One Fish...Two Fish

Taylor has the whole snorkel thing down pat.....Tori on the other hand....not so much!!

The sweet innocence of a child....just know there is nothing innocent in this girl

My beauty queens

This may have been my favorite part of my entire summer.  After swim lessons we saw Taylor's friend at Frank Brown and he asked her to come jump off the diving board.  Amazed, she did....and LOVED it.  She did this no less than 20 times in a row.  Little did she know she was jumping into 12 feet of water and swam all the way to the edge.  I have never been so proud of my big girl.

And just look at how happy and excited she was herself.

And all she ever says anymore.....

C....A....N....N....O....N....B....A....LLLLLLLL

My Next Favorite Thing

A trip to The Mellow Mushroom after spending all day at the pool!!

 

More Summer Fun

Never dreamed a 4 year old would LOVE swimming with a mask & snorkel??  Maybe one day she will want to go scalloping!!

Ahhhhh my FAVORITE place to be!!

These two again....I'm so glad they love each other

Pure beauty

Little miss.....Thang!!

Nothing better than spending the day in the sun & water with the girls....Oh I love summer fun!!

The Three Muskateers

These three have become quite fun to go places with

And these two you have to watch out for....as they like to gang up on the little one from time to time

But for the most part they are three peas in a pod!!

Pure, Simple...Beauties!!

Nana and I headed out to Target at Pier Park Saturday to grab Allie a Birthday present....and of course picked up a few extra things while we were there.....not sure why, but that ALWAYS seems to happen.  Bryan used to ask me all the time....how much did you spend.....I finally just told him....if I go to Target....just assume I spent $100

Well....I found these two little dresses....and it was kind of hard...but I chose NOT to get "matching" dresses!

And this beauty queen was happy to pose for me this morning...and BEAUTY she is!!

Tori, not quite as happy....but BEAUTY none the less

I just LOVE the prints with such bright colors

Tori really only wanted a picture with daddy....so we shot her first....promised by a pic  with daddy....

Twinkle Toes

Tori is finally getting to the point where she can stand to sit still long enough for me to paint her toes...without driving myself crazy.

Pretty in pink

I love it....she was soooo proud

July 4 2011 (Continued)

Well, the day started with the hanging of a new American flag on the house, followed by a trip to Frank Brown Water Park....followed by a trip to the downtown marina with Nana to watch the beautiful firework display.  All in all it was a good day.

I love when she actually "likes" for you to take a picture

This rotten little thing....I'll just leave it at that :)

Me and my beautiful girls....we don't have many of these pictures as I'm always behind the camera....so, thanks Nana!

This being not only a rarity, but a pure miracle....it didn't even require any threatening!!

Not the cutest picture...but I love the way she's looking at the camera the whole time!!

Believe it or not....after being awake all day...playing in the sun....and not having a nap....they were quite excited to be at the fireworks and posed for lots of pictures!!

Taylor robbing Tori's seat as quickly as she could the second Tori stood up

What, they are kissing....surely not.....ha!!!

Oh Beautiful

And it all ended with ice cream at sonic....what a wonderful day

July 4th 2011

I am sooooo sorry it has been so long since I've posted.  Life has been crazy busy.  We have been spending a lot of time in the sun and water...so all my recent pictures will....look the same!!!  I love that the girls love to play in the water.  Taylor has become a little fish and Tori is very quickly following right in her footsteps.

I go back to saying....I know I'm partial....but these girls are absolutely beautiful.  Whereas they do have a few matching outfits, I'm not overly fond of dressing them alike very often.  But, when we saw these beautiful bathing suits in Target....they both had to have one....and let me tell you....they are soooo stinkin cute.

Just so you know, this pose required a little....ok....a lot of threatening.....but sometimes you just gotta do what ya gotta do!!!

ahhhhhhhh.......pure, simple, beautiful

Bryan bought Taylor this mask....and the rest is history.....swimming like a fish

Oh, here I go again.....I can't resist....they are so stinkin cute....they will probably hate me one day for this :)

The Dreaded End

Day 7 took us to church followed by lunch at the Red Elephant.  Nana joined us so she could see them once more before they returned home.  Danielle's response when we left....I love your mom....my mom's response on Monday.....man, I miss them already.

A WORLD of emotion flooded me that day....of which A LOT I refuse to express....but I will say....
I love you guys with ALL of my heart....I enjoy every minute we get to spend together.....I will always cherish them as they have been some of the best times EVER....I am still forever amazed at the bond the Lord has allowed us to establish....I sincerely hope it will continue to flourish.  I hope in all aspects you felt at home in our home and that you know it is open to you at ANY time!!

I hope you have some insight to the impact you guys have had on the girls lives.  They love you just as much as we do and have said at least one thing about you each day since you've left.
My last thought......lets not wait a whole year before we see each other again!!!!
LOVE YOU GUYS!!

(Aunt Danielle...I will update this post with our picture too if you will send it :) )