"We Were Flocked!"

This morning when we woke up, we discovered we had been flocked! Last night members of our church's youth group placed about fifty pink flamingos in our front yard! It is a fundraiser for their senior trip. You two sure got a kick out of it! Landon, you wanted to keep them. Imagine that!

"Lucky Strike"

Mommy is trying very hard this summer to keep everyone happy, entertained, and COOL! Our bowling alley offers free bowling for kids all summer long, so I signed us up. (You know I love anything free or with a coupon!) Today we brought Chloe along too. Once we got our shoes and the prettiest balls picked out, we headed to our lane. Shelby, you looked so cute with your ruffly socks and those tiny little bowling shoes! And they had music playing which was great for you to dance to. With the help of the bumpers and the ramp you roll the ball down, you kiddos did pretty good. Embarrassingly enough, y'all actually beat Mommy! I never said I was any good. Landon, you won both games as it turned out! We will definitely do it again soon.

"Nina's Last Day"

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"Birthday Bonanza!"

This year we decided to do a combined birthday party at our house. Mommy planned and crafted for weeks beforehand. It was a Spongebob/Yo Gabba Gabba theme, and I searched high and low for inexpensive party decorations, favors, and fare. I ended up making most of the decorations and the treat bags, and they turned out pretty darn cute. We decided to have a hot dog bar with all the fixins, chips, a huge fruit tray, and of course, TWO cakes. We rented one of those huge waterslides; it took up almost our whole backyard! We set up a baby pool with our little tykes slide for the little ones, which included you, Shelby. You weren't real keen on the big one, which really surprised me, but I think I traumatized you when we were at Splash Kingdom and you went down their big slide not liking it. You both got some really awesome gifts! We ended up partying for six plus hours, and it was evident that everyone had a great time.

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"Splash Kingdom"

On this hot and sunny day, DeeDee took us to Splash Kingdom to have some water fun. Sunscreened up, we were ready to hit the pool. Shelby, you had a great time in the kiddie pool area, but Landon was ready to get on the big slides. You and Nina must have gone down them over a dozen times. That's a lot of stair climbing! And you had no fear; you even went on the yellow bonzai slides that go straight down. We had some sloshing fun in the wave pool and got bored in the lazy river. You both enjoyed playing in the deeper pool; Landon, you practiced underwater swimming while Shelby did lots of jumping in. It was a sun-filled, fun-filled day!

"Homecoming"

This has been a long time coming. After a whole year of Nina being gone out to Arizona, we arranged for her to fly home for a visit. You two knew nothing about it though. When DeeDee and I took y'all to the airport to pick her up, we told you we were picking up JuJu's friend for her. With camera and videocamera in hands, we waited in the Shreveport Regional Airport for the arrival of her plane. As she raced down the hall with tears flowing down her face, Landon, you asked DeeDee who it was. Then you quickly recognized her, but were a little shy at first. Shelby, you were very happy to see her and eager to give hugs and kisses, even though you kept calling her Mush. It wasn't long after getting the luggage (and Landon's license plate t-shirt he had to have) and settling in the car, that it was like we never missed a day. You both quickly remembered your Nina, and were ready to get home to start catching up on that missed playtime. We are so glad Nina is doing well and is healthy and happy. WE LOVE YOU!

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