Summer Fun!

Well, I am combining a few posts into one because the title to this post pretty much sums it up. We have been enjoying summer to the fullest the past few weeks and that means lots of fun in the sun and water!! We are starting this summer off with lots of trips to the pool to get our little fish ready to swim. Actually, maybe a few too many trips because we just got our first dose of medicine for swimmer's ear!! (So maybe it is time for a break for a few days.) Here are some pictures from the past few weeks.

We went to the pool one day in Arkadelphia with my friend Caron and her kiddos. It was so much fun!! It is just too bad they got something that cool after I had to leave. I would have loved lifeguarding at this pool so much better!
Carrying on the Fowler family tradition of lifeguarding, my cousin Lindsey is one of the lifeguards there and does an excellent job if I do say so. It is a good thing since my child was the one running wild.

I don't know if I can even count the number of times Addie Blaire made it down this frog! She loved doing it herself, but even more she loved to cheer for the other kids as they came down. Too funny.

She loved these little sprinkler things. I couldn't get her away from them.There is nothing like a good icee after a hard day of swimming!
I got these pictures of Addie Blaire and Griffin the other day. This is the shirt I brought her back from Las Vegas for well, just read the shirt and you will know why...

Buddies.. these two crack me up.

I took Addie out to the farm the other weekend and while we waited on Pop we had some fun in the dirt.

Once again, as you might remember from an earlier post about Addie Blaire finding a flower in the middle of an ant hill, she was able to find this tiny flower in the middle of all that dirt. I found a sign that I put up over her room that reminds me of this and how she brightens my world it reads "My days are always happy and bright." -truer words were never spoken:)

This was our first trip to "G's" pool.

She and Griffin just started screaming one night and I just loved the way it played out in the pictures of the two of them.

I was watering the flowers one day and decided to let her join in on the fun. I guess that was a mistake though because she had so much fun that know watering flowers is a 30 minute ordeal followed by a bath for a very muddy baby!

Flowerbaby!

I decided this year to do Addie Blaire's second birthday party with the theme of a flower party. So in keeping with this theme I decided to have her on the invitation with a hat full of flowers. I found some flowers that I attached to a hat for her to wear. She and I had so much fun during an afternoon photo shoot while dad was away (because as you would guess he probably wasn't as into the flower hat idea as I was!) I had to show a few of the many shots that I got that day. It is pretty obvious how she felt about it too, by the range of emotions that are in the following pictures! I actually by the end found that the best way to take them was to put her in her favorite chair in front of the television and put the Care Bears (her favorite.) on. I then sat in front of the television and started taking shots. It was a brilliant idea because I had her attention and she reacted to everything on screen so I got some pretty cute pictures. Isn't it amazing what a desperate mom will do for some silly pictures!

It started out good, then gradually it went downhill, time for a nap!

This is the finished invitation (minus some personal info) thanks to a little help from a friend of Brandee's. She is great to work with me and can really do anything I can imagine which is sometimes a very scary thing!

Mason's Birthday

Mason had his birthday party last week and it was a lot of fun. Addie got to go back to WonderPlace for the party and she loves it there. I can't believe little Mas Dog is already 3!

Vegas Baby!

Mitch and I went with Travis and Natalie Wilson to Las Vegas for our 6th anniversary this year. Each year we have tried to go somewhere special to celebrate another milestone in our marriage, which I think is well deserved each and every year we put up with each for, just kidding :) Anyways we went to Maui for our honeymoon, our 1st year we went to Napa Valley and San Francisco, 2nd year we went back to Maui because I won a trip with work that happened to be that weekend, 3rd we went to San Diego, 4th we went to Dallas because I was 8 months pregnant, 5th we celebrated at the Kentucky derby with the Adam's, and this year Vegas. I wrote all those down so that I will remember that one day myself! We had a great time we stayed at the Venetian and got to hang out at the pool with Beyonce and Jay Z, well sort of. Anyways, it was a great trip for us to relax and eat well and catch up on some sleep!! My favorite past time when I am away. Mitch was also excited because he had reserved a spot at the sports book for the derby race. I knew this year would be hard for Mitch because last year's trip was our last time to see David before he got sick. It couldn't even compare to seeing it last year, but I know that it will always be a time for us to remember our dear friend David.

Natalie had a sweet little set up for us in their room with this awesome souvenir.
Mitch would talk to anyone that would listen about his picks for the race. It's just too bad he didn't pick that 50 to 1 that finished 1st this year.

We went to the Beatles' Cirque de Soleil show. It was awesome, I have actually never seen a bad cirque show. I thought this one was cool though simply because it was set to music that you could enjoy.

Good times, good friends and good food, who could ask for more!! Happy 6th anniversary!

Farm Girl

Mitch, Addie Blaire, and I stopped to visit Nana and Pop, Aunt T and Uncle B at the farm on the way home from Little Rock and I got to take a few pictures of her enjoying the farm. I had also wanted to go by to see the gravesite for our little dog "Caro" My parents had just buried her earlier in the week there. My dog Madison is actually buried next to her at the farm. Caro was 14 years old and unfortunetley got hit by a car a couple of weeks ago. She had started to wander off and my parents got a knock at the door and it was a policeman that had been on the scene where it happened because a young boy had swerved to miss her and had a minor accident in doing so. I know that she will be greatly missed by us all, but is at her favorite place where she enjoyed many hours of running and playing and of course riding in the truck! (Long story you would have to ask my dad about!) Anyways, it was such a beautiful day out there and it always does bring back some great memories to see Addie Blaire out on the farm just like I was at her age. I guess all she needs is the overalls and hat my mom put me in for pictures and she would be set!

Buford (my sister Terri's dog) and Hunter (my parent's dog on the right.) Mitch and Addie Blaire trying out the tractor.

Addie Blaire got her chance to drive for the first time (well not really but don't tell her.) She really enjoyed it once she found the horn! The really neat thing about this jeep is that it used to be my grandpa Fowler's. I remember riding in it when I was a little girl with him, my dad was able to buy it back from a friend that had totally restored it. I am so glad he had that chance, and so are Mitch and Bracy because they are fighting over who gets to drive it these days!

I took this picture the next day after church in our neighbors beautiful yard. I wish their green thumb or at least some of their energy would rub of on me. (Which is why the pictures were taken in there yard and not ours!)

Disney on Ice!

Mitch and I took Addie Blaire to Disney on Ice in Little Rock a couple of weeks ago. She got to go with Mason and I think both the kids enjoyed it. However, I do think I might have been rushing things quite a bit because she was still a little young to sit still for that long though! It was a good thing that we had popcorn and suckers which made it all worth it for her!

I couldn't believe she sat for this picture and actually choose to look at the camera because she doesn't seem to do that much these days! It is so sad because she got her first booboo that day and has two skinned up knees. I felt so sorry for her, but she didn't even cry!
Hanging out with Griffin at intermission. Trying to get into the cool suckers!

This was the cool toy that Dad got her.

Mickey and Minne and all their friends.

As I mentioned earlier the popcorn was as big of a hit as the show! I think she missed about 20 minutes of it while her face was in the popcorn bucket. Oh well, maybe next time.

I included this picture because we went out to Mitch's great grandmother's house the other day and Addie Blaire got to see her great great grandmother. I doesn't happen much these days that there are 5 generations still living so we captured four of the five that day. She is truly a very blessed little girl to have so many that love her!