Alligator pool

Taylor got a new pool for her birthday, so friday night we decided to try it out. She loved it! The pool has two slides (the head of the alligator and the tail), but I only blew up on because I was about to pass out from blowing up the pool and the slide.

Filling up the pool

Splashing

Sliding down the alligator's tail

Playing with daddy

Chilling poolside

Dinner and dancing at Fat Daddy's

Last night we met the Huff's for dinner at Fat Daddy's. Angie and I had some float building things to discuss since we got nomiated to build the VBS float for our church. We talked about the float while we ate and then went out onto the patio to listen to some live music. Jessie and Taylor danced the whole time we were out there listening to the music. They are so cute! they twirled and twirled like little ballerinas.

Princess Taylor's 2nd birthday

Birthday girl!!!





Loves birthday cake, but hates the birthday song.

TAYLOR IS TWO!!!! Happy Birthday little one! Sunday morning, when we heard Taylor talking on the monitor, Nathan and I got the video camera ready and went in to sing Taylor Happy Birthday(like we did last year). To our surprise, when we opened her door a horrendous smell hit us and I shut the door immediately. We turned the camera off and held our breath as we went it to find Taylor covered in throw up along with her bedding. It was horrible! Okay, so bowls of icing, sprinkles and fine cheeses don't mix in a 2 year old's little tummy. Poor little thing! She seemed fine and so we got her cleaned up. She played with all her new toys and spent the day with her Grandparents.

Nathan's soccer game

Taylor's 2nd Birthday Party!!!!!

Happy Birthday Taylor!!!!



Birthday girl!! (my mom made her dress)

Happy Birthday BABY!!!! My baby is not a baby anymore! Both sets of Grandparents came in Friday and helped make and ice all 170+ cupcakes and two cakes for Taylor's birthday party. Saturday we had Taylor's 2nd birthday party here at the house with all her friends. The theme was CUPCAKES and boy did we have cupcakes! The kids arrived and played with all the balloons we had blown up in the living room. It is amazing to see how much fun kids can have playing in a sea of balloons. We had all the kids go outside on the new patio and sit at the tables so we could sing happy birthday to Taylor. I brought out her enormous cupcake cake and we all started to sing happy birthday to her. To our surprise, Taylor burst into tears and cried the entire time we sang happy birthday to her! It was so sad. After the singing, we handed out aprons to all the kids, brought out un-iced cupcakes for all the kids and then brought out bowls of frosting and toppings. The kids new exactly what to do - they dug right in and began decorating their cupcake. We let them decorate 2 or 3 cupcakes and they seemed to enjoy it. Some kids got more messy than others, but I think they all had a good time. Taylor had a blast - the evidence was all over her face! She bi passed the cupcake half the time and the icing went straight into her mouth along with spoonfuls of toppings!

Sea of balloons and Taylor in the mist

Taylor crying while we we sang Happy Birthday

Taylor decorating her cupcakes

Taylor had a great time playing with her friends and making cupcakes with them. She was pretty wound up after her party, so we opened presents and then went to lunch. After lunch, we got Taylor to take a little nap and then we went to Grapevine to do some wine tasting. Ashley and Brooks went with us to De Vine Wine on Main Street in Grapevine. Taylor was hungry while we were there, so ordered her a cheese and fruit plate. We didn't know this would come back to haunt us.

The grandparents relaxing at De Vine Wine



Ashley, Brooks, Nathan, Taylor, and me

Taylor in her second birthday outfit.

Church safety meeting

Thursday, June 4th, our church held a safety meeting/scenario event to train the church congregation and the local police, firemen, and the EMTs. We got to play victims or be in the congregation. It was awesome! They played different scenarios including, a disruptive congregation member, a gunman in the church shooting people and then a bomb in the youth center. It was great watching them react to the scenarios and then getting to play a gunshot victim several times. Angie, Courtney, Jessica and I had way too much fun with the whole acting things. I can't even tell you how many times we got to play the victims so the firemen would carry us out of the church. The police, firemen and EMTs were good sports with us girls. After the event, we talked the firemen into taking us for a ride in the fire truck. Okay, that was the coolest part. We got to sit in the truck, wear the headphones to talk to each other, and wear the firemens hats. So fun! They just took us for a ride around the church, but we had a great time. We were like giddy teenagers the whole time.

Angie, me, Courtney in our bloodstained shirts (playing victims)

I'm not so believable as a victim with that stupid smile on my face!

Riding in the fire truck after the safety meeting.

Us on the front of the fire truck - the firemen were awesome to us!

New backyard

We finally finished the backyard last week. All in all, we built the covered patio, leveled the backyard, resodded, built a pathway and redid the flowerbed. I'll let the pictures speak for me.

Covered patio

New sod and pathway

We ripped out the bushes under the window and just sodded the entire area

Redone flowerbed

Children's Museum

Yesterday I took a long lunch break and we went to the Children's Museum with some friends. Taylor had a blast playing with everything and with all her friends. We need to take more long lunch breaks!