Daniel Turns 3 Years Old

Our happy, funny, silly Daniel is having his birthday!

He wanted spaghetti for dinner.

Sydney and Mom made homemade bread sticks too.

He was so happy to get many cards

and posters from his older siblings.

He treasured each one.

Such a poser!

He even got some special dinosaur

stickers and puzzles.

Ever since we started going to the museum

he talks about dinosaurs all the time.

Dan gets his very own pillow pet!

(notice his bear from the Grandparents is sitting

right next to him)

We are dying to help Dan eat his yummy cupcakes.

Dan eats his 2nd cupcake.

Sydney pretends to fly away.

Dan asks for his 3rd cupcake.

"Please MOM!"

I can't say no to that kid!!

Pillow Pet Family

(Keira, Ben, Dan, Sydney and Emma)

What a special day!!

A few days later Dan says to me,

"I'm Dan!  D..A..N"

He is the smarts kid around.

Hawaiian Falls Water park

HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY DANIEL!

To celebrate we went to the water park

as a family.

Daddy and Mommy took turns take

bigger kids on scary, fast rides.

(which they LOVED, even Ben)

Mommy and Keira ride the bumpy slide!

Keira was nervous at first,

but soon it became her favorite ride.

Can you find our little fish?

Keira was queen of the splash playground. 

Dan circled the playground,

then mom and Keira forced him down a few of 

the little slide.

Soon we couldn't find him any more

because he was in WATER HEAVEN!!

Do you see Keira walking up the rope pathway?

There goes Sydney down the slide.

There were so many fun things to do.

Eventually the kids found a partner that wanted to

do the same thing as them and they would go stand in line.

We were lucky to be there in the afternoon

on a cool summer day, where many people were gone

which made the lines short. 

On Your Marks....

Get Set....

Gooo!!!!

Did they like it?

Thumbs up from Keira!

I think they rode this slide 10 times in a row.

Did you miss Emma?

We did too.

That girl was gone ALOT.

She was either in line for another ride

or floating on the lazy river without

a tube.

This is now going to be a yearly family tradition for us!

We loved it.

Accidental Treat

We wanted to spend a special day at a water park for Dan's

3rd birthday, but as we drove there a major storm with dark

clouds and lightening showed up.

So we detoured to the frozen yogurt shop.

It was pretty chilly eating a cold dessert in bathing suits!

This has been one of the wettest summers here in Texas

in years!

June and July it rained all the time.

Yet we still have water restrictions and low lake levels.

Deep Ellum Pizza Joint

Daddy wanted to share a downtown Dallas

hidden treasure with us for dinner!

"SERIOUS PIZZA"

They make a 30" pizza there and

is a late night hot spot.

The kids couldn't even imagine it.

They enjoyed watching the chefs toss

the dough in the air,

as he tried to stretch it super big.

The kids were very confident that

they could inhale a pizza this large.

Normally I wouldn't hesitate to believe them.

Until this was delivered to our table!

With only 3 pieces left,

we were unable to complete the task.

But leftovers are delicious!

Summer Indoor Soccer for Emma

Emma and some team mates joined

up with other girls from the

 Forney Soccer teams and

 made a summer team.

They played at an indoor sports complex

in Rockwall and called themselves FUSION.

This was Emma's first time playing mid-field for most

of the game.

It was a new thing to run most of the field and 

to be the power kicker.

With her height and strength Emma was 

a hard defender to beat.

Hilarious!

Only our kids sit at a computer dressed up

as a Storm Trooper playing chess!

Hi Keira!