Look at those eyes!

Here is a pic that Mike 'engineered' in Picasa. Cool, huh? Enlarge it to see more detail.

 

Papa Harry & Corrie visit!

Papa Harry & Corrie came and visited up on their way home from Wisconsin. We went to the Museum of Transportation & had lunch at Chick-Fil-A on Friday. The girls had a lot of fun playing with Papa Harry and Corrie. They read books, played babies, did puzzles, played babies, played with shapes, and played babies. (Can you tell that the girls love to play babies?)

 

Sydney got a big pink ball, a new baby doll (with accessories), and bubbles!

 

 

 

Dora Girls

Both of our girls love Dora! They got these cute outfits from Grandpa & Grandma Daly.

 

 

Birthday Photo Shoot

Here are some pictures of our new 2 year old, Sydney! Mike is always telling me that instead of taking the girls to have their pictures taken, that we should just take them at home. So, today, he set up a photo shoot for Sydney.

We couldn't leave Kathryn out.

Slip-N-Slide Fun

It was a hot evening, so I set up the slip-n-slide for the girls. They aren't heavy enough to slide on it when it's on the ground, so I decided to try something different. They loved it, although it requires a technique so you don't hurt your back when you fly off the end of the slide. Kathryn mastered the technique quickly (basically, just sitting up straight) but Sydney hit her back one too many times and decided she was through with it. Click on the first two to see them larger and see the look on Kathryn's face.

 

 

 

Sydney enjoying her chocolate ice cream for dessert. They both ate like champs tonight (broccoli and stroganoff) so they got dessert.

 

Ozark Folk Center

On Friday we went to the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, Arkansas. When we left our hotel it was raining and lightening. We went anyway, hoping that it would clear up (it eventually did). We had quite a lightning show on the 45-minute drive. Some of the unfortunate things that happened while we were there: Mike watched a woman split her thumb with a hatchet, Sydney fell down and skinned knees, elbow, & hands, and Kathryn got stung by a wasp! Despite all of those things, we had a pretty good time. They have all of these little houses that display people making different crafts such as: brooms, soap, candles (my favorite), dolls, woodworking, quilts, and much, much more. bla

 

Kathryn loved the school house and we visited it twice.

 

The girls playing with clay at the pottery house.

 

The girls eating their ice cream that Aunt Kelly bought them.

 

Horseback Riding

On Thursday we went horseback riding. Kathryn rode with me and Sydney rode with Mike. The girls weren't scared at all and we had a good time. The girls got a little bored near the end, but they enjoyed watching all the other horses and kids. The trail is in the woods, so we were in the shade most of the time. Our horse's name was Dollar and Mike can't remember the name of their horse. Aaron & Zack (Mike's cousins) went with us too. Aaron ended up near the front with the little kids, and the rest of us were at the end. Zack was the very last horse and it kept falling behind. It seems like every single horse pooped or peed when we were out on the trail. But for the most part we just trudged along and enjoyed the scenery. I don't have any pictures of the actual ride because I couldn't take my camera and have Kathryn sitting right in front of me. The brown horse is Dollar and the white horse was Mike & Sydney's.

 

 

 

Girls on the boat...

The girls really loved being on the boat. Sydney even took a nap. They both enjoyed riding around and swimming in the lake. Kathryn can keep her self up in her life jacket, but we had to hold Sydney (in her life jacket). She sat with me in the tube most of the time when we were swimming.

 

 

 

Here's another pic of the planes.

 

Boating on Greer's Ferry Lake

On Wednesday we rented a pontoon boat and went out for the whole day on Greers Ferry Lake. It was really fun. We went tubing, knee boarding, and we stopped and went swimming twice.

 

 

We saw 4 C-130s fly over around lunchtime. It was so cool! They came really low and flew right over us. They were close enough for us to wave and they saw us and dipped their wing at us.

 

 

Grandma Karen & Feeding Fish

We got to spend time with Grandma Karen while we were in Arkansas. She bought the girls those cute shirts from London.

 

One day we rented a pontoon boat (pics to come) and fed the fish before we departed. These fish were so big and aggressive! You could just go and stand by the edge and they would come to you with their mouths open, waiting for food. If you walked around the railing, they would follow you.

 

 

 

Hike to the Indian Cave

We hiked down to the 100-foot-wide, ninety-foot-deep, and ninety-foot-high Indian Rock Cave. It was formed by springs that eroded the sandstone cliff. Groups of Indians may have occupied this cave up to 4,000 years ago. The trail head is in the parking lot of one of the golf courses in Fairfield Bay. Mike got to play 3 rounds of golf while we were there.

 

 

 

 

Arkansas Vacation

We just got back from our vacation to Arkansas. We had a lot of fun and are kind of sad to be home. The next few posts are pictures from our trip!

70-78

70-78 is Kathryn's idea of a really large number. As in, "Whoa, if you ate 70-78 of those, your tummy would hurt!" The following picture is just plain cute and has nothing to do with 70-78, but I wanted to post it. It's Kathryn on the potty at the zoo.