Summer Vacation

We were in North Carolina begining of July to see our friends (the Coons) and stay with Mark's sister (Dana).  Everyone had a blast!  I will put alot more pictures up as soon as I get them off my camera :-)
Miss everyone already!

Paxton, Beckett, Tatum, Berkley, Talia & Taizley (missing baby Presley from the pic)! 

 Tanner, Taizley, Taylor, Talia, Tatum & Ally



Surprise!

Biggest Father's Day surprise - Taizley is finally walking!!  She is 15 months and has been taking several steps but today decided to be brave and walk by herself :-)  Yay!!!  (It looks like she is chewing gum, but it is actually her first time eating licorice!!)



Fun Father's Day

Papa and Nannie came to visit us for Father's Day!  We had a fun weekend with them - lots of swimming and watermelon!  Papa gave us new watermelon recipes and showed us how to make fun shapes!



Kansas City Weekend

We took a little family trip to KC this past weekend.  Spent the day at Worlds of Fun - which the girls loved of course!  Taizley did her first roller coaster -the Wiggly Worm!  She was laughing the whole time.  Tatum did the Timber Wolf for the first time - I had forgotten how much it bumped you around!  Not sure if she really liked it :-)  Have to try a smoother coaster next time!  She wanted to do the Mamba, but I wouldnt' let her.  I told her she had to at least be in Kindergarten :-)  Sunday we met up with friends and took all the girls to a Max and Ruby show at Midland Theater.  They all had a blast!



Talia's Dance Camp

This is Talia's first year for dance camp and she could not wait!  She woke up early every morning this week, already dressed for dance and would ask me when it was time to go :-)  She's been watching Tatum do dance for over a year and she knew exactly what to do!  Her smile would not stop at her performance - too cute!!

 Flowers from Daddy!



Hiking

One beautiful Sunday afternoon, we decided to take the girls to Konza Prairie for some hiking.  They loved it!
 



Chicago Part 2

I had to dedicate a whole entry to the two highlights of the trip.  The Chicago Bulls vs Miami Heat game 1 of the playoffs and American Girl Place! 

 Cold, but still excited!

That is what they really wanted, the wheelchair & crutches....they have been

looking at it for months in their catalog at home.  Not this trip though!

 Tatum picked out a dress that matches her flowergirl dress

Talia went for the matching jammies! 

 Meet Tatum and her doll Lilly Marie Tindall &

Talia and her doll Sally Adelynn Tindall

Very exciting! 

Last stop - Ghirardelli's Chocolate!

Chicago

We took Tatum & Talia to Chicago with us for Mark's Orthodontic meeting.  It was so much fun!  Thanks Grandma for watching T3!!

Field Museum   Dinosaur Sue 

 Date Night



 Children's Museum

Climbing the nets on the pirate ship!

Fireman Talia!

 Navy Pier - the Giant Ferris Wheel

Not sure if it was smart to take a 5yr old & a 3yr old on a 150 foot ferris wheel

(that takes 8 minutes to go around one time), especially when

there was a wind advisory!  Super cold and the cars were swinging alot!  These may not be

faces of fun, but of terror!

This part was fun!