Madeline Loses Her Very First Tooth!!

Here is the video of Madeline losing her very first tooth!! She lost it this past week and she was SO EXCITED. She has been showing everyone. The tooth fairy even visited her :)

We have started our 4th of July celebrating a week early! Last night was the annual Mustang Bean Supper and Fireworks show. We decided to take the girls and go (just for the fireworks). Some of our friends were there too. It was a lot of fun. The girls got snow cones and glow necklaces and we all got to see a pretty awesome fireworks show. Everyone loved it - except Philip. He was a little nervous. He didn't really cry, but he kept trying to climb up mine or Matt's shoulder to try to get away. We thought it would be fun to see a big fireworks display since we'll have a smaller version on the actual 4th of July. Here are some pics of our night (in random order :)

Philip is Walking!!

My sweet little Philip took his first steps this week! He just started walking from the coffee table to the sofa and then he started walking all over. He'll take about 5-6 steps and then fall on his bottom. It is adorable. Today we went to the mall and here is some video of him walking in the play area. He took his first steps and got his first haircut this week. My baby is growing so fast!!

I took Philip for his very first haircut today! I have been delaying doing this because I knew it would make him look more grown up. I really think he looks like a little boy now and not a little baby. He'll be a year old next month, so I guess he is growing up! I took him to Snip-Its. They sat him in a Bumbo seat and he sat VERY still. They told me not to expect that next time around. They said the kids are usually very still the first and more wiggly the next. Anyway, it went very well and I think he looks very handsome!

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Some Cute Pictures of the Kids...

Here are a few recent pics of the kiddos...

Our Family Trip to Broken Bow Lake

We recently took a trip to stay in a cabin in Hochatown, Oklahoma. It is basically at Broken Bow Lake, just not actually on the lake. It was our family vacation and our 7th anniversary. We didn't realize it until we got there, but the lake was flooded! The state park had been closed two days before and the golf course was underwater! So, we were the only ones there! We couldn't go to the marina - it was flooded. We couldn't swim at the beaches - they were underwater! There were no roads that would take you to the lake b/c they were all flooded! We had to park and walk down to the water. It was neat to see. We still found lots of fun things to do. We took the kids to a rock shop. We went to GirlsGoneWine (it had a really neat gift shop), we drove around looking at the flooding, we went to the state park - it had a museum and gift shop. We hung out at the cabin and took walks and sat in the hot tub. It was a really relaxing trip. I think I want to go back in the fall!! I have some pictures here - they are in random order. Some are of our cabin, some of the flooding and some of the kids. We can't wait to go back!