DAKOTA GRACE, TURNS ONE !!

LET THEM EAT BIRTHDAY CAKE!!

Dakota Grace turned one on Saturday! WoW how time flew by.

Somehow it has already been a year since she "Graced" us with her presence.

Setting before her singing candle, the moment has her mesmerized

Deciding on what to do, digging in with her hands seemed best!

First comes the interesting squishy texture,

Then, came the MMMMM....
And finger-lickin' good!

And, what better to go with food than entertainment,
Dylan took his turn dancing in front to bring out the smile for photos!
Hey don't knock it, it worked!

Really, it's good, try some!

Presents!!

This task, you would think would be easy. Sit a child in front of a pile a presents and let her have at it. No, no, no, not so easy.
Both daddy and mommy, tried to keep her entertained with opening a new one.
None the less, Nana comes to the rescue with the 'Cool' present. A singing and dancing turtle, that she loved!! Bouncing up and down, and singing away.
It was a beautiful day for a beautiful girl!

Even if she didn't take the deal with me to stay little a bit longer. Forget that, this girl is ready to grow!

See ya next year!

Blessings from God -a Sunny day!

Day two of Swimming!

Fun in the sun...The best thing about summer is swimming!

And the we all agree!

Desiree...posing instantly for her first photo.

She tried twice to swim without the water wings...

which would have been fine, but no one was watching, except

Big Brother Dylan, who saved the day

when she didn't make it back up so quickly.

Dakota Grace...or Koty-oty as I call her.

Her curls are starting to come out and she is getting so big.

I wanted to get some photos of Dylan and he wanted me to take them under water, so we compromised! I took photos of him underwater! They came out pretty cool, and we had a blast going thru them all.

Getting closer to the end of the day, Dakota thought she was done, but have no fear, she was back in the water in no time.

Katie and the kids posing for their group shots, or is that hamming it up for the camera instead.
Kota, splashing and playing hard on the step.

She really loved the water. Even Luke, joined in with a little convincing.

Then, he didn't want to get out.
Kickin' back and playing in the sun, we all had a blast.

Props & Thanks to God, for our bright & sunny day!

4th of July Blast!

Okay so the rain didn't wash away everything...
Katie, Robert, the kids & Mom all had the week off for vacation this week. So, playing has been the name of the game! (well, trying at least) The rain has tried to cancel just about every plan they've had so far. Since its raining why not stay wet, right? So they have.
On the fourth they came to join me at work to play in the pool out back, and these are just some of the photos I was able to catch.

Dive in! Uncle Matt, flipping into the pool.

Dylan in his goggles.
Busted! Dad pulls the board out from under him.


What was to be a kid, and easy to throw!

Such fun to fly thru the air!
Flying high!
Sister...so sweet. Desiree, completely photogenic.
Swimming hard.
All smiles in the sun!
Momma and her girls.
Miss Dakota spent some of her first times this week in the pools.
And wouldn't you know it she's a fish just like the rest of us!
...some daddy and me time.
Wooo, around we go. She is already putting her face in the water. Dad teasing Dylan.
Even Daisy... Dylan's dog enjoyed the day, bouncing thru the weeds and chasing the grasshoppers.

RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY!

It's still raining!!

Just in case your behind on the count,

it is JULY and Raining Buckets!

Funny enough, this is what is growing in our front yard...

Go figure, mushrooms in the middle of July- in Texas.

Trust me, way out of the norm!!

But not a bad photo opportunity, though.

Hope it is dry where you are,

we are all swimming down here!