Springdale Aquatic Park

Friday night our church hosted a pool party at the Springdale Aquatic Park. We had the whole place to ourselves for a few hours and this place was soooo nice! They had all kinds of stuff for the kiddos - especially the little-bitties! It took us all a while to get warmed up to the water - literally, I think it was only in the mid 70s that night so it was kind of cool for a pool party. But we all had a lot of fun. Here are some pics!



Chris was showing Charlotte how to go down the slide!


splashin around







walking in the deep end


flyin high


Big Smiles!


all by herself


this slide was so slow, I had time to take pictures before she ever got to the bottom where I was supposed to catch her.


finally!


This is Charlotte's new friend, Braden. A couple of tired and cold kiddos, not even rice krispie treats could bring a smile.

a little more landscaping

Well we finally got around to some more landscaping. Last Sunday, while Charlotte napped, Chris and I dug up the space in the front of our house in preparation for some plant life.
This Sunday, while Charlotte napped, we were able to go get the the shrubs, dig holes, plant them. By the time we got all of that done, Charlotte decided to get in on the fun and come out and help us spread mulch and place the bordering rocks. Here are some pics of our handy work. We'd like to plant something else in front of the boxwoods but we can't agree on anything right now so maybe we'll come back and do more later.

Here's our "before" pic - BORING!!!


And "after" - TaDa!!!


Safety First! Chris had to chisel off some of the rock so that it would have a good fit.


Charlotte had to rest from all of her hard work.






Yes, they are small now but they will grow and they were much cheaper than the more mature plants.

Some of my faves

I haven't posted anything in a while so I decided just to find some of my favorites from this summer that have yet to be posted and If anyone hasn't heard yet, Valarie has joined Laurie on the 'Official' adoption wait list, so hopefully Charlotte will have some new cousins soon!

This was a trip to Fun City, or whatever it's called, in Conway. She got to hang out with her cousins Christopher and Kirsten. Kirsten was too busy for a picture but Christopher couldn't stop lovin' on her. Pretty cute!


These were her "school pictures" this year. I was a little disappointed since I'd put her in the cutest little dress and shoes to match and she apparently didn't cooperate so these were the best they could do. Naturally, we had to have the thumb and blanket in the pic.


Just a fun pic with Rody


Day at the park. We played and then went to see the geese. She wasn't as impressed as I thought she would be but at least it filled a couple of hours.


She had more fun playing in the bucket than in the pool this day. No, we did not put her in the bucket or encourage her to get in it. She just loves to try to fit in anything.


She wasn't too sure about the orange push-ups at first. But she was lovin it after she figured it out.



She loves to share her food, she wants everyone else to taste how good it is!!