Water Park!!!

What a day! We had so much fun going to the water park with some friends! They had a great kids area and a wonderful lazy river. I was really careful about applying lots of sunscreen on Anara but apparently didn't do such a great job on myself. Oops! My back is a little sunburned!

This first picture is Anara pointing at the water and telling me it is time to go! I made the mistake of telling her this morning that we were going to a water park and she was so excited! At one point I couldn't find her and finally found her by the garage door. I asked her what she was doing and she pointed to the door and said "Ready to go water park!"

Here is Anara's friend Addy pouring water on her.

This was so sweet! Anara and Addy were walking back towards the water
and they held hands the whole way!

It was almost comical trying to get these two to take a picture together. There were birds nearby so one would look at the camera and the other would be off looking at the birds and they would flip flop back and forth. This was the best picture I was able to get!

Anara had a wonderful time and so did her mommy! (Although I
didn't shout it to the whole world like Anara did!)

Here are all of the kids eating lunch together. Again, it is not easy to try to get kids to stay still and focus on the camera. I have no idea what kind of face Anara is making!

Here is Anara eating lunch.

Fun in the Sun!

Each Thursday this summer we are doing play dates with some of the moms and kids from church. It has been so much fun! One time we went bowling, another we went to the Corn Popper and watched pop corn being made, and this week was story time in the park. There were a ton of people so I am not sure how much Anara actually got out of the reading of the stories but she enjoyed eating Vivian's fruit loops and she REALLY enjoyed the water play area that we did after story time!

This first picture is of Anara trying to feed Vivian a fruit loop.

I told Anara not to feed Vivian so she turned and tried to feed me!

I am pretty sure that Anara is trying to figure out what other food she can find. Sigh....

Anara thought it was hilarious to try and drink the water. Mom didn't agree!

Anara playing with friends.

I am pretty sure that this was Anara pushing Addy away so she could play with the water by herself. Sorry Addy! We are still working on sharing!

All to herself!

Mimi And Papa!!!

My grandfather has been very sick so we have taken every opportunity we can find to go visit him and my grandmother. This time I actually remembered my camera to take some pictures.

Oh and Anara is in love! She is fascinated with Connie's boyfriend Will. The last time we visited my grandparents, Will came with us. When we picked my sister up from the airport this time, she saw Connie and said, "There's my Connie!....Where's Will?" Too funny!

We also asked Anara the other day who Connie's boyfriend was and she said Papa. Not sure if that is sweet because she loves Papa or if it is Anara trying to weasel in to steal Connie's real boyfriend!

Dog Gone Fun!

Wow! We had a very busy day today! Anara and I went to a birthday party for one of her friends this afternoon (hopefully pictures to come soon) and then when Ben got off of work we went to a party that one of his co-workers had. She had the cutest puppies and Anara LOVES dogs! They even let her hold one of the puppies and she kept petting the puppy and saying "hi dog" and "good dog". Too cute!




The funny thing was, there were actually two dogs but Anara was really only interested in one of them. They tried to get her to hold the male and she kept saying no and asking to hold the girl dog.

This is Anara on the way to the party playing with Mommy's glasses.

They had a swimming pool at the party so Ben and Anara went swimming.

Anara thought it was hilarious when Ben would go under the water.

Lazy Summer Days!

Summer is definitely here. It is HOT!!! We decided to turn on the sprinkler and run through it with Anara. In her typical fashion, she was unsure about what was going on and very cautious. Ben ended up carrying her through the water. We thought it was fun, she wasn't so sure!



We are keeping my parent's dog Dixie while they are out of town. Anara LOVES Dixie but after the tail pulling indecent the other day, I am not sure that is reciprocated! We made it up to Dixie though with the sprinkler. She had more fun then Anara and I think Anara had more fun just watching Dixie play in the water!