Tree Climbing

This little guy has been enjoying climbing our tree that Thomas cut back for the winter.  Yes, it's February and he's wearing shorts.  We always get some warm days in the winter which is only one of the reasons I love living in the south.  You can see Julia in the corner looking and I bet you can guess who wanted a turn next.

Father/Daughter Dance

 Father/Daughter dance is definitely a favorite night for Julia.  She always looks forward to it and never wants the night to end.

 It was great that she got to wear her flower girl dress again since she loved it and it looked great on her.

 Good looking father/daughter couple.

 Andrew is all ready to go on a date with Mommy after getting a picture with his beautiful sister.  Look at him wearing a tie for our date...such a gentleman.

 She is so beautiful!

 Another great photo of beautiful Julia.

 A few photos with some fun expressions.

 Another one of her great expressions.

 She really is such a beautiful girl.

Wow!  Thomas and Julia had a blast and went to the Chill Hill afterward with some other father/daughter couples for ice cream after the dance.  It was definitely a memorable night for the two of them.

Julia's Birthday Party

To celebrate Julia's 8th birthday we took a few friends to see A Dog's Purpose.  Since we arrived early Julia and Ansley were watching the trailer for the movie in the car.  Julia is thrilled to be celebrating with her friends!

A quick photo after seeing A Dog's Purpose.  It was a good movie but we had some tears from a few of the girls...especially Julia.  Back row we have Ava (Grace's sister), Landry Rose (Julia's best friend in her second grade class), and Grace (best friend from 3 year old preschool).  In the front row we have Calder (he was in Julia's first grade class and had a crush on her and she thought he was cute too), Andrew, Julia, and then Ansley (lives across the street).

Another quick photo walking from the movie on the way to Mellow Mushroom for dinner.  I think all the kids loved walking around The Collection with friends.  Such a big kid thing to do!

We hung out at Barnes and Noble for a bit while waiting for our table.

Look at all those great smiles waiting for our table at Mellow Mushroom.  Such a great group of kids!

Definitely a bunch of silly kids!  

Hanging out and chatting while waiting for our pizza.

Yummy cookie cake to celebrate Julia!

All ready for us to sing Happy Birthday!

All smiles and thinking of a wish!  Andrew sure enjoyed having another boy around.

Making a wish on her 8th birthday!

Hanging out and waiting for Calder's parents to pick him up.  Calder, Julia, Landry Rose, and Ansley.

Walking back to the car and stopping for one last photo opportunity.  We drove Landry Rose and Ansley home and Julia loved spending that extra time with two of her friends as they were singing and dancing on the car ride home.  We're so thankful for such a fun night with Julia and some of her friends.  Everyone was very sweet and well mannered, it was great!  Happy Birthday to our sweet girl, Julia!

Ear Piercing

Julia has been wanting her ears pierced for a while now so we told her she could get them done for her birthday.  She was so excited...a little nervous but very excited!  Picking out her first pair of earnings added to the fun.

Waiting while the lady was getting everything ready.

Ready or not here we go.

Before you knew it the first one was done.

Checking them out and looking quite happy with them.

Listening to some directions about taking care of them.

She chose the daisy flower with a little pink in the middle...so very cute.  Julia was very brave and didn't cry or even scream.  The only thing she did was squeeze my hand.  I can't believe it my little girl has her ears pierced and growing up right before my eyes.

Teddy Bear Parade for Andrew

 Andrew's preschool always has a Teddy Bear Parade for the 4K and 5K kids which is always fun!  This year Andrew is all decked out in Star Wars gear from his pajamas to his float.

 Daddy and Andrew worked hard making their float and of course it's the X-Wing fighter from Star Wars.  I must say it came out awesome and Thomas is much more creative than me at making these floats.  The boys had fun doing this project together!

 Andrew and his good friend Chase.

 Andrew was quite excited about bringing his X-Wing fighter to school!

My only contribution to this project were the stickers that say Star Wars.  Definitely a fun event for the kids and our last Teddy Bear Parade since Andrew will be in Kindergarten next year.

Thanksgiving Feast

Today was Andrew's last Thanksgiving Feast at the preschool.  It sure was cute to watch our little turkey sing and we enjoyed our special lunch with our little guy.

They always sing such cute songs...I sure am going to miss the preschool days!

We are so lucky Daddy works so close to Andrew's preschool and most always is able to join us for the fun activities.  We know many dads don't get to do that and we are very thankful!

Andrew and his buddy from down the street Hudson.  Even though they are not in the same class we still see them at many of the special activities.

Ryan, Andrew and Chase at the feast.  Cute little Andrew wanted to be sure the placemat he made for the feast made it into the picture.  I'm bummed I never got a photo of Thomas and I with Andrew at the feast but that's okay.  We hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and take time to reflect upon your blessings.

Cheer Exhibition Night

On the Friday night before Cheer Bowl they have what's called Cheer Exhibition Night.  All the different squads from Midway Park come out at night and do their routine to practice in front of an audience.  It's fun to watch the different age groups do their routine as they prepare for Cheer Bowl!  Sarah is one of her friends in her class and she happened to be on her squad too.

Sarah and Julia along with one of their Junior Coaches Mackenzie.

Sweet Hallie came out to watch and support Julia and her squad.  Hallie is one of Julia's small group leaders at church.  She's such a sweet girl who we've used as a babysitter too.  I took a few pictures of the whole squad but they came out blurry....oh well!  We're excited for Cheer Bowl which is only 2 days away.