Princesses, Crowns, and stingy mamas...

Boy, O boy, what a day! Today Malia, myself, and Grandma Horton enjoyed the mystery and excitement that is DISNEY. We all loaded up this morning to check out Disney on ice. This was a first for Malia and I, niether one of us had ever been and it was so exciting to be able to share that with her.

Once entering the building, torn ticket stub in hand, Malia blurts out "COTTON CANDY!" Ugh... can we not enter the place without planning out our first snack of the day?! I tried to temper her requests - to no avail. I finally convinced her that we needed to locate our seats and then we'd see about some cotton candy. Once said seats had been located the requests started again "Mom, cotton candy?"...."hello, mom....COTTON CANDY????!!!!" Ok.
I get it, you want cotton candy! About then an all-to-helpful cotton candy dealer swings by so I ask, how much and start reaching for my wallet...then as I glance up I think I hear " $10, mam". SAY WHAT?! I'm sitting there in my chair thinking ok, it's sugar and food coloring, dude. Then he quickly says "you get a crown with it".....uh...ok. I quickly send him away thinking surely I can buy some sugar for less than $10 at the concession right? I promptly exit row G, to 1, make sure we are still in Tulsa and NOT Orlando, Florida and 2, find the chepper cotton candy! I stroll around the corner and ran right into another dealer, YES...success! I see a row of CC missing the $9 crown. I ask, how much and she says with a big ol smile "only $7"....
Wow...OK...I don't know why this came as a big shock. I've been to Seseme street live, I really was not expecting $1 cotton candy, but dude...it's SUGAR AND FOOD COLORING! I went ahead and ponyed up the $7 for the stuff and couldn't wait to hand it over to my sweet girl. Her eyes lit up, they lit up until she asked the question...WHERE'S MY CROWN, MAMA?
UGH........SIGH. I sold out the crown for a lousy $3....but I digress. It was a lovely time and we all really enjoyed the wonder of Disney.

Here are some pictures of our afternoon.

You can tell in this picture Malia's feigning excitment about that bag of cotton candy...

Malia turns 6....

Happy Birthday darling girl!!!!!!!!!



Malia first thing this morning...isn't she a sleeping beauty??!!

I cannot believe I have a 6 year old daughter. She is our light, she is our proof of God's amazing faithfulness, she is our crown of priceless jewels! Thank you Jesus for the miracle of Malia. She is more than any mother could hope for or believe for.


Malia and her tree


Malia and her first pet "Goldy"
She was so proud of her birthday gift!!


Goldy and her pet snail "Tiny" enjoying their new home!

Here are some pictures from Malia's birthday party...

4th of July 2007

Below are some great pictures of our 4th of July neighborhood parade. The kids had a ball!! We just love our neighborhood and all our fantastic friends.











What a great way to celebrate our country's special day!!!

Vacation!

Aside from some overly exhausted children at the end of our trip, I have to say we had a really great time! We went to Branson, MO for a little family R&R and also to help celebrate my mom's 60th birthday. Here are some pictures to prove it!







A great way to end the day...

Training wheels.....what training wheels?!

Whoo hoo, Malia! Below are some pictures of our new fearless two wheel rider!



Chad, the kids, and I had just returned home from a long carride from OKC and Malia had asked if Daddy would take the training wheels off. He decided he would go ahead and let her try it out. She jumped on that bicycle and just flat took off!



No bobble, no near miss fall...it seemed effortless for her. That's our Malia, always blazing trails!

Malia's dancing debut

Malia had her very first dance recital on May 18th. No mommy could have been more proud than I was that night! There is no way I can try to describe the moment your child takes the stage on their own for the first time, I just know I didn't want that moment to end. One of the mom's backstage told us that as Malia was exiting the stage she asked "Did I sparkle?...did my mom and dad see me?" Yes sweet girl, you indeed sparkled and captured our hearts like only you can. Here are some of the precious moments captured that night.

Graduation!!!!

Praise the Lord!!!

Chad is now officially done with school! Woohoo! He has worked so hard for his Master's and we are all so proud of him!




Way to go Baby!!!!