It's Been a While...

So, it's been a while since my last post. It's not because nothing is happening though. It's actually because too much is happening. Life has been so busy!!

Lainey is so close to walking...I'm thinking it may happen before she turns one. She's starting to say hi every time I walk into the room. She's such a happy girl!

Kaylea is just keeping us entertained. She's had a great first half of Soaring Eagles. Her teacher has had great things to say about her always.

Ashton is almost finished with school! (Woo Hoo!!) And I've just started my Master's degree. I just finished up my first class and really enjoyed it!

So needless to say...Life is pretty busy! I wanted to post of few pictures of everything that has been going on. I will be posting something after the Christmas holiday as well.

The whole family....

Kaylea's beautiful cookie at Thanksgiving

Kaylea's Thanksgiving Feast
Kaylea saying the prayer at her Christmas Party

Sweet Sisters...ready for Christmas!!

The Girls with their Great-grandparents

Sweet Girls

"I'm not wearing the giant bow!"

Cousins at Papa's Annual Christmas Party

Don't let the presents get in the way of HIS PRESENCE this holiday season!!! Merry Christmas!!

Last Game & Fun Times

So we've been pretty busy with life lately. Ashton's just about finished with school and I just started back getting my master's degree.

Kaylea had her last soccer game last weekend. It was a good game...even though Kaylea didn't want to play in it. We enjoyed cheering on the rest of the team. We followed the game with our end of season celebration where Coach Brian and Coach Scott passed out the trophies.

My favorite Kansas City Fox!

The Kansas City Foxes

We decided to continue our end of season celebration at Dewberry Farms with the Smyers Family. Kaylea and Lainey had a great time!!








There were so many things to do there, that we decided we'd have to come back again soon!

Kaylea's 4th Brithday/Halloween 2011

Last weekend was a super busy weekend for the Wall Family. We had a 4th birthday party to pull off. That right....Kaylea (my baby) turned FOUR!!!! We celebrated with a Cheerleader birthday party. The 8th grade cheerleaders from my school came to teach the girls a cheer. They LOVED learning their cheer and playing with the cheerleaders.

Kaylea worked hard to learn the cheer!

Go, Eagles, Go!

SBS 8th Grade Cheerleaders
(these were my students last year...Love these girls!)

We also had TWO fall festivals to attend as well. Kaylea played lots of games and got lots of candy!

Kaylea knocked down the soldier in two throws (that was 3 less than the boy ahead of her.)

She also did a little bowling.

My little cheerleaders

Halloween 2011

Lainey's first Halloween!

We had a great weekend! Now that I'm a little rested I'm starting to plan a FIRST birthday! They grow up way too fast.

Texas Fall

Texas Fall....high of 85 instead of 95. Football. Leaves changing...not in TX, but at least the pictures of changing leaves in other states is nice to look at.

One of my favorite times of year is the fall...once the weather starts changing. I also love taking the girls to the pumpkin patch. This year was Lainey's first pumpkin experience! She loved checking out the pumpkins with Kaylea and Kaylea loved picking out the "perfect" pumpkin. (I put "perfect" in quotes for two reasons: 1. that's Kaylea new thing. She uses air quotes all the time now! 2. her idea of a "perfect" pumpkin was one that had warts all over it!)

My Girls!
(Lainey's learning how to clap!)

Sweet Lainey with her first pumpkin!

Kaylea with her "perfect" pumpkin.

We had a great time choosing pumpkins. We did end up finding a pumpkin that we can carve so I will be posting pictures of that soon! In the mean time....Happy Fall, Y'all!!

Kaylea's First Soccer Game!

Kaylea had a great first soccer game! She and her fellow Kansas City Foxes dominated the field! They won their game 7-2! Kaylea got in the game and played hard. I am so proud of her and I know she is going to have a great first season of soccer.

Kaylea and her teammates were waiting to start the game.

Kaylea was working the ball! She's learning how to control the ball really well.
Doesn't she look so big in her uniform??

It's break time.

Kaylea was exhausted after her game.

Lainey sure did enjoy the game! She loved cheering on her big sister!

SOCCER SEASON!!!

Kaylea just started her first season of soccer. Ashton and I wanted her to try something new so this was her choice....#2 to cheerleading which she is too young for at most gyms. Kaylea is on a team with two of her best friends, Avery and Georgia. Our good friend, Kari, has a picture taking disorder....actually she's a FANTASTIC photographer that has graciously taken and shared pictures of the girls at their first soccer practice. I thought I'd share a couple as well.

Kaylea, Georgia and Avery

Kaylea kicking the ball

Taking a break (one of MANY!)

GO KANSAS CITY FOXES!!!

Kaylea's first game is on Saturday, Sept. 24th....I'm sure I'll have more pictures to post from that!

Happenings.....

So I started this blog with the intention of posting updated at least once a week. Obviously, that hasn't happened, but it hasn't been too long....yet.

Lainey is officially crawling!! She's not moving too fast yet so we have a little bit of time to baby proof everything, but I know that will need to happen soon! She also has TWO teeth coming in. The bottom two teeth right in front. She seems to be doing ok with the teething, which is just like her sister.

Speaking of sister, Kaylea is doing GREAT at school. Her teacher says she's just so smart and helps the other students. We're gearing up for her 4th birthday party. It's not until the end of October, but I have to start planning. She's also getting ready to start her first soccer season! I will definitely post pictures of that as soon as it begins!

We spent some time earlier today taking some pictures of Kaylea in her cheerleading uniform for her birthday invitations. (Her birthday is a cheer party....including official SBS cheerleaders!!) While taking pictures, I had to get a couple of BOTH my girls.