SoF Week 2

MONDAY - Meals on Wheels; Concert in the Park - A Blues cover band played and I was surprised at how much I recognized. Does that mean I am getting old? So fun. And thanks Dave for taking the pictures!

TUESDAY - A trip to the Dallas Arboretum with Keri, Sophie, & Rhys. Kenzi had a great time! The "Frog Water" was the hit of the day!

WEDNESDAY - Started the Summer Movie Watcher Series at Cinemark. We saw Night at the Museum II with Ben, Ella, & Carly.

FRIDAY - Swimming at Auburn Springs with Sara and friends. The time has now come for Kenzi to swim and no one is happier than Kenzi herself! And believe it or not, she can swim! I have been having her try without any floatation device and she is doing great. We are still going to have her take lessons but good to know that she is in a great place to get our money's worth!

SATURDAY - Carter surprised Kenzi and I by taking us to Willow Bend where they had costumes and props from the Musical "Wicked". Carter is taking me to see the show on Friday and thought that I would like to see this. I loved it. I thought it was awesome that Carter did this. It was a day that I deemed "do nothing" day. So imagine my surprise when he said he had a surprise! Kenzi took this picture becuz she did not want to be in the picture.

After we looked at the exhibit, we let Kenzi play in the play area. She loves this play area. I wonder why?!?!?!?!?! :0)
The other fun thing we did on Saturday was we got to see Carly and John's new baby girl, Clara. Everyone is so excited! Mommy and baby are doing great! Congrats Carly and John!

Such a fun week! Enjoy, Kari!

Dallas Blooms @ Dallas Arboretum

So as you may know we are members of the Dallas Arboretum. And it really is a great place that me and my mommy friends like to go. So we try to go often. We were able to go during Dallas Blooms. I love Tulips and it was so beautiful to see them in Full Bloom. Plus the kids make for great pictures! Enjoy! Kari

They have Mommy and Me Mondays where they have a petting zoo and face painting. Kenzi was more than happy to pet the animals!

The one group picture we tried to get and I think this is the best shot I got.

Aunt Keri making some flowers talk. Of course I can't remember which ones right at this moment! Nice!

Adorable Rhys-o-potamus!

December Activities...

OK, so it seems that there is a direct correlation between the amount of pictures I take to how quickly I post. So I am doing a little catch up. These pictures are a little out of order but I think it really will be OK!



This is my little/big girl on her way to skating. Everyday I can't seem to get over how big she looks to me!

This is a gingerbread house that Kenzi made at school. I am impressed with the dedication that her teacher goes through. She actually gave us left over dough to make a gingerbread cookie. Now whether or not we did it is a whole other conversation!

I came a little early one day to pick Kenzi up so I was able to watch Kenzi play in the playground at school. This is the school resident bunny. I am so glad that Kenzi is at a school that has so many animals. She loves them and talks about them often!
My best friend, Keri and I took our children to the Dallas Arboretum one fine winter afternoon. We bundled up and had a great relaxing time. They had a Nativity exhibit in the house that is on the property which was amazing! And Kenzi got accolades from one of the docents for not touching anything! I guess my girl CAN be good with me!

Kenzi's friend, Sophie! Sophie adores Kenzi. We call Kenzi peat and Sophie repeat. Sophie will do anything that Kenzi does. So hopefully Kenzi will not jump off a bridge! You might think that I am exaggerating, but when it is time for Sophie to leave our house to make it easier on Keri we walk out with her and while Rhys gets put in the car Kenzi and Sophie will run around the front yard, even if it is 25 degrees. Then when it is time to put Sophie in I ask Kenzi to come over to me and without a word to Sophie, she follows Kenzi and we are able to get Sophie in the car. Just ask Keri.

Happy Halloween...

So for Halloween we went to the Dallas Arboretum, our ward trunk-or-treat, and trick or treating in our neighborhood. Kenzi had a great time and it was so awesome whenever I would hear someone say... "Awe, she is a powerpuff girl!" I was nervous to have people not know who she was. I know that if people do not know the show they are not going to know, but I did not want them to not know because of a crappy costume. My mom did a great job with the dress. I was extremely happy that the head came out the way I thought it would. We had a lot of fun. Enjoy the pictures. Kari
Buttercup with mom and dad at the Pumpkin Gazebo. We had to work around the head. :0)

Gramma B and Kenzi. Gramma loved the big head!

This is Kenzi's friends at Trunk-or-treat. Rhys, Ben, Kenzi, Sophie, Ella, and Sadie the dog. It has become a tradition to get a picture of our children together every year. I love it! Aren't they adorable!

Buttercup and Professor Utonium out trick or treating. Kenzi wanted to go to the scary houses. About 8:45 Kenzi tells her dad... "Daddy I am done. I have enough candy. I don't want to get a tummy ache." So we then went home and Kenzi went to bed. Yea, I am not sure when she turned 25!?!?!?!?!

Thank you mom for helping me with Kenzi's costume! I am so proud of it! I am so happy that we could achieve what Kenzi wanted. I am a little nervous for next year. Who knows what she is going to come up with!?!? Love ya, Kari!

Dallas Arboretum - May

On Friday we went to the Dallas Arboretum with Sophie and Aunt Keri. We will probably have a lot of pictures/posts this year as we have a membership to the Arboretum. We really like to go and have a good time every time we do. And Gram Mac, they are bringing back the Butterfly Gazebo. Well at least I think so as they were putting together the Gazebo near the Butterfly bush Kenzi and Sophie are in front of on Friday. So the next time you come out we will have to show you. We had a great time and look forward to so many more! Enjoy! P.S. If I have local friends that would like to go, please let me know. We have a family membership and if we go during the day we can take up to 4 other people. Three and under are free! We would love to take you!

Dallas Arboretum

Another fun thing we did with Gram Mac was take her to the Dallas Arboretum. We figured that she would like it given that she is a Florist. We had a great day Wednesday with beautiful weather. It was so peaceful and fun. Kenzi did a lot of running around. They also have a Storybook series going right now where there are house depicting Storybooks. So the picture with Kenzi steering the ship is Captain Hooks boat. We got some really great pictures of Kenzi and Gram Mac together. Really if you have a chance to go (especially if you are a female), you should go. Later! Kari