Happy Birthday, Steve!

Bill's brother Steve recently celebrated his 40th birthday. His wife Keri threw him a small suprise party at the Downstream Casino near where they live. Bill and I were excited to actually get a grown up night out! The bonus was getting to spend time with Steve and Keri, too!!

House for Sale

Never, when we were building/buying our house, did I intend to be selling it so soon! But with the economy the way it is and Bill's job now in OKC, we didn't have much choice. I began early in the summer packing up the clutter/closets and sending it up to storage. I touched up paint where I could and kilz-ed all the artwork on the walls. We asked my friend, Cheryl, who had just signed on with Ebby to be our agent. She walked through a few times and helped us with things to do to make our house more appealing. We listed the house officially on June 20. The next day, we had a showing and an offer! After deliberating, negotiating and more showings, we opted to take the offer and signed all the paperwork by the end of the month. We certainly didn't think it would all go so smoothly or so fast. Now it's time for the hard part....packing it all up and moving it out by July 30...our 15 yr wedding anniversary!

Emyley's Entertainment

What do you do when your sisters are at Grandma's house to entertain yourself? Here's what Emyley did...

Play pet store with real pets.

Go crazy!!

School's Out for Summer

The end of school was a bittersweet event for us this year. We are happy that the girls did so well in school and of course are happy for summer, but we know that it also means our time in McKinney is drawing to a close. We have enjoyed the McKinney schools and all of our friends so much, that it will truly be hard to leave such a great community! But, we did enjoy our last day of school. Em's class had a bubble and chalk party outside, while Hayley's class was a little more low key with snacks and games inside. After the parties, we headed to get Syd from school so they could take off for Grandma's house in Okla.

(I was having issues with the music in the video...I don't edit them to be so choppy.)

Our Kinder Graduate

Emyley had such a great year in Kindergarten. We all loved her teacher, Mrs. Durrick who was also Hayley's Kinder teacher. She got to be in class with her best friend, Nathan and she made many new friends, too! And we were so happy when she learned to read...yay!!! We are proud of you baby girl!

"Listen. Can you hear the sound?"

BFFs

Em & Mom

The Best Kinder Teacher

Grandma & Em

Cake and Skateboard for the Grad

Hayley's a Blue Ribbon Colt

Hayley was the blue ribbon colt award winner for her class in May! We are so proud of her!!

Crazy Cats

I just love kittens...they do so many funny things because they are fearless. Maggie acts as though she doesn't like Bella much, but I think Bella is breaking Maggie out of her shell a bit. Bill refers to them as Garfield (Maggie) and Nermal (Bella)!!