Just Saturday

Glorious Blue Bell

You may think I am joking out the love Texans have for Blue Bell Ice Cream. It is actually all true. We get so excited seeing them back in the freezer section.

Cupcake with a Friend

Heather is one of Lexi's favorite friends from church. They clicked when we moved here 4.5 years ago. This summer, they both started watching Cupcake Wars on tv. When Heather came today, they wanted cupcakes of course. I decided that it was best just to buy two instead of making a whole batch. Unlike the Cupcake Wars, there are no strange ingredients like cockroaches in these. 

Blue Bell Famine of 2015

This has been an especially exciting week for Texans. Others may not have noticed so much, but the Blue Bell Famine of 2015 has finally started subsiding. Thankfully, we live in one of the few cities where they released the first batches. I had friends that went to the grocery store when it opened to load up on as many as the store would allow. It may seem crazy, but there is no other ice cream we can tolerate here in this great state. A Texas summer without ice cream is just miserable. 

We had church activities this evening and heard on the radio that Gallery Furniture is giving away free Blue Bell Ice Cream. We made a special stop on the way home for some. The celebration included a man on stilts and others. We even got a free Welcome Back Blue Bell sign for our yard. This is a great day in history. 

McKenna's 6th Birthday Party

Our sweet little friend, McKenna, had her 6th birthday party tonight. The theme was Cupcake Wars/Pinkalicious. We were divided up into teams and had competitions. McKenna got to be the judge. We had to make a cupcake machine and decorate cupcakes. Lexi was on the team that included Uncle Stephen, Savannah, and me. We won. Of course, telling McKenna how pretty she was and trying to decorate according to her tastes really helped. 

Fifth Day of Fourth Grade

The kids survived an entire week of me walking them into the school. The picture above is of my little Safety Patrol girl with Kristina and Jordan. Obviously, I have had fun teasing her this week. 

Fourth Day of Fourth Grade

Today, Lexi wore the outfit that I bought to match her cousin Eden. It says "It is hard to be Cool." 

Lexi is assigned to the second grade hallway for Safety Patrol. Here we are bugging her.

Kristina is one of our neighbors.

Third Day of Fourth Grade

It is the third day and I am still annoying my kids with pictures before school start, but that isn't all. I am still walking them to class each day. Yes, all the other parents have stopped, but we can do it the whole week. I choose to because I can and because it is HOT outside. I want to enjoy the A/C for a while. We had to get there a little early today because Lexi started Safety Patrol. She has it for the next 9 weeks.

Second Day of Fourth Grade

Yes, it is important to annoy your kids by taking lots of picture the entire first week of school. Hey, I bought all those new clothes... 

First Day of Fourth Grade

Starting today, Alexis is a big fourth grader. We got ready for school and took lots of pictures. She was nervous and excited like every year and all kids are. We walked to school and felt like we were already back in our routine, except she is now one of the bigger kids on campus. Time sure flies.

Our neighbor, Sofia, is in Lexi's class. She actually knows most of the kids.