Lake of the Ozarks 2015

In August, we made our annual road trip to Lake of the Ozarks! I had a revelation one day about the seating arrangements for the trip. All Summer, Kiley has been messing with Presley in the car, so we put Presley in the 3rd row. She had all of her own toys and everything she needed and no one bothering her. It made a world of a difference for the 8 hours in the car. Good call Mommy!

Kiley actually even took a short nap!

Presley being silly with some stickers!

We arrived safely in the afternoon and Bentley was already getting comfortable with Uncle Bob.

First thing the next morning, Kiley and Daddie made their annual 2 hour trip to Walmart to get groceries for the week.

And as soon as they got home, they were out on the waverunner!

Later that day, we took a ride on the boat. We packed up lunch and anchored the boat and ate and swam. Uncle Bob had sunglasses for everyone!

Bentley loved driving the boat!

Every time the boat was moving, Kiley loved to lay down. It is very soothing to her. Presley would rub her back. So sweet.

We captured some sweet moments out on the deck. The view is so beautiful!

We did so much swimming this year. The water was around 85 degrees and felt so good!

The girls brushed Uncle Bob's hair each day.

The kids played musical beds most of the week. Mikey slept in between the girls one night and I couldn't resist the picture.

One day, it was in the 60s and rainy so we decided to load the kids up and go to the outlet mall nearby.

The girls got some new bathing suits!

Bentley insisted on a waverunner ride regardless of the temperature.

Dinnertime!

One night we took the boat to dinner and met Nikki and her parents!

Aunt Nikki brought some fake mustaches!

The next day, Nikki and her parents came over by boat and took us for a ride!

After our boat ride, we came back to the house and made dinner and hung out. Nikki wanted a picture with her parents.

I thought we should go ahead and have Nikki take a picture of the 5 of us. It went really well.....

This could be our next New Year's Card picture.

Then we took a picture of the 3 of us and Mikey thought it would be funny to act like Bentley.

This picture sums up our super fun day with The Crawford's! We always have so much fun and it is so hard to say goodbye!

As always, we took our annual wave runner picture.

One of the last days, all 5 of us went out on the waverunners together. The kids liked seeing each other while we were riding.

Another great year at the lake. We sure missed Aunt Kathy this year, but we know she was up in Heaven looking down on us. Thanks to Bob for letting us come visit. Until next year.....

Sundance Square

Mom called me one week and asked if I could get away one night that following weekend. She was doing an office move in Fort Worth and had a hotel room in Sundance Square. Mycah and I met her at the hotel Friday night. We walked around, had dinner and then talked all night!! We tried to take a selfie, but the lighting wasn't too good.

Daddie sent a picture of the kids having popcorn in the front lawn before bed....

While we were at the hotel, we helped Mom put together outfits for her upcoming Europe trip! She has been sending some pictures and she looked so cute. We did a great job!

Summer Friends!!

We filled the rest of our Summer with play dates and birthday parties! We went to our friend, Jacob's birthday party at his house. They had a bounce house water slide and the kids had a blast. These are the kids of my group of 5 best friends from high school!! We had to take pictures from a couple of different angles to get all of the kids in. Mad chaos!!

We also did weekly play dates with my best friends from college/first job out of college! The kids got really close throughout the summer and played really well together. This was one play date at our house where we actually all made it and we got a great picture of all of us!!

These are some other pictures we took throughout the summer!

School Bus!!

Kiley rides the school bus every day and Presley has always asked when she would get to ride. The answer was always NEVER because we live close to her elementary so we will take her to school. One of my neighbors called me and asked if the kids would like to go for a ride on a school bus. OF COURSE!!! Her husband is on the school board and was meeting with the transportation department and they offered to take their kids and some friends on a ride. We had been looking forward to it for days!!

I took the kids out for a special lunch for our special day. We never go out to lunch, especially with all 3 by myself but they talked me into it! Kiley has actually been eating very well and was able to eat chicken nuggets. I was so proud of her!

Mommy and Presley!

We thought they were going to just drive us around the parking lot, but they gave us a safety lesson and then took us for a ride around town.

Presley's baby got to come too!

We are on the bus!

Bentley loved riding on the big bus and talked about it for days!!

Some of the school board members came along too!

We stopped at Presley's elementary school and practiced getting on and off the bus. We learned more safety tips too!

Getting back on the bus...

We took a group picture in front of the bus!

The kids got a coloring book and a special treat when we got back to the department of transportation.

If you as Bentley it was THE BEST DAY EVER!!

Dentist Visit!

One of the fun outings we had this summer was to the dentist office. Bentley is old enough to go now so this was his first visit. Since I didn't have anyone to watch Kiley, we all went. I went first and then it was Presley's turn! She did so well. We have never blogged about Kiley's visits. They are not fun. I have to take her by myself and hold her down while two hygenists try to pry her mouth open to clean her teeth. She doesn't seem to have a problem watching sister and notice where Bentley chose to sit and watch.

Next was Bentley's turn. He did so good and looked so cool in the sunglasses!

NO CAVITIES for any of us!! Yah!!