Happy Birthday Ava

Happy Birthday to our AVA GIRL!!!! Five years ago (well four years and 10 m0nths ago) you looked like this!!We love you!!

Thanksgiving,Esme 6 months, and BF Babata!

We had a great Thanksgiving in Austin- Kerbey, Isabella, and Mariah made a great weekend for us. We also got to see my brother and his girlfriend Glencora and I got some girl time with my friends!

A lot of these pictures are of Esme taken over the Thanksgiving weekend- she is 6 months on Friday!! we can't believe it! She is such a joy. She sqeals now and scooches- and smiles at everything and everyone. We love this stage and love watching her grow.

Bath time at Grandpa Kerbey's

Uncle Jason, Glencora, and the girls- they had a great time at Uncle J's house and are still playing with their stuffed puppies!

Grandpa Kerbey has the special touch...

Nana Bella and Esme made each other smile a TON!

I can't tell you how great it was to have my BF Babata in town the last few days! We did some much needed catching up and our girls played together so great. Her girls are adorable and we had so much fun with them! We are sad today as they are headed back to Utah. We love you guys!

Maya is a cutie pie who can hold a conversation with you like no other. Sweet little Aliyah (who I managed not to get any pics of) had her one year old birthday party our house and the bigger girls loved having a reason to dress up!

Happy Birthday Dan and Kris!!!

31 years ago today James Daniel Stewart was born. He is a wonderful husband and father and the girls and I adore him. He is my Prince and their joy and we couldn't love him more.
Here he is with his twin- who of course has the same birthday! We love him too!Here are a few recent pics of Dan- These are from the our Church Halloween carnival. He was one of three guys to spend time in the dunking booth- have to say the girls and I got a kick out of it although we tried to nail him but were unsuccessful- others were lucky...


We Love you!!!

Happy Halloween from Little House on the Prairie

Mary and Laura Ingalls-

Ava and Sophia were watching the classic episodes with me last spring and both agreed they would like to dress up like Mary and Laura. Ava said "They have three girls in their family and so do we!" SO

Here is Carrie IngallsI looooove Little House on the Prairie so I was very excited that my girls were into that this year. Everyone knew who they were when we trick or treated which was fun for them.

Ava's Sunshine Performance (& Solo part!)

Ava started her third semester of Sunshine Generation a few months ago. It is a local singing and dancing group. She practices every Monday and has performances all over Dallas. She loves it and it has been quite the confidence builder for her. Here she is singing the closing song on the mike with a solo at Saturday's performance. Watch for a minute and she is the third solo after the second chorus "Everything seems big when your sooo small, but one day soon it's gonna change when you start to get tall"- quite appropriate for our little Ava. She takes a cute bow at the end. Dan and I and Sophia were looking on quite proudly as she nailed her part.

TaTa

Grandpa Kerbey, Uncle Kris, and Aunt Mariah (better known by the girls as "TaTa") were in town last weekend. We enjoyed having them around and as you can see from the pics the girls looooove their Aunt- even little Esme was excited to be with her!

Pumpkin Patch

We had a great time at the pumpkin patch Tuesday morning with our friends Amanda and Edith! We are getting really excited for the holidays over here!

A little on each of us

DAN- so Kris came in town the other day from Kentucky and the two twinkies were wearing the same shirt! Dan's mom and me and the girls thought it was really cute- I don't know if they did but I snapped a pic anyway. Sophia was a little confused at first and several times said "Daddy, you look like Uncle Kris." Here they are watching a bit of the Rugby World Cup- these two really should live in the same city! CASSIE- This shows how happy I have been- all of us have been- having Ghislaine in town. She flew back home Monday :( AVA- Reading,Reading,Reading! Seriously, for hours everyday! when she isn't reading she is singing- and sometimes she is reading her lyrics! I think Esme might follow in her footsteps. SOPHIA-Everyday she dresses up like a princess- and everyday she says "I can do it by myself" Here she is trying to convince me to let her make her peanut butter toast all by herself...how could I say no :) ESME- FOUR months OLD, petite, in the Middle, baby TALK, playing with TOYS, and OH that Hair...

Visit with Nani and Grandpa from France!

Nani and Grandpa Tagg are in town and we have been having soooo much fun! We are glad they traveled all this way to come see us.

These are a few pics from one of our favorite places in Dallas called the Arboretum. It is so beautiful there this time of year!

Ava and Sophia love playing in the playhouses- even Grandpa had fun playing in them :)

Sophia enjoyed Nani and Grandpa helping her walk across the tree trunk while Ava had soccer practice.
Thanks Aunt Emily! Esme is so cute in this little set you sewed for her!

Thank you Sariah and Aunt Crystal for my Quilt- I LOVE it!!

Grandma and Grandpa's Farm House

We're back! And for those of you who don't know where we are back from we just spent the last two weeks in a small town in Nebraska at my parents farm house- I say that like it is their vacation home but it's where they and my brothers and sisters live and I like to consider it my vacation home for now. It is a 100 year old house out in the country and definitely a change of scenery and pace from the hustle and bustle of big time Dallas. My kids played with frogs, rode horses and four wheelers, took walks on dirt roads, went swimming, and climbed apple trees. My activities included running every morning down dirt country roads and basically relaxing and watching my fam entertain and spoil my kids. My two youngest sisters are ages 4 and 6 so it was like a playdate everyday for Ava and Sophia. Here are lots of photos from our trip. The only thing missing was Dan who we were SO excited to get back to!!
Feeding and Petting Callie

Riding Callie

Grandma rocking Esme on the porch

Grandpa swinging Ava and Aunt Kya

Taking a little ride in Grandpa's old Chevy

Esme with Aunt Anna

Esme taking a bath in Grandma's sink!

Spending time with Great Grandma who came from Illinois to see us!

Four Wheeler Fun!

See ya next time...