sometimes i can't help but take pictures of my girls....they are so sweet and fun. i decided to straighten their hair just because. evie's kept curling so it got put in a pony tail. i couldn't narrow down the pictures either, because the progression just shows their interaction and playful behavior. love these little ladies.

guess who!

hippie chicks

i couldn't resist. these onesies belong'ed' to hunter and hannah (nephew & niece) who are now 12 & 8. the headbands made for a nice touch.

take a look back when braxton wore it, too!

river trip

i mentioned this earlier, and i finally got my 'water' camera developed. you can tell how great it was...$7 camera + $6 film developing...thank God for digital cameras and photos. these are pictures of pictures, and the only ones that remotely turned out. renee. love! marie & jim

renee & ryan

it was a nice float - very pretty. san marcos river

hubs and me

our tour guides: paige and shayne

their generosity and patience are commendable.

we had such an awesome time; i believe we are going again this summer! thanks to everyone that joined us :)

trouble

this could cause trouble with the girls' future in dating

D.A.D.D. (Dads Against Daughters Dating)

(turn it up)

Let's Roll Baby

mawmaw's birthday

leonard, tx....chigger hill....fun times! we visited mom on her birthday. there were a lot of firsts on this trip! braxton drove the go-cart by himself (after paw adjusted the speed) ayla & evie drove the little jeep by themselves. braxton lit and threw his first fire cracker! thanks for all of our special treats and for allowing us so many fun memeories, Mawmaw and Pawpaw! xoxoxo

throw it quick (the next one david lit popped in his hand - thank God it wasn't little man) cowboy style

riding the mower

riding "Mater"

everything's bigger in TEXAS!

me & my girls

vacation

well, this is about as close as we've gotten to a vacation these days.

as you are well aware, our life is busy with little tots. it's also difficult to find friends and family to watch these crazies for an extended period of time and for david to take off for an extended period of time. so, we are starting small.

grandma chaplin kindly agreed to keep them while david and i enjoyed time with friends floating the san marcos river. (that will be another post when the water camera film is developed.) since grandpa chaplin had to work that saturday, grandma was able to recruit some help from joe and brenda. they were thrilled to spend some quality time with my kids - finally!!! joe was afraid he would not see the girls until high school graduation...close!

joe and evie brenda with braxton and evie

papaw with aylathey all survived, as did we! thanks for all of the help.

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sunday morning we played outside

and inside and outside again monday was america's birthday! GOD bless the USA to the park

ayla and braxton

the park was TOO hot, so we came home, stripped down and got in the kiddie poolexhausted!

it was a fabulous vacation!