Pretty Princesses...????

 We had considered saving this to embarrass CDog 

at his Wedding Reception but since that

will be a few years...let's enjoy this NOW!

He came prancing out of his sisters' room

very proud of himself for getting the Snow White

dress on along with the red hair bow.  He actually

came out laughing and spinning around watching

the gown spin and flair out like a pretty Princess 

We laughed and JBug was gracious enough to

get all dressed up too and take a picture with her

little Prince...ess brother.  Too cute!

Play Date!

 CDog had a friend come over for half 

the day this week.  He was in Heaven!

He is such a good friend...always making

sure his friend was happy and had anything

and everything that her little heart desired. 

 If for a second he thought she was sad...

 ...he would do his best to cheer her up!

 And of course she had a great time getting

into the girls stuff and playing with things.

 I think CDog has made a great new friend!

 Capping the morning off with a cute little lunch date

While watching a great movie!

Donuts for Everyone!

 Daddy took donuts to CH & TH's

4th Grade class to help celebrate their

birthday week.  Well, JBug & LC went

along with Daddy on the way to their school

and got a nice little morning snack out of the deal!

They were very appreciative!

C&T Turn 9!!

 TH & CH turned 9...we can't believe it

 But guess who was in the thick of the

action when it came to opening presents!

The birthday boys didn't mind.  They love

their little brother and the feelings are mutual!

 Lots and lots of presents and fun!

 A little Iron Man...

 ...and Iron Man 2!

 All the family pays close attention...

...to the big boxes getting opened! 

 And...

...NERF Vortex Disc Blasters! 

 Aunt Jac and the family came over

as well to celebrate.  Aunt Jac and her

twin sister, Aunt Marilyn, share the same

birthday with the boys! 

Twins sharing birthdays with twins!

 She baked the boys some birthday cupcakes

 and of course went overboard spelling out

their names across the lines of cakes!

But that is what awesome Aunts do!

We are all so blessed to be surrounded

by neighbors, family, and friends like this! 

Back to School!

Shockingly enough...Summer is over

We can't believe it but even more than

that...we have a 7th Grader and two

4th Graders.  Where does time go?!?!

Sleepy Royals!

 Keeping up with the Princess life is very tiring

 Even though some try to fight the inevitable

 It catches up to them...

 ...rather quickly sometimes!

 But napping is great medicine...

...for keeping the Royal Life strong!

Branson #4...The Last Hoorah!

 With the last trip to Branson before school starts

we met some friends & headed to Silver Dollar City

A thunder storm rolled in and cut our ride time

to a very bare minimum (only got to go on 2 rides)

but we did get to have a lot of fun anyway and make

the best of it.  We discovered the Fun House that for

some reason have never been in before.  The floors

slowly began to tilt more and more as you walked

through until the finale room that was really, really

tilted and a bit freaky!  IC & CH are actually

standing straight up in this picture!  

 It was hard to stand up without 

falling down the slope of the floor.  

TH & CH have to hold on for dear life!

 Mommy has fun trying to stand up on the bench

 Mr. Todd takes some pictures while trying

to keep his balance...again, he is standing straight

up...the Fun House was F-U-N!!

 Outside the Fun House...the boys

took turns showing off their

best soon-to-be zombie pose!

 They still are very cute zombies!

Even with the rain and thunderstorms...

we had a great time with friends and family!

Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs Play

 Uncle Tom & Aunt Theresa took our little princesses

to Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs play.  They loved it

because they got to get dressed up in their Snow White

dresses, hair bows, and princess slippers.

 It was an interactive play and one of the Dwarfs

showed how happy she was to have little helpers

like the girls there!  LC is always a little antsy

around story book characters.

Here she is again being slightly uneasy...

...while JBug hangs out in the shadows! hehe

They had a great time.  

Thank you Uncle Tom and Aunt Theresa!!!

Number 12!!

 We can't believe it but IC turned 12!

 CDog had to get in the mix and help open gifts

 No worries...IC had enough for everyone

 All the brothers & sisters looked on

 Lots of books, money, candy...

 iPod accessories...

...and Peanut Butter Banana Frozen Treats!