Klyde Warren Park

Friday last week the girls and I met a friend from work and headed to Dallas! Erin and I needed to pick up our race packets for the "Run or Dye" 5K on Saturday then headed to Klyde Warren Park for some fun with the girls.

Ryleigh had a blast playing the the water feature before getting lunch from one of the many food trucks parked near by. This was my first time to visit the park. It was a lot of fun despite the heat!

Waiting in line at LA Fitness for our race packets. 

Booty shot!

Skipping through the water!

I forgot to put sunscreen on myself got a little burned! Glad I put sunscreen on the girls!

VBS

This was the first year Ryleigh was old enough to participate in VBS at our church. They call it "Backyard Bible Study" and have people host it at their homes. Ryleigh has really enjoyed getting involved at church so I decided to volunteer our home as one of the host homes. Ryleigh loved it and still talks about how she wishes " that everyday could be backyard Bible study."

We invited her friends from school and had a sign out in the yard letting the neighbors know about it. One of her friends from school came and four boys from the neighborhood. It was a great group of kids! The church has the youth volunteer to help out and they "run" it. 

Day 1 and 2 it rained in the morning but we were able to let the kids outside for games. Everyday consisted of water games. On the last day they made a slip-n-slide. The kids had a blast!

Day 1

Day 2

Day 4

Allie's Army

Allie was diagnosed with lupus in January of 2011. Since then she has been diagnosed with multiple autoimmune conditions. Which includes a major bleeding disorder and heart and lung problems. On March 27 she received a medicine, called IVIG, which caused aseptic meningitis that traveled to the brain and caused encephalitis. These complications destroyed multiple everyday functions which include: walking, writing, fine motor skills, vision problems, depth perception, balance, hearing, speech therapy, memory problems, nerve damage, reading and everyday functions. She has been in the hospital since March and was recently transferred to a children's hospital/rehabilitation center in Houston,TX working to regain function to return home.

UPDATE: Monday, June 9 Allie returned home and is currently attending outpatient physical therapy.

I had the pleasure of teaching Allie my first year at Centennial. That was the year she started having medical complications and started home bound services to finish up her school work. I would go over from time to time to help her finish her work for ASL 1. 

She is a very strong Christian and always puts Him first. We all are praying for her and her family. My ASL Club put on an ASL Show in honor of her and raised over $1700 in donations and shirt sales. 

 These are the beautiful flowers Allie and her mom sent me.

"BUT we know that our God is bigger and He is bigger than any problem we may face and He has a plan to prosper us and not to harm us and to give us a hope and a future and with God fighting for us who could be against us? Thank you all for your love and support!" Allie Brown

Pool Time!

The girls and I went to the pool for the first time on May 24. Ryleigh was so excited and couldn't wait to start swimming. Reese was happy till we got to the pool.

As we were putting our stuff down on a chair Reese started her I'm scared cry and clung to me. I guess I couldn't blame her that day wasn't sunny but the water was warm. 

We sat on the side of the kiddy pool while Ryleigh played. I tried to put her in her float but she didn't want anything to do with it. 

Ryleigh had a great time like she always has!

She even walked all the way across the big pool! She was too afraid to do this last year even though she could stand up. I'm so proud of her! Maybe next time she'll show off her swimming skills!

I'm hoping this first trip to the pool isn't a glimpse of what the summer hold for us at the pool!

Memorial Day Weekend

Brandon had to work on Memorial Day so we spent the day at Gramz and Papa's. The girls had a fun time playing outside.

Ryleigh put on a show for us on the front porch with her hula hoop and batons 

The pool wasn't ready to swim in yet so Ryleigh ran through the sprinkler.

And before we left they had fun swinging together!

May Photo Dump

Reese is a great eater! Even if she's eaten all her meal she'll want more if you are still eating. This night she was enjoying ravioli for dinner.

This was Ryleigh one day after school playing with her kids. She was being so cute rocking Matthew.

Our washer and dryer finally gave out the other weekend so we finally got new ones on Mother's Day! I love them! I can wash twice as much in one load than I could before.

My "Chunk A Munk" eating dinner and being silly.

Enjoying the beautiful weather after school one day.

 Looking forward to spending everyday this summer with these cool girls!

First time for the girls to ride in the car/cart at Kroger together. Reese had a blast!

More fun at Gramz's school watching her Advance Class' last performance for the year. Reese made it through the entire play for the first time!

Ryleigh helped Gabby welcome the audience to the show. She loves to be on stage.

This is Ryleigh and her friend Kailyn from school at Kayla's birthday party. It's hard to see and it's a little blurry but it was the only one I got.

That night the girls spent the night at Paw Paw and Sha Sha's while we went to the Rangers Game.

Paw Paw brushing Reese's teeth

Thanks to Poppy and Laylee we were able to go to the Rangers Game on May 18. It was a great game! We won 7-2!!

Playing with our new bubble machine out in the front yard after school one day.

I ordered my 5K sticker this month off Etsy. I can't wait order my 10K sticker! 

Reese is so silly when she eats!