We love to SWING!!!!!

I think if we let them, these girls would stay in a swing all day...preferably together! What started out as a quick solution to not having enough available swings at the park, has quickly turned in to the only way these girls like to swing!

I love this one because they are so sweet holding hands!

Happy girls!

Playdate at Dub & Pat's

Ellie and I took the girls over to Dub and Pat's house for a little playdate. They had a big time playing in all Pat's beautiful jewelry...I see lots of dress up in our future!

Dub and Pat's other great granddaughter, Emma, joined in on the fun for a group hug!

Cooking in the Kitchen with EI

Conlee is becoming quite the chef lately. Herr she is honing her culinary talents (while pantless!) making pizza with EI!

Her first happy customer!

Hodges' Family Dinner

After our week in Austin, we traveled on to Houston. EI and Granddad had the family over for dinner, and the girls loved being with all the Hodges Family!

There's a BUZZZZZZZ in the air!

I feel like I'm starting a lot of posts with "flashback" pictures lately, but I can't help it! It's these early years when all the drastic change happens so quickly. It's hard to believe! It's so crazy to look back and see how much Conlee and Reece have grown and changed. Just when we think we couldn't love them any more...

I had to start with this picture taken last October 31. Reece was a few hours old, and Conlee was very unhappy to have a new baby in my arms. But wasn't she precious in her little dress?!

Speaking of a precious dress...look who's rocking it this year!!!

I can't believe she's almost ONE!!!

Ok, this flashback takes us back to Halloween 2009! We went to our very first pumpkin patch with (from L-R) Audrey Frazier (10 mos), Mia Murphy (4 mos), Conlee (5 mos), and Piper Clark (11 mos).

Look at Conlee and Audrey now! Conlee is almost 2.5 and Audrey is almost 3!!! If only we had Mia and Piper here for our Pumpkin Patch outing. We miss them so much!

We do have two new little pumpkins with us this year! Reece (11.5 mos) and Charlotte (10 mos). Charlotte is of course wearing Audrey's adorable dress from the picture above. Just one of the many reasons we LOVE little girls...can't get enough of a good smocked dress!!!

It's no small feat to get four little girls looking at you and smiling all at the same time...not sure we ever quite got it!

Love these two!

Nothing like a good choke-hold between sisters!

We love being in Austin with Gigi & Paps!!!

Ok, we're finally to that BUZZZZZZing I alluded to in the title...I mean, could you just die?! These girls are SOOOOOO cute!

oh, i could EAT. HER. UP!

Conlee was less than thrilled with our wardrobe change. And if there's one thing I learned from this photo shoot, it's that we've got to get some better bee antennas!

Conlee cracks me up with her hair...

Such a sweet little bee!

I mean, our antenna need serious help...

Another fun day with the Fraziers! We sure hope we get to move to Austin and play more often!

Dinner with the Fraziers & McIntyres and ROUND 2 of the MOST dramatic rose ceremony ever...

Courtney & Mark had us over for dinner the other night with the McIntyres. As usual, it was so much fun and makes me really, really, really want to move to Austin!

You're probably wondering why these two girls are so happy...

Let's just say our buddy Tommy learned from the last rose ceremony debacle and brought both girls a flower this time! Good job, Tommy! (and Sarah!)

Courtney had tons of fun cookie decorating supplies

And Reece was obsessed with her Halloween cupcake!

Sweet Charlotte getting in on the sugar action!

Reece thought she'd found the perfect seat outside on Charlotte's lap...

But Charlotte was not a fan!

Conlee, Tommy & Audrey played outside with all the fun toys

while the mommys enjoyed our wine on the blanket!

Here's Brent practicing T-ball with Conlee. This is the perfect example of why I need to live by Courtney. It never entered my mind to get her a t-ball set, and she was entirely too timid when hitting the ball. She needs to whack it...unless she has some hidden aspirations to be a professional bunter! I will be buying one of these sets as soon as we get home, and we will be practicing putting some power behind our swing! Thanks, Courtney, for keeping me clued in!