Gymnastics

EK loves her gymnastics class! This was our last one for a bit so we can enjoy our Wednesday mornings while it's nice outside! Thought I would document her time!
The trampoline is her favorite part and unfortunately that is first and I'm usually late so that stinks!


The group sits and does popcorn! She loves this!


Back roll!


Front roll


Molly always wants to be a part!


Stations!


The rope swing


Sweet girl!


The bar


Stamps and stickers at the end!



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We had such a fun afternoon swimming at the YMCA.


Looking cute in her bather.


So proud that she can jump off the side!








Happy daylight savings!


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Location:Family swim time!

The same outfit

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daddy daughter date night

For valentine's Blake had a card for Emery Kate inviting her on a date. She said yes :)

She has been really excited about it. Mary Beth said that while Blake was working outside before they left EK was singing "we're going on a date."

She got all dolled up and even Blake put on a sport coat for her. They were a pretty handsome little couple.

They went to chick fila and the pet store. She came home and told me she had "such a fun date!"

Blake said that when they were eating she raised her fist in the air and said "this is the greatest date ever!"

She is blessed to have a dad that loves her so much and I am so thankful for that too :)

it reminds me of dates with my dad. Such special memories!

kate ward photography!

here are the pictures we got from our session with Kate Ward this fall!

i LOVE how they turned out!
love this smile

how grown up is EK here?

i used this for our christmas card this year!

we are also featured on her blog www.katewardphotography.com (just click on kate's blog and scroll down a few)

EK

my sweet Emery Kate

i wanted to write a post specifically about you b/c I feel like lately it has been a lot about Molly and everything else going on and not much focused on you and your fun personality right now!

you are SO much fun right now. I mean you make your daddy and I laugh & smile all the time!

These pictures are from last Sunday when daddy was playing guitar. You brought your guitar and his guitar stool and put it by your chair so your feet wouldn't be dangling. You even had me put the words to the song in the chair so you could see it...I mean the cutest thing!

you and your dad have a special bond. He puts you to bed every night and you tell him what you are thankful for and you ask him what he is thankful for. Sometimes he even plays music for you on the guitar until you fall asleep. You have him wrapped around your finger.

The other night I wasn't feeling well and had a headache. We were giving you and Molly a bath and I told you I didn't feel well. You immediately said, "you want Daddy to pray for you?"

I love that that was your first instinct.

The other day we were walking into the Loft and you were singing "Jesus loves me" really loud. My first thought was to tell you to be quiet since we were in a store but then I stopped and was like, no, I want others to hear this precious girl singing of Jesus' love for her. from the mouth of babes...

We love how you get excited about the little things and the big things and if we recall a fun memory you immediately say "I want to do that again." Just the way you say it melts us!

The other day too you were trying to keep Molly up in the car for me and kept saying "wake up Babe"...hilarious.

I love how if I try something on in the store you will say "that's so cute, mom!"...makes me feel like i need to buy it :)

Please always call white "wipe", fuddruckers "mudcrackers" and bandaids "band-Ann's"

but maybe learn to count instead of always saying "1,2,4,9" :)

i love you so much Emery Kate!

a great vacation!!!

blake and I got to travel to playa del carmen with Nuance last week!

Blake is in sales now so since he met his yearly quota he won a trip to the "Chairman's Club" and this year it was at the Fairmont Riviera Maya!

It was an AMAZING trip! The place was so nice and the best part was that Nuance paid for everything! Meals, drinks by the pool, transportation, tips, fees, everything! The only thing we had to pay for was our luggage fee! It was unreal. It wasn't even an all inclusive resort!

The resort had tons of casitas that were like condos and they were spread out over the property all the way to the ocean. To get to the main building and the pool you could use bikes they had around everywhere or golf carts.

here was our casita!

the view from our balcony!


a neat iguana that was posing for us

another amazing thing about blake's company...they paid for us to take two excursions each! We went one day to Xplor. It is a really cool place that has zip lining, ATV riding, rafting in caves, etc. We had a blast! You walked through these caves with stalagmites to get everywhere.

we look pretty cool

you even zip line into the caves at some of the stations

our second excursion was massages at the Spa at the resort! It was soooo nice!

The rest of the trip we read and lounged by the pool! So amazing!

I read "Unbroken" by Laura Hillebrand (who wrote Seabiscuit). One of the most amazing (true) stories! March recommended it and it was awesome! Highly recommended to everyone to read!

Blake enjoyed reading Steve Job's autobiography...apparently one very interesting man!

They even had gifts for Blake every night in the room! I mean it was ridiculous! They even brought in Maroon 5 for a private concert for Nuance the last night but unfortunately we left a day early! I told Blake to get home and get craking on meeting his quota! Next year the trip is Hawaii!!!!

also a special thanks to our parents for watching our sweet girls! We love you and are so thankful!