thing.
I could hug and kiss her all day long.
I love seeing her face light up and her arms go out, all for me.

Love you, Lucy Pearl.

P.S. i'm kinda sad she growing old. 11 months in a few days. i am soaking up the rest of this baby time before she turns one and becomes a toddler on me.

The 4th of July.

4th of July this year proved to be a wonderful weekend. [Since it was on a sunday, we celebrated all weekend!] On Saturday morning we went to the Summerlin parade, [obviously nothing compared to the wonderful mardi gras parades i'm used to], but really fun for the kids. Check out the photos below [w/a few captions]...

Kate & the kids waving at the parade people... Kate lifting her shirt, her way of keeping cool.

this picture cracks me up... she looked back, saw me and then winked at me.
that's my girl.



we all loved the bagpipes.


candyland was a favorite float among the kiddos.


kate waving her flag.




After the parade we went to Ron and Kathie's and sawm and swam and swam.

Kate is a little fish. She would stay in the pool all day if i let her.
Here, she was trying to splash me.

and lucy loves the water just as much.



We headed home after swimming and saw these fireworks right by our house.


We ended the weekend by going down to boulder city with friends and watched a spectacular 4th of July fireworks show there. I left my camera so didn't snap any pics, but luckily my friend, brit, did. So go check out her photos.
Hope ya'll had a great 4th.

Lake Mead.

The first Lake trip of the summer [exactly a month ago]. Papa wanted to take out the boat before we vacationed in Lake Powell to make sure everything was working properly. We happened to go on Kate's Birthday! She was more than excited since she is basically a little fish. So we piled in a couple cars and ventured down through bolder city, to lake mead.

Kate was one of the firsts to jump in... ok, she hesitated a little, but once she was in, she loved it. The water was a bit on the colder side, but definitely refreshing.

Kate was obsessed with being the driver... so Papa and Darren let her drive with them.
Kate was also the rope holder... when the boys wake-boarded she had to make sure she held on to the rope so they wouldn't fall. She's always such a good helper.

Lucy did great on the boat and enjoyed her chicken bone for most of the ride. I don't think you could pry it away from her if you tried.

The dam...

The girls.

Uncle Kyle joined us boating and had a great time also... he is doing a great job wake-boarding!

Kyle Wake-boarding.

Darren Wake-boarding.

Daniel wake-boarding.

Kate jumping in, helping dad climb back into the boat.

Thanks mimi and papa for taking us boating! We loved it!