Swimming Lessons

This past week, Katie had swimming lesssons! She did very well! She finally will go under with no issues and she can actually go somewhere under there as well!! WOOHOO!!

There is her certificate...way to go Katie Mae!!

A Day With Aunt Sunny

We got to spend at great day at the zoo and then swimming with my sister, Sunny, this past Saturday. The carousel was the first thing that caught Rylie's eye!

The girls got a kick out of the huge tortoises. Rylie just kept staring!

The albino crocodile AKA the ghosts of the bayou!

Looks real, huh??

The zoo now has a whole children's area for playing, crafts, and hands on experiences. It was very cool. Here the girls are learning what it feel like to live in a tree.

Making their own tree with fingerpaint and markers!

Feeding the fish...a couple fought for food a little too close and splashed them all! They didn't get quite so close after that!

She can be sweet!!!

Crawling through the tunnel to explore the animal life!

Feeding the birds!! The girls chose worms to feed rather than bird seed. Katie dropped her worms before we got in and Rylie had no problems picking them up one by one for her and putting them back in her container! Katie would have left them...haha!

Aunt Sunny and RyRy feeding together!

Then, the girls got to learn about hardness of rocks from this zoo worker and got to keep a rock!

They drove this jeep right out of the lion habitat!!

Feeding the giraffes!! What a fun treat! This is the first time I've ever seen this set up for the giraffes to get so close!

Chimpanzees...and one was carrying her baby on her tummy...it was the sweetest thing!

We waited all day for this, but we finally made it to the monorail! This little train ride takes you around to see animals that you wouldn't otherwise see from above. The girls really enjoyed it!

Great day at the zoo!

Now we're off to swim at Aunt Sunny's...

Thanks for spending the day with us, Aunt Sunny! We had a great time!

Ranger Game

The Ranger Game last night was a lot of fun!! Katie remembers going to one before, but Rylie was too small. So this is the first one that she'll remember and we had such a good time...
Of course, any event that we attend...food is a big part of it!! The "racing dots" were Rylie's favorite. She couldn't understand why they left!

The girls and their hot dogs (or as Rylie says it - Weenie Dog) were too funny!

Our Fam!

We even got to see a homerun by Michael Young! The girls were so excited...

What a great time...Go Rangers!!

Gymnastics and All*Star Cheer

This past Tuesday, Rylie started gymnastics!!! She was so excited, she could barely sit through Katie's cheer practice. Well, she never really "sits" through it, she is constantly running around and trying to do things she is not supposed to! But, today was particularly exciting for her because she knew that as soon as Katie's class was over, she was getting to go to her own class...I know, she's adorable!!

Stretching...I was thinking "oh no" at this point. She wasn't doing anything that the teacher was telling her, but I wanted to give her a little time to warm up before I threatened her...haha!!
Then she did warm up real quick! She tried to do things with out permission or take her turn BEFORE it was her turn! It was quite funny from above, but hopefully she doesn't do that next week as well!

She did wonderfully and had lots of fun!!

Well, we finally found something to wear the girl out!! Our ride home from the gym is only about 5 minutes and here she is by the time we got home!!

Katie's All*Star Cheer Practice... She loves the stunting (flying)...she can do it in one hand as well. Then, her coach will pop her from one hand to the other and she stays perfectly still with arms up! She's doing great!!
Playing around before we go!

To the top right of the screen is Katie's Competition Schedule, so let me know if you want to attend one and hopefully I will have times for the day by then!