August Round Up

Where has the summer gone? The endless heat in Dallas has worn us out, but it's still hard to believe that summer is over and it's September! We were a bit remiss in our August postings, so here's a quick round up...

For the first weekend in August we headed to the Starr's house for Barrett's birthday party. I can't believe that he is already 4 years old! We had a great time at the Fish Party, where Nora got to paint her fish cookie with icing. How fun is that? Of course, she figured out pretty quickly that she could eat the paint. Smart girl! After a long nap for Nora and me, Mark got back from golfing and we headed to the Team's house for a fun fish dinner. Yum! We ate fish that Jeff has caught off the Texas coast. Nora had a great time playing with Cole and had her first official bath with a boy (other than Daddy)! Too cute and super funny. Em sent me these great pictures. Love it!

That same week we have two really fun play dates. We went to the Galleria and watched a puppet show at Slappy's Playhouse and then had lunch with the Braatens and the Lockes. Later that week we headed for our fun Friday play date with our usual crew. Fun times were had by everyone, especially the mommas! I've decided that Lori is the ultimate play date hostess!

Nora had a fun play date with her Prince of Peace friends, Jordan and Teagan, at the Palaestra. Not only did the girls have a blast running around, playing with balls, jumping on the trampolines, and playing on the gym equipment, but the moms did too! It's pretty fun to act like a kiddo again with my sweet little girl. Nora and I had such a great time, that Mark took her back to play a few weekends later with Jordan's daddy and Loden's parents. They had a blast too! That kind of fun playing wore Miss Nora out! She took long naps each day that she went and we were able to get lots done around the house! Following the second play date at the Palaestra, we headed to Jordan's house to have dinner with her family. How great is it that we have girls the same age, at the same school, go to the same church and live in the same neighborhood? Guess we were just meant to be friends with the Wheelis clan! We had a fun fajita dinner and playtime with the girly girls. I'm going to steal a picture off their blog to post. Thanks Mark and Gayla for a fun night!

KidneyTexas took a lot of my time this month, but the event was a huge success and I was happy to volunteer for the first time. I also met some great girls on the committee, so hopefully I can fit it into my schedule next year. Lisa and I want to get the three girls to model in the fashion show next year. We'll see how that goes! Will did a great job modeling this year. He was quite serious. He later told Bill and Lisa that he was acting like the models did. How funny is that?!?

One weekend our super great Sunday School class hosted a pool party at one of the local pools. Nora loved it! She did not want to leave the kids pool and the fun water slide. She is absolutely fearless and went down that slide a ton of times. We took her back the last weekend in August and she took off for the water slide once again. Wish I had a picture of her on it. Super cute!

For a fun girls night out Emily, Lori and I headed to The Foundation Room at the House of Blues. We had the best time ... eating, drinking yummy wine, talking and laughing! I bet our husbands were wondering if we were ever coming home. Thank goodness we are all blessed with super guys!

We (actually, I should say that I) finished off the last day of the month with dinner and wine with some friends from Junior League. What a fun, fun night!

I am sure that I missed a bunch of fun stuff in between. It's been a fun-filled summer for the Newman family.