Sunshine on a cloudy day...

White Rock Relay

2008-12-15T11:31:00.002-05:00

What an amazing experience! We had a great time! I started the raced. Running threw the confetti and just the feeling you had being with all those people was priceless - so many stories and hard work. In the beginning the music was playing and everyone was running together to the same beat. I can't explain how awesome it was! I am so thankful that God has blessed me with good health so I can do the things I do. I look forward to running the half next year! I encourage everyone to join me. It is a great benefit and a priceless experience!

Frosty Merry Mile

2008-12-15T11:20:00.000-05:00

Jimmie and I took the girls to run the Frosty Merry Mile this weekend. It was great fun! Emma did great! She said she is ready to run a 5K. I told her I would train with her and we could do it in the spring! I love to see her get so excited about running! And, she is so good at it. Laney ran with Jimmie and made it to the finish line. Daddy had to carry her a couple times, but those little 3 year old legs did a great job! This was Emma's second race and Laney's first. It was cold, but so fun! Wish you all could have been there to see!

Emma, Laney and Frosty (Chad)

Mommy and Emma running the race

Laney getting ready to run

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Laney's ready to run!!!

Emma, too!!

Stretching to get warmed up for our run!

Laney's Christmas Program!

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It was Laney's first Christmas program today! She was so cute and did a great job! What doll! And, she got to stand right by her buddy Keller! That made her very happy! Thanks to Linda and Lisa for a very sweet program and all the hard work and PATIENCE they put into this program!

Christmas Party!

2008-12-09T16:55:00.000-05:00

We went to the McKibben's annual Christmas party Saturday night! What a great time we had! We are so blessed to have them as our friends, and they throw a great party! Thanks guys!

Cookie Dough Fundraiser!

2008-12-09T16:51:00.000-05:00

Thanks to everyone who bought cookie dough for our school fundraiser! Emma one lots of prizes and got to help tape the principle and assistant principle to the wall. It was great fun!! She was so proud and excited!

Happy Thanksgiving!

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What a great day to remember how fortunate we are and how God has blessed our lives fully! We had a very blessed day! We love you all and are very blessed to have each one of you in our lives! We miss you!

We spent the evening at Kara and Rick's house! They we kind enough to move dinner to their house since I had the Turkey Trot during the morning. It made it a very relaxing afternoon for me...but, not for Kara, I'm sure! We had an awesome dinner and a great time with the family. We even got to see Garett for a little bit. The girls had a great time and were so glad that Grandma was here!!!

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What we are thankful for...family!!! I love you guys!

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Just havin fun!!

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Look what Grandma and Kimmy got us! Our very own Nativity set!! Thank you!!!

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Yummy pumpkin pie!!! We made it, too! Delicious!

Turkey Trot

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Today we started our Thanksgiving by joining 30,000+ in the annual Turkey Trot! It was my first race and it was awesome!! I completed the full 8 miles! Yea!! I loved it! And, of course I had my biggest fans cheering me on! Thanks J, E, and L! Our friend Michael (of Michael and Jennifer...neighborhood, life group, etc.) joined me to help show me the ropes. Thank goodness! I would have been lost. :) It was a great start to a great day!

On our way to City Hall to start the race.

About half way

Getting ready to cross the finish line!

Yea! Mommy did it!!!

Emma's Thanksgiving Special!

2008-11-28T00:00:00.000-05:00

What a great time! The kids did a little Thanksgiving performance and then had a feast. She was a pilgrim! It was so cute! I can't believe how big she is getting!

They also had the kids all color pictures of what they are thankful for and they recorded them saying what they are thankful for...Emma drew a pic of us and said she was thankful for her mom! I am thankful for you, too peanut! That makes all we do worth while!

My lil fashion queen!

2008-11-19T00:46:00.000-05:00

If you can't see, Laney is wearing a leotard, tutu, tights and purple socks! I wish you all could see her! She goes through about 10-15 different outfits a day. It's cute, but not fun for mom when it comes to laundry and dressing her in something appropriate for school, church, outside, etc. We think she may be our lil designer. Pray for us and her teen years. Ug!

Happy Birthday to me!

2008-11-19T00:43:00.000-05:00

I had a great birthday! Jimmie went to my Ultimate Conditioning class with me, I took a long nap, our dear friends, Janelle, Jeff and the boys, came over for my favorite meal and then Alyssa (from our teen life group in KC) drove in from ACU to surprise me!!! It was so great to see her! Thanks Alyssa! You are awesome! It was a great day!

Emma's new do!

2008-11-19T00:40:00.000-05:00

Our lil girl is getting so big! On our way to get her hair trimmed, she decided she wanted it to her shoulders. Mom had a hard time with it, but I had to let go. :) She looks so cute and grown up! I am still hoping she wants to grow it back out. :)

We love you Sarah!

2008-11-19T00:37:00.000-05:00

Sarah stopped by to see the girls! She is our babysitter and we all just love her!

Gymnastics In House Meet

2008-11-19T00:36:00.000-05:00

The girls had their very first gymnastics meet. It was so sweet to watch them and see the sparkle in their eyes. They were so proud and so were we! Our camera wasn't cooperating in the gym, so most of the pics didn't turn out very well.

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Happy Halloween!

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Laney was Lumpy from Pooh's Heffelump (or our lil republican) and E was a black cat. We had a great time! I was on trick or treating duty this year for the first time! It was fun! And, Tamorah and Aubri got to join us! So, I got to have some adult conversation while Emma and Laney hung out with their buddy! It was a good night...well until I got food poisoning at about midnight, but that's another story. :)

Laney's Halloween Party

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I am a Room Mom!!! It was so fun to be there with her! She had a great time! She just loves school this year! We are so blessed to have wonderful teachers that love her so much!

St. Thomas in October!!!

2008-11-19T00:20:00.000-05:00

We had such a GREAT time!!!!! It was a much needed vacation!

Pictures!!

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They are getting so big!

Relaxing

2008-09-27T10:23:00.002-04:00

We had a nice night last night! Jimmie and Laney made a boat in our living room (not a fort, per Laney). Then we went to the park and for ice cream. It was a nice family night. :)

Overnight guests!

2008-09-27T10:10:00.002-04:00

What a great week we had! Paul, Jane, Jackson, and Luke came in town for a couple days. We had such a great time and love it when they come in town! Unfortunately, I did not take one pic. Ug! But, we also had another overnight guest that I did get pics of. Her name is Ms. Flower and his name is Mr. Money (of course, names by the girls). We had a lot of fun with these little friends. They spent the night on Wednesday night then got to visit both of the girls schools before they had to go home.

Laney's Favorite dress

2008-09-25T16:40:00.003-04:00

She is so cute...well, until you try to take this off of her! Hahaha! She's still cute, just very unhappy. She tells everyone that her Aunt Kimmy made it for her and it's her favorite dress! She is so funny!

Night Out

2008-09-25T16:37:00.002-04:00

Jimmie's company celebrated their 25 anniversary!

New Glasses

2008-09-20T14:10:00.003-04:00

Here we are in our new glasses! Laney took our picture!! :)

We're back on!

2008-09-18T22:25:00.009-04:00

It has been a long time, but we are back!!

Our family is happy, healthy, and terrific! Praise the Lord!

Emma is in kindergarten now and is doing great! She has a wonderful teacher and will be awarded the "Go Getter!" for her class tomorrow. We are so happy for her! She is loving gymnastics and cartwheels everywhere! I mean everywhere. She doesn't walk anymore she just cartwheels. She loves to dance and sing! Her favorite movie right now is High School Musical. She also just got glasses. She will wear them for about 6 months to a year to correct her right eye turning in since her surgery in June.

Laney started school last week and loves it. She has her buddy Keller in her class and some familiar faces from last year. She also loves her teachers. Her favorite movie is Annie! She wants to watch it all the time. The whole family walks around singing Annie songs. It's really funny to watch J sing "The Sun Will Come Up Tomorrow". We also experience stitches for the first time since being parents. Laney fell and hit her head on the coffee table. She walked away with a smile (surprisingly) and 5 stitches right in the middle of her forehead. Yikes!

Jimmie is loving his job and doing very well. He still has a passion for golf and is looking forward to some golf outings coming up and is very excited about golfing in St. Thomas! He didn't get to golf much this summer, so he is due! He is loves playing soccer and just started another season! He was also re-elected as the President of our HOA for his second term. He really enjoys it! Well, most of the time! He stays busy, but balances everything well. The girls adore him and love going on daddy daughter dates as much as possible. He stays busy, but does a good job balancing everything. :)

I am doing great! I love being home again taking care of my family. I stay very busy everyday! I have been volunteering at E's school and spending much needed mommy time with Laney. I am loving working out and Emma always reminds me how important it is that I go to the gym. She is my mini-me! And, ohhhh yes, J has one two! Laney definitely is her daddy's girl! Anyway, I am training for my first triathlon in October. I am so excited! It will be 5 days after we return from our trip to St. Thomas. We'll see how it goes. :) We also started attending a new church and joined a new Life Group. We love it!

Happy Valentie's Day!!!

2008-03-07T14:04:00.000-05:00

We had a great time celebrating V-day at school!! Daddy came and brought all his girls lunch for the special day!! We got to have a little picnic...what a great surprise!!

Fun!! Fun!! Fun!!

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Daddy let the girls play in the back of the truck with the neighbor boys! What fun!!

We Love Bailey!!!

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"P" Week at school!!!

2008-03-07T13:57:00.000-05:00

What fun we had!! On pajama day Emma wore Pink Princess Pajamas and Mommy was sporting her Pink Pig Pajamas...all for "P"!!! We had a Pizza and Popcorn Party!! What a blast!!

Happy Birthday Charlee!!!

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Our trip to Kansas City!!

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We had such a great time! Check it out...visiting with family and friends, celebrating the birth of Jesus, welcoming the new year, sleding, etc. Thanks to all for giving us such great memories in 2007. We miss you all very much!!

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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!!!
What a great day!

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Great times with family!!!

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Cousins!!

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Just relaxing!

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Christmas Eve!!

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Look at these pretty girls in their Christmas dresses!!

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Emma and Laney had fun playing with the makeup Aunt Kathy bought them for Christmas!! :) She is truly their Mary Kay lady. :)

Merry Christmas girls!!! Let's go to Great Wolf Lodge!!!

2007-12-31T23:59:00.000-05:00

We decided to take the family to Great Wolf Lodge for some quality family time this year. We had a great time!! The girls were so surprised and excited when we pulled up to the hotel!! The girls had a great time making snowflakes and painting clay turtles in the arts and crafts center, we listened to Christmas carols at the clock tower and heard a story about Rudy the Reindeer, drank hot chocolate by the fireplace, saw Santa and Mrs. Claus, made a build-a-bear, played in the log cabin in our room, played games and I got a massage from my girls. We became fish in the water park...Emma and Laney absolutely loved the green water slide!!! It was so great and I can't wait to take them again!! Anyone want to meet in Grapevine? :)

Christmas Party Day!!!

2007-12-31T23:49:00.000-05:00

Emma and Laney had their parties today to celebrate Jesus' Birthday!! They had a great time! And, Daddy got to come enjoy the festivies!

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Happy Birthday Dwight!!!

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I'm a great Aunt!!!
My niece Whitney gave birth to little Dwight on December 16th!!! He was 6lbs. 10oz. 20inches long!! Congratulations Whitney and Rocky!! We love you and can't wait to meet your little one!!

We made it!

2007-09-15T22:39:00.001-04:00

What a crazy day!!! We woke up bright and early so J could take my car in to get new tires, then ran home so we didn't have to wake up the girls. :) Then we had Logan's b-day party (so fun!!), soccer pics, then a soccer game! Then Erin, Chris and the boys came over - it's so great to have good friends that you can just say "I'm tired, sunburned, my house is messy, so come on over and bring pizza"! We are so blessed!

What a crazy day! But, it was so good! And, I am ready for bed! :)

Game 3!!!

2007-09-15T22:37:00.000-04:00

It was our 3rd game and boy was it hot!!!! But, the girls did great! We are having a great time and E is loving it!!

Thanks Tony!!!

2007-09-15T22:36:00.000-04:00

Jimmie's customer and friend, Tony, sponsored our team this season! We are so thankful to Benchmark AC for supporting our 'lil Firecrackers!!!

Picture Day!!!

2007-09-15T22:31:00.000-04:00

Proud Mommy!!

I'm ready for pics now!!

Our 'lil soccer champ!

The team!! We are so proud of these girls! They are having such a great time together!!

Meet McGruff!

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We needed a family photo for school, so what better place to do it!!

Logan's B-day Party!!!

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Happy Birthday Buddy!!!

Emma and Logan! Best Buddies!!

Look at all these junior firefighters!! What a group!!

Proud family!!! We just love you guys!!

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What a great party!!!

Emma's 2nd Soccer game!

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She's a natural!! And, she loves it! :) We hope to keep it that way!

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Aunt Kara joined us at Emma's soccer game to cheer her on!!! And, entertain Laney. Ha!! Ha!! :)

Little Laney is Emma's biggest fan!!!

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Go Emma!

Our precious little girl!!

Here we are at school!!

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Laney loves her puzzles!

Emma and Noah going to class!!

Emma and Miss Jen! We are so blessed to have such a sweet teacher!

We are ready for our first day of school!

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We all had our first day of school on Wednesday! It was a great day!

Love My Sister!

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My best friend!!

Soccer practice!!

2007-09-07T00:25:00.000-04:00

She is loving soccer and it was a pleasant suprise to see that some of her friends from church and school are on her team!!

Meet the teacher day!!!

2007-09-07T00:24:00.000-04:00

Jimmie took the kids to "Meet the Teacher Day" today! They had a great time and love their new teachers! We are so happy to have them back in school!!

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Daddy and Laney picking up Emma in Blackwell, OK

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These are little out of order, but I got them from Kim. :) She's been home for a couple weeks. :)

Pics from E's trip to KC

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Aunt Kim comes to visit for the Holiday!!

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...And we were so glad she did! We really miss her!!

Happy Birthday Jimmie/Daddy! We love you!!

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The girls made him the best cake ever!! :)

Happy Birthday Reg!!!

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Last night of swim lessons we took the kids for a special treat!

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We went to this great pizza place and played game! It was so fun!!!

Train ride at fun Pizza place!!!

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We missed each other so much!!!

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Laney's Week!!

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The middle of August Emma took a trip to KC to spend time with her Aunt Kim, Grandma, Uncle Vic, cousins Bryan & Nicole. She also got to see some of her special friends MacKenzie, Megan & Maci, Lauren M. and Josh & Lauren. She had such a great time and it was much needed! I think we hit that 6 month mark and really started to miss everyone in KC and just being there. :) We couldn't go since I had school stuff going on, but it proved to be a great time for Emma and Laney and I had some quality Mommy Daughter time. It was sooo great to spend time with her! She is just so fun! And, she had a blast having all eyes on her! It was so great! Even though we

I just love being a Cowgirl!!!

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Sweet Laney Bird!!

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Yeeehawww!

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Howdy Ya'll!!

Very busy, tired Mommy!

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Spray park with Logan and Collin!

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Another great thing about Texas...spray parks!!! Fun! Fun! Fun!!

The Sharps and Taylors come to visit!!

2007-09-06T23:23:00.000-04:00

The first of August Susan and Layne came to visit from KC. It was so great to see them!! And, we had a great time! And, we got to celebrate Layne's 16th b-day with her. A little background for those of you that don't know them...Susan and Jeff were mentors over our young marrieds class, Susan and Layne watched our girls in the nursery at church since they were babies, they were our neighbors/friends, Layne babysat for us, and we had Adam and Layne in our Lifegroup. This family has been such a blessing to ours. Each person in their family has touched our lives in such a special way! When we were in need, they were always there for us! And, Susan and Jeff are always great to give us parenting advice! You can't go wrong with them! They are a great family and two really great kids! We were so happy to see them! The girls just love Layne!! Emma told me that there is something wrong with Texas because she doesn't have a babysitter here. Little does she know that it's hard to find someone like Layne!!

The Taylor's dropped by for a visit on their way to Houston! This was so fun! It was so great that the two trips over lapped. It was kinda like being in KC again! We had so much fun with everyone! And, Emma got to have her first sleep over party with Olivia. The Taylor's are another family that have been such a blessing to us and we love them dearly! Jimmie got to know Jerry while working with the youth group at our church in KC. I came to know them when this wonderful couple came to my dad's visitation, brought brownies, and offered to take the kids during the funeral. At the time, Emma was almost 2 and Laney was 6 weeks old. I was nervous leaving them, but really appreciated the help!! Ever since they have had a special place in our hearts! They have always been there for us and our girls just love Olivia!! We had their older daughter Kezia in our Life Group the first year and the second year we hosted with Jerry and Anne (before we decided to move to Tx). We really miss them!!

We love Texas so much, but we miss our great family and friends back in KC!! God has truly blessed us with great friends!

Went to Texas Roadhouse for Layne's B-day! So Fun!!

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Bye Taylors! We will miss you!!

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Emma's 1st sleep over!

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Happy 16th Birthday Layne!!! We love you!!

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Dave & Busters with the Sharps and Taylors! We had a great time!!

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E & L had a great time playing beauty shop with Susan and Layne. They braided their hair! So cute!!

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Susan and Layne arrive!!! All 4 of us were so excited to see them!!

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A little behind!!

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If ya'll haven't notice, I'm a little behind! So sorry! Things have been crazy busy and after this week it's gonna get REALLY CRAZY! So, I am going to work really hard to get this all up-to-date this week. Check back soon!! We have had lots of fun lately and have more really great pics to share, and the girls are just growing and changing everyday!

We love you and miss you all! God Bless!

Little Princess!

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Thank you Aunt Kathy for our fun crowns and wands! We love them!

Look at me Aunt Kathy!

Aunt Kathy Comes to Town!! July 28th, 2007

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My sister Kathy came in town for her Mary Kay conference, so we got to see her for a short visit! We were all excited to see her! And, guess what the girls got to do? PLAY MAKE UP!!! YEA!!! They couldn't hardly wait. Look at these beautiful girls!! :) We love you Aunt Kathy, and we were so happy to see you!

Emma's "Style" Shop - July 29th

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Check this out! It was so funny! Emma was making us all "STYLISH" by coloring on our faces with crayon. :) It was great fun! Her other "style maker" couldn't come in for work that day, so she was the only one that could make us "STYLISH"! What an imagination! What a kid!

British Challenger Soccer Camp

2007-07-29T23:40:00.000-04:00

Emma was in soccer camp last week and absolutely loved it! And, yes, all the coaches were from the United Kingdom! It was very fun! A little hard to understand sometimes, but so much fun. The coaches were so great, and we all had a great time! Take a look at the pics - be patient, there are a lot of them!

PS - if you have never done this before, I totally recommend it! Emma really got a KICK out of it. Ha!! Ha!!

Day 5

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Check this out!!! Our 4th assignment (and the last day) was to have the kids faces painted and crazy hair day! Ugh! We didn't know what to do when our new friend Nikki (and Brian - parents of Ally and Maci) said they were going to Gatti Town to the face painting lady! WONDERFUL! Thank you guys for the awesome idea and a fun dinner! We met them up there. We all ate (no dinner cooking for me tonight -yea!) and the kids got there faces done and played for a bit before camp. What a great time!! And, look at these faces! We have our Hull City Tiger and our little soccer ball! How blessed are we? Amazing!