Summer past

Here are some of the photos from our photo session in Bear Creek Park late last summer, I finally got my hands on a copy of the CD images.

Night at the Gaylord

Our first visit to the Gaylord Texan was Friday night. We went for their SummerBlast party, it was a little garage top party that ended with a fireworks show over the lake. The kids participated in a hula-hoop contest and a lot of dancing. Audrey had a blast, she didn't even want to stop dancing when the fireworks started! The Gaylord has a lot of really great places for photo opportunities, definately a must visit during the day. Good news I picked up my camera from Best Buy, bad news is it still doesn't take photos at night that well. Or maybe it is still the operator? It was a great evening, we ate at the hotel and spend sometime cruising around the hotel lobby snapping pics. Bailey brought her friend Micah and they seemed to have a great time. Bailey even finished third in the hula hoop contest!

Why I love Northlake...

It is Friday and my vacation is drawing to a close. I would say the week has been a success, I got a lot of things marked off my to do list. Unfortunately taking my camera in to get fixed was one of them so I have no pics to post! I would like to say, I don't know how stay at home moms do it! I think I was busier this week at home then I ever am during a work week. I guess I don't notice the things I don't get to when I am at work! The girls finished gymnastics camp on Thursday and today we took a visit to the Gainsville zoo. It was a good day. Now I am just chillin on my back patio watching my kids and my extended family kids run around the back yard on a amazing August evening. It is so quite out here, nice breeze. So many things to be thankful for. Thankful for my super hot husband, cute kiddos, energetic dogs and an awesome place to call home. It is nice to sit back and remember all that you have in such a fast paced world. Two weeks and we will all be back in school and two weeks from that my kids will be in college and Rick and I will be OLD. Just a reminder to take it slow sometimes and remember the good stuff. -KK

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!

Today was a busy day for us, considering it was a 'vacation' day. We started this morning by dropping Sam off for what was a shearing to say the least. Poor guy, he was excited to go and definitely seemed pretty excited when we got home, but he looks really silly! By 10:30 we were all at Avatar for a haircut, 1PM Gymnastics camp, by 5PM we were at Pike Middle School picking up Bailey's schedule for school, 6PM pick up 'naked' Sam and by 630 home for drive-thru dinner. By 7PM I was ready to call it a night! That is when I heard it, the chiming song of an ice-cream truck. Ice cream trucks don't come to our neighborhood, we are lucky the mailman delivers here! I stepped outside to see if my ears were deceiving me and that is when I saw it. Not an ordinary ice cream truck, an ice cream truck that serves soft serve ice cream, dipped cones and shakes. An Adkins nightmare on wheels. I looked across the lawn and Bailey is walking in a slow trance toward the street. She is obviously as amazed as I was, it was like the Pied Piper, I wondered what would happen when she got the truck and realized she had no money. She came back to the house and asked if maybe he was lost. Lost or not, everyone in the neighborhood was out on the street getting their sweet treats! With that kind of welcoming I imagine he will be back again soon, too bad for my hips!

Today was the first day of gymnastics camp for Bailey and Audrey at Cross Timbers Gym. They were both excited and Bailey met a new neighborhood friend, Amanda. Audrey apparently wasn't in the mood to participate much according to the tumbling teacher, but I am hopeful tomorrow she has more fun at Splash Day!

I have a thing for books

So I love books, not just reading books, I like collecting books. The other day I ran across a book sale and picked up 8 new books. It doesn't matter what kind, I like fiction, biography, how-to, childrens, whimsical it doesn't really matter what. I have to admit I am drawn to a cover; I lovingly display them on my coffee table. There is something about buying a book that feels like you really got something. It seems now days you can find almost anything on the internet, but when you put a book in your hand it weighs something. It is tangible and the content whether valuable or not is apparent. Not in cyberspace somewhere, in your hand. I like that you can never determine the value of a book by it's price. Inside the cover may unfold wisdom, entertainment, or just a good heckle for a bad author. I picked up a random selection of things this time. A book about how to grow vegetables, one about ways to relax, a book about aromatics, one coffee table book about parenting with pictures of cats? Even a couple for a few friends. Silly I know, but I it made me feel good leaving with my heavy bags of words. I am currently reading the smutty award winning novel, "The Reader". Not a book you can't walk away from but definately a page turner. Alas my books in a few weeks will all be textbooks, but I have grown to love them too, even though they probably won't ever win a prized display upon my coffee table.

Adventures of a Preschooler

So if your finger fits in something, the four year old mentality tells you that it makes sense to stick you finger in it, right? Of course Audrey had to learn this lesson the hard way, that sometimes things that go in easily don't come out so easy. In her ever so dramatic way, Audrey comes in our room screaming that her finger is stuck in a little plastic kalidescope. After trying to ice her swollen finger down and the soap and water trick, I could not calm her nerves. I think she thought I was going to break her little finger off! Luckily it was daddy to the rescue, he quickly and carefully cut away the little toy and her finger was free! Thank goodness for Daddies, because this Mommy would have been headed for the hospital if she was home alone! Audrey was quickly at ease again and all that was left was a red ring on her finger and the broken bits of pink plastic all over the bathroom!