Field Trip - Donut Shop

Sammie's New Room

We have finally ventured into the upstairs of our house. We have 2 rooms and a jack-n-jill bathroom that has become Sammie and the baby's rooms. Walking up stairs is exhausting!

Happy 90th Birthday!

Grandma Horst turned 90 this year and the majority of the family met in Las Vegas to celebrate.

Another Year of Joyschool

We started Samantha's second year of Joyschool this week. We lost one kiddo and added a Prince Levi. The girls just love him! They like to play princess and pretend to be sleeping and wait for Levi to come in and wake them up. No kissing...yet. I'll have to keep my eye on this bunch! Sammie, Lauren, Heather and Levi.

Final Pool Days

Sam took swim lessons for the first time this year. She is quite fearless in the water and could get around just fine, but we thought she might actually learn something...and she did! Coach Chandler taught her how to swim with big arms, breathe to the side, dive in and float on her back. She can get from one side to the other...when she wants to. Next summer our neighborhood has a swim team that she will be old enough to race with!

Back to Ballet

Sammie started her ballet classes again this year. She makes such a sweet ballerina. Roll call!

"that boy that is visiting us..."

Blake's nephew Robbie came to visit us...fresh off his New Jersey Mission! He was our first visitor when we first moved into our new house back in January 2008. He was busy hanging pictures, moving furniture and building different projects. This visit was no different...I had him and Blake rearrange the bedrooms to put Sammie and the nursery upstairs, convert Sam's bed back to a crib and rehang a bunch of pictures. Sam absolutely fell in love with him! Every morning she would wake up and ask, "mom, where is that boy that is visiting us?" They were buddies, whether he liked it or not. But, for as much as she enjoyed him, she could never remember his name...maybe that was her way of flirting. Blake took him to a few golf courses and we made it to an Astros vs Braves game.

Tickets for 4 people = $4
Parking = $4
Food for 4 people = $40
Hardly makes sense, but it adds up to a pretty good deal!