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.

Vacation at the Lake of the Ozarks!

We took our second annual trip to the Lake of the Ozarks with the Smiths & Tuckers. It's amazing what a difference a year makes. Laney was able to do so much more this year and did her very best to keep up with her older cousins! She rode the wave runner, swam in the wave pool at the water park and would have ridden the go carts if she'd been tall enough! I didn't take any pictures on the boat or at the water park but if I get some of Deb's...I'll do another post. Thanks for the trip Mom and Dad...it was awesome!

Here's Laney giving Umps his Father's Day card that she made for him.

Happy Father's Day Umps!

The vacation planners!

Laney is crazy for popsicles (specifically purple) so they were eating popsicles within 5 minutes of walking in the door!

Bad lighting...but here's a shot from our balcony. It's such a nice place!

More Vacation Pictures

This was one of the first pictures I took. They were wound up from the second we walked in the door and had lots of fun with their hoola hoops!

They were doing 'cheers' with their candy rings!

Dru and the girls!

Laney had corn on the cob for the first time. She was really into it! We were also having spaghetti so we had her strip down to eat that night.

She was saying, "Umps & Nanna...watch this" before every bite.