A Cutie... and another and another...

This post is a long one so sit on down for this one.
First, this little chickie of mine rocks a ponytail.  It makes her look like such a big girl!

Then, in a bit more interesting news...  we had the best time ever when Joey's little sister came all the way from New Jersey for a visit.  The best part though, was who she brought along with her... our cutie cousins, Kate and Grace!  Or, as Sophie calls them, "the babies".  They are a year older than Sophie :)
Here's a little recap of their visit.  It was a super, fun-filled, jam-packed two days:


Snuggle and movie time with Jake:

 Play time with Sophie:

 Hugs and Kisses from Lauren:

 Trampoline jumping for hours!

A special delivery of sugar cookies all the way from Nana in Texas:

Visiting with Lauren during therapy:

Shopping for special (very random) goodies at the Dollar Store:

Decorating for our "jacuzzi party" with said Dollar Store decorations:

Time for The Jacuzzi Par-tay!!

ANOTHER marathon trampoline session:

 This time with a trampoline monster who makes little girls giggle and giggle!!

 A gator ride. Bakersfield fun!

 Visiting the park at the baseball fields while Jake practiced:

 And finally, saying good-bye to Uncle Joey: (I love that Kate was stroking his chin like she is consoling him!)

We had the most fun ever and hated to see them go!

On the Lauren side of news:  Frontier is seeded #1 in the Division II play-offs!!  Which means all the games will be at home.  Hopefully by Thursday night (the 24th) at 8:30pm the Titans will be Valley Champions :)  Keep those fingers crossed!
Here are a couple of pictures after they clinched the League championship by defeating Stockdale 3-1!!
Yep, she played - check out that brace... and it hardly slowed her down at all!

 Here's my kinda' cool, but maybe not cool at all, crazy-focused, picture of the celebration:

 Read it and weep Stockdale Mustangs...

 This next one is Lauren's buddy, Amanda, being interviewed by Fox News.  Too cool!!

        And here is Lauren trying to get some of that celebrity status to rub off on her :)

Hopefully next week will yield equally as fabulous results with equally as large smiles!