Zane & Natalie

We had some friends out to the Ski Lodge today to play!

We went swimming in the pool, skiing, & swimming in the lake. This was Zane's first time on a boat. To put it mildly, he LOVED it! He asked Wills (the driver) about 1000 questions and kept wanting to try. Next time!

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Caroline skiied until she could no longer, and then Melanie gave it a whirl!
Her face is too funny!

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Natalie was hesitant to get in the lake, but had fun!

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One more story. There was a little boy on the playground saying "bad words" (think potty words). Caroline and Zane kept trying to ignore him and go on, but he was really trying to get their attention with his potty mouth. Caroline had it. She put him in a headlock and took him to the ground. I know, I know, this is bad, but it was SO funny! I would have disciplined her had I seen it. Brandy told me what happened while I was in the bathroom. I knew she was tough! LOL!

Skiing Fun

I promised Caroline I would ski with her the next time we went out. I did just that & we had a blast!

Caroline is getting pretty good at skiing!!

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High 5's to Mom!

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Of course I had to pick on her a little! :)

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We had a lot of fun!

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Next time she says she's crossing the wake!

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Bebe was very proud!

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Jacqueline also skiied & loved it!

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She wanted more & more & more, but my legs got pretty tired!

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Of course MC wanted to do it too!

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She had no hesitation!

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Tiffany skiied too!

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I'm not sure who had more fun....them or me!

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Summer Schlitterbahn Mondays

I love our Schlitterbahn Mondays this summer. The twins are finally old enough to enjoy rides with us! Today we had a party of TEN riding together. It was SO much fun! Ms. Cricket even took off work to play!

Me & Britt before the rides (notice she has perfect makeup, me not)

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Jacqueline and Ms. Cricket were buds.

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Caroline was not in for picture taking.

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This one cracks me up (Brittany was the photographer here)

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Tiff and Tessa on Raging River

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Tessa

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Of course Annabelle was extremely nervous about the rides, but got over it pretty quickly.

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Guess who had NO hesitation whatsoever!

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Yes! Melanie taught MC "gig 'em". It was pretty cute, but I'll have to correct this mistake! LOL!

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Sweet Tiff!

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Jacqueline hung with Ms. Cricket most of the day.

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It got kind of cold for Ms. A.

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Here is the picture of why not to wear perfect makeup to Schlitterbahn! HAHA, Britt!

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Me & Jacq

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"Did I really just go down that!"

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Mel & MC

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Go Ms. Cricket!

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My MC is growing up so fast!

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Then Caroline spent the rest of day with Tessa, a private lifeguard, and full access to any ride they wanted at Schlitterbahn without any lines! Holy cow! Caroline is going to be SO spoiled with the royal treatment at Schlitterbahn! Thanks, Tasha!!

We had these 3 and Baby Sav at home.

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Dylan come over with John

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Britt, Tiff and Dylan babysat the 3 girls with Martha here helping with Sav. John and I got a spontaneous date night! SO FUN!!

We got tons of fun pictures from while we were out!

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We are blessed with AWESOME neighbors! Thanks, guys!

Mommy lessons

You learn a lot about parenting with your first kid. Well, I had another lesson today on the way home from Schlitterbahn...salted almonds are BAD for little kids. Jacqueline ate some, rubbed her eyes and screamed (she put the salt in her eyes). We then wiped her hands and eyes, handed the nuts to Annabelle who proceeded to do the exact SAME THING! No more salted nuts!

Don't get ammonia

I was bathing 3 girls tonight in the bath tub. Jacqueline was finished first and kept hanging around with her towel. I asked her to get dressed, and she told me, "I can't. I don't want to get ammonia." Apparently I did not dry her hair as adequately as John does.

Rylan's Baby Dedication

It happened this Sunday, and Rylan did pretty well. He fussed a little, but it was a cute fuss on stage!

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He preferred Dad to hold him over Pastor Ray.

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Ashley sent in the photo I took of Rylan in February!

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They prayed over him,

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and then it was over.

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Here's all the pictures I took in a slideshow:

Saturday Mornings

Dad is usually working on Saturdays, so it means I'm usually on my own. This Saturday Tiffany spent the night to help me out (HUGE help).

We play with Savannah

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Look at pictures of ourselves on Mommy's phone

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Play with Savannah some more

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Talk on the phone to who knows who! (Annabelle is such my girly girl! I can really see her being the phone talker later.)

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We did a little modeling

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Tiffany made Decepitively Delicious chocolate muffins! :)

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in CAR muffin tins!

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Huge hit & yummy with sticky icing!

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She even presented them to us with labeled plates!

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