Random Happenings

The girls have been wanting to camp for a LONG time, but the weather here in Texas is NOT good for camping except  for about 2 months a year... in the fall and in the spring.  We decided last minute that we would camp in our backyard one Friday.  It was a surprise for the girls.  We planned on using our BBQ to make S'mores and tinfoil dinners.  It was going to be AWESOME!  Someone had other plans for us though...
It rained!  I am a party pooper apparently, because I don't like to camp in the rain.  So... we built an awesome fort in the living room and let the girls sleep in it and watch movies.  (That's better than camping anyway!)  And, I got to sleep in my comfy bed.  Perfect!

For fun, we like to go to the Heard Wildlife Museum and Sanctuary and hike around.  We have been a couple of times this fall, and it is wonderful.  There are awesome trails and it is always a lot of fun!  They recently got some turtle statues out front, which my girls like!  It's the little things, right?!?

One day, Dave brought home a skeleton... it was only a partial skeleton... one arm and one leg.  It didn't matter.  Chloe, Brooke, and Autumn played with it.  They named it, too.  I think it was Steve.  (Or something like that.)  Chloe was playing with the skull mostly, while Brooke and Autumn played with the other bones.  They had so much fun.  Only the children of a scientist would have bones to play with... (and enjoy it!)!!

Halloween 2013

This year for Halloween, Ciera is her Girl Pirate, Chloe is an angel, Brooke is a purple fairy, and Autumn is a black kitty.  They all dressed up today for our ward's Trunk-or-Treat night and got lots of candy (although not as much as last year when it was both Wylie wards combined!) and had lots of fun with their friends!  I have such cute girls!

Happy Halloween!

Another Year Older, and Wiser too!

Today is my sweetheart's birthday.  I love Dave so much, and am so glad to have him in my life!  He is a wonderful father and husband, and I am so proud of the kind of person that he is!

Happy Birthday Dave!  I hope it is the best one yet!

First Band Concert of the Year

At the beginning of the school year, the band does a concert as a fundraiser.  Ciera is in the Wind Ensemble this year... the top band!  The concert combined all of the band students from all levels.  They played over 20 songs that they had been working on.  It was supposed to be outside, but it was pouring rain!  They moved it into the gym, and had a full house!  It was fun!  Ciera is getting so good at her horn.  I look forward to hearing more from her this year!

New School Year, New Germs

After the first couple of weeks of school, all of my sweet girls were feeling poorly.  I took Chloe in to the doctor and it was strep throat.  Of course!  That afternoon, I brought all my other girls in too, and all of them had strep.  Autumn had a rattling sound in her lungs too, so they did another test and found out she also had RSV.  They did a breathing treatment in the office, and sent us home with a nebulizer and medicine.  After a round of antibiotics and breathing treatments for Autumn, all of the girls were feeling better!  Back to school and learning!  Yay!

First Day of School- August 26, 2013

My girls are so darn cute.  They were up super early and so excited about starting back to school (Ciera and Chloe were up at 4:45... and Brooke and Autumn were sooo excited).  Autumn is starting 1st grade, Brooke is in 3rd.  Chloe is in 6th and Ciera is in 8th.  (I can't believe how quickly they are growing up!!)  I dropped them all off at school and walked Autumn, Brooke and Chloe all in.  I guess Ciera is too big for that now (tear, sniff, sniff), because she wanted to go in by herself.  It is always hard to send my girls out to school knowing that things can be really difficult out there, but I am glad to know that they are strong girls who always try their best to do what is right.  I am so very proud of how capable, smart and kind they all are and I know that this year will be a great one!

Little Fishies

My girls really wanted to fish with Grandpa.  This is something they have talked about for years, and so while we were up at the lake, they got their chance.  We went out one day with a couple of poles from the resort, some worms, and some time.  Ciera, Chloe, Brooke and Autumn each took a turn holding the pole (Brooke and Autumn lost interest really quick!) after Grandpa put the worm on.  (Autumn was the only one who wanted to touch the worm... and she wanted to keep it as a pet, I am sure!)  After a little while Brooke and Autumn wanted to go back to the room, so I took them back and left Ciera and Chloe fishing.  Of course, not ten minutes after we left, Ciera caught a fish!  She was pretty excited! We also got to feed some turtles and fish outside of the marina store.  The girls liked that because the fish and turtles were all right there swimming around close.  We had such a great time all week!