4th of July (a little late)

We got to hang out with the Sinclair crew for the 4th and we had a great time. We ate dinner at Tom and Beth's home and of course, it was amazing. Dan, Ash, and Gracie got to hang out for a while, but had to head home before the fireworks started to get little missy in bed. Before the fireworks started, we all loaded in the back of Papaw's pickup and pulled away from the houses so we could see the Wolfforth fireworks. We had so much fun! Brooke and daddy played with sparklers and Brooke loved the fireworks! Here are some pictures from the night!

Nonnie, Nana, and Brookie

Brooke started gymnastics!

Brooke started gymnastics this week. It is her first time taking lessons. She was SO excited and did really good! We definitely need to work on her cartwheels, but otherwise, she did great! Here are a few pictures and I will try to upload some video.

Brooke loved her new pink leotard!

She listened to her teacher like a big girl and did everything she was asked to do! Such a big girl!

A little girl kind of got in the way, but you can still see Brooke in the background!

It is Vacation Time!!

We are in Arlington having our family vacation! We came down Monday, stopping in Providence Village to see my high school bff Jennifer and her son Jett. We had fun catching up with them a little bit! We made our way to Arlington Monday afternoon, stopping in the Frisco Market Street to look around, and got here about 4:00. We settled in, ran to Spaghetti Warehouse for dinner, and came back to swim.

Tuesday, we slept until 9:30 and got up and got ready. We left about 1:30 to head to Tyler. We met our friend long time friend Laurie and her three kids at Chick-fil-A. They live outside of Marshall, so they came in to hang out with us for a couple of hours. Then we went to eat dinner with Misti and Duane and the kids. We have missed them so much since they moved in December! Brooke had so much fun playing with Hadlee and Hunter.


Today was the big day! The day we were going to the ZOO!!! Brooke has been asking every day if we were going to the zoo. We got to the FW Zoo about 10:30 and it was already 91 degrees. Wow -- it got so hot! We got Brooke a stroller so she wouldn't have to walk the whole time and we had a blast! We got to all the animals and she loved looking at them. I am attaching a few pics of her throughout the day. We made it around the zoo by about 1:00, so we left and went to do lunch at Joe T. Garcias. All I can say is WOW!!! I had the best fajitas on the planet there! It was 104 outside once we finished eating, so we came back to the hotel and swam for a couple of hours. We got cleaned up and rested a bit and then had burgers at Red Robin. Once again, a great little restaurant with killer burgers. We have had a great time on our little vacation. We are going to get up and around in the morning and slowly make our way back to West Texas. Thank God for vacation time!

Brooke and her daddy sticking their tongues out at the giraffes. (by request from Papaw!)

Brooke posing with the kangaroo statue. She is so big!!