Party Day!

Yesterday was the last day of school before Christmas break so the girls partied at school.

Two Little Elves

I love the Office Max thing with the dancing elves! I laugh every time someone sends a link of their family dancing around so...We "elfed" the girls!

Silver Dollar City

We went to Silver Dollar City on Saturday. It wasn't quite as warm as I believe they were predicting all week but we still had a great time. The girls rode one of the rides 14 or 15 times. I snapped this picture when we were at the giant tree waiting for the big lighting ceremony. It was dark so I can't believe the picture turned out. We also tried to get some shots of the girls on the little roller coaster but all we got were some good shots of the fog. When the girls got off the ride we were looking at the shots they sell and you could see the girls sitting on the ride with Jason and myself in the background looking at our camera...Jason thought we should have bought it to have a family picture.

Christmas Tree

We finally got the tree up last week (not the Saturday after Thanksgiving like I normally like to get all the holiday decorations up). We (I) went with green and brown (maybe more green and gold) decorations so I was able to leave a ton of ornaments up in the attic. This is also our cheap tree from Wal-Mart that we got last year since I was tired of the 9ft tree we'd had (it was too wide!).

We went to look at a house and I was distracted by their tree - she had black and white pictures framed on red and white scrapbook paper and I loved it so I wanted to copy it. I don't have nearly as many pictures but more ornaments and I used the green and brown paper and sepia toned photos.

Fayetteville Square

We went to the square a little early this year - we normally go on December 2, the anniversary of the day Jason proposed but we met in Fayetteville for Matt's birthday so we decided to go ahead and enjoy the lights while we were there.

Happy Fall!

We went to take pictures with the changing leaves and this ended up being one of my favorites - playing in the leaves.

THANK YOU!

Thank you so much for generously supporting Mackenzie - year after year - with your love, thoughts, prayers, time, money and so much more.

Great Strides NWA 2007 raised over $56,000 that will be used for research. This research will lead to a longer (and better) life for Mackenzie and other cf patients.

Happy Halloween 2007!

We carved our jack-o-lanterns last night. The girls drew out the faces and Jason and I cut. Mackenzie's - top, Peyton - below.

Peyton - Ballet

Here are pictures of Peyton during her ballet class with Mrs. Beth.

Happy 7th Birthday Peyton!

WOW! I can't believe Peyton is SEVEN years old! It's red ribbon week at school and today they could wear a crown to show that they "are indeed a queen or king if you stay drug free" so it was fun that she got to wear a crown to school on her birthday. Jason and I are heading to have lunch with her and tonight we are taking her to get her ears pierced. She is very excited!

Hot Springs

Here are a couple of pictures from our trip to Hot Springs at the beginning of October. We went to the Mid-America Science Museum and I don't think it has changed at all from the last time I was there - when I was about Mackenzie's age. You can't tell how much their hair was sticking up because of the black background. The other picture is from downtown Hot Springs near the bath houses.

Hooray!

All the shows are back on! See you in the Spring! Just kidding (kind of), I have new pics and things to post on and will hopefully do that soon.

Mackenzie's 1st Day of School

MIDDLE SCHOOL! My baby is not supposed to be in middle school but she is and she loves it. She is so excited about changing classes, all of her teachers, and everything about it. It's been two weeks and she always has a huge smile on her face when I pick her up in the afternoon. She and Peyton are on different school calendars now (Mackenzie started two weeks after Peyton) but I think I'm really going to like having alone time with both of them. I can't believe she let me take a picture of her in her homeroom class on the first day...this may be the last year I'll be able to!

Peyton's 1st Day of School

Here is a picture of Peyton (with her teacher) on her first day of 1st grade (almost a month ago). She loves school so much she is sad when they have a break - even if it's only the weekend.

Okay, okay...I'm the worst blogger EVER! My goal is to update it very soon and then try to post once a week at a minimum after that...

This Week

Not too much to post from the past week. The girls have been visiting their grandparents since Monday - I'm heading to pick them up today. Last Friday night we went to the drive-in to see Ratatouille and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Peyton thought she better sleep through this one). We had a fun time. I thought Ratatouille was so cute and found this recipe on goodyblog to make our own ratatouille this summer, I'm sure my own "little chef" Peyton will love helping to make it (if nothing else, she will love meticulously layering the eggplant, zucchini and squash).

Crazy

Well, I see what I have to look forward to this month when Mackenzie turns 10 - kidnapping babies and drunken police chases (that will actually come next year at age 11)! But hey, kids will be kids according to the kidnappers stepfather. He says there are a lot of kids doing the same thing and getting away with it. Really, the same thing? A lot of children are kidnapping other children?

It must be an Enid thing - just kidding Matt & Rachel!

Speaking of news, Happy 07-07-07!

July 4th

Here are a few pictures from today!

We had BABY girls in the house again!

This is Cadey

This is Lexa

Mackenzie, Tara, Cadey, & Peyton

Cadey's first fireworks show! Peyton "watching" the Grand Finale!

Mackenzie - Softball

Mackenzie got the Sportsmanship 2007 Award for her team. Go Mackenzie!

ACH Annual Visit

We took Mackenzie to ACH on Thursday for her annual check-up. We take her every three months but at her annual she gets x-rays, blood work, etc. and we get to visit with the cf team - nutritionist, respiratory therapist, social worker, etc.. It was a great visit! There were no changes from last year on her x-ray, all her labs were "normal", and her lungs sounded good (he heard something around her throat but just suggested she cough more to break it up). She also gained three pounds since March (thank you 600 calorie scandishakes), putting her closer to the 50% BMI that is our goal because they have found cf patients at 50% BMI or greater have better lung function. It was definitely a relief to have a good visit especially since tomorrow will mark one year since her hospital admittance.