Summertime in Marshall!

It's unusual for us to spend all of our time in Marshall but on this visit that's exactly what we did. The kids had a blast! Coming from the craziness of Dallas...I really appreciate the ease of little Marshall. Everything we need is within 5 minutes of us!

They all love to swim so that's what we did. We swam every day we were there!

Don't they look serious? They mean business when it comes to pool time.

Everyone wants to sit with Nana! She needs a bigger lap!

Laney thinks Umps is really funny!

PJ time!

More Marshall...

We had to get our usual Mazzio's buffet fix!

They ate tons of cheese sticks and dessert pizza!

Everyone asks me if they are sisters because they look so much alike!

Dawson and Braden both like to hold Laney. Surprisingly she let them pick her up quite a bit!

Laney gave Meemee lots of big hugs!

Time with Grandma and Pops

Laney took her first solo trip to see Grandma and Pops last week. We met in Atoka in the pouring rain. I thought she might be sad that I wasn't going with her but boy was I wrong. She said goodbye and never looked back! Matsy took lots of great pictures!

Here she is having a snack on the kitchen counter surrounded by all of her stuffed animal friends.

They spent lots of time playing Play-Doh. Grandma is nicer than Mommy and lets her take the Play-Doh just about anywhere she wants in the house!

Play-Doh ice cream...yummy!

Watch this!

Yes I can write with this pen like a big girl!

More...

They built an awesome tent in the living room! Looks like Oscar and Otis liked it too!

More fun under the tent!

They spent lots of time at the playground. Laney LOVES the playground!

How did Pops get in there? Better yet...how did he get out?!!

Driving the fire truck at the playground.

Happy 4th Of July!

I actually think she looks like Debbie and I in this picture. 

Laney and Harper had so much fun playing together. Harper was a little tentative on the tire swing at first but she warmed up fast.

Kisses!

They worked hard painting the pool blue!

Here's Laney at the entrance to the Dallas Zoo.