July 4th 2010

We went to El Dorado for the 4th of July. Izzy loves going to visit our cousins and family! The place we stayed in had a huge room, so we all fit comfortably. Izzy liked taking the cushions off the couch and making a bed on the floor. Chloe was happy too! After 8 hours in the car, the girls enjoyed finally getting to stretch out! We were able to celebrate Hamilton's birthday while we were there. Aunt Melissa threw an adorable "Splash" party. They have a great backyard, so she set up a bunch of blow-up pools. Izzy had fun, but she did not like the bathing suit that I packed for her. She was so uncomfortable. She hates for her stomach to show. But what doesn't make since... she'd rather go naked! Doesn't make since to us either. On the last day, Aunt Melissa, Uncle Jason, Hamilton, NawNa and Grampy met us at a cute soda shop for breakfast/lunch. They had cute ice-cream cupcakes. I think it was a bit early, but I had to let Izzy have one. I actually think all the sugar helped her go to sleep faster in the car. (I know, I'm not going to claim 'mother of the year' anytime soon!) Chloe really took up with Uncle Jason! The trip home was very interesting. We were trying to potty train Izzy at the time. As you know, when a child says she needs to go, she needs to go right then! Izzy decided that she needed to go at a spot where there was no gas station for miles. So, I had to let her go on the side of the road. This was gross! I think I left 100 wet wipes on the side of the road. However, Izzy loved it! For months after the trip, she wanted to go potty in our yard. (All my friends laugh at me because my "girly girl" is not always girly!) On the way home, we stopped in Memphis at the Spaghetti Factory. This is a great restaurant and very kid friendly! It has a train you can eat in. Izzy loved it! They also have a man the goes around making balloon animals for the kids. Izzy got an adorable/obnoxious hat. The man made a heart saber for Chloe, which Izzy took over. She said she was just taking care of it for her.

Summer 2010!

Aunt Say Say brought Jax over to play with Izzy one day. They had so much fun together just playing in our tiny pool on our porch! Corey and Caleb came to visit us as well! I found a slip and slide at the Dollar General. I think they had more fun making water balloons with our neighbor, Dixon. We love it when they come over! They are so good with the girls. Izzy really looks up to them!

Masters!

Dad got to check something off his Bucket List... going to the Masters! We found out that Jeremy got tickets the day Tiger announced that he would be playing. We rented a house in a beautiful club close to the tournament. Mom and I stayed at the house with the kids while Dad and Jeremy went to the last day of the tournament. We stayed the weekend, so Izzy got to go fishing on the dock in the neighborhood. They made the mistake of fishing with crickets. Mom and I were trying to get dinner ready one night and I heard Izzy laughing saying "hop hop"! I turn around and see crickets hopping all over the place! I grabbed Chloe off the floor and hopped up on the counter, while mom and Izzy gathered them all up. Izzy obviously is not afraid of bugs!

We saw this huge snake hanging out under one of the docks.

Jeremy had to fly out from Georgia to go to another conference, so the girls and I rode home with Bebe and Poppy. We had a fun road trip home! We're ready to go back!

Spring Show and Easter

Every year Harpeth Hills Preschool has a Spring show. This year's show was special because NawNa and Grampy were able to attend. It was the Thursday before Easter, so they got to see Izzy sing and the girls in their dresses for Easter.

This was the director's last year after 10 years on the job. She did a great job taking care of and loving our kids, so the show was very emotional for everyone!

I stayed up late finishing these dresses for the girls. Needless to say, I bought the girls Easter dresses the next year. Every year mom and dad have a egg hunt at their house. We tried getting a cute picture of the kids, but this was the best I could get!

The girls with their grandads!

Spring Break 2010!

Jennifer and Clint brought the kids up to visit us on their Spring Break. We have so much fun when they come to visit. We try to take them to see a lot of stuff! One of the fun places we went was Jumpzone. Izzy loved hanging out with the kids! Here's a cute picture of Izzy laying on Loren while she watched her morning cartoons!