Kaitlyn's princess Tea party!!

This year Kaitlyn got to have a princess tea party at our house with 15 of her friends!! We do have a bigger house now, but that was a lot of little girls running around. Kaitlyn was so excited about this party. The girls had "tea"(lemonade) and got to pour it themselves out of little teapots. This was their favorite part. Kaitlyn was the Queen of the Ball and loved every minute of it. This was a girls only party and Daddy and brothers could not even come. I really had a lot of fun putting this party together and she already wants another tea party next year!!! Enjoy the pictures

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Very Pretty cinderella!!!

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We had a ballroom dance and all the girls loved it.

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Many pretty Princesses!!

Here is a picture of all the princesses at the party. Yes we had a lot of them. The last picture is what happens when daddy gets home too soon and a bunch of girls get to dress him up!!! The girls thought it was so funny and Jarrod was being such a good "daddy" about it!!! He will probably kill me for posting this picture

Happy Birthday Kaitlyn!!!!

Kaitlyn is 5!!! Kaitlyn turned the big 5 on Sept. 13th. She had a great birthday. Meema came into town that day and we went out to eat at Cracker Barrel. They sang Happy Birthday to her there and she was a little embarassed. We went home and had the cake that Kaitlyn made earlier. My baby girl is growing up to fast!!!

One of many parties Kaitlyn had

Kaitlyn had a birthday party with her cousin at Grammy's house. The kids had a lot of fun and got to ride horses. Kaitlyn got a lot of presents. At lease this year it did not rain!!!

Joshua starts 1st grade!!

Joshua started first grade and he loves it. He has a few kids that he knows from his kindergarten class but is also making new ones. His teacher is wonderful and thinks Joshua is such a sweet boy. Our baby is growing up!!!

Day at the Lake

We went to a lake that is in Fort Worth on Sat. It is a spring fed lake with a 25 foot slide, 6 diving boards and a 25 foot trapeze. The kids had a lot of fun. Kaitlyn went off the little diving board (3 ft water, and also she went off the regular diving board in about 5 foot water. She jumped off this diving board without floats on and swam to us. She did great. Brandon went off both diving boards (lifejacket on the bigger one) and also my little boy went down the 25 foot slide. As you see in the picture he was a little scared coming down, but wanted to do it again!!! Joshua did not have any fear!!! He did the trapeze (he was so little Jarrod had to lift him up just to grap the bar the swing. HE loved it and did it many times. He also loved the slide. Then he said he wanted to do the high dive (which is about a 5 M high dive. I thought once he got to the edge, he would look down and change his mind, NOPE he jumped off and thought it was GREAT. He looked so little up there. I think mommy was much more scared then he was. He has always been a daredevil on rides and stuff (he goes on the cliffhanger, shockwave ect.. at six flags), but he has always been a little cautious of the water. Not now, he has confidence and loves the water and swimming. We really had a good day and daddy did the high dive too. Mommy is not that brave.
Hope you enjoy the pictures They will be in the next few posts. I should have taken a picture of the area itself but you can see how high he is by the trees.

High DIve

Here is Joshua jumping off the high dive. The first pictures are him on the 15 foot board and the second two are on the 18 foot diving board. He loved it and did it about 3 or 4 more times until he got tired. Thats a lot of swimming. Everyone at church (we went with our Sunday school group) was talking about Joshua. They could not believe how brave he was and that he had not fear!! The Trees you see are not little trees they are huge.

These pictures are of Kaitlyn and Brandon going off the regular diving board. Everyone was laughing at Brandon in this 1st picture because right before he jumped he was dancing at the end of the board. He is such a clown. You can always click on the pictures and see them a little bigger. Kaitlyn was jumping pretty high off the board also.

Slide Pictures

This is the slide Brandon and Joshua went down. Kaitlyn decided it was just too high for her!!

More Lake Pictures

These are a few pictures of the kids playing in the sand. They had a really nice beach area. The last two pictures are of Kaitlyn and Brandon going off the little diving board. It was in about 3 foot water.