Daddy's 30th Birthday!

 This past Thursday Brandon turned 30! The night before he went out with friends from work to celebrate so the girls and I decorated the house for him. Ryleigh had fun coloring the banner. 

My parents came over that night to bring him is gift; 30 of his favorite things! My mom got the idea of Pinterest and I think she did a good job putting it all together. 

30 Things for Brandon's 30th Birthday:

1. Cooler (we needed one and she needed something to put everything in)

2. Coors Lite

3. Carona Extra

4. Texas Rangers

5. Dallas Cowboys

6. Duck Dynasty

7. Sour Skittles

8. Salt & Vinegar Chips

9. Makers Mark

10. Cattleman's BBQ

11. Beef Jerky

12. Skoal 

13. a tie for work

14. Monsters

15. Dr Pepper

16. Avocado (he likes guacamole)  

17. Sun Flower Seeds

18. Pay Day candy bar

19. A framed picture of the girls

20. A round of Golf

21. Dinner at Out Back for his birthday

(the following are gift cards)

22. What A Burger

23. McDonalds

24. Eatzi's

25. Chic Fi La

26. iTunes

27. On the Border

28. Chili's

29. Cheesecake Factory

30. Buffalo Wild Wings

Growth Chart

I saw this on Pinterest and thought it was neat so Brandon made it for the girls! We're able to move it if needed and the girls can write their names on it as they grow so we can see how their hand writing chances.  

The girls were so excited to see how tall they were. Ryleigh goes up to it everyday saying, "I think I've grown. Measure me again!"

Ryleigh wanted to write Reese's name since she can't write just yet. 

Run Mommy Run!

Since I'm training for a half marathon in March I purchased a jogging stroller last month. I jog to the girls school/daycare pick them up and jog home with them. They LOVE it! When I show up without the stroller Ryleigh gets sad. 

I pack snacks and water for them to eat on the ride home and Ryleigh plays songs from "Frozen" off my phone. It ends up being 3.22 miles all together so it's a pretty good workout. 

Saturday Ryleigh went shopping with Gramz so Reese got to run with me by herself for the first time. They are my little supports and cheer me on! 

Same Outfit & Same Age

Both girls are the same age when wearing this same outfit. I love how I was able to catch them posing the same way.  Ryleigh is my little skinny mini now but in this photo she seems to bigger than Reese is at this time and we've been calling Reese our chunky monkey. 

"Go Grease Lighting!"

Saturday Night we watched "Grease" and got a live performance of "Grease Lighting!" from Ryleigh. This girl LOVES the theater and watching musicals. I have a feeling we'll be watching her act on stage in the near future!

Sweet Sisters

I love how these two love either! Saturday was such a beautiful day so we took advantage of the sun in the backyard. 

They love to play "snow cones" here. 

That night Ryleigh helped me wash Reese's hair!

February Photo Dump

Reese climb up in the doll house all on her own!

Then laid down on Ryleigh's doll bed and said "nite nite"

Celebrating Paw Paw's birthday at Fire Side Pies

For Valentine's Day I surprised Brandon with a guitar, massage and dinner. 

Reese got sick one night at dinner so I stayed home with her the next day. After her nap she woke up feeling better. Here she is coloring and refusing to wear a shirt!

The girls having a yummy snack!

For the 100th day of school Ryleigh dressed up like an old lady. Thanks to Gramz's theatre props I think she looked great!

Paw Paw and Sha Sha had a girls sleepover with all the granddaughters. Reese had a great time!

Kaileigh and Ryleigh bumped heads and Reeese thought she needed and ice pack too!

 Celebrating Grammy's 79th birthday!

The girls have created their own version of the luge!

Ryleigh loves painting and drawing. This month's Surprise Ride box had an owl bank for her to paint!

Reese wanted her picture taken too!

Here's the girls Valentine's they gave their friends at school.

Grandparents sent Valentine's Cards and some had money in it!

Happy Valentine's Day! The girls woke up to new outfits and big Reese's peanut butter heart from mommy and daddy.

Brandon brought by 24 warm yummy chocolate chip cookies!

Every Saturday I train with Luke's Locker for my half marathon in March. This Saturday we ran 10 miles! This is the longest I've ever ran.

That night the girls spent the night with Gramz and Papa so we could go out for Valentine's Day.

Ryleigh playing dress up and singing "Hula Hula"

Having a picnic by the fire.

Gramz got sick last week so we sent her a silly picture to make her feel better. 

I caught Ryleigh climbing in the doll house the other day!

January Photo Dump

 Reese Loves Snowball! When she sees him she starts yelling "kitty kitty"

Ryleigh made this bracelet for Reese without the Loom!

Love these pigtails!!

CHEESE!!

Grandma took this beautiful shot of Ryleigh one day when they spent the night with her. 

Pouty face. 

Playing at Gramz and Papa's

This was a present from one of my students I've taught the past 4 years. I can't believe she's already graduating! She wrote a sweet note along with a Bible verse on the back.  It says "Mrs Gillespy"

A super long necklace made by putting 2 looms together

I changed Ryleigh's room around one day so she has more room to dance around. 

Another cool Loom bracelet made by Daddy. 

We finally got our new dish washer! It's nice to have one plus one that actually cleans the dishes!

Rock n Roll!

Pretty girls matching!

Nothing like a Saturday afternoon watching a movie in the laundry basket.