The Shepherd Family

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Let the camping begin!

We are so excited to have an opportunity to spend time with our kids without daily distractions. Maybe one day when our girls are older they will still love to camp with us, maybe not......but in the meantime we will build memories and enjoy this time!!

The girls trying out Sophia's new sleeping bag!

S'mores! YUMMM!!! That's what most of us think....Sophia's reaction "Yuck!" "Ewww....Can I have a different treat?" Maybe one day she will change her mind!

Mommy & Nora lounging in the camper before bed!

Sophia getting ready for bed!

This was the calm before the storm. Patrick and I ended up fighting off a raccoon that stole a grahm cracker (we were more than happy to eat S'mores!) and wouldn't leave us alone. That sneaky little monster kept coming up to our bin, chairs, picnic table....you name she was not afraid!

"mmmmm ..... donuts!"

Enjoying the outdoors

There it is.....our camper!

Daddy & the girls making lunch

A sleepover!!

(Why can I NEVER get these in the order I want them!?!?!?!) We recently had Anna stay the night as part of her birthday present! Sophia was so excited to have her "cousin & friend" stay the night. Sophia & Anna had a great time! We started the sleep over with 'mani-pedi's', dress up & wrapped it up with a trip to Marcy's Clayground to paint pottery.

The girls painting their pottery.

Check out Anna's skirt! I was dying!!!!!!!

Waiting for the polish to dry......

Lookin' good!!

NORA :)

What a fun little girl! How did this happen.....she's almost 9 months old! She's such a little cutie! The second time around, we know what milestones are coming so it's fun to watch them happen and be so excited with her when she does something new! She's trying hard to crawl AND stand up! She's SOOOOO close to both :)

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Time at Stuart's

Stuart and Chelsea let us stay with them during our trip. What a cute house and we were so excited to spend more than just a few hours together on one of their trips to Ohio. Patrick and I just cannot stop talking about how good the girls were on this entire trip. They were so well behaved, so sweet and respectful. We love these babies so much!

Nora snuggling with daddy

Patrick's new profession: Pool boy :)

Stuart & Sophia playing in the water

Nora playing in the sun!

Having lunch after playing in the pool with "Aunt Stuart."

No matter how many times we said "Uncle", Sophia is sticking with "Aunt Stuart!"

Uncle Stuart, Aunt Chelsea, Nora & Sophia

American Girl!!

We met Patrick's Uncle Buck & Aunt Alicia for dinner while in Dallas. The Galleria had an American Girl doll store and I was dying to take Sophia there! Alicia mentioned eating dinner there so we jumped at the chance. The store is full of dolls and every single accessory you could ever imagine! The resturaunt is built for little girls & their dolls! Sooooo cute!!!!

Nora @ American Girl!

Watching Sophia in this store was just precious! She was soooo excited to eat dinner with a doll! She named her "Cutie Honey"

Drinking the tea for the doll

Helping Cutie Honey drink her tea!

"Cheese!"

How could we not leave with a doll! Welcome Cutie Honey to the family!

Time for Texas!

We decided to get out of Ohio! We left for Texas on Tuesday, March 8th and stopped in Nashville to break the trip in half. Our plan was to leave Wednesday morning, but not as early as we left!

I took this picture right before we left the hotel! Yes, it does say 3:55AM!

Nora's first time in a pool!

The water was FREEZING!

Sophia & Nora waiting to get in the pool!

Dallas Arboretum

We spent Thursday at the Dallas Arboretum. It was such a beautiful day & all of the flowers were just gorgeous. Sophia had a blast and the rest of us had a good time too!