Finished Project

For months now I have been meaning to make a bow hanger for Kendall and I finally did it this week! I got the "K" on sale at Hobby Lobby weeks ago, but Saturday I went back and got paint and some ribbon and finished the project! Randy and I hung it in her room last night and I'm really pleased with it! It's hard to tell in the pictures, but the base of the K is a dark chocolate brown.

Happy Grandparent's Day!

Today is Grandparent's Day! And we think Kendall has the best grandparents ever!

Her Granny and Papas,

Gigi and Peeps

and Pops

and Kiki

love her so much and take such good care of her. It has been so fun for Randy and me to watch our parents become grandparents.

Guys, Kendall is so blessed to have each of you. Thank you for loving her so well and being such a big part of her life. Each of you have such a unique relationship with her and we are so thankful for all you are to her (and to us!). The biggest thing we are thankful for is the legacy of faith that is passed down to her from you.

Psalm 103:17 says "But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord's love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children's children."

We love you!!!

Love, Randy, Ashley, and Kendall

Just Monkeyin' Around!

The other night Randy and I were in the living room watching t.v. after putting Kendall to bed. It had been about 30 minutes, and we thought she was already asleep, but then all of a sudden we heard "ha ha! ha ha!" We just had to know what she was laughing at, so we went in her room and found this:

I guess she thought George needed a sass, too! She had set two of them right on top of his belly. We don't know if that's what she thought was so funny, but we thought it was pretty hysterical, so Randy went and got the camera.

Our little comedian. Even when she's supposed to be sleeping. We just love this girl!

First Day of School!

Today was Kendall's first day of school (and mine, too)! We have had training the past two weeks, but today was the first day for the kids. We will be going every Tuesday and Thursday morning now from 8:30-1:00. Kendall wore a new outfit and we tried to get pictures before we left this morning, but that didn't work out so well.

There were two, though, where she wasn't crying...or didn't look like she was crying. She's holding an orange in this one. She is WAY into oranges these days - like, she may eat 3-5 of those little ones a day. This picture looks like she's going to take an orange to her teacher in place of an apple. :)

Once we got on the road and got to school, she was a happy camper. I got to slip in and out of her class throughout the morning because my job is to lead chapel and to kind of float around to all the classes. There are 8 kids in her class, but only 5 were there today. Here they are eating lunch.

This is her friend Jillian. Remember, Kendall took a bath with her and Sarah recently. Now they are in the same class!

I love these little tables that you put them in to eat. She looked so cute!

She had milk, yogurt, oranges, a nutri-grain bar, and fruit snacks. That's a pretty good lunch for her!

My favorite part of the tables: the way her little legs dangle down. So precious!!

Ready to go home! All the kids loaded up in the buggy for dismissal. That's Kendall's teacher, my friend Lindsey. I cut off her head. :(

She had her "sass" in most of the day. She's done really well the past two weeks only using it at nap and bedtime. We'll work up to that at school!

Before we left, Kendall played with the bigger toys for just a minute. I have been so impressed with Willow Drive and all the great things they have for kids.

In the middle of the preschool area is a huge ark the kids can play on and in and around. So much fun!

She gets on and off of these horses all by herself. So big!

We had a great first day and are looking forward to resting tomorrow and then going back on Thursday! Kendall loves school!

Chick Fil A Day!

Today if you went to Chick Fil A with any kind of team shirt on, they gave you a free Chicken Sandwhich! So for lunch we all put on our A&M attire and ventured to Chick Fil A. Even Kendall wore her Aggie gear!

Holly had this shirt made for her for football season and it is so cute! She just looked way too big in her t-shirt and new tennis shoes.

I don't know what she was saying here, but she looks really sassy!

I love the beads and the flower bow! So stylin!


Gig 'em Aggies! Gig 'em Chick Fil A! Whoop!

Little Senorita Bonita

Happy Labor Day weekend! We have had a wonderful, restful few days. Yesterday was the first Aggie game of the season! Gigi and Peeps were on a cruise this past week and they got into Galveston Saturday morning, so they came over to Lake Jackson to watch Kendall while we went to the game. The Aggies won! Whoop! We had a great time in College Station, and they had a great time here while we were gone. Gigi and Peeps brought Kendall this cute little Mexican dress and some fun beads to play with. She looked so cute going to church this morning!

They also went and got her two new pairs of shoes: some tennis shoes and some brown dress shoes. Both are so cute and she loves them - this girl loves shoes! Here are the tennis shoes. When I look at them, I think Kendall is just not big enough to have tennis shoes that look like this! They look like they're for big kids!!

While I was taking pictures, Peeps stood up behind me and stretched. Kendall thought that was pretty funny and decided to stretch her back, too.

We got my old rocking chair down from the attic this weekend for Kendall to sit in. She now has three chairs in the living room...one of them is going to have to move somewhere else. She just loves chairs! Chairs and shoes. She has her pottery barn chair, her A&M bag chair, and her rocking chair in the living room and she has her Elmo chair in her room.

Thanks for coming and spending the weekend with us, Gigi and Peeps! And thanks for Kendall's new shoes and cute new dress. She is ready for school now!

Gro-ga!

We have been so busy lately getting ready for school to start! For the past two weeks we have worked up at Wee Place from 9-12 on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings and then come home in the afternoon so Kendall can nap. School starts next Tuesday, the 8th, and then we will just be going on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Because we usually get out in the mornings and run errands, etc, I have fallen so behind in a lot of things, including blogging. But, I just had to take these pictures as we were racing out the door yesterday morning for school. Kendall has been more interested in her sunglasses lately ('gasses!") and just had to bring them with her yesterday. She even let me put them on her and left them on for awhile!

Last night Randy was working late on his message for this weekend, so Kendall and I went and picked him up for a break and took him out for Mexican food. On our way to the restaurant, Kendall started saying "Gro-ga! Gro-ga!" over and over again really loud. We could not for the life of us figure out what she was saying, until we realized that we had just passed Kroger! Can you even believe that she just saw it out the window and started saying it?! I said, "Kendall, did you see Kroger? Is that what you're saying?" and she said, "Yes. Uh huh. Gro-ga." Like, come on Mom, get with it! That is where we do our grocery shopping (and couponing!), so I'm sure I have said it to her a million times, but I had never heard her say it back to me. Randy and I were shocked and thought that was so funny. We have such a smart little girl!