Way Back WHEN-esday!

January 2007

6.5 Months Old!

Shae

Kaelyn

It's the little things in life...

...that make my girls smile!!

Yesterday afternoon was just beautiful and the girls were so excited when I asked them if they wanted to play outside!! Seems like it had been forever since we had spent some time in the backyard with all of this cold weather.

They loved playing on their fort, going down the slide, kicking their soccer balls, playing hide & seek and watching their new wind mills blow in the wind! What fun!

Oh, to be a kid again! I love the smiles on their faces & seeing how happy a simple afternoon outside makes them!!

They LOVED their wind mills and were fascinated watching them spin!

Way Back WHEN-esday!

I saw this cute idea of "Way Back WHEN-esday" on a friend's blog and loved it!

Here are my sweet girls in January 2008. Where have my babies gone??

Time with friends!

On Saturday, we met up with our good friends Cathy & Chris for lunch at Cheddar's. Cathy and I have been best friends since we were 7 years old! Her and Chris live in Indiana where Chris is getting his Masters at Notre Dame. It was so fun to see them & catch up over lunch!

We can't wait for them to move back to Texas hopefully this summer!

Happy New Year!

What a year 2008 was! Here are some things we will never forget...

1.) Roadtrip to Grandmaw Goolie's - What a wonderful time we had traveling to visit Grandmaw Goolie. It made her year to see all of her great grandchildren in one visit!



2.) March Snow Days! - Only in Texas is it 75 degrees on a Sunday and snows on Monday!



3.) Kaelyn's febrile seizure - By far the scariest day of my life and one I never want to relive. Praise God for no recurring episodes.

We were so thankful to see this smile again...



4.) First trip to the ZOO! - What fun! The girls LOVED seeing all of the animals in person and can't wait to go visit again!





5.) Kyle & Paige's Wedding! - We were so happy to be a part of their special day and I'm so thankful to add another sister to our family!




6.) Shae & Kaelyn's 2nd birthday! - Wow, how in the world are my babies already 2 1/2??




7.) Mama G & Papa G moved up here! - Mom/Dad sold their home in Spring to the first people who walked in. We are so thankful they are up here close to us now!










8.) Southern Junction with friends - Fun with friends on a Friday night with good food, great music and country dancing. Can't wait to go again!

9.) Pottytraining! - The girls said "Bye Bye" to diapers in August and have done so well! We are very proud of our big girls!



10.) Vacation For 2 To San Diego! - What a wonderful time away for Ryan & I! We enjoyed quiet dinners, sleeping in & time on the beach!




11.) First trip to the State Fair! - Definitely the first of many trips! Can't wait until next year!






12.) Girls first hair cut! - Hard to believe this was the first time to cut the girls' hair! They looked too cute after Ms. Katherine did her job!





Here's to a wonderful 2009! Can't wait to see what's in store for the Arrington's!

Santa Claus Came To Town!!

Our girls must have been good girls this year because Santa Claus came to town!

New Princess castle tent and basketball goal!

They love their new bible books and Princess Ariel movie!

Shae's stocking

Kaelyn's stocking

The girls were so excited to wake up & learn that Santa had come to visit them! I love these pictures of the girls, bed-head and all, playing with their new toys!

Shae & Kaelyn LOVE their new princess tent! And it's big enough for both of them to enjoy at the same time!

This weekend, we made a trip to Lowe's and the girls loved riding in their very own race car! What fun!

After we got home, we let the girls try out their new bikes!

It was cold outside, so we test-drove them in the garage :)