BARNES FAMILY

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Brenna graduates Joy School

Brenna Barnes--4 year old graduate of Joy School! She will start real preschool in the fall but we had the opportunity to do a joy school with some friends. She looked forward to it every week--her favorite thing to do was color, play kitty, chase the boys, and eat snack. She was a bit more interested in the social aspect of school than actually learning. Anytime I try and sit down to write her letters, she always says"ummm maybe tomorrow".

First day of Joy School---Carolina, Brenna, Tyler, and Corbin

Last day of Joy School swim party

Cupcakes with best friend Karolina

Why I love my Brenna-- great big sister and great "sparkly glittery girly" imagination

Visit with the Greats

Better late than never. The best part of our Dallas trip last month was getting to drive down to San Antonio to visit my grandma and grandpa Mecham. Grandpa has been healing from heart surgery so we wanted a chance to cheer him up! Jace loves and respects his grandpa Mecham so much. He is proud to be named after him. Brenna likes all of grandmas fun books, movies, and toys...and treats.

Grandma was an amazing kindergarten teacher back in the day. She has all the best story books.

Grandpa pulled out a lot of her old music

Jace and Brenna just die to stay in "a hotel!!!!". They think its free game to jump on the beds as much as they want since they arent allowed to at home. We had a blast swimming and eating junk.

The little miss at 3am--she decided not to sleep AT ALL, so we hung out in the bathroom all night to let the others sleep. Its hard to get mad at them when they are so dang cute!

Long drive back to Dallas. Poor Biscuit was forced to sit with Brenna the whole ride home.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Fun in Dallas

Visiting our favorite place ever! Can't believe we haven't been back since before I was pregnant with Natasha. There is really no place like home. We had a great time! It went something like this..

golfing with gramps,

laying out,

camping in the backyard,

cheering for the Rangers,

cleaning some teeth,

Rainforest(hands down best Chinese chicken salad EVER! just sayin)

getting balls signed by Phil Mickleson and Keegan Bradley,

chasing the sharks at the aquarium

trying out the new swing from grandma,

pounding on the piano,

visiting Uncle Brett and Aunt Britt super cool downtown apartment,

building at LegoLand,

AND LOTs and LOTs of swimming in the best pool ever!!

Check out those thighs...

Thank you grandma and grandpa for once again spoiling us rotton!! We LOVE visiting and wish we just lived closer.

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Dee got hitched!

We got to head down to Dallas to attend the wedding my Diana and Reed! I am so happy for them. Reed is a stud and will fit right in with our family. Its also a bonus that he is from Dallas as well.

The whole family actually got to attend their first date back in November right after Brett's wedding. He got to tag along as we visited the lights at temple square. We knew he would be a keeper.

These two are obsessed with Texas sports. They even attended a Rangers game on their honeymoon. Crazy!! but we love them ;)

Always the best part of the trip--the airplane ride!!

Girls night out getting our nails done!

Shannon, Brett's wife Brittany, Diana, Brenna and myself

Sealed May 11th 2012 in the Dallas Temple for time and all eternity

Fancy french themed reception at the Four Seasons. Hardly took any photos since we had the photographer there. Cant wait to get some back!

Aw I love this. Thank you Diana for setting a great example for my girls. Living worthily and being sealed in the temple is what its all about!

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Spring Recital

Tuning up! Love our spring recitals at Hopper Piano. Every student performs a classical piece then we pull out the costumes and they each play and dress up to their favorite fun piece!