Mady & Me

Today Mady came over and we played played played in the sun all afternoon. I am so glad that she lives right next door. I sure will miss her and her family when we move.

I love the water!

Mady and I had a snack break - Thanks Tiffani

Daddy shared his Sonic orange slushy

do I look pretty??

Mady smiles pretty

We had a fun afternoon in the water!!

Playdate with Adyson

Tonight we went to our friends the Zaerr's house for some smoked meats and all of the other good stuff you eat at a BBQ (corn on the cob, baked beans, potato salad, and strawberry shortcake for dessert).

While we were waiting on Uncle Zaerr to finish the meat, Ady and I decided to have some water time and play on her new slide. By the end of the night I figured out how to get up the ladder and slide down alone!!

Ady showed me how she plays in the dogs water

instead of the dog water we decided her Daddy should get out the baby pool

playing with Ady

yes there was supervision during this time, I decided Ady needed a shower, she loved it :)

"HI Daddy"

Mama couldn't resist taking a picture of my cheek!

One, Two, Three...GO

Bright Future

It is so bright I have to wear my shades inside and out!!

Father's Day

Everyone tells me I am so lucky to have a daddy as loving as mine..boy are they right! I couldn't have hand picked a better one. Today we celebrated Daddy's Day by letting Daddy do whatever he wanted to do.

Wake up at 8am, drink some coffee, had breakfast with me, played with me, read the newspaper, played with me some more (prob my favorite part of the day), went on a 20 mile bike ride (while I took a nap), and went out to eat at our favorite mexican restaurant Rancho Grande with the Zaerr Family.

Now that sounds like a fun day! Of course we took pictures along the way....

Thank you Daddy for always being the first to get me out of bed, feed me breakfast, play with me, teach me the ways of life, kiss my boo-boo's, and love me unconditionally. Mama, Bertha and I are very very lucky ladies to have you!

xoxo,

Tori Elizabeth

Helping Daddy open his Father's Day gifts

Daddy and Tori - take one

Daddy and Tori - take two - much better

Father's Day Dinner with the Zaerr's!!

Summer time

Today was a hot one so Daddy filled up the baby pool and we put it in the shade and played outside all afternoon! Baby Coralee came over to play today (and Mady the next door neighbor although Mama didn't any pictures of her). I love water, bubbles, and being outside and I wore myself out and was in bed by 7pm!!

Kona, Hawaii

The big island is where Bryan and I spent 5 days last week. It was beautiful, weather was perfect, so much to do yet we chose to chill out poolside or on the beach almost every day. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from our trip.

xoxo,

Brandi

we got lei'd!!

visiting the refuge museum (above and below)

driving down Hwy 19 this truck was in front of us!

Lu'au - very fun, great food and awesome entertainment

Bryan, Mark and his twins building the sand castle

so relaxing

Adult only dinner with Nick and Kristen Rebne

every night @ 6pm this guy would blow on the conche and run around the resort to light all of the tiki torches..all of the kids would follow him..too cute

horrible attempt to take a picture of us on our balcony

look very closely and you can see Bryan under the tree (white t-shirt and blue shorts)

Rainbow Falls - Hilo Hawaii

snow on the mountain top

Bull Shoals Lake

June 3-10, 2011

While Mama and Daddy took a vacation to Hawaii, Tori had her own vacation at the lake with Papa G and GiGi. She had a great time only crying one time and no one really knows why but we are assuming her mouth was hurting because she got a new tooth while away (she now has 14).

Here are some of the fun things that she got to do...

Such a nice girl sharing her cookie with Great Grandpa Gup and Great Grandma Rosie

playing the cabinets, took tubbies, hung out w/ neighbor Bryce & colored

took rides on Papa's boat with cousins Ethan & Gabi and Grandparents

And Tori's favorite part of her entire vacation...SWIMMING in the lake with GiGi!!!

A huge thank you to the best GiGi and Papa G in the whole wide world for taking on the sweetest yet craziest 17 month old for an entire week while we enjoyed some adult only time!! Tori can't wait until her next vacation with you all :)