Gymnast........

Yesterday started our second year of gymnastics! Bailey was so excited to start going again that the second she woke up she put on her leotard and kept asking me if it was time to go yet! This year she will be doing more big girl activities in the gym so we are all really excited to see how she improves! Stay tuned for soccer pics which starts in a couple of weeks!!!

Seems to be our luck.....

Once again Mom, Bailey, Abby and I tried to take a little day trip just to get away. We drove up to Omaha to go to the Zoo and maybe see a Omaha Royals game....we had never been up there and had always heard such great things about it. We got about 1/2 way through when my mother recieved a phone call from my father telling her that he had been in a horse riding accident! We immediatley had to leave the zoo to meet him at a hospital in Lincoln.....it was crazy because he was in Lincoln at a dog trial and we were in Omaha which was only about 45 miles away. He ended up with a broken collar bone and one broken rib, he was kept in the hospital for a couple of days to control his pain and then we all made our trek back home! So needless to say we have had a fill of visiting out of town hospitals unexpectedly! As for the  zoo we hope to return sometime soon to visit the part that we didn't get to see! As for my Dad he is recovering well, he is very upset because this injury will make him miss a few opening hunting days, but I think my mother may be happy that he will be at home more. :) Here are a few pics from the zoo......

I loved the jungle area!!! It was just beautiful and there were just animals everywhere you turned...I thought it was so neat!

I also loved this jellyfish tank that they had.....there were hundreds of jellyfish just floating around and it was in a dark room and it was really cool!

The NE state fair was going on while we were in Lincoln so we left the hospital for a few hours to go to the fair! It was fun, there is nothing better than fair food and bailey loves the animals, got some face painting done and we also took a little ride on the ferris wheel!

My big girl...

Last week Bailey started her first day of Pre-K! She was so excited to go to school! She goes to Spectrum Station in town and she goes three days a week for a half day. So far she has enjoyed it! She does eat lunch there....or at least she is supposed to. We are having a little bit of a hard time getting her to try new things :) but its getting better! It is just so hard to believe that this time next year my baby is going to be in Kindergarten! Ohh how time flies....

Jo Bros!!!

Bailey got to go to her first concert last month and then she got to go to her second concert a few weeks ago! One of Abby's clients called and said she had tickets to the Jonas Brothers and wondered if we wanted them...of course Abby took them and was estatic when she called me to let me know that we would be taking Bailey to the Jonas Brothers! It was definatley an experience....I can't believe that I came out of there with my ear drums intact! But hey, its part of the job....I can only imagine how my mother and father felt when they took us to that NKOTB concert many years ago!!! :)

Laughter is the best medicine....

A few weekends ago we were all very excited that Kate Tatarowitz (Cooper) and her daughter Weslie came to town to visit. The two of them stayed at our house and we tried to cram as many activities as we could into a few days! It was nice to meet Welsie for the first time and we hope that they can make it down here more often because we had tons of fun.

On Friday we all went swimming. The girls really enjoyed it...the swimming and the snacks!

Later that night we went to Brookes for a "Girls Night". We tried to get the kids to go to sleep and quickly found out that we aren't exactly at the right age for a sleepover! Bailey and Olivia did not want to go to sleep AT ALL! :)

On saturday night we left the girls with my mom for a few hours and went out to Jose Peppers for some good food and GREAT Margos! After dinner we went back to hang out at our house and we spent hours and hours talking and laughing about old times. It was great!

Second time around....

Since our first vacation turned out to be a flop, we decided to try and take a second "mini" vacation! We went to Dallas for a weekend and stayed with one of my mothers longtime friends. While we were there we went to see NKOTB (New Kids on the Block), did a little shopping and also got to go to a Texas Rangers baseball game! It was my birthday weekend so I had a good time just hanging with my family! Heres a few pics from the weekend....

After the baseball game they had a concert outside! It was a pretty good country band that we enjoyed listening to!

I love this pic! Bailey and I were just being silly!

Grammy and Bailey at the game!
NKOTB was Baileys very first concert, which was funny because it was also mine and Abbys first concert as well. She really enjoyed it, as you can see, because once she figured out that it was ok that she screamed at the top of her lungs she was all about it!

But as you can see she didn't make it all night! She fell asleep before the concert was over! It wore her out!!!!

Of course we had to go to the American Girl Doll store! Bailey got to take her doll in and get her a new outfit.

Sarahpalooza....

A few weeks ago was a big milestone for Sarah....she turned 30!! We all had a very busy week with many festivities all week long. It started out with a wonderful surprise party that her parents gave her and ended with a wonderful girls day spent at the local wineries! In between then we took it old school at Winsteads and got some rays sittin by the pool!

I'm gald that Sarah had a great birthday and I am happy that I got to be such a big part of it! Heres to 30 more.... :)

All the girls were able to take off of work and we all spent the day at the pool!

Who doesn't love a Skyscraper from Winsteads! We had dinner there before we went to see a movie! It really took me back to High School days and we all had alot of fun there, something that we should definatley do more often!

We really had alot of fun visiting some of the local wineries! We had lunch at De Capo Teas in Platte City, which was very good, and then made our way to the wineries! It was nice to have some girl time, although there were a few girls that we did miss on our outing!

Pirtles was definatley our favorite place! They had a really nice area to sit outside and have some wine and cheese! It was a little hot but we toughed it out!!! Can't wait till we do it again!