Bluebonnets & Smiles

We have been wanting to take the kiddos to see the bluebonnets, so today was the day. How in the world do people ever get good pictures of their kids together?

I don't think it would matter to this little guy where he was, when he sees a camera he is going to SMILE.

Emma was so surprised to see all the beautiful flowers, she kept begging to pick them. Uh, we had to give her a little history/law enforcement lesson today.

This is her idea of putting her arm around her baby brother for the picture, looks more like a choke hold to me.

Emma was not the only one who wanted to do a little pickin' today.

This sweet girl just got over being sick for a week with the Roseola virus, we are so happy she is feeling better.

This is the best we could do as far as getting a picture of both of them. Thank you sweet babies, you made this Mommy happy by looking at the camera at the same time.

I am pretty sure this is the sweetest little boy I know.

Emma Caroline, you are one of a kind girl.

This boy mowed the field down with with his little car and that big ole smile.

I am thinking if he could talk, he would tell her "just leave me alone and stop talking to me".

I must admit they both picked a couple even though we told them they would get in big trouble.

So thankful we were able to take pictures in the bluebonnets this year and even more thankful that I have 2 sweet babies and an amazing husband to share this journey with me.

Birthday Parties Galore

We attended 3 Birthday Parties this weekend and we are exhausted. All 3 parties were a BLAST and Emma had a great time.

Happy Birthday Tori!

Tori celebrated her 10th Birthday at a cooking school and it was the cutest little place I have ever seen. A little girl's dream to say the least. Emma was the youngest child they had ever had visit them and the employees were amazed that she was able to keep up with the big kids and remain interested. The girls baked/decorated cupcakes, rolled out dough and made pizza along with lemonade.

Happy Birthday Brook!

Brook celebrated her 3rd Birthday cowgirl style. It was so cute and her Mommy did a great job on all the decorations. They had a carousel with 4 ponies for the kids to ride. I did not think we would ever get Emma off the pony once she got on. She kept yelling, "yee-haw, giddy up, and I am a cowgirl."

Happy Birthday Kenley!

Last, but not least we celebrated Kenley's 3rd Birthday at Build a Bear. As you can see, it did not take Emma long to fill her arms with all kinds of goodies. This party was big fun and the kids enjoyed making a bear of their choice and dressing it up.

We are so blessed to have all 3 of these girls in Emma's life and to call them friends. We love all of you so much and enjoyed celebrating your magical day with you.

Happy Birthday Tori, Brook & Kenley!

Easter Eggs & Treats

One of my favorite parts of Easter is dying eggs as a family and it was quite a treat to have the littlest Frazier join in on the fun this year.

This little girl was very serious about coloring the eggs and so excited to get started.

I love this picture of her peaking in at the egg while waiting for it to turn PINK. This girl is obsessed with the color PINK these days. She told me this evening that she wished her teeth were PINK.

So proud of her 2 PINK eggs, too bad both of them ended up cracked by the end of the day. She ended up having a major melt down each time one of them broke.

This little guy look like he ate a Smurf by the time he was finished. He thought it was so fun to drop his egg down in the container and kept taking it out and putting it back in.

Look at those little fingers, so cute holding Mr. Egg. He just kept staring at the egg and trying to put it in his mouth.

He decided it would be big fun to bang them both together and scream.

Mr. Egg just did not realize what he had coming, did he? Gavin literally squeezed the guts out of him and enjoyed every minute of it.

A dozen colorful memories that we will always cherish. The Frazier Four, a dozen eggs, egg dying kit, boiling water and an old towel equal a good time.

The Easter Bunny decided to leave Emma & Gavin a few little surprises. Emma kept walking around saying, "Mom, I wanted to see the Easter Bunny so I could tell him Thank you for my Soccer Ball." We just kept telling her he knows that she appreciated it and she said, "Mom is the Easter Bunny a boy or a girl?"

He is Risen

Happy Resurrection Day from our family to yours... He is Risen, He is Risen, He is Risen!

We are so overly blessed today and forever.

Our sins are forgiven & he loves us in spite of them all.

He is the reason we can live a new life daily.

He is the reason we know the true meaning of unconditional love. For that, we will praise him, we will speak of him, we will love him and we will forever say Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

Easter Bunny 2010

Hmmmm...someone did not like the Easter Bunny and the other one did not want him touching her. Can you figure out which is which? Quality of this picture is horrible and so cheesy, but we had to get a picture of them together with the big eared fella.

Tractor Time

Just happened to be one of Emma's favorite times at the Livestock show this year. She climbed up in these two tractors as if she had been working the fields for years.

This tractor was little compared to the others that were surrounding it.

The tires on this big tractor were huge. We took this picture for our little friend Callen, who really lives on a farm. Hoping we will get to see it one day, along with that sweet little sister of yours too.

We barely got her out once she got in, but there were lots of little BOYS patiently waiting for their turn.

We {heart} the Hill Country!

We decided to head to the Hill Country for Spring Break ten. It was a fun little getaway and one the littlest Frazier's really seemed to enjoy.

We spent 2 days at Sea World and watched all the shows and enjoyed interacting with all of the animals. The first day we forgot our camera and the second the battery went dead, so not many pictures taken. We bought season passes, so we plan to travel back again this summer and maybe we will have better luck with the camera.

The kiddos laid on their belly's for about an hour watching the dolphins and talking to them. Of course Emma begged to get in with them along with the Killer Whale. Sometimes I think the kid has a special way of communicating with all these animals.

Gavin enjoyed the shows and seeing all of the animals also. He was such a trooper and never once complained about the long days. His favorite part was sharing dipping dots with his big sister & the Sesame Street show.

Here is Daddy holding on tight, so these kids don't jump in the dolphin pool. Emma and her Daddy will actually be swimming with the dolphins this summer in July on our vacation. She has been asking to swim with the dolphins since she was about 18 months old. Her wish is about to come true in about 3 months and I can not wait to watch her do it.

This trip was good for us, because it also taught us that we are not ready to travel to Disney with the extended family during Spring Break eleven. Our kids are just too small and would be able to ride nothing. As much as we would love to go, it just would not be fair for Emma to watch her cousins get on rides she was too small to ride (remember she is a short stack). Her and her Daddy stood in line for over an hour to ride the Shamu roller coaster to be turned away at the front by the attendant who told her "you are too short". Of course she cried back, "no I am not, I am BIG Mom & Dad." I don't know who was more upset, her or her Daddy.

We stayed at the LaCantera Resort in San Antonio and it was beautiful and so kid friendly. We are huge fans of the Hill Country and this resort was nestled right in the middle of it. I could seriously live somewhere like this one day. Emma loves hotels and runs down the hall singing, "I love hotels, I love to sleep in hotels, I love hotels." Mommy & Daddy do too baby girl.

This little girl is ready for the summer and so are we. The weather was beautiful & the pools were heated except the last day we were there it got a little chilly.

We also traveled to the Natural Bridge Wild Life Ranch and spent about 2 hours driving through enjoying the animals and explaining to Emma what each of them were. This Ostrich was not very social and neither were his other long necked friends, so we drove a little faster through this section.

We enjoyed hand feeding the Zebras, well everyone but Gavin and he chose to scream and shake when they would come close to our car. We might not have an animal lover in him.

Emma kept saying, "they are just like horses with stripes on them Mom & Dad?" Yes, they are baby girl. We saw tons of animals and interacted with many of them. Emma kept asking us if we were in a Forrest.

We really enjoyed spending some time away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Having 2 small children has really encouraged us to enjoy alot of what Texas has to offer.

In spite of all the great things it has to offer, we booked a family vacation for July which we are thrilled about. We took Gavin over Spring Break and completed his passport, which should be arriving in the mail within the next month. I will have to share his picture on it when it arrives. He had the biggest smile on his face you could ever imagine and the lady who processed it said, "oh he would fetch top dollar if you guys tried to sell him while your gone". Of course she was kidding, but it is a pretty funny picture of him.

Needless to say, I enjoyed being off for 9 days and spending time with my family. Between the Hill Country, the Livestock show, the twins Thing 1 & Thing 2 birthday bash, Emma playing with her friends (Brook, Lizzie & Ally), shopping, bike rides with the kids in the bike trailer & dining out...SPrinG BreAK tEn was big fun for the Frazier Four!

Gavin's Party Favors

Gavin's Circus/Carnival party was complete with several different party favors for our guest to take home and remember the party "under the big top".

This little brown paper bag was filled with custom labeled cotton candy, gummy popcorn, animal crackers, cracker jacks and soap in a bag tied up with colorful ribbon. I had my photographer make a tag for each bag that said "Thank you for coming to my party ~ love Gavin Thomas"

The soap was probably my favorite. No carnival is complete without a goldfish, right? We decided to send our guest home with 3 goldfish in some soap that would leave them smelling yummy. Gavin's grandma by choice, Darla made these for him and they turned out so cute.

This little box was filled with lots of goodies too.

A circus picture frame the kiddos could make when they got home, tattoos, a sticker sheet and a clown nose.

Candy, candy and more candy. We had a candy bar set up for all the kids to fill a red/white stripe bag up with all the sweet treats they desired. This seemed to be their favorite thing to do and the adults too. They were given this plastic popcorn container to catch candy from the pinata in and to use at the candy bar.

It is always my goal for our guest to leave with a big smile on their face. I can guarantee you there were alot of happy kiddos that day and alot of parents saying, "that's enough, now come on!"

Wordy Wednesday

Rub a dub dub, both my sweet babies in the SINK! We gave Gavin a quick bath in the sink tonight and guess who started taking her clothes off begging to get in with him.

Of course I said yes, for the simple reason that there will be a day SOON when they won't fit anymore.

Rodeo 2010

We took our little cowpokes to the Rodeo and they had a grand ole time. One of them did at least, the littlest Frazier does not seem to be a lover of animals like his BIG SISTER. He would scream everytime an animal was close to him. Uh oh, hopefully he will come around as he gets a little older. He loves our dog, but that is it. As for Emma, we could hardly drag her away from the animals or keep her from going under the fence to get to them.

The second we walked in she began beggin to ride the pony. Finally we battled the line, purchased a ticket and waited for her turn to ride. When her and her Daddy got to the front of the line, she chose the one she wanted to ride. We were amazed that she remembered the one she had ridden last year at 20 months old, Gem and chose to ride the same one again. I am telling you she is the witty itty bitty.

All in all it was a great day. It poured down rain on us and the weather was horrible. They HOTY and I were soaked by the time we got in, but it was so worth it when we saw the joy in Emma's eyes. The kid was in her element I tell ya.