Rodeo

 Friday, Tony and I got a rare evening out to go to the rodeo!   We both hadn't been to the rodeo in years! (I hadn't been since high school!) I had wanted to take the girls over spring break to ride rides and see the animals, but we never got a chance. 

 

 My love

 When we got there we found some food! Tony got the turkey leg! I got baked potato with BBQ.

After dinner we got yummy funnel cakes!

  Our view

We had seats waaay up high, but we still enjoyed watching all the events. 

We saw Alan Jackson in concert! 

We got home late but it was soo worth it. I loved having a night out with Tony and it was especially fun to see the rodeo! Hope we can do it again next year.

Inflatable zone, parks and picnics!

 Wednesday, we started out our morning at Inflatable Zone in Katy. They had open playtime for children 6 and under. My girls LOVED it. Even Jillian got very brave and went down the HUGE slide.

Daddy went down with her at first.

 Climbing into the big bounce house!

 Big sister helping her up the stairs to the big slide. She actually couldn't do this by herself. She would always turn around and ask for daddy's help. To her defense, it was quite steep and pretty tough for a little one. (I was surprised to find this when I actually did it myself)

 What good big sisters! Kennedy and Kaitlyn had soooo much fun. They weren't afraid of anything and did it all! I was so proud of them. We have come a loooong way with all their fears.

 Kennedy

After naps, my friend Janelle and her 2 little ones came over to play. The kids had a good time in the sand box in our backyard and playing dress up inside.  Janelle is expecting another blessing this summer. 

On Thursday morning our church's children's ministry was meeting at the park off University. We packed a picnic lunch and set off.

 Playing on the equipment (Kennedy, Kaitlyn)

 Daddy helping Jilly go down the slide.

 After a little playtime we all sat and had our little picnic. The girls thought this was super fun.

 After lunch, they were quite entertained by throwing rocks into the little creek.

 My twinkies

 After naps the girls played outside and helped Tony plant some shrubs in the front yard.  (Kennedy and Jillian helping)

Kaitlyn planting an azalea

Tonight Tony and I are going to the rodeo to see Alan Jackson!  Woo Hoo!  I'll post on that soon.

Snow Cones!

 Tony had a great idea to get snow cones yesterday! He had heard about this place off Old Richmond Road, so we loaded the kids and took off!

When we drove up, there was a very long line. I guess we weren't the only ones who had that same idea. Here are the twins deciding which flavor they wanted. There were tons of flavors and they sold other food besides snow cones too!   Kaitlyn chose watermelon, Kennedy chose grape and I got grape for Jillian too. Tony got coconut and I got raspberry.

 While we waited, the kids had fun playing with the animal statues that were all around.

 My three little monkeys

 Riding the cow! :)

 Well, I got one of them looking and smiling..... :)

 These chickens entertained them for a long time. (We had to wait a while to get our snow cones!)

 Jillian's first bite! LOVED IT!!!!!  (Oh, and I got my hair cut and highlighted yesterday too! Did I mention how much I'm loving spring break???)

They were a hit!! We will be definitely be going back!

We are off to a good start!

Tony came back very early Saturday morning (3am!) from a mission trip from Jamaica.We missed him so much but we know he was doing awesome work for the Lord there. I walked into the room to find this....all his girls (and Scooter!) sitting in his lap!!! They missed him!!! He brought them Jamaica shirts (the twins have theirs on) and also little purses.

Later on that day we went to a nearby park and the girls had so much fun!

Kennedy

Peek-a-boo!

Kennedy's turn

Kaitlyn

And now Kaitlyn (Had to get all three of them looking through the gate LOL)

Tony and the twins wanted to race....and Jillian decided to join in! Sweet thing...trying to keep up with her big sisters.

Kennedy

Kaitlyn

After the park we bought some new sand for their sandbox. They were in heaven! We let them play for a little while and then we packed them up and went to eat dinner at Chick-fil-a! We had a super fun day!!



On Sunday, for lunch each girl got to" redeem" their Valentine gift and go on a date with mommy!! Kennedy went first. (For Valentine's Day Kennedy and Kaitlyn got a coupon for a date with mommy/date with daddy)

First stop:PIZZA!!!

Next stop: TOES!!! She picked a pretty purple and was soo excited.

Sitting in the cute butterfly chair. She was a little nervous at first..she thought they were going to turn the water on.

Making sure those toes get good and dry!

Ta da!! They even put a design on her toes! Too cute! We had a super fun time.

I dropped Kennedy off and picked up Kaitlyn! She told me she wanted Pizza and ice cream for her date.

Coloring before the pizza arrived.

YUM!

So, we were all set for ice cream, and then she changed her mind and wanted her toes painted too! She chose orange.



Sitting pretty in her pink chair. She wasn't as nervous as Kennedy was. She was calm, cool and collected.

All done! :) I loved how they turned out.

Later that afternoon, we spent a lot of time in the backyard. The girls played with the sandbox again and Tony cleaned out the little playhouse. This was Jillian's first time to be able to play in there and they all loved it.

Cooking! :)

On Monday it was Daddy date day!! He took Kennedy and Kaitlyn to get donuts. First it was Kaitlyn's turn.

This girl LOVES donuts...can you tell?

Kennedy's turn!

Our silly goof ball!

I was so happy for the time to finally get to take the girls out for their dates. They have been asking about them since Valentines and it just seemed like Tony was working or out of town and we didn't get a chance. I'm loving spring break and just getting to spend more time as a family.