It's a Girl!!!

My youngest sister Jenna found out yesterday that she will be welcoming another girl into the world in January w/ her husband Ryan & 5 year old daughter Saige. With the three 'original' Oliver girls, each having their own daughters and 5 stepdaughters b/w Jenna & Lindsey....thats a lot of girls on the holidays....9 girls+3 young women+ 1 Lala (grandma)...can you say drama!!!!

Kendall Models!

Kendall was invited to model a line of Lilly Pullitzer children's clothing for a local boutique this past Saturday. I was very excited to let her do it, but wondered how she would act while modeling fall clothes in the dead of summer during her nap time. Well...she did wonderfully, even walked down the runway (aka sidewalk) w/ another little girl. It was too cute! Kaden of course wondered why he was not in the pictures or in the spotlight, but there were other little boys on hand to play w/ and Pops & LaLa came along to help me out.

Ouch!!!

Why does working out have to hurt so bad? And for that matter occur at such ungodly hours!
After almost two years of inactivity and not setting foot in a gym...I have decided it is time to get my butt back in gear! Well tone it up at least :)
I have been walking our neighborhood this week. Sounds easy enough I know but there is one very steep hill that is seriously giving me shinsplints. Then yesterday Keith and I decided to go play tennis! I will mention that I beat him 6-1 6-2. However, my shoulders, arms, stomach, actually my whole body is literally screaming in pain this morning! I did love being out there and look forward to the opportunity of playing more this Fall.
To top it all off, I'm mentally trying to prepare myself for the fact that I'm suppose to be at a spin class at the gym in one hour. They made need a stretcher to get me out of there!!!!

Weekend Pics

Another busy weekend, but luckily Keith was working locally so he got to enjoy some of the activities w/ us. We had dinner parties, a wedding, church activities, family brunch, and a play date w/ cousins. Kaden & Kendall looked super cute all weekend and I love the picture of Kendall w/ her big cousin Kylee. She loves babies but even more so 'big girls.' She will watch Kylee for minutes at a time and stare at her in adoration...so cute! And of course, Kylee loves playing baby w/ her and dressing her... its like having a mini mommy around so I love when she comes over to play!

Pretty in Pearls

We went to the seafood buffet at the country club w/ friends last night for dinner so I thought it would be fitting for Kendall to wear her pearls for the first time. She was not sure about it at first but she came around to liking them. Kaden kept telling her how "pretty pretty" she was...so sweet!

Big Man on Campus

Yesterday was Kaden's first day of Pre-K. He was so excited and for the first time did not want to hold my hand when walking into the building :( He told everyone that crossed his path that he was going to pre-K and that he would be turning 5 this year!!! He has several friends in his class from this past year so it was nice to see so many familiar faces and we love his new teacher. We are so excited about how much he will learn this year, but are not looking forward to waking up early 5 days a week!

Girls Trip

This past weekend was our 7th annual girls trip. ( I have missed two over the years). It all started w/ my bachlorette party to Destin, FL. in 2003 and since has been a tradition wheter it is for a bachlorette party or a getaway. This year we were celebrating Chivonne's 30th birthday and Kim's 29th in Savannah, GA! It is just nice to get away w/ your best friends and just be girls for a weekend. I think one of the best parts of this trip was sitting under a cabana by the pool during a rain shower and just being silly and compairing stories. It was nice to just relax, but I was missing my babies like crazy and realizing that I also missed Keith was nice too :) He took care of us from 200 miles away, upgrading our hotel room, giving us directions, telling us where to shop and eat dinner and hang out! These pics are from the night we dressed up for dinner. On the trip were myself, Shay, Veronica, Kim and Chivonne. There were definitly some memories made!!!