I was blog hopping, which I do OFTEN, and I found a quote that totally sums up my life right now. (Thanks Lauren for the quote.)
I took the girls over to Shannon's on Tuesday to swim. While we were there Hannah, who is almost 7 and doesn't have a shy bone in her body, decided it would be a great idea to have a singing contest. It was hilarious!! Hannah would get on the edge of the pool and say, "Excuse me, we are going to be having a singing contest. If anyone wants to sing come see me." Of course Regan wanted to and then they suckered the rest of the kids at the pool in doing it. It was so fun to watch!!
Regan was so game on the whole idea, but she didn't want to sing in front of people. She hid behind the chair every time Hannah made her singing contest announcement...and that was several times. :)
This is a picture of the other two girls from the contest.
Regan only sang if Allison sang with her. They were both great!!
Remember when you were a kid and you used to use whatever to put blankets on top of to make a "tent" or a "house". My sister and I did it all the time. Not that the "tent" would stay, because the blankets always fell and we would put them up and they'd fall and we'd put it up again and again. Such good times! My mom watched the girls yesterday so I could run to the grocery store. When I got back this is what I found:
Aww! To be a kid again!
This past weekend Nathan and I headed to LR to get the rest of our things. It was a very hard time for myself and for Nathan. It just kind of hit us again to walk into Carter's room and pack up all of his clothes. Just another day of emotions. We got to LR about 2am Sunday morning and left at 6:30pm Sunday night. What a day!! Monday we had some helpers helping me unpack...ha! Thanks for your help girls!! It was quite the scene to see them help each other carry things up the stairs. Luckily no one was hurt. :)
Every Tuesday and Thursday we go to my friend Shannon's house to swim. Well, her kids had been begging her to have a picnic. So, on Thursday of last week we packed up a picnic and headed to the pool. The kids swam for a little a little bit, and all the while wondering when the picnic would be. 
Regan's was by far the highest. Kennedy would get water in her mouth and be laughing so hard she would either spit it out or swallow it. I never could get all of the girls to spit at the same time. Good times!
Nathan, his sister, and mom threw me a surprise party for my birthday! Yes, I was surprised! :) Here are some pictures from there! Thanks for a great time!
I just wanted to post a picture on here of my doctor in LR. He is such an amazing man. I definitely needed him and Jessica during that time. They are both extraordinary people. Jessica and I have a great friendship! They are both blessings in mine and Nathan's life. 
After we had a HUGE lunch in Tyler we were on our way back home. I took the girls to the pool for a little while before we went to some friends house to eat some more!! Then, we headed over to our house to watch the fireworks show. (The park is not far from our house, so we had a great view.) The kiddos did sparklers and the "big" kiddos did fireworks. (Yes, it is illegal in the city limits, and yes, we are in the city limits.) :) And we had a grass fire!!! Good times, good times!!
Kennedy and Lauren with the sparklers.
Kennedy watching the fireworks...ours and the ones from the park.
(Notice that Regan is not in the pictures. She was taking part in the festivities from inside the house. Since she doesn't like thunder at all, you can only imagine what she thinks about fireworks.)
The girls helping Mee-Maw cook breakfast.
Kennedy and her new stunt.
Regan the one-handed rider.
