Grown Up Time

An ADULT birthday party! No bouncy houses, no pinata, no trinket bags.... just good friends and good fun with a great cover band!

A night out at a Texas dance hall. It was..... fun but cold. The whole place was heated with one little wood burning furnace.

(Left) Mark and I have a date night..... sans kiddos!

Girls night at karoke.

Grandma and Grandpa Hardy come for a visit

Pedicures with Grandma. Olivia actually sat through a complete pedicure. They massaged her legs and feet and trimmed her cuticles. She did so good! The final product.... an original design by Olivia.

Scrubbing the feet tickles!

Fine dining at Chuck E. Cheese

Grandma's a little nervous that Ava's going to fall off. :-)

Random Fall Photos

Playtime at Jungle Java (local play-nasium) and Chuck E. Cheese

Ava with her buddy, Penny. They were born 17 hours apart.

Ava.... not doing much but she sure looks cute doing it!

We'd been telling Olivia for weeks that the pool had gotten too cold to go swimming. She wanted to test it for herself. Much to our suprise she said it was just fine. After these pictures were taken we let her swim for awhile and when she got out, her lips were a light shade of blue. She did not ask to get in the pool again!

Olivia snuggling with her buddy, CJ.

Ava and I enjoyed some time at a local park with some of our friends.

Ava loves to draw!

Playing at the Hoppin Hippo is one of our favorite things to do when the weather gets cold!

Ava and Olivia helped Daddy make egg-salad.

Who says new carseats are a boring gift? They played for an hour with the boxes and the seats sitting on the living room floor! Poor April was a hostage in this picture. But, at least Olivia gave her a blanket and a flashlight. She's a kind captor. :-)

Our little princesses.

Livie still loves her Care Bears.

This is marker on Olivia's face. She said she was giving herself a beard.

Livie likes to put the couch cusion up like this and pretend it's Pride Rock!

Playing in the play-yard.

Nothing special..... just taking some pictures of my beautiful girls.

Olivia attended a Care Bear party.

In honor of "Johnny Appleseed" we went to the park with some friends. We all wore red and there were games based around apples.