The Barbie Olympics (AKA Eva's 7th Birthday)

 The Barbie Olympics were held at Rollie Pollies.

There is plenty to do to keep a kid busy!

Jump house

Trampoline

 Hula Hoops

Rope Swings

Balls

 Foam Pit, etc...

 Follow the torch to cake and treats!

 Gold medal cake balls.

 The candles re-lit!

 Oh my, presents galore!

 One favorite is the matching outfit with her 

American Girl Doll!

 Another favorite is the books!

See the speck out the front door?

The close-up is below.

 Eva found a great place to read...

The boys found another activity.

Eva at the Austin Ballet

Eva, El,  and I went to the Austin Ballet with Eva's Daisy Troop.

The children learned about the ballet, met some dancers in the Snow White production.

(Thus Eva's red bow)

 The kids worked on some group activities.

 And some ballet moves.

Growing up way too quickly!!!

Valentine's Day Dance

 Eighth grade Valentine's Day dance.

We shopped till we dropped!

 El and her BFF Jessica...

 ready to wow 'em!

Eva's lost a tooth and back walkovers!

Ta-da... another one bites the dust!

 Eva has started to practice to back walkovers in gymnastics.

Eva shops for Quinn

 Quinn isn't due for 6 months but Eva has

 already found her gift!

Eva shows off her sassy style...

Hot Chocolate in Houston

 Our Family took a trip to Houston for the boys birthdays.

Stopped by a favorite cafe' for breakfast before heading

back to Austin.

 Yum!!!

Build-a-Bear

 Eva received a gift certificate for Build-a-Bear for Christmas!

So a trip to the mall was in order.  She selected a bear and 

dressed her up in a Girl Scout Daisy uniform.  She loves 

Build-a-Bear!!!

Snow Snow Snow

The trip from Rocky River to Pat and Pa's house was a bit snowy!

Glad Todd rented an SUV!

 Cousin time in the Snow!!!

 And sister time in the snow!

 If I have said it once, I have said it a million times...

BEST BIG SISTER EVER!!!!

Watch out El, she's tough!

 Snow Angels

 Love those icicles!

Christmas Night

We left Findlay a bit earlier than planned due to an impending

snow storm.  I did not wish to drive through that!  So I called

Kathryn and asked if it would be ok that we arrived a few hours 

earlier than expected.  Of course there was no problem.

 Upon our arrival we had a nice surprise!

Kathryn had called my parents and they came out for a nice

Christmas Night together.

 We opened gifts and had yummy treats.

 I hit a home run with Katie's gift!

 And Katie hit a home run with El's gift!