Fancy Favorite Pics

Last week we got out to the boat several days. One of the days, the girls got all dressed up "fancy" before we left. This was the day that they had this conversation:
Camden: "Hahaha, I tooted!"
Katie: "Camden, that's not very fancy!"
Here they are in all their fanciness, at home before we left and on the boat.

Baylor Cheer Camp '09

At camp this year, Katie was again the youngest one there and she still watches very closely and looks like she isn't participating much. But, she was doing the cheers at home and practicing what she remembered of the dance (the 1st 8 count). I think she likes it, but she's pretty reserved about performances.

Katie and Camden after her performance Friday:

This is a picture of Katie with one of her favorite Baylor cheerleaders, Hunter. She met Hunter last summer and was so excited that she was back again!


Here is Katie doing an extension. I missed the beginning of it since it was the very first thing and she was the very first one (and I was slow on the uptake!) But here she is...

In this one, Katie was in front for the Go Fight Win cheer, holding the FIGHT sign.


And here's the dance! The song is We Got it Going On. Katie is in the front left until the end when she runs in to the middle stunt.



Hope you enjoyed it! At Baylor, you can try out for cheerleading after 8th grade, so maybe after she's gone to this camp for the next 7 years, she will feel a little more comfortable in front of people... if she's still interested!

And summer's finally here!

Ben's camp is finished, and I'm done with workshops and the lower school makeover for a while. We've gotten to spend a little bit of time on the boat, and here are some pics from it.
Katie "climbing the anchor rope" Camden got in the water with Daddy today. The first moment she was skeptical, but as we thought, once she got used to it, she didn't want to get out!

This is the fun part... seeing the girls laugh and hang out and play together in the "playroom". Of course, what they like about going on the boat is getting to eat snacks!
Here they are, not causing any trouble at all! Can't you tell by Camden's expressions?
And here we are, enjoying some sun. Actually this pic was from a week or so ago when we got out without the girls.
Hopefully you enjoyed the boat pictures, because that's about all we have planned for the summer. If you're coming to visit us, we'll get pics of you in the boat with us. :)

Funny Camden story.... last week one day she says "I be right back, in 1 minute." Then she goes into the bedroom, turns around and comes back to the door and says "I'm pooping. 2 minutes!"

Dear Matt & Adam...

This is probably going to be one of those things that as a parent, I'll look back on and say I shouldn't have done. (Like locking Camden in her room so she will go to bed...but more on that later!) But I just have to! So, if you read this, I hope you enjoy it, and then remember NOT to tell Katie that I put it up....


Ben's cousins Matt and Adam are here this week helping him run Baylor's first ever team and competition wrestling camp. They stayed at our house one night, but are staying on campus the rest of the time. When Katie found out that she wouldn't get to spend much time with them, she was a little disappointed. She wrote them a nice good night note and left it for them to read the first morning. But we really didn't know how attached she was until we found these notes all taped together into a poster the next day.If you can't tell in the picture, here's what our future Dear Abby letter writer had to say: (by the way, I typed it just like she wrote it, spelling & all! I think you'll be able to figure it out!)

Dear Matt & Adam,
I wanted to play with you all week. But I can't. I will have fun with Antty Dian. PS. I will miss you.
Love, Katie

Dear Matt & Adam,
Sometimes after school I play with my friend Lindsay. But I'm not shir if she likes it. What should I do?
r.s.v.p.
Katie

Dear Matt & Adam,
Sometimes I feel like I don't know? like evryone pays atenchun to sompting else and nevr has time for me. What should I do?
r.s.v.p.
Katie

Dear Matt & Adam,
I want to know do you get meny letters? Let me know if you don't I'll send you lots.
r.s.v.p.
Katie
PS. Can I have your adress?

Dear Matt & Adam,
I never get to play with you this week. But I want to. When's the right time?
Katie

Hope you enjoyed these as much as we did! Remember, top secret! No telling!!