Love This Little Girl

We really have fallen in love with this little girl. And I can see now why when people get English Bulldogs, they always own one...or many. Our little Sugar has quite the personality. She is hilarious. I really am laughing at her throughout the day. And she has been SO DARN GOOD. Well, besides the waking up at night. And managing to get into anything and everything. But she has yet to potty in her kennel and she is so affectionate and sweet. She is like a little person. She has just the right amount of energy and then she's a little snuggler. She cracked me up yesterday when she found a stick three times her size and was running around with it in the yard. I quick went to grab my camera and then ended up taking a lot more pictures than I intended to.

I'm glad I took so many pictures, because in two weeks she has changed SO MUCH!!! And I know I may be biased as her Mother, but she is just so photogenic!

So last night Frank and I had put the kids to bed and I hear Frank say, "No She Did NOT." And as I look over Shugs has a tiara in her mouth and a boa around her. She was getting into the play clothes apparently while we were upstairs. So we took the tiara out of her mouth and put it on her head so it didn't get eaten and well that is where it should go, right???? Our dog thinks she's a princess. She fits right in with her sisters.

I seriously have fallen in LOVE with this Dog already....

SonKids Program

The girls had their end of the year program last night. It was cuter than ever. Hadley and Ellie sang their little hearts out, and did all the motions. They were so excited to perform for us and it showed. I love their school and am so thankful that 7 years ago I was told about it. I can't believe I will only have one baby there next year and two official graduates.

So Hadley, our little singer. She shouted the songs and was very theatrical with her motions and facial expressions. I was laughing so hard the whole time. It was so cute. She sang (shouted) 5 little Monkeys and Little Me...and knew EVERY WORD!

She was VERY into it....this is her "Teasing Mr. Alligator, Can't catch me..."

Ellie being the big kid of the school was so excited because they got to lead the United States Pledge, Texas Pledge, and Bible Pledge. Then they did a hand bell performance and then sang two praise and worship songs, How Great is our God and He's My Best Friend.

When she gets nervous....she talks....

Playing the Bells.

"How Great is our God..."

A little Praise and worship Hoedown...

"He's the Alpha and Omega...."

"AMEN!!!"

One of my favorite nights every year!!! And always a reminder of how happy and lucky I feel to be where we are.

Three Good Swimmers- YEAH!!

Hadley is officially a little fish. No longer do we have to worry about her falling into the pool thanks to Miss Bonnie!! 10 minutes, 5 days a week for 4 weeks. We got to graduate a little early. This woman is amazing!!! Thank you Miss Bonnie.

We will miss you!!

Back Hand Springs....Here We Come!!

I was so excited for Ellie tonight. She has been practicing hard to get promoted to the next class in tumbling. She mastered her final skill today and got to go try out for the back handspring class.

She made it and was so proud. We are so proud.

We celebrated with some Orange Leaf after dinner!!

Easter 2011

We celebrated Easter all week. Well, from Wednesday on anyway.

We made Easter treats for Ellie's class.

Ellie, Hads and Gav had their Easter Egg Hunts at School.

We dyed our own eggs. We tried marbled ones this year. We couldn't quite get it but they were pretty anyway.

Instead of the Resurrection Rolls we usually make, we did Resurrection Cookies this year.

The Easter Bunny Came and delivered his Loot for the kids.

And he hid eggs in the yard.

We used the Good ol' Tripod and timer to get a quick family shot before church.

The kids sat in big service with us on Sunday. It was awesome having them in there with us. Afterwards they did the Church Egg Hunt.

Took some more pics of the kids when we got home.

We invited all of our family over for Easter Dinner. We bought a honey ham and I made au gratin potatoes, green beans, and a Lemon Curd berry trifle. Thanks to Food Network and Tyler Florence, it was fabulous!! We ate and swam the rest of the afternoon.