First Days of School

Everyone was excited about the first days of school.



The kids take pics by the front door every year. I wish I was more organized and could find the last few year's pictures to compare.  (Maybe in my free time I'll look for them!)

The best part of the year so far... Ava is SUPER excited about her class and all she is learning. She had extra credit and couldn't wait to do the experiment for it when we got home! Plus, we were all surprised by the results.
(Who knew that water would take the color off an m&m faster than vinegar?!?!)

Pets

The kids, and Hudson, want a pet.  I, on the other hand, don't want the mess that comes with a pet.  So we have LOTS of "pets".  This picture is the dogs on their play mat

(You've gotta love bubble wrap).


Hope walking the dog.  (Can't figure out how to rotate the pic in blogs and too lazy to go back and do it in picasa, then resave it, etc...)

Then and Now- Annual New Orleans Trip

 

Every year in August, Hudson attends the LRA Food Show in New Orleans. The girls and I have made it an annual trip to go hang out at the hotel and explore the area during that weekend.  These pictures were from our trip in 2010.  Hope was almost 3; Ava almost 7. 

 

 

 

 

 

Of course there was no picture of Hope on the streetcar because she was on my lap and it was really crowded!

 

 

Here are the pictures from the 2013 trip.  (Unfortunately, the picture of Ava turned out dark and I didn't realize it).  It's really fun to look at the differences in the kids from both sets of pictures, and amazing what a difference a few years makes.  

 

 

 

 

All smiles- Hope sat by herself and didn't cry when the streetcar started moving! 

 

A little later- Can you tell who the tired one is?
Even with a little grouchiness, it's always a fun trip.

 

Long Time No See...

Ava found the blog today, and inspired me to try to update daily again!
Kids have grown tons since the last post... Ava (8 1/2) and Hope (4 1/2).  They love to run... these are from the summer triathlon. 

Cousins

Crazy busy life... and I haven't had time to keep up with pictures. So here are some new ones.

I'm so excited that my kids live close to their cousins. What fun it is to get to grow up with them!

It's been a while...

Life, of course, has been busy. So it's been a while since I"ve had a chance to add any pictures.
Here are some of the girls. As much as they can fight, they can also be so cute when they do play together!

christmas 2010

Merry Stripes Christmas

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Halloween

Some pictures from Halloween. Hope still didn't want anything to do with her fairy costume, so she chose her swim suit again! They had fun, but were tired after a long weekend!

Trick-or-Treat

Heading to trick or treat at LSU... Hope decided that the super cute fairy costume was not for her and insisted on wearing her swim suit! (with the hat that she refused to wear this summer when we were out in the sun!)

2 years old!

Hope turned 2! last weekend. We decided not to have a big party, so we spent the day doing fun things.

Here are a few pics... the new baby/bed!

Icingless birthday cake (she doesn't like icing!)

New boots!

Going for a family walk!

Family

We rarely get the whole family in a picture... it seems like it's usually just the girls. But, we were headed to Addelyn's baptism so I figured it was a good opportunity to get some pics of all of us!

Homework

After doing homework at home tonight, I appreciate having time after school to do it before we pick up Hope. The top picture shows Hope getting ready to roll on Ava's page causing frustration and tears. Ava's book for the night (that she has for reading HW is appropriately titled "Little Sister" :) )

{laying In the Rain

Waiting for rain