Nathan, Katie, Taylor, & Zoey

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Soccer skills class for Taylor

Taylor took a soccer skills class this January. She learned how to shoot, how to dribble and teamwork. Zoey wanted to get out there so bad with her big sister she could hardly stand it!

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

The animals within.......

I have to preface this post by saying that I do not believe in reincarnation or animal spirits or anything like that. With that said, if God does give us an animal spirit or if we are animals in a past life, I know exactly what my children are/were. Taylor is part Turtle and Zoey is part Honey Badger. Taylor is as slow as molasses. I really need to pray for patience with her and how long it takes her to do anything. I don't know if she just gets distracted like I do or if she just isn't in a hurry to get anywhere! Now, Zoey on the other hand is a total Honey Badger (those of you who have seen the internet video of the Honey Badger know what I'm talking about). Zoey seems to be fearless and just does what she wants when she wants to. She will head dive off her little chair into another chair, she climbs on everything, she takes what she wants and she listens only when she wants to. It is truly amazing to see how God has created these two little girls to be so much alike and so different at the same time. The best part is, they adore each other and play so well together. I love my little girls and I can't wait to see the young ladies they turn into. It will be interesting to see if they stay the same animals or if they create new ones.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Christmas 2011

Must have matching outfits!

Getting ready for a Christmas party

Wearing her super cute Santa turtle shirt

Making Christmas cookies with friends

What a mess!

Christmas Eve church service

Zoey jammin' out in the Christmas Eve church service

Christmas Eve family picture

Why can't they both smile in the same picture?

So excited for Santa to come!

Reading The Night Before Christmas on Christmas Eve

Santa came!

A rock star in the making

Another rock star in the making

Love us some Elmo!

Christmas dinner hats (We always open Christmas crackers before dinner and you wear your hat through dinner)

What a fabulous and fast paced Christmas this year! We were super busy up to the day of Christmas it felt like this year. My parents, my brother, my grandmother and Nathan's parents came in for Christmas which is always so much fun when we are all together. It was so nice having everyone here. I think the girls had a pretty good Christmas as they were spoiled once again by Santa and his helpers. That's okay, they are pretty good girls!

Taylor in the Nutcracker

Taylor as an Angel

Technical rehearsal for the Nutcracker - Taylor is right in front of the tall girl

Taylor is on her knees in the front on the left

Taylor is the shortest girl in the middle

Dress rehearsal - Taylor is in the middle with the tall girls hands on her shoulders

After dress rehearsal

Before her second performance

Nathan, Taylor and me (Zoey was with a babysitter) after her second performance

Taylor has been in ballet for the last year and a half. This fall she was able to be in the the Ballet Academy of Texas' (where she takes ballet) production of the Nutcracker. She absolutely loved being an angel in the Nutcracker. She was in two performances the first weekend of December. We only watched her second performance which was very well done. I was expecting it to be more like a ballet recital, not like a Broadway production of the Nutcracker. I was super impressed and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. Taylor was so cute and did great. She did stop in the middle of her routine and hike up her panty hose though (totally obvious), it just made us giggle a little bit. When we saw her after the show, she kept telling us how she wanted to be a clown next year and a sugar plum fairy. Sadly, she has decided to stop ballet and pursue soccer and dance. We are sad she is stopping ballet, but super happy she is picking up soccer! She loves to dance, so I know she will enjoy a hip hop dance class more than ballet.

Glow Party

Poppy with Taylor and Zoey

Nana, Poppy, Nathan, Taylor and Zoey

Katie and Zoey

Birthday boy!

Katie

Taylor and Poppy

Taylor had the genius idea to have a surprise glow stick party for Poppy's birthday. We went to Wal-Mart and got a ton of glow sticks, glow masks, glow necklaces, glow swords and glow wands. We had a blast dancing around in the dark with all our glow gear. Much to our surprise, the pictures turned out awesome! I highly recommend having a glow party - it's cheap and super fun!