S'Mores at the Moores

Our Sunday School class had it's annual S'mores at the Moores on Friday night. The Moores are actually teachers in our old department, but they were gracious enough to invite our new department to join in on the fun! They had a "cow train", hay ride and bonfire. Charles roasted hot dogs for all of us to enjoy for supper! Emily helped Daddy roast marshmallows, but didn't want to eat them! She just wanted to eat them regular! We bundled Ashley up really good, I was so worried she was going to get cold! I kept feeling her face and nose and not once did she feel cold! I think she had a good time watching everyone! Mr. Rick, our old Sunday School teacher, watched Ashley for us so we could all ride the hayride. When we got off the ride, she was getting passed around and loving it! Such fun!

All ready to go. You can't tell, but Ashley has on little pink fur boots...ahhh!

Ashley was so bundled up she couldn't put her arms down...Christmas Story anyone :) Roasting marshmallows! Pretty sad that this was the best family pic! Lily wanted to be in the pic too! And Ashley's arms are still up!

Lily & Emily riding the "cow train"!

Jeremy, Vicky and Hadley's Visit

Vicky, Jeremy & Hadley came to visit one weekend! Since Vicky's not working, they are a little more flexible to travel...yeah! They came on Friday and spent Friday and Saturday nights with us. We had so much fun just spending time with them! It was definitely wild with 3 little ones, but everyone survived :) Mimi, Bub, Grandmother, Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Le, Uncle Buzzz, Aunt Becky & Uncle Bob all came over at one point during the weekend so we had a weekend of family! It was great!

On Saturday morning, Charles, Bub and Emily went to a pancake breakfast at the Fire Station in Fayetteville! They said it was really good, they had pancakes and bacon! Emily got to sit in the Fire Truck and they gave her a hat!

Showing off her new hat!

The babies!
Aren't they cute :)

This is such a bad pic of all 3 of them...it's cute :)

Here's the good one!

Our attempts at getting a picture of the babies!!!

(Hadley's thinking Ashley's foot looks pretty yummy!)

(What's going on?!?!)

(You're not going anywhere Ashley!)

(You're wanting us to both smile at the same time...what?!?!)

(Ashley says i'm outta here!)

Cute Hadley in Ashley's exer-saucer

Emily had to help with Hadley's bath!

Hadley the Panda :)

Some "Firsts" for Ashley

Ashley has had several "firsts" lately! I just cannot believe how big she is! Here are a few:

In the highchair!

Eating cereal! In her exer-saucer!

Sitting in her Bumbo

In her walker

Fun at the Fair!

Charles took Emily to the fair in Ft. Smith this year. Ashley was way too young to go, so her and I stayed at home! Uncle Jackie met up with them at the fair and I think a good time was had by all! Emily apparently LOVED Uncle Jackie's fried Twinkie...shew!!!

Emily's 1st experience on the bumper boats!

Such a big girl, riding everything all by herself!

Cute Kitties!

For some reason a momma cat decided to have kittens in our front flower bed. One day when Charles was mowing the yard, something shot out of the front flower bed! He finally realized that it was a cat! So, he started looking and found kittens in the back of the bed. We didn't see them again for awhile, then one day they showed up on our back porch! They were so cute! We could hear them at night when we were sitting in the living room! One night Emily and I walked around the neighborhood to see if we could find out who's they were. No one claimed then and we didn't really know what to do about them, so I called the Animal Shelter to come and get them. We did NOT need 5 more cats at our house!! Anyway, the day I called the Animal Shelter, they disappeared and we have not seen them since!

Vegas Baby!

For Charles' 30th birthday this year I surprised him with a trip to Las Vegas! He is the HARDEST person to surprise, but I think I actually did it! If he had an idea he sure isn't saying! I had contacted his boss at work to make sure he could get off on Friday, they 3rd. When he got home Thursday night, Mom was there to watch the girls. I had gone back and forth about when to tell him, but decided that he would probably want a say in what clothes he had out there. So, when he got home I told him he needed to pack for 4 days and 3 nights and for hot weather. I also told him we were flying somewhere at that point!

After we got packed and said our goodbyes we headed out! I couldn't stand it any longer and told him about 3 minutes after we left the house! We went to eat at Western Sizzlin in Springdale, definitely not as good as the one in Ft. Smith, but that's ok! We took a direct flight from XNA and got to Vegas about 9:30 that night. Our package included transportation to the hotel and we were out of the airport in no time!

We had a wonderful time! We stayed at the Paris Hotel, walked into just about every hotel/casino on the strip, ate at Margaritaville and the Hard Rock Cafe, saw the Phantom of the Opera at the Venetian, saw Cirque de Soleil's O at the Bellagio, went to the top of the Eiffel Tower, walked the 2 1/2 miles to the "Las Vegas" sign and just had a nice relaxing trip!

We got home about 9:00 on Sunday night. Monday we went down to Ft. Smith to pick up the girls and have a little party with the family! Charles' work also had a surprise party for him at work on the Thursday that we left! I think he had a wonderful 30 birthday!

Charles' office hallway decorated!

They had a Rick's cake for him at work. He had told someone that that was the only thing he had asked for for his birthday, and it was! THE Sign!

Charles' favorite slots were Wheel of Fortune! Every now and then you would get to spin the wheel and would win quarters! Charles and Emily blowing out the candles on his Rick's cake that we got him!

Tap & Ballet

Emily started a dance class this year. Mommy thought we would try that instead of doing gymnastics! I think there is less of a chance for her to break her neck in dance :) The class is an hour long and they do both tap and ballet. This is Emily's Christmas present from Mimi and Bub! Thank you Mimi and Bub!

Emily really doesn't know anything about either one, she just likes to dance! So, we went and got her some ballet and tap shoes and a new leotard with a skirt and she was ready to go! She absolutely loves it! Everyday she pretty much asks if its time to go to dance! We have even found a song that they dance to on iTunes and she's been "practicing" at home :)

It is so cute to watch her try to be graceful and do ballet! She just kind of runs around with her arms out, but it's still cute! Her favorite part is in tap when they get to march around to the Mickey Mouse song and "dress up" (pompoms, Mickey Mouse ears, feather boas, pirate hats)! She loves it! They will even have a recital in June...I just can't wait!!! Sorry I don't have very many good pictures. We have to stand outside to watch and it's hard to take pictures through the window!

She's actually doing what she's supposed to :)