Wildcat of the Week

Karly was the Wildcat of the Week for 4th grade! Her teachers all adore her, how can they not?!?! She is doing so great in school; all A's and one B which she pointed out is an 88% and she knows it's not acceptable :) I guess I don't even have to push her...88 seems pretty good to me! She always does well academically, but this year she is so much more confident and outgoing! It is great to watch her finally come out of her shell.

Dancing Queen!

That’s our little Dancing Queen! Our new cousin Emily invited Karly to participate in a Saturday workshop with the Golden Girls (they are a pretty big deal around these parts) and then perform at the local high school football game. Karly had a great time and is now obsessed with being just like Emily when she grows up…here’s to being a Golden Girl…keep on dancing!

Kayaking

Karly and I love the outdoors. We are always trying to find new things to try out and September’s new adventure brought us kayaking. I have wanted to try this for a few years and just never got around to it. Chris had worked the night shift so getting my noisy girl out of the house made for the perfect morning excursion. We hopped in the car and drove half mile down the road to our favorite spot…Tyler State Park. Karly pooped out from time to time, but got the paddling figured out pretty good! We loved it!!! It was quite the work out and so quiet and peaceful gliding along the lake. Can’t wait to do it again!


Definitely not me at my prettiest!















Cheese!















all pooped out...taking a little rest















got the paddling down! left~right~left~right

Blogging Blahs

Hope everyone is doing great! We are all doing well here, just the typical day in and day out stuff!

I just can't seem to get into a steady flow of posting these! It drives me crazy because I feel like I have so much to say and so many pictures to share and just don't make the time to do it! It doesn't help that my home computer is old and slow!! I have a few different sets of pics and promise to get them up over the next few days!

Karly is a 4th grader!

It is so hard for me to believe I have a FOURTH GRADER!!! Where does the time go? This year she asked me not to bring her to school!! I can't believe how fast she is growing up! What a beautiful little lady!

Momma's Visit

So.., I know this is a little late, but I wanted to share some pictures!

Mom got to meet some of my new Texas family. The ladies first night back we had meet the teacher night. She definitely got a taste of Texas there! Went home and made Karly’s requested dinner, chicken, shells and cheese, and corn on the cob…she likes yellow food :) Aunt Gay and Danny came over…sorry no pictures.

The next night we went to dinner and Tammy and Jason and Tony, Shauna and their family all met us. Food wasn’t fabulous but it was nice for my mom to finally be able to put a face to the stories.

We didn't do much while she was here....had dinner with the family, mostly sat around and visited...took her to State Park, but her AZ blood couldn't handle the humidity so we cut it short!

My baby is home!

August 21 my mom and Karly flew into Tyler! My mom escorted Karly home and had a nice little visit. I was so excited to have them back! Two months to the day without my little munchkin is a very long time! Not to mention 8 months without seeing my momma! I didn't realize how much I saw her and depended on her until I didn't have her. I have missed her so immensely these past months...I hope someday we will be able to make consistent visits.

Karly running for her momma!

She almost took me out!

Lots of kisses to make up for!