Friday, July 31, 2009

Splish Splash

Today we visited our new splash park near the neighborhood. It's less than a mile away from our house. Hannah rode on her scooter and Jake on his tractor. The kids had a blast but, I think got a little worn out from the walk over there. We only stayed about 45 minutes. Hannah could have stayed a lot longer but, Jake was tired. Check out the pics!


Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Hot Shots Invitation

Great news!!! Hannah has been hand picked, by the owner of the Tumble Bugs, to join a group called the Hot Shots!! Brent dropped off Hannah this morning and was handed a note as he was leaving. Here is what it said:


Congratulations! I think your child has potential and possesses the right tenacity to be a great gymnast. The Fireflies that have been selected really thrive in the gym. This Hot Shots program will allow them longer hours of training, introduce them to new skills that others at their age are not ready for, and help create a love for the sport that will last a lifetime! These classes will also be geared for advanced gymnastics in preparation to our USAG (USA Gymnastics Association) competitive program; yet will remain the FUN that has always been the roots at TBG!

Brent and I talked about it and we are so impressed with Hannah's gymnastic abilities and are so very proud of her!! When I read the note earlier, my eyes welled up with tears of joy!! She is such a remarkable little girl and Brent and I are so blessed to have her as our child!
This new program would begin at the end of August and is composed of about 8 girls. It would be 2 times a week for an hour and half. We thought we would leave it up to Hannah on whether she would like to join or not. I talked to her about it on the way home for school today. She was very excited! I explained it would be more time in the gym and her response was....."so I can be on the bars and beam more???" I told her yes and of course she said that she wanted to do it. If you haven't seen her in class....she is awesome on the uneven bars and the balance beam!! No FEAR at all!!
I haven't forgotten that we have another child!! I know the last posts have been about Hannah but, Jake has been under the weather this week. I took him to the doc on Monday because he was coughing quite a bit. I think we caught it early enough to were it didn't get too bad. He has been on steroids and breathing treatments this week. Tomorrow we go back to the doc to see if all is good and if it is....back to school he goes!!

Today Brent left to go out to Mississippi and we probably won't get to see him until next Tuesday!! So, it's going to be a long week here without him!! But, thank God for the business! This past Saturday, Brent had a trip landing into Mckinney airport. We took the opportunity to go out and see him and the new plane. We even got to ride back with him to Red Bird!! This was a huge treat for us! Ya know, that was most of our dates back in the day. Meet him at Mckinney airport and fly back to Red Bird just to turn around and drive back to Plano. We loved it though! Those were the days!! Anyway, here are some pictures of the kids on the Citation!




This is one of her favorite poses!



Pilot in training!



Now....new pics of the airplane!




And this is what he gets to fly in when working....sweet ride, huh??

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Hannah's new room!!!

That's right...Hannah has a big girl room now! We decided to upgrade her furniture and make her room a little more like Hannah! She got to come with us and decide what furniture she liked and what mattress she wanted. We decided that this would be an early birthday gift for her. The new furniture fits perfectly in her room and really gives her a lot more space to play! I decided to take the time and paint her room and fix it up all nice and girly. I figured that I owed it to her since I didn't paint either of their nurseries! I picked out the paint and then decided that it would be really cool to put up a chair rail!! Man, that was a beating painting with 2 different colors. But, I'm glad that I did it!! It looks really cute. I still have a couple of things that need to go up on the wall but, it's pretty much done...as of today!! I did the caulking on the chair rail and touched up the paint today! I took the pictures tonight so that we could share it with you!! Next time you are at our house, I know Hannah would love to show you her new room!! She loves to show it off! Stop on by anytime!









Saturday, July 4, 2009

Happy 4th of July!!!

I hope everyone is having a great 4th so far!! Brent was not able to be with us this year due to technical difficulties on his new airplane!! :( We are so sad but, we are going to make the best of it! Our new friends, Chris and Alicia, have invited us over for dinner and fireworks watching. They live next door to my parents. They are great and have a 2 and half year too!! Aiden is a month younger than Jake!! All 3 of them play very well together!!


Earlier this week I bought the kids a pool at Wal-Mart. They start swim lessons on Monday so, I thought it would be a good idea to get them acquainted with the water! I also bought Hannah some goggle. They are Dora, Dora the explorer goggles! She calls them "gobbles!!!" She's so silly!! I hate to correct her when it's so cute and she's so serious!! Here are a couple of pics of them playing in their pool!







working on trying to blow bubbles



Hannah in her "gobbles"



Just a couple of minutes ago I asked Hannah to get her clothes on and get ready to go over to Aiden's house!! This is what she did.....get ready to laugh a little!!!!!






Of course we can't forget about Jake!!!



Being a stinker as always....we love them!!!