Trains.

So, in an effort to stay active but not blow the budget, we've been searching out things we can do as a family that are cheap or free. Our friends told us about these great trains you can ride out in Hockley (Thanks Jodie and Damon). If you want to know more go to their website here. These little trains are so much fun to ride and the people who are volunteering their time to work there are so friendly.

 

 

Check this guy out!

 

Waiting and waiting.

 

She's 3 years old!

Sarah's third birthday was a FANTASTIC day! Mark and I stayed up late decorating so she could wake up to streamers and balloons.

 

We had Sarah's favorite breakfast--Pancakes and sausage.

 

She got to open her Leapster. She's been asking for it for months.

 

The girls spent most of the morning playing with it.

 

Spencer spent most of the morning chasing the balloons.

I spent the rest of my morning working on this.

Spence spent the rest of his morning cleaning up after me.

After some much needed naps, we headed to Chuck e Cheese and played.


After dinner, we finally ate the cake and finished opening presents. Needless to say, we were all exhausted by the end of the day.

Tea for two!

 

We found this great little place that serves delicious lunches. They cater to little children by bringing them their own teapots and teacups, fancy boas, and hats. We met some friends there last week. The girls could not stop talking about it the rest of the week.

The things I do...

just to save a buck. It's no secret, I can be quite frugal. Yes, I want a lot of things, but having a healthy saving account is more important for me. Today was "cow appreciation day" at Chick fil A. It was a bit chaotic but we all had a blast. You just can't beat free combo meals and kids meals. All we had to do was dress like a cow.

Happy Forever.

Not too long ago, I wrote that I would be "happy forever" if I could have a minivan. Mark picked up on that and told me that I had to be "happy forever" now. Well, happiness come pretty easily these days and not just because of the minivan. I'm posting some pictures of our 4th of July. It was a fantastic--family-filled--day. We started the morning off in a neighborhood bike parade. Then we gorged ourselves on popsicles and hot dogs. We spent the afternoon playing at the park and swimming at Mark's brother's house. After our delicious barbequed dinner, we played softball. We finished the night with ice cream, swimming and fireworks.

 

 

 

 

The Party

We had a great time at Mark's birthday party. The girls made him several cards and we hid them in places he would find them throughout the day. We invited our family over for cake, ice cream and Rock Band. It really was a great day.

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday...

to the best (and goofiest) husband and dad in the world.

 

Funny Story!
Mark teaches the 10 year old primary class. He was surprised when he was called up to the front of the room for the primary to sing him "Happy Birthday". Later he asked the presidency how they found out it was his birthday. Well, one of the teachers informed him that she was sitting in junior primary when one of the children reached over and wiped a booger on her skirt.

The teacher said,"Don't wipe the booger on my skirt. Give it to your dad for his birthday."

The child says, "It is my dad's birthday and I have a lot more boogers in the other side to give him."

As you can guess, the booger wiping child was Avery and she told them it was Mark's birthday.

YAY for Avery telling about Mark's birthday.

BOO for the public booger wiping.