Texas and Oklahoma

I was home for a week after Hawaii and then went to Texas and Oklahoma for a week to watch Kayla cheer and celebrate Courtney and Ryan's birthdays. I landed in Dallas on Wednesday and Brian and Courtney picked me up from the airport. Thursday, me and Nanny drove into Oklahoma so I could be there to watch Kayla cheer at the game on Friday. I can't believe she is a senior and this is the last time I saw her cheer as a Valliant Bulldog.












She was the best cheerleader out there and I am not just saying that since she is my little cousin. Isn't she cute? And Valliant beat Atoka! Go Bulldogs!











After the game, we drove back into McKinney and got there about midnight. Everyone waited up for us and we had Miss Courtney's "kiddie princess party." I can't believe she is Sweet 16.











Here she is with her Disney Princess Cake.












Here is me, Michelle, Tera, Brian and the Birthday Girl!















We stayed up until like 4 AM playing Dance Factory. It was a crack up. Garett and Ryan beat me and they are only 12 and 7.











Before the "royal celebration" all of us gals got manicures and pedicures. Here is the birthday girl and her friend Kayla getting pedicures.










Here is Nanny, Kayla and me. That was so relaxing. Can you believe it was little Nanny's first pedicure? I just love Nanny. After being pampered, it was time to get all dressed up and head to Princess Courtney's Royal Sweet 16 Party.















Here is the princess. Isn't she beautiful?














Me and Princess Courtney. The party was so beautiful. You would have thought it was a wedding. Michelle and Brian went all out. There was a punch fountain and lavender rose petals sprinkled on the floor. The dinner was so good. I did contribute a little something. I made candy bar wrappers with various Disney princesses on them that said "Thank you for attending Princess Courtney's Royal Sweet 16 Celebration!"











The wonderful ladies of my family: Michelle, me, Aunt Karen, Kayla, Courtney, Nanny, Bethany and Aunt Kimmy. The only ones missing were my mom, Ashley, Aunt Judy, Elizabeth, Hannah and baby Claire.











The next day was Ryan's pirate birthday party.














Here is Nathaniel all dressed up as a pirate. That kid is hilarious. He is in kindergarten now. When he is by himself, he is the sweetest kid around, but when his brothers are around, he has to be tough. Sometimes it is hard to believe that he is the baby of the 4 boys.










To go along with the pirate theme, Ryan's grandma brought him a "treasure chest." It was really a shoe box filled with money. Here are Garett, Ryan and Nathaniel counting all the money. It ended up being over $100.00 in coin. Ryan was very excited. And of course, the boys were a little nicer to the birthday boy since he was "rich."










On my last day, I wanted to do something "Halloweenish" so the boys and I decorated pumpkins. Here is Nathaniel with his pirate pumpkin and pirate drawing.











Here is Noah with his pirate and ghost pumpkin.











Here are all the finished pumpkins. Mine is the witch on the left and then Nathaniel's, Noah's and Ryan's.