logan, carsyn, & maren

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Girl Scout Picnic...

Logan's Brownie troop had their year-end picnic this evening. Carsyn was happy to tag along and play with the other little sisters. Every had a great time, and the rain held off. They've had such a good time with all the scouting activities this year.

Logan and friends...

Carsyn...

Logan and Lakyn...

Carsyn and Lucey...

Sisters and sisters...

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Circus Day...

Today was "Circus Day" at Maren's preschool. She had so much fun playing games, watching a puppet show, and eating all the cotton candy, snow cones, and popcorn she could manage. What a great day for her.

Maren showing of her tattoo...

Maren and her friends enjoying some yummy cotton candy...

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Weekend Woes...

We had a pretty full day yesterday (Saturday). It started out with the girls' dance recital photos. All three girls will be performing in a recital in a few weeks, so all three girls had to be completely dressed and made up for pictures this morning. I do hair (for school) everyday--so I can handle that. But, putting make-up on little girls...not so much. Because I don't really wear anything other than powder, concealer, and occasionally bronzer, I'm certainly not a make-up artist. Fortunately, it seemed to turn out okay, and we all made it to the studio--and we weren't even late.

The girls ready to go...

Logan...

Carsyn...

Maren, with her hat on backwards--oops...

After spending 2+ hours at the portrait studio, the girls were less than thrilled to have such a significant portion of their day wiped out. (As if I enjoyed all that.) They wanted a "day off" to play and have nowhere to go. So, we agreed that we would go to 5:30 mass that night, allowing everyone to sleep in on Sunday and giving them the whole day to do nothing. Well, next time they should be careful what they wish for. All day today (Sunday) they complained of how bored they were. "What?! You guys don't want to watch the Cubs or the Blackhawks?" Poor kids...

The girls before mass...

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

NCIS Stars...

Today at work, daddy got to meet some of the stars of CBS's NCIS--except he said that he and his buddy, Mike are the real NCIS stars ; )!

Mike, Rocky Carroll, and Daddy...

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Happy Mother's Day!

We want to wish all the mothers and grandmothers out there, a very happy Mother's day! This morning we went to mass and had doughnuts afterward. Then we spent the afternoon relaxing and watching the Cubs get beat by the Reds...again ; (.

Mommy's girls after church...

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Camporee and the Cubs...

Logan, Carsyn, and I had to be at school at seven o'clock this morning to caravan down to "Camporee". It was extremely difficult to get two girls (plus myself) up, fed, dressed, and packed for a full day outdoors, with questionable weather. Because Logan's troop is older, they were able to do more adventurous activities, like "creeking" and climbing the rock wall. So, their troops were not together for most of the day. And while I had a great time with Carsyn and her troop, I wasn't able to spend much time with Logan. But, the girls had a blast, even though it was rather chilly for a day in May--54 degrees and windy. (Being from Speedway, I guess we should have expected weird weather...May is always such an unpredictable month.)

Megan, Lakyn, Logan, and Meghan all ready to go...

Carsyn's Daisy troop, leaders, and moms...

Carsyn and Lakyn, Cubbies fans...

Logan, Meghan, and Ame'lie doing a craft...

Carsyn crossing the "swinging" bridge...

She was a little nervous...

Josie, Hannah, Lucey, and Carsyn getting tired after a long day...

After Camporee was over, Daddy, Nana, and Maren picked us up and drove down to Cincinnati to see the Cubs battle the Reds. It was pretty cold, but we had great time. The girls' favorite part was eating all the ballpark food: nachos, hot dogs, cotton candy. Of course it would have been a lot more fun had the Cubs actually won, but we're loyal fans--and we're used to it. Go Cubs Go!

Daddy and Maren...

Carsyn looking for Carlos...

Ready for the first pitch...

Trying to keep warm...

Logan...

Friday, May 7, 2010

Sleeping Beauty...

Today at school Carsyn's class culminated their week-long Fairy Tale project with a dress up day. Carsyn did her "report" on Sleeping Beauty, and was thrilled to dress up as her favorite princess for school.

Carsyn as Sleeping Beauty...

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Logan's First Communion...

Today our oldest daughter, Logan, made her First Holy Communion. What a special day for her. She has been looking forward to this for basically the whole school year. We had a pretty full house and lots of preparations for her party, but we all made it to mass...on time. Everything went very smoothly. Even though rain and storms threatened all day, they held off (for the most part) and we didn't have to worry about wet hair or white satin shoes getting drenched. After church our three girls loved having all the company at our house. They had a blast playing with their cousins and God-cousins! A big thank you to all our friends and family who were part of Logan's special day!

Logan before mass...