Haircuts

 The time finally came. This little girl's hair needed a serious trim. Her Daddy was loving on her curls but it was just too patchy and uneven. I finally convinced him that it was time to cut the hair. So all three of my favorites got hair cuts. Carson's hair had also gotten very long and it was with heavy hearts that we also cut off his beautiful blonde curls. My baby girl's first hair cut. I never thought this day would come. :)

So much hair..tears...

Austin Zoo

So I had this list of things I wanted to do while Aaron was off school and we really did a lot of it. One of them was use my groupon to the Austin zoo. Now the Austin zoo is special, its just so Austin. All the animals are rescued and its all outdoors. It is pretty small and very different from the Dallas and Ft. Worth nice zoos that I have grown accustomed but it suited our little ones just fine. They were very excited about the whole thing and loved running around looking at all the animals. 

One of the cool things you can do is buy food to feed the goats, deer, and llamas. Carson thought this was great. He had so much fun feeding all the animals and wasn't scared at all. Millie thought she wanted to feed the animals but ended up throwing the food to them instead. This was Carson's very favorite part of the zoo.

We also opted for the train ride which was fun. It was a small train and we went out in the wooded area around the zoo. Camilla really loved the train. 

Music Class

This year Carson participated in a music class that he absolutely loved with a friend of ours, Emily. She was such a great teacher and Carson looked forward to his class each and every week. Carson talked about Miss Emily all week long and asked every morning if it was Friday. I had so much fun taking him to class. He started working on the piano and learning his notes and other instruments. At the end of the year he had a recital and oh my goodness. He was so shy. He wouldn't go up there and wouldn't even let us take pictures of him afterwards. He completely fell into Aaron and wouldn't participate. It was hilarious but it was still fun to be a part of his first recital. We are very proud of how hard he worked all year in his class and did his homework each week. 

Super Heroes

One of our favorite games these days to play is super heroes. The kids both love to rescue each other and us with kisses, hugs, and their magic wands. Daddy is especially fun to play this with because he comes up with all sorts of new, fun scenarios where we need to be rescued. "Super Carson and Super Millie to the rescue", I do love hearing that.

Peacocks

There's this great little park by our house that has peacocks at it. That's right full fledged peacocks just waltzing around. It is mating season so they are a bit feisty and loud but still beautiful. The park is surrounded by some trails with streams and rocks and they were so fun to just explore.

Also there is a gorgeous flower garden with ponds in it that have turtles. The kids loved looking for the turtles and following them around the pond. I was so afraid one of them was going to fall in.

 This was as close as I could get the kids to the peacocks.

 This one followed us to our car.

Casey's Snowballs

Trying the best snow cones in Austin. We had so much fun and they were, of course, as delicious as advertised. 

Fun Times with Dad

Just a few shots of the kids doing some fun stuff with their Dad. Aaron is so great about making his time with the kids count and even when he is tired or busy he always makes time for the fun stuff. Like taking the kids to McDonald's for ice cream after dinner or reading the scriptures with Carson on Sunday afternoons. These kids sure love their time with their Dad.