4th of July Weekend

We had a great time over the 4th! We had a family game night one night and then went to our neighborhood pool for a 4th of July BBQ. Fun times!

Rainforest Cafe

Here are a few videos of our birthday lunch for Lauren at Rainforest Cafe. We go there a ridiculous # of times, but Lauren just loves it. We are even Safari members. If someone would have told us 7 years ago when we got married that we would be Safari members, I would have thought it would be for something much more exotic than a children's restaurant!

Birthday Girl!!!

I can't believe my baby girl is 3! Lauren chose a Princess theme for her party, so we did a Princess & the Pea party. She invited several friends from our neighborhood and also from my mom's group. It was an unbelievably hot day, but we survived Lauren's party with a pool for the girls and beer for the adults :)

Here is a cute video of Lauren wearing new dress-up clothes a friend gave her. She LOVES pretending to be Sleeping Beauty or Cinderella. Thanks to her friend, Hannah, she has mulitple Barbie, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty outfits. It is just too cute watching her pretend to be a princess!!!

Girls Only Lunch

Lauren, Molly, and I had to pick up a birthday present for a friend of mine, so we decided to make a day of it and ate out at California Pizza Kitchen. It was the first time I had taken the girls out to a sit down place completely by myself. The girls were great and loved it :) I definitely see a lot more "girls only" lunches in our future!

Videos from Papa's boat

Here are a few videos while we were at Papa's lake. My mom didn't know there was a zoom on my flip, so we are really little :)

Papa's Lakehouse

I took the girls to Grandma and Papa's lakehouse the first 2 weeks in June. I drove the entire 10 hours (including 2 one hour breaks) by myself and survived! It actually wasn't as bad as I expected. I had lots of snacks to toss back to Lauren and toys to toss to Molly. Lauren watched videos most of the way, but poor Molly just had to stare at the back of her seat since she still sits in a rear-facing carseat. Luckily, she is a good sleeper :) Anyway, we made it and had a great time on Papa's boat! Lauren loved to sit at the front of the boat and Molly was fine as long as she was being held - typical :)

Family Vacation to The Great Smoky Mountains!!!

I can't believe it has been a month since I last posted - geez! We took a family vacation to The Smoky Mountains over Memorial weekend and had a blast! We stayed at The Wilderness Lodge resort for 3 nights and traveled into Gatlinburg during the day. The resort was incredibly kid-friendly and both Lauren and Molly had a fabulous time! Here a few pictures...