Eli's Birthday

Saturday night, we celebrated Eli's 22nd birthday at Guantanamera.

We had 3 of her friends and Nana & Gov join us for dinner.

Guantanamera serves Colombian food and had a great spot on the other side of the restaurant for us.

(Gabby, Meg, Eli, and Verena)

Harper helped her open her presents

Harper picked out the bracelet for Eli all by herself.

new Carseat covers for her new car!

Nana & the Gov with Gatlin and Houston

One big happy family!

The kids LOVE Eli!

Cake from our favorite bakery, Homestyle Bakery

Monday (her real birthday), we celebrated with a few more small goodies.
Harper colored some frames for Eli's room. We put pictures from her birthday celebration in them. 

Jet Chocolates from Colombia

 Yummy cupcakes from Verena 

Fun weekend with friends

This past weekend, we had a lot of fun with our friends.

Friday, Harper's school was closed for inservice, so she spent the day with Audrey & Mary Whitley.

She clearly loves the Elsa doll from Frozen...it was also the first costume she put on when she arrived.

Thank you Kim for watching Harper!!

The next day, Jordan and her kids came in town and stayed with us.

We had a full house and loved it!

Houston on the other hand, did not like when I sneezed. 

My sneeze scared him. :)

Jordan, Gatlin, Bennett, Evey and Harper

Houston

Kim with Houston, Cate, and Mary Whitley

Cate loved the boys. She couldn't get enough of them. 

Since Evey and Bennett stayed in Harper's room, she stayed on a cot in our room.

She did great!

Evey (5) and Cate (2) holding our 5 month olds!

Evey and Cate dancing to entertain the boys.

We loved all the fun we had this weekend!

Harper's First Day of School - 2014

Today was Harper's "First Day of School" in her new Early Preschool Classroom. Since she is in daycare full time, it's not like she was really off for summer.  She did transition into a new and bigger classroom.  Her report was great and she had a wonderful day! 

(2013 First Day and 2014 First Day) 

Harper's First Dance Class

We were so excited for Harper to star t dance this year.
She loves dancing around the house...so we figured now would be a good time to start class.
She has class every Saturday morning with our new friend Ellie (I work with Ellie's mom).
Her class has a specific uniform of black leotard and pink tights...they can we are a skirt of any color.

Here is our little Ballerina just before we left.

The boys even got in on the action.

When we walked Harper into the class, she got a little overwhelmed and cried.
She does this a lot when we go to school...but the second I am out the door, she is fine.

We were able to watch her on the TVs in the lobby.

It's hard tel tell...but she had a blast.
It was so cute watching her!

She and Ellie came out showing us all their new moves.

This is one ballerina who can't wait to go back!