Happy 9th Birthday Yasmine!

Today we celebrated Yasmine's 9th birthday by taking three of her friends to the Salon to get their hair done and then going out for dinner so they could show off their fancy hair!  Tonight we are having a slumber party and the girls are running around doing each other's nails as we speak!   HAPPY BIRTHDAY YASMINE!

Yasmine drew this picture as the design for her cookie cake and those lovely people at the Homeland Bakery re-created it perfectly!

While all the other girls were getting their hair curly, Yasmine wanted to trade her curls for stick straight hair!

1st Day of Pre-K 3

Monday was Keeley's first day of school.  She is in the Pre-K 3 class and she LOVES it!  They have a new room (which is HUGE!) and she really likes her new teachers Ms. Finch and Ms. Jamie!  I was a little worried how she would do on her first day with a different teacher and a new room, but she did great!  She has been going to Trinity Lutheran for a while now, so she knew Ms. Finch and had seen her around the school, so I think that helped!

Here she is with her picture of her family for the Family Board in her classroom!

STRIKE A POSE!

Ms. Jamie and Ms. Finch

HAPPY Birthday Sister!

I have the best Sister in the world.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  I love you soo much and can't wait to see you in a couple of weeks!

BBQ GRILL

If you remember this post, you will know that our previous BBQ grill was picked up and heaved into the lot next to us after the tornado went roaring through. Well, we finally bought a new grill and I put the master chef at work! (Well at least he is the master chef around this household!)  With summer coming to an end, they also had great deals on patio sets, so we purchased a dining set for the backyard which I have been wanting to do for years!   I will post pictures after we get it all set up!

Norman's Best Kept Secret

Today Keeley and I came across this huge playground after our morning trip to Starbucks.  This place was a dream come true to any three year old and I must admit, it was a nice change of scenery from the Burger King playset that we frequently visit.  It was a huge area and we had it ALL TO OURSELVES!  It had fake padded grass to help comfort the falls (which we had two in our short visit) and it was well-shaded which was nice for me!   

See the huge playset in the right of the picture?  There is another one that same size behind where I am standing to take this picture!

My Little Rock Climber!!!

One of our "two falls" was right after this mokey bar picture. Imagine that! Thank goodness for that padded grass!

Happy Birthday Frankie Parks!

Happy Birthday to my Hubby! How did I get soo lucky to have a husband that brings ME flowers at work on HIS own birthday?  That is just the kind of person my wonderful hubby is! We love you more than words! Happy Birthday Frankie and we hope you had a wonderful day!

I'm back!

I dropped off the face of the earth, but I'm back.  Since I haven't blogged for a month, I have lots of catching up to do!

***Mikayla's t-ball team ended their season at the end of June and they won the championship!  It definitely kept us busy in June as Mikayla had games and practice at least two to three times a week.  If you don't think t-ball is competitive...think again.  I am not sure if the competitiveness was between the parents or the kids...but it was definitely fun to watch the girls play! 

***My dad is running for County Commissioner of Sumner County, so the girls were very excited that they got to ride in the county parade with him.  It was soo cute seeing them wave at all the people along the sidewalks.  VOTE STAN BURDETT...if you live in Sumner County:)  (Which I am sure only about 1% of you reading this actually live in Sumner County..ha!)

***We decided to have a "staycation" last weekend and booked a hotel room in downtown Oklahoma City on Saturday night.  I have to say that it was one of the best weekends we have had in a long time!  No TV's, no computers...just good ol' fashion family time!  After swimming in the hotel, we ate dinner at Toby Keith's Bar and Grill which might just have the best mashed potatoes in this world.  After that, we walked around and took in the sights and sounds of bricktown.

***This week I had to take a quick business trip to Sacramento and Fresno.  I flew into Sacramento on Monday night, had meetings Tuesday, drove to Fresno Tuesday night and had meetings all day Wednesday in Fresno before flying back home that night.  It was a whirlwind trip, but we got a lot accomplished.  The highlight of the trip was sitting one table away from Arnold Schwarzenegger during one of my lunch meetings.  It was a little odd having three secret servicemen stare at you while you eat, but I didn't care...it was the GOVERNATOR! 

Below are pictures from the last month!

THE T-BALL SEASON

THE PARADE

OUR "STAY-CATION" IN OKC

THE GOVERNATOR

(this was a "let me pull out my blackberry and check email while I snap a picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger" moment, hence, the quality of the picture:)