Hot Springs vacation

Well we are back from our vacation to Hot Springs, AR and we are already full swing back into real life of working and chores...not much else going on (unfortunately). Hot Springs is about a 6 hour drive from here and it was a pleasant and relaxing vacation. We were kind of wondering what it would be like, and several people have asked about it - but it was a very nice place to go for a few days. We stayed at a condo on the lake which was fun and perfect for entertaining a 3 year old - Maya had her own room with a bunk bed and she liked the lake alot, she always wanted to feed the ducks.

We went on a 'duck' ride through town and to the lake. Those of you in the midwest that have been to Wisconsin Dells know what a 'duck' is. Maya LOVED it!

It rained the first couple days that we were there but we still managed to squeeze in some fun, went to the waterpark/amusement park on the one nice day. We all got a bit of a sunburn, we aren't used to 85 degrees and cloudy so we weren't very careful. This was the first time that Maya wanted to go on the kiddie rides...it sure was fun trying to squeeze on the rides with her!

And lastly, we finally got some pool/Sea World pictures from the summer, they are cute so thought I would share :-)

Maya Turns 3!!!

Well another month has passed and with it Maya's 3rd birthday has come and gone. Our little girl is getting SOO big! In the last month she decided that she wanted to start wearing big girl panties (on Fathers Day of all days, Chris says it was the best present ever!) and she has started to talk about new things - how everything is 'my favorite' and asking me 'mommy do you want to come to my birthday party?', on the opposite front she likes to say 'me neither' and 'that doesn't match' when I'm trying to get her to pick out her clothes every morning. She is a hoot! She will laugh out loud at America's Funniest Videos and of course 'her favorite' show Wow Wow Wubbzy.

She got so many wonderful birthday presents - thank you so much to everyone! We had a fun party on her birthday at the jump house with her friends and then yesterday we had a pool party at Great Aunt Karen's house which was tons of fun to celebrate again.

Our summer is still kicking along, next weekend is her cousin Noah's birthday party and the following week we are taking a family vacation to Hot Springs, Arkansas. We hear it is very pretty over there so we're looking forward to our condo on the lake - we'll go to the waterpark for sure and maybe rent a boat.

At my birthday party with Grandma Bennett and Aunt Tammy...

Driving around with my homegirls Jaidyn and Ellyse....

The birthday party kids (well most of them, this is as good as it got!)

Me and my Grandpa Pearson on my birthday...

One of my cool birthday presents...

And last but not least, check out some video from Maya's birthday party...

http://s89.photobucket.com/albums/k223/kamikazecrashing/?action=view&current=MayaJuly2009Edited.flv

She had issues blowing out the candles when under pressure at Aunt Karen's house :-)

http://s89.photobucket.com/albums/k223/kamikazecrashing/?action=view&current=BDayParty07112009.flv

The rest of Maya's birthday pictures can be viewed here...

http://s89.photobucket.com/albums/k223/kamikazecrashing/Maya%20Turns%20Three/?albumview=slideshow