What have we been up to this summer?

We made a trip to Six Flags. Remi loved meeting all the characters and riding EVRYTHING she was tall enough for!

Remi has been outside a lot this summer. One of her favorite things to do is catch bugs. These are some of her favorites. Millipedes. I have never seen them before we moved here to Sweetwater. They are long and pretty creepy looking but they have the coolest legs! There are so many of them everywhere, especially after it rains. Even when they poo on her hand, which happens a lot, she just wipes it off and never misses a beat.

Clint and I and several other coaches and their wives went to Las Vegas in early June. It was a lot of fun. This is us on the Gondola ride at the Venetian. It was really fantastic. Beautiful, beautiful hotel with lots of gold everywhere and paintings on the ceiling. He thought of this all on his own! We had a great time.

Remi swimming. She has done A LOT of that this summer as well.

Church program for the children's choir. She and Easton were so close to the mic they were pretty much all you could hear! But it was beautiful.

Hardin Simmons Grad

Our sweet Kayla is now a graduate of HSU. She has been around for many years. First for Clint as a STATE powerlifter, Remi's baby sitter, and then she has just been part of our family. We will miss her so much as she goes off to be an adult in Corsicana, where she will be teaching History and coaching basketball and softball. Thank you Kayla for all the sweet memories with Remington so far.... we know there will be many more to come. Love you!

Western Heritage 2010

These were her Daddy's chaps when he was little. Of course when he wore them them they didn't have pink tule on them! I had to girl them up a little!

At Western Heritage they have all kninds of evnts for the little ones on Saturday. This is the part of the Rodeo where they all had to take off one boot and put it out in the middle of the arena. Then they had to go find it and get it back on and across the finish line first.

Remi waiting in the shute for her turn on the Bunking Bronc portion of the rodeo.

The Grand Entry before the rodeo started.

Clint giving her some last minute advice.

"Dance the Night Away"

Granny came to witness the grace of the program.

Remi's first ballet teacher. Ms. Mary Elizabeth.

Kayla came to see the little princess dance, too.

Going back out for the curtain call at the end.

The Little Princesses was her group this year for her ballet recital. Great dress. Hopefully we can wear it again for Halloween.

I kind of like this one even though it's blurry.

Working on getting that pose right and smiling at the same time.

Sweet friend Gentry at dress rehearsal.

DD, Mayra and Adie came to watch the rehearsal.

First Sleepover

Remington has been wanting to have a friend come over and stay the night for quite some time. SO before Summer started we finally did. Her name is Laramy. She is in Remi's class at school and she lives out of town. So it will be hard to see her again very often. On the day before she came over Remi says: Momma, can we sleep out on my trampolene?
Me: Sure if you want to.
Remi: Good, because I have big plans.
Me: Like what?
Remi: Like counting the stars and naming the planets and telling jokes.
Also on the list of to dos: Play the Wii. Check.

Do Kareoke. Check.

Read books together. Check.

Have a wienie roast. Check.

They had a great time. Just another milestone Remi has reached in the last few months alone. Her first sleepover.

Sweetwater Christian School Graduation

Remi made lots of sweet friends at SCS this year. This is Easton.

Her wonderful teacher, Mrs. Clecker.

We are so proud of all she has learned! She is SOOOO ready for Kindergarten..... Me? Not so much. :{Sweet Laramy, who stayed the night a couple weeks ago.

The program was really cute. Lots of little voices singing praise to God. Thank you SCS for this wonderful year. Thank you Lord for putting Remi here. Thank you for all the friends she made. God Bless Mrs. Cleckler, who has taught for over 30 years, and still loves kids. Thank you for the wonderful, strong start to Remi's education.

Our TOT Superstar

They all got trophy since this was the last event.

Braden, Remi, Mrs. "TOT" otherwise known as Mrs. Crystal, Jaden, Ryan, Easton, Shelby and Kendall. These were all the kids who were in the program from Sweetwater Christian School.

Showing off all the skills they have worked on this year. Bounce and roll, side to side, around the waist, dribble and catch, and lots of others.

Screaming 1,2,3 TOT kids!

Love that Superstar girl!!