1st Day of 1st Grade

Skylar's first day of 1st Grade was great. She was excited and seems to love her new teacher, Mrs. Foster. Skylar and Maggie have different teachers this year, but their classes are next to each other so they still get to see each other a lot. I think it is going to be a great year!

Fort Worth Zoo, August 2009

We had a great time at the zoo-it was hot, but it was not nearly as crowed as it was the last time we went with Nana & Pop-Pop. Also, Daddy got to join us on this trip. We saw lots of neat animals and got to ride the train. They also petted an Armadillo named Digger! Lots of fun!

Skylar's 1st Ballet Recital

Skylar took ballet this year for the first time at Sheena's Dance Studio. She enjoyed it, but I think she liked it most because her best buddy Maggie was in the class with her! Her recital was on Saturday, June 6th and it was adorable. The girls had their hair and makeup done at Sweet And Sassy on Friday afternoon, complete with glitter hairspray and then they performed at the dress rehearsal and had pictures made. (Aunt Amanda came later on Friday afternoon to take some professional pics of the girls-thank you Aunt Amanda!!) We chose not to get their hair done on Saturday and instead I found some pretty, foam filled sleep caps that they wore over their "do's". It must have worked, because the hairdo's lasted the night and were performance worthy on Saturday afternoon. Here are some pictures. Enjoy!

School Days 2009

What a great first year of school Skylar had-she had the best time in Kindergarten and I am so glad. She really loves school and did a good job. She worked hard, but it paid off because she is really starting to excel at her reading and writing. Todd did a great job on homework duty! Can't wait for next year!

"Elephant's Have Wrinkles"

The Kindergarten Performance

"Field Day" and all the girls had to have a hairstyle like Miss. Beakley-good thing she brought extra hairbands!!

Maggie and Skylar at the "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" Kindergarten performance.

Miss Beakley-the BEST kindergarten teacher God ever made!!

Todd Turns 40!

Well, Todd turned the Big 40 this year! We didn't do a big party, but we did go down to Marble Falls to celebrate with Todd's Dad, as they share the same birth date! (And this was before the days of scheduled births). Also, we celebrated Brooke's 7th birthday. She was really surprised to see us. It was really fun and Judy got some cute cakes. Also, she called the Damiani's and they came in to surprise Todd. Very, very fun celebration. Happy, Happy birthday!

My Tiny Ballerina

Skylar has started Ballet lessons! She is so excited and didn't even mind when I had to do her hair (that is HUGE). She goes with her best bud, Maggie and so far, she seems to really like it. Here are some new pictures.

It's a Zoo In There!!

For some unknown reason, I thought it would be fun to go to the Fort Worth Zoo on Wednesday of Spring Break. However, 23,000 other people thought the same thing!!! It was SOOOOOO crazy-it was on both news reports (5pm and 10pm) and they said it was the highest attendance EVER!! I should have taken pictures of the crowds and not the animals! So wild. But we had fun-Nana and Pop-Pop came along and we still had fun. Fortunately, Todd agreed to let us get a season pass, so we didn't have to wait in line and we get to go back anytime we want throughout the whole year! Thanks Daddy! The kids still had a super time and I got some cute pictures. Enjoy!

Two Babes in a Bear Hole! (This is a lookout where you can view the bear habitat in the Texas Section).

A fan favorite-the elephants. This was a baby female elephant-she was very cute!

Skylar-5 1/2 years old Trevor-3 1/2 years old



I believe this was an Asian Rhino? Not really sure!


These little antelope were Nana's favorite because of their delicate legs-they really were very cute.