Monday, May 13, 2013

The Zoo Experience

This past weekend, we went on our first family vacation.  We went to Memphis, Tennessee, and had a blast.  The main attraction that we looked forward to was taking Kendall to the Memphis Zoo.  It was a first for all of us, so we were all excited.  Kendall was so cute!  The funniest thing was when she called all the pelicans, cranes, penguins, and all the other birds "Ducks," and all the other animals were "Dogs."  Here are some pictures from our experience at the zoo.  Memories were definitely made!!!!!!
 
 
 
Kendall getting ready to go into the zoo.  Cool Mama!
 

A White Tiger

A Bengal Tiger

Leopard

Puma

Cheetah
 

Kendall looking at a Hippo

Kendall pointing at the Hippo
Kendall staring at the Hippo
The Hippo

Penguins

Pelicans
Chimps

Panda Bear
Kendall looking at the Gazelles and Ostriches

Kendall pointing at the Gazelles

Kendall and Mommy
Kendall in the aquarium

Kendall looking at the Seal

Kendall pointing at the Seal.  "Where's he going?"

Kendall in a concave window looking for the Seals
Family Pic
Aren't they cute?


Two brown bears playing with each other



Playing chase

Yaks

A giraffe family: Father, Mother, and Daughter

The Giraffes eating
Elephants


Kendall and daddy looking at the elephants


Kendall doing her famous point

Zebra
Kendall the Gorgeous Giraffe


"Hello!"
"Hey Now"



Ain't I the cutest Giraffe ever?

Gotta Love Me!

Flamingos

The King of the Jungle and his Lioness
"Ok, it's time to go!"





"Bye, Zoo!"

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Teacher's Appreciation Week

This past week was Teacher Appreciation Week at Kendall's school.  To show our appreciation to Kendall's three teachers, Ms. Kathy, Ms. Whitney, and Ms. Toya, we got each teacher a daily gift during the whole week.  Of course, I got my ideas for the gifts from Pinterest.  Below is each gift. 

Monday's gift:  Lemon and snickerdoodle cookies with a "Thanks for making me one smart Cookie" tag.  This was my first time making snickerdoodle cookies, and they turned out very moist and good.  I will post the recipe in a later post.

Tuesday's gift was a Mountain Dew soda and a Mounds candy bar with a tag that said, "Mounds of thanks for all you Dew."  You know it's amazing that I could only find Mounds candy bars at Target.  Almond Joys are everywhere!
 

This is a Bath Salt Sundae.  It includes Calgon bath salts with a shower puff.  The straw and tissue paper cherry on top are just decorations.  I got the containers from Sonic.  Glad they donated them to the cause for free.  I can't remember what the tag says, but it's a little poem saying how they can use this sundae to relax.
 

Thursdays gift is a bag of peppermints with a tag that says, "Everything you have done has "mint" a lot to me."

Fridays gift was an orange Fanta soda with a tag that says, " You are a "Fanta"stic teacher!"  The only place I could find these individual Fantas was at the Mexican restaurant down the street. 

Monday, April 22, 2013

Happy Birthday Papa

My father-in-law turned the Big 60 this year.  For this special occasion, us kids and grandkids threw him a surprise birthday party.  We barbecued since that's a family favorite.  The food consisted of bbq chicken wings, boudain, smoke sausage, hot dogs, hamburgers, baked beans, roasted potatoes, corn on the cob, and punch.  For dessert, we had pecan pie bars, lemon cookies, chocolate salted caramel cupcakes, and chocolate cake.  The mantle was decorated with green and blue tissue paper pom poms and a birthday banner that I made with my trusty Cricut.  We had blue and green balloons decorating the floor.  Everything turned out well, and looked real festive.  We had good times and laughs.  We all are thankful for the 60 years that God has blessed Mr. Robert with.  As he likes to say, This is just his halfway mark....lol  Happy Birthday, Mr. Robert, and we wish you all the best in the next 60 years!







Monday, April 8, 2013

Sunday's Best

Gotta Love the 3 Musketeers!!!!!

Mommy and Daughter Serious Face
Mommy and Daughter Happy Face