Chillin' with the cousins

Mei Mei's gum fell out of her mouth right as we took this pic, that's why we're all laughing:)

Too much fun:)

Missouri photoshoot

We're having a blast here in Missouri!! The family's all here, and Emme and I had a photoshoot outside!

Another post tomorrow!

'Twas the day before Christmas...

So I'm pretty psyched.

Christmas day is probably one of the best days of the year.

Christmas Eve would have to be second:)

I've still got some shopping to do....for tomorrow.

 I call it waiting for the right gift.

Mom calls it procrastination. 

Then on Monday, or maybe Tuesday, we leave for Missouri. We are really looked forward to that too!!

I haven't done any packing yet...

That is procrastination.

I may have to abandon my blog for a week or so- but I'll be back very soon:)

Merry Christmas!!!

Missouri Trip 2011!

We've had a great time in Missouri! All of Dad's side of the family came up, and it's been super fun! We've spent a few days down at the lake house in Branson, and some in Springfield with Grandy and Popop. The lake was great! We inner-tubed, rode the jet ski and boat, swam and wake-boarded. Of course, since I'm not a "lake girl" I mostly watched, but towards the end I got talked into riding the inner-tube with Emme. Can't say that I enjoyed it, but it wasn't terrible!

This year was our first to do our own fireworks! The four "middle" cousins (Emme, Ryan, Ben and I) bought our own fireworks. I spent a whopping $3.70 on fireworks that lasted me three nights! We shot them off almost everyday while we were at the lake; the neighbors weren't very happy about it:)

Ben and Ryan were OBSESSED with fireworks!

This is Emme and I on the innertube- this is the only pic we have of me on the lake!:)

Ben giving Mei Mei "hula-hoop lessons"

MG had her first violin recital! I'm so proud of my little student!:)

"Sweetest Sisters" is MG's favorite name for us

The Fridge boys...

...and girls

Trip to Missouri!

Our trip to Missouri was great fun! We enjoyed spending time with our family and playing in the lake. While I still haven't overcome my fear of the lake, I did swim a little and made some progress:) We have many more pics, but they are mostly of innertubing and swimming... nothing important:)

We tired Grandy and Popop out!

We had a picnic at one of the islands while Uncle Ric and Ryan visited.

We missed you Emme and Aunt Cathy!

Everyone loved the jetski!

Crazy Driver!

We went to Stealyourdollar....I mean..... Silverdollar City with our friends the Strongs

The girls weren't fans of getting their picture taken while they were riding their ride

Pics at College of the Ozarks

On the boat with the Strong girls

It took many tries to get this pic!