Mini Vacation

All the kids looking excited for butterflies!

Girls with their butterfly paint. Alexa and her bud!





Chris went to Vegas for work so my friend and I and our 7 kids decided to go to Branson. The girls and I made it after 6 hrs of driving and pulled up at an awesome resort. It had an indoor and outdoor pool, mini golf, kids activities and a playground. We did a lot of swimming.
My friend and her oldest son and I went zip lining and did a free fall. I was totally nervous. I love parasailing and bungee jumping or at least I did. I kept thinking I have 4 kids, I have 4 kids but it was a great experience and a lot of fun.
One night we went to the Butterfly Palace at night which was all glow in the dark. The girls got their faces painted glow in the dark. They had mazes and different things to look at. Everyone had a good time.
The trip was a success but I need a vacation after the vacation!

Alexa said

she wants to be a Mommy, Doctor, Ballerina and Slushie maker when she grows up. I thought that is too cute and hope she follows through especially on the doctor/slushie maker part.


This is her practicing her no smile smile!!!

Bye Bye Cast

one more night of cast trying out new brace

Getting ready to swim

Zoey's cast came off today. Zozo and I made the early morning trip to Shriners. They took her cast off and she did great. She still has a open wound on her leg with sterile strips holding it together. Next we went to get her purple brace fitted and headed to see the doctor. All the drs think she has made great progress. For the next 3 months she will wear her brace 23 hrs a day.

We came home and went SWIMMING! Zoey had only been asking for the entire 4 weeks to go. All the girls loved the outdoor pool so we went again after nap. Unfortunately Zoey was having some leg discomfort this afternoon and tonight. So hopefully in the next few days/weeks we can build her strength back up.

She continues to amaze me. She laid like an angel while her cast was being cut off and her leg was being clean and stretched.

We are going to Kentucky we are going to

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Cole's 3rd birthday party. On Thursday Mom, Bob, the girls and I went to Louisville to start celebrating. Friday was Cow Appreciation day at Chick-fil-a. Mom, Bob, Belle and Jenna dressed up and went and got us breakfast. Then we all dressed up and went to get lunch. This was our 4th year going and we have fun and our costumes get better every year. Friday night mom, Christie, the kids and I went to a free event with a horse theme. All the kids got to ride a pony and they had kiddie horse races that the kids loved. Chris drove up that night and we all went out for a much needed adult beverage after the kids went to bed. Saturday we went to storytime at the Disney Store. That evening was Cole's birthday party at a gym. Everyone had a blast playing, climbing and having cupcakes. Saturday night we all decorated cupcakes for our family lunch on Sunday. Sunday family came over and we had a great lunch and another b-day celebration. Zoey was excited to get a lot of new signatures on her cast. It was a wonderful couple of days away and I loved hanging out with my family. We were sad to leave but pretty tired on the way home.

Happy 4th!

Here are a couple pics from the holiday weekend. After 3 days of looking I finally found the girls 4th of July outfits that I had bought last year. They loved the parade and made out on candy for their Mom!

Choices

Everyday I make 100 choices. Big/small important/silly good/bad smart/stupid
I am never sure I make the right choices and obsess a little too much about them. Zoey's surgery was a huge decision for me all the way until she had it done. I wish I had a "everything will be alright attitude". I think I will make that my goal for this year.

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