Promotion!

Daniel received some good news the other day and became the newest Captain in the Denton Fire Department. He was officially promoted and presented with his red captain's helmet and letter of promotion. I am soooo proud of my husband. He is worked very hard for this and we couldn't be happier. Great job, babe!!

Comfy?

The other night, Daniel was turning out all the lights in the house and I was getting ready for bed. He walked into our room and said that I had to go look at our daughter - I laughed out loud when I opened the door.

Neither my laughter nor the flash woke her up, so we took her feet out from between the slats and rolled her over. She still stayed sound asleep.

Toilet Paper Adventures

I think it is just written in the rulebook that little kids get before they are born....at some point in your lifetime you have to unroll all of the toilet paper. Kenna has played with the roll a few times but has never gone beyond giving it a few spins.

Tonight, Daniel and I were in the living room and Miss K was making her usual circles around the kitchen, hall, and living room. We are usually really good about leaving the door to our bedroom closed but I guess I didn't get it completely shut tonight. Apparently, Kenna thought we might need her to bring us some toilet paper so she brought it from the toilet room to the bathroom to the bedroom to the hall before we noticed how quiet it had gotten.

She was very proud of herself and I couldn't quit laughing....

Happy 4th of July!!!

Happy 4th of July!

Last night, Kenna, Daniel, and I met Joel and Josh in Addison for Kaboom Town. Kaboom Town is listed by the American Pyrotechnic Association as one of the top ten places in the US to watch fireworks and they do not disappoint. What an amazing firework display!! It was a little hot outside when we arrived a little before six to set up camp, but Miss K made sure that she had plenty of water... Addison has a large grassy park in the center of the town that was full of picnickers and families. They had bounce houses, carnival type rides, and all the fair type food you could want - plenty of things to keep everyone entertained while we were waiting for the fireworks. Addison also has a small airport. There were several trick planes in the air all evening and one even had 'sparklers' from its engines right after the sun started setting.

The Cavanaugh Flight Musuem also had a Warbird Flyover - that was really cool to see all of these huge planes flying right over head. Kenna kept pointing to the planes in the sky saying her version of the word 'plane'.

We were glad Josh and Joel came to join us. Kenna loves hanging out with her uncles!

I was a little worried about Miss K getting too hot while we were out in the 103 degree heat, but she fell in love with one of the many huge misting fans that were set up around the park. Anytime she started to get a little warm, we would just walk on over and stand there for a little while...."wheeeee!!"

We were all first-timers and weren't sure where we wanted to set up all of our stuff. While we stopped to look around the area, I looked over to find Kenna a little exasperated that we were taking so long to decide!!

Kenna decided that she needed to share her sunglasses with Mom and Uncle Joel.

Kenna has never seen fireworks before and I wasn't sure what she would think about the loud music playing on the speakers or the big booms that followed each launch (especially since it was happening two hours past her bedtime), but she was completely enthralled with the lights in the sky.

She crashed ten minutes after we got in the car and slept the whole way home. After a little hop in the shower to rinse off sweat and sunscreen (which she hated) she was down for the count.

Happy 4th of July from Daniel and Heather and our little firecracker!

Cousin Dinner

Three of my cousins and my sister all lived in Lubbock for several years. They would have 'cousin dinner' once a week and would always call me and talk about how much fun they were having without me :(

My cousin, Brooke, teaches at a middle school in Lubbock. She, along with several other teachers and students from Lubbock, were attending a camp in Sherman. They all made a trip to Stonebriar on Monday night and Miss K and I got to join her for our own impromptu cousin dinner. Of course, we all know how much Kenna Beth likes to eat so she absolutely loved it! Thanks for calling us, Brooke! Can't wait to do it again!

Italian Food Fun

This weekend my parents, sister, and grandmother all came to visit. Hopefully they will be posting pictures soon because I did not get very many pictures of the girls together. Abbye and Kenna had a blast!!

Saturday night we went to eat at Buca di Beppo and Miss K loved the food. We could hardly keep enough food in front of her and she kept shoveling food in her mouth. At one point I looked over and she had a fettuccine noodle stuck to her cheek and my empty splenda packet stuck to her forehead.
She loved it! Daniel and I had to take a picture together as well.

Laundry Basket Ride

I was folding some laundry in the living room and ran to put away the handtowels in the kitchen. When I came back this is what I found!
I guess Miss K wanted to take Bear for a boat ride.