Assorted Play Dates

We are in full summer mode around here and Nadia and I have been hanging out with friends. Here are a few photo albums of fun. First from the Fort Worth Splashground back in May. We went again last week, but sadly none of those photos came out because I don’t think my SD card was pushed in all the way.

Splashground May 09
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Splashground May 09
Nadia and Eli.

Zoo June 2009
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At the zoo with Elliott.

 

End of May 2009
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At the Fort Worth CATS game with the daddies too! The Bates and the Yorks were there too, but we didn’t get a group shot before they left.

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Eli, Elliott and Nadia had the most fun in the sand at the game.

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June 10, 2009
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And here are the kids over at Eli’s house this week for a backyard water party.

June 10, 2009
This photo cracks me up because it looks like Nadia is giving them a lecture and Howard is just laughing about it 🙂

June 10, 2009

Referral Weekend Fun

Joy’s birthday was Friday night and her daughter Jeanna and grandson Garrison came into town and we all went out to dinner. It was fun as always. We LOVE you Joy! Janis gave Nadia a Curious George bouncing ball and that was the biggest hit! She has been hopping all over the house. I got some great video clips on Saturday which I will edit together soon.

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On Saturday we got up and Mike did some handyman work on the house while Nadia played with her water table. Then we came inside and Nadia and I made waffles. Notice her cute little Nadia sized apron.

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George Mask

Then we headed over to Michael’s so I could sign up to take the Course 3 cake class as a refresher and they were having a ‘Klutz’ family craft time. We got there at the very end and the woman said only 6 kids showed up so she gave Nadia a set of 4 of the finger-tip paints, markers and craft cards to take home.  Yeah for Nadia! Here are her and Mike working on the craft.

Referral Day - 2 years later

We ran a couple more errands and took Nadia home for a nap. Once she was up we headed over to the Mexican Inn for dinner. Nadia was in a hyper happy mood and here are a couple of shots of her and Mike and their “party hats” (from ‘Go Dog Go’).

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Referral Day - 2 years later

And here we are after dinner.

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Nadia didn’t want to pose for this photo and when we got to the car I asked her, “Why didn’t you want to take the photo?” And she said, “I freaked out!” HA HA!!!!

Referral Day – 2 years later

Two years ago today we saw this photo for the first time and it literally took my breath away standing in Mike’s office.

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Here she was this morning helping me make waffles. We love her so much and are so blessed that she is ours.

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The Garage – Before and After

There is nothing like a new car to motivate you to park both cars in your “2 car garage”. Nine and a half years after moving in our house we now have both cars inside and the shelves organized 🙂 Moving the bricks was the worst of it. Whoa!

Before:

Before

Before

And after – with the bikes and Nadia’s trailer hanging from the ceiling. New shelves above the freezer and on the left side. And a whole lot of stuff given away on Freecycle.

After

After

After