Dora the Explorer

This is Anara's routine for the Dora the Explorer intro.

Anara's Three Year Pictures

Each year close to Anara's birthday we have taken her to a park here in Tulsa and taken pictures. This year I made her a petty skirt and a matching shirt for the pictures. She looked so cute and Ben has become a fabulous photographer. Of course it is easy when your subject is just so darn cute! :)

Crazy Cousins!

Ben had a week off so we decided to do something we have been wanting to do for a long time and go visit Ben's Uncle RM and Aunt Julie and cousin Elizabeth in Arkansas. Elizabeth has three kids and wow, Anara LOVED playing with her cousins. She had a great time and Ben and I really loved catching up with everyone!

This is Anara and Annie riding around in Annie's jeep!

Annie coming down the slide

Anara coming down the slide

Rhett on the swing

Me with baby Cole!

Anara LOVED the trampoline!

Rhett is just too cute!

Field Trip to the Zoo!!!

Anara's school took a field trip to the zoo. We had a lot of fun!

A picture towards the end of the day when she was

getting tired but still so cute!

I just loved this pose that she is doing while looking at the penguins!

Here is Anara trying to climb the big rock

Anara's friends all made it to the top! (With lots of help!)

Petting the goats with Libby

Brushing the goat with Addy

Monkeying around!

The three amigos!

The princesses getting the princess treatment.

It's a Relaxing Kind of Day!

Ben and I are finally getting to enjoy my parents lake house for a few days. My parents are keeping the little one so it is just Ben and I (well, plus the dogs and Lynnea making her presence known in my huge belly!).

Of course since we don't have Anara to wake us up early and we are planning on sleeping in, we end up waking up early anyway. Boo! Oh well, we were able to sit on the back porch and watch the sun rise over the lake. It is a little chilly so Ben and I are snuggled up in warm robes but the poor dogs wanted to be with us but they were too cold. Ben scooped up Minnie, put her in his robe and she was as happy as could be. She loved it and I thought it was a picture worthy moment!

Playing Putt Putt!

We decided to take Anara today for her first putt putt experience. It was great!!!! She loved it! One thing is for sure, we certainly don't have a future pro golfer on our hands but that didn't stop any of our enjoyment.

First off, she HAD to have a pink ball. No other color
was acceptable and was a little upset that her
putter couldn't be pink too.

She did feel that she understood the game enough to give mom
and dad tips! Each time she had to point out the hole to us to make
sure we didn't miss it and help us retrieve the ball after each turn.

She was a little bunny and kept hopping around
everywhere. Ben managed to get a picture of her
levitating in the air!

Here are some pictures of her being cute! I love this first
one when she looked through the hole and saw her daddy!

And like I said, not the next Tiger Woods. (Which is
probably a very good thing!) Here are a few pictures
of her "attempts" to putt the ball.

I thought this next grouping of pictures was funny. She was
doing a queen of the mountain and was so happy and then took
a step forward on to the incline and all of a sudden was
unsure of herself and unsteady on her feet.

1st Day of School!

Today was Anara's first day of pre-school at Broken Arrow Kids Kare. She has a new teacher and was very excited! Of course I had to dress her up and take pictures! Before looking at the pictures, a reminder of what she looked like this time last year. It is amazing how grown up she has become in the last year!

Now here she is this year!





LOVE HER!!!!!