More from February

 When Keith was home we also had Karson's end of season basketball party.  The kids all got to make their own pizzas:)

 Kassidy and Sara joined in the pizza making, too!

 Cheese Kaleb!  (literally)

 Karson with Coach K

SOOOO excited for a trophy!

The next weekend we were off the a cheer competition in Atlanta.  The team did an amazing job!!!

 Just showing off my super skills for a teased pony tail:)

Here's a cool pic of the pyramid during their routine.  Kassidy is up, third from your left.  

And the winner is...Rockstar Ting Tings!!!  Each girl got a medal and a nice fleece jacket that says national champions.

Banner and trophy for the gym

I went in to pick up Karson from school one day and saw this hanging from the ceiling...so cute!

 The next weekend we were off to Raleigh for another cheer competition.  This was officially Kassidy's birthday so we celebrated with dinner out at the Cheesecake Factory.  

Our server surprised Kassidy with a special dessert...I'm glad it was big enough for us all...heehee:)

Day #1. It's amazing what these cute girls can get Karson to do.

 After their performance we had the rest of the day free so we headed to the mall for lunch and shopping...and goofing around:)  Karson, Kassidy, and Sierra

Dress-up at Claires...I don't think he liked being dressed up in girl stuff!

 Day #2

Sierra and Kassidy.  They became great friends during the season, as did her mom and I:)  We all shared two-bedroom suite, had pizza one night, swam a bunch, and had a made-to-order breakfast each morning.  It sure was fun to spend time together!

Awards time.  Guess who won???  That's right...the Ting Tings!  They are really on a roll:)

I was lucky enough to have some help with the kiddos while Keith was out of town.  Between my sister and friends, they watched the kids all weekend so I could go visit my hubby:)

Keith has an apartment in San Antonio, so a visit would not be complete without a stop at the Alamo.  We learned a lot about Texas history that day!  I'm sure our kids will learn a whole lot more this next school year once we move.

Since we're gonna move to Austin, we drove up for the day/night and checked things out.  We even visited the Capitol in downtown.  It seems like Austin is a great place to live:)  We had fun walking around downtown, eating yummy pizza, looking at different parts of the city, and making a wish list for our new house.

This weekend definitely went way too fast...but I'm so thankful we had a chance to be together:)  We really needed time to reconnect as a couple.  This long distance thing is the pits!

My baby girl turns 1 decade! ! !

This year Kassidy had her party at the Y indoor pool.  She was able to invite lots of girls from school and cheer and they had a blast swimming and playing games together:)  What happens when you put a bunch of cheerleaders together...they do stunts of course!

 They even let Kaleb in on the action because he is so light:)

 Such a great group of girls:)  Top row Erin, Nishi, Kassidy, Abbi, Sara, Gracie.
                               Bottom row  Taryn, Hannah, Caroline, McCauley, Cadence, AnnDee, and Payten.

 So silly!

 

 We were so excited that Daddy was able to come home when we had the party!!!!!

 I was there, too:)

 #10 Birthday Morning:)

New outfit from Grandma and Grandpa (one of many!)

 New cover-up, bathing suit, and flip flops from Mama

 Bracelet making kit and scrapbook kit from Aunt Beth Ann

There were tons of other special birthday cards, gifts, and sweet messages for our birthday girl from friends and family.  She is very blessed to have each and every one of you in her life (as are we!).  It's hard to believe that we had her TEN years ago!!!  Wow, does that make me feel old!

Kassidy has had a super year so far in 4th grade and has made the A-B honor roll each quarter.  She continues to be responsible at home and at school.  She gets up each morning with her alarm clock, can do her hair by herself, helps make lunches, does her own wash, and helps me with so many things throughout our busy week.  She has done a tremendous job keeping up with her school work even though she is busy with cheer practice three times/week and out of town for competitions a lot lately. She's pretty mature for her age and gets along well with her friends, always trying to be the peace maker when problems come up.

Of course with any tween comes a smart mouth and sassy attitude...luckily we have many more kind, sweet days then sassy ones:)  God has a unique way of testing ME through her!

Kassidy and I get a lot of time along together with Keith being out of town and the boys having each other to play with.  We've had a really good time hanging out and talking and just being together.  I am thankful for this chance to be close with her because I know as she gets older and busier those moments won't come nearly as often.

Well, Happy Birthday my sweet, loving, kind hearted, beautiful little girl!  Mommy loves you SO much:)