Wet and wild...birthday edition!

Alexis had the BEST birthday party this afternoon!

And to say it was the cheapest, easiest and funest... check, check AND check!

All the girls were SUPER excited that they were getting to be in the new REC Center! They were literally squealing with excitement!

They rock climbed, swam, played, chatted, 'worked out,' and then we ate/sang happy birthday before taking everyone home! BAM...done! Success! :) :)

Opening gifts real quick before hitting the FUN!

Lex zoomed up there! Willa Kate did 'okay' climbing....Caroline, SK and Carli, well.....they only lasted like 2 minutes before calling it quits.

Lily...LOOK at her! Alllll the way to the top! I love this girl and she just amazes me! She was SO proud of herself...and she should be!

Group pic before heading to the pool!

Girl time + Pool time = the BEST time! :)

They all grabbed a noodle and went around...and around...and around...and around just floating and chatting!

Then...they decided to have a noodle fight!

And...then decided to 'work out!' :)

And, we capped it off with pizza and cupcakes in my building! BAM......done! They loved it all! We took everyone home and called it a successful birthday party Friday night!
Lily is having the best time at Ella's house spending the night for her birthday so Lex had this Friday night allll to herself! :)

Soccer AND Cheer star!

Lily has absolutely loved this week!

She has done both her favorite things and enjoyed being with friends....and even said she has loved exercising! haha! :)

Day 2 of soccer FUN! She just looked so adorable to me on this day as I just loved her outfit! ha! :) The colors looked great on her! It worked out that she had her uniforms from her past soccer days to make it the whole camp. {Because the last day they have to wear their shirt they got from camp because they are doing a picture!}

 Lily has loved being with her partner, Aubree, this week too! They are so sweet together! Aubree's Mom is one of my sweet co-workers so it has been fun with them being together!

Day 3! Team England on this day!

Snapped a picture of her heading to Cheer Camp on this day because they had to practice with their pom poms! She says she loves her routine they are learning!

And...today, the last day of Soccer and Cheer. She told me this morning that she is sad that it all is ending today.

Meanwhile...I have also been up to this! Seeeee alllll these people! Yeah...Orientations over the Summer are a lot! We have 2 a week! This is our school's group heading to the Library for us to speak to them and get them registered! This day, we had the largest number since starting! I {on the other hand} whew....I can use a break now from this week! ha! :)

Wordless Wednesday!

Its her birthday party time! She is so excited to have fun with several of her bestest friends!

Soccer....and a birthday trail ride and cheer!

Today was a FULL day!

Its funny...how my off days turn into busier days than my work days!

But....fun things are done and memories are made so that counts more!

Lily had her 1st day of soccer camp!

Alexis had 'big' Lily's birthday party too!

So, they had a blast...and I enjoyed being a taxi! :)

Lily was SO excited about camp! I mean SO! She said she had the best time today when I picked her up!

My little soccer star! She went from soccer to moving on to Cheer camp tonight! It is a busy week for this girl...but let me tell you....she has the energy for it!

 AND...throw back to her 1st soccer year....circa 2017! Funny...the uniform still fits her! {Only because it was way tooo big when she first had to wear it!} :)

 They were separating into groups before I left and noticed Lily....told them she was 8 because she wanted to be with the 'big kids' and not the 'babies!' OH me, I let her go on and didnt change it because she can hang with them! She said she LOVED it when she got home!

We love 'big' Lily! Cant believe she is 13!!!

All the girls READY to hit the trail!

A beautiful day for a ride!

Love all these girls who are just growing up!

Of course...they took 1,000 pictures! BUT...if any parents ask for a picture...you would think we are killing them! :)

Love!

HAPPY birthday Lily! They did a scavenger hunt while riding and so they had to do silly things like spell out Lily's name and scream...'Lily is a teenager!' baha! They had a blast!

And...then on to Cheer Camp! Lily was SUPER excited to be re-united with her friends! So much so....that when I picked her up...the Coach came over and told me she was chatty Kathy the entire time and got in trouble. OH me...this girl! :)

We packed a TON into a Monday! Capped it off with these sweet faces! It was really...really weird to not help or anything with cheer at camp. I can say...it was nice to get and leave when the rest of the parents did...and tomorrow us Mom's are having a Mom's only dinner so I am pumped that I get to attend because if it were year's past....I would have been at practice! Now, dont get me wrong...I loved coaching....but whoop, whoop!!....I get to be 'normal' this year! ha! :)

Baby youre a firework!

We headed off to our favorite, again, for the 4th and we had the best time even though the weather didnt want to cooperate with us.

This trip was one of the 1st that we have been down and it stormed pretty much the entire time. We still did fun things, still soaked up the sun, swam, etc so it didnt stop us!

The birthday girl got a breakfast birthday treat before we headed to Auburn! Why cant she have a treat even if its the next day after her actual bday! Its her birthday week!

We hit the pool as soon as we got there! Pawpaw and Lily had fun playing with each other while we were there!

After a full day of swimming...and shopping for Lex, Nan and Brandi...we all got cleaned up and headed to Outback for dinner and a little more shopping before heading back and crashing!

4th of July baby! We all sported our 'red, white and blue'....or our own version of it!

And...of course, cant go without taking a picture of the hoola hooping Queen! Lily is a PRO at it! Lex is too...however, since she is now 11...she was put in the '11 to 21' year old range. I think...that was intimidating for her so she didnt do it this time. Maybe next though! BUT...Lily...blew everyone else out of the water! She is just SO good!

We had a rain delay due to lightening so we got dressed in our red, white and blue and headed to eat and then to get ready and see the fireworks!

Jim N Nicks for the win! YUM! Us decked out in our 4th of July attire!

We always LOVE the festivities in Auburn on the 4th! We love th live music and bouncy houses....and ice cream and OF course, the fireworks!

100% ALL American in this picture! Blue jean overalls, red, white and blue...pig tails and braids! Perfection!

Daddy and Lily getting alllll the glow sticks ready!

Glowing!

We were glowing thanks to Daddy and Lily too!

We had the best view! We tried a new spot....and for SURE will have to remember it for next year!

The grand finale!

Our last full day! Chilling under the cabana eating our lunch! Ahhh...relaxing!

We had some more storms so we cleaned up and relaxed in the room before heading to dinner....AND then bowling! Whoo hoo! AND...guess who won!?!?! ME! :) :)
We had a great trip! We got up this morning and had breakfast, with everyone, before heading home to laundry and unpacking!

Her BIG day!

Today is Alexis' BIG day!

As today....she is 11!

She had a great day today and I would say, a great birthday day!

She woke up and at exactly 7:20am, she was an eleven year old! {This picture was right around that time!} :) :)

BIG 11! {She THEN asked...look what it will look like when I am 20...as she held up a 2 and a 0! Yeah....I told her to put that down as I am still trying to wrap my head around the fact that she is 11!}

She had a great and fun day swimming with her friends and then we all headed to Baja for her celebration! She LOVES eating Mexican for her birthday...and being sang to! :)
Us with the birthday girl!

Opening her gifts!

The crew!

Sweet picture with Nannie! Nannie gave Lex her 1st necklace she wore to her Prom! Alexis loves it!

Then....singing.....and cake...and the obligatory cool whip on the face time!

:) :)

HAPPY birthday to YOU! We all love YOU very....very...very much! Here's to another amazing year of watching you grow and become an even more of a beautiful lady!

A date with Daddy!

So, Lex and Daddy had a special date today!

Alexis was so excited! Her Daddy picked her up and they took off to Oxford and spent the afternoon picking out her birthday gift, having dinner and yogurt dessert to cap it all off!

Lily and I...well, we had Wal-Mart and McDonalds {her choice!} :) before heading home to do laundry, cleaning out the litter box and then packing for Auburn! {we were very eventful!} :)

Tyler sent me a couple of pictures! Yep, I had McDonalds....remember! :)
He should have known...Lex has expensive taste, so of course she chose LongHorn!

AND...look at the bowl overflowing! WOW! :) Glad they had a great afternoon together!