Buddy Walk

Today we did the Buddy Walk and I'm already blogging about it....man, I'm on a roll!!  Keeping track of all the girls, including crazy miss Cora, in large crowds of people can be hectic.  We managed to come home with the whole family and the girls had a great time so it was success.  We started off at Washington Park with games, music, and dancing on stage.  We did a short walk, ate lunch at tailgate park, got some free crap at the booths, jumped on the jump houses (that's where it was almost impossible to keep track of the kiddos!), ate TONS of junk food, and watched the football game until we spotted thunder and lightening. We didn't think lightening and bleachers were a good idea and the kids were running out of junk food so we took off.  Love these fun activities for the kids!

Ended the night at a bbq at our friends, the Chamberlians, and we had so much fun!  I have to say that we have met some great friends in Laramie and we really like it here!  

Summer Photo Shoot

While my sister was here, we had the brilliant idea of getting a picture of all the cousins. 

My sister put in a solid effort to get the girls to smile, but Cora would not crack (I think she was teething.)  Love this picture right here though! 

My pretty ladies!

 The only way to get all the cousins together in a picture was to confine the littles in the wagon :)

Love these pictures of Brynn and Marie!

Eden's Birthday Schindig

Eden's birthday party was super low-key....no theme or fancy decorations....and it was so GREAT!     

It was a dress-up party and Eden was super excited to wear her new "taleda."

Eden and Claire's birthdays are 1 day apart so we did a joint party.  Cute little birthday girls :)  

We started off decorating cupcakes.  A little messy, but so yummy and fun!

 Eden couldn't wait to start eating her cup cake!

 We threw some candles in her half-eaten cup cake and sang Eden's favorite song.

The girls were spoiled with amazing gifts from her generous friends.  Eden's favorites were make-up, hand sanitizer, princess notebook and pen, and the new Barbie movie.  

Eden's 4th Birthday

This little girl talked about her birthday for months.  It's actually a very popular topic between she and Milan.  Eden woke up on her birthday to a decorated house and tons of presents.  Of course, she wanted to open presents right away!  (Love that cute bed hair!)

She had her first cupcakes and happy birthday song at preschool.  Next, we had friends over for pizza and she asked that we sing happy birthday before dinner.  We sang one more time during cupcakes....so much fun! 

This is one happy birthday girl! 

 (Miss Cora was also a big fan of cupcakes!)

Eden's 4 year old pictures

Eden has a love/hate thing with photography.  She loves to pretend that she is doing newborn pictures with her babies, loves the ideas of me taking her picture and even loves the first couple pictures.  Then she hates it and is completely over it.  She was a picky little thing this time, she picked out her outfit then ran around showing me where she wanted her picture taken.  She is so darn cute!  

We got a couple good pictures then she found some bunnies!  

 Then we just ran around trying to scare them, which I'm sure they loved.  This is Eden's super excited face.....she always clenches her fists and face and it's my favorite.

First Day of School

Milan was definitely ready to start 1st grade!  We miss having her at home during the day, but I know she is having a blast with Miss Johnson.  

Here's Milan all ready to ride to school.

 Eden wanted in on this picture.  They are so cute together!

Once we got to school, Milan saw her friend Carly, then was off to play. I had to call her back for a hug, then she was off again!  Milan is a social little lady!

Eden started her second year of preschool this week.  She picked out her own outfit and was ready to start school.  She has a lot of friends in her class this year and always loves her teachers!

Back to School

I decided one morning that I wanted to do back-to-school pictures with my cute girls.  I borrowed this cute desk from a friend and headed to my favorite field.  I LOVE how these turned out!  After about three minutes Eden declared she was done smiling for pictures, and she was, but I already had these cute pictures!