go cubs gooooo

I LOVE IOWA!

mommy and i sure had a fun-filled week in iowa! i spent a lot of time with my grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. everyone kept me busy going many different places including the naibi zoo, jungle bungle, uncle jerry's pool, chick-fil-a, whitey's and downtown davenport for the bix fest. i don't think a day passed without a bowl of ice cream and i got to eat lots of froot loops, which isn't something mommy keeps around at home! i was very sad to leave, but once we got home and i saw my daddy, i was a happy girl again. i can't wait to go back to iowa for new year's to see everyone again, even though the air will be just a little colder then ;)

our weekend happenings

since we went to saturday eve mass, we had sunday morning free to go to tweetsie! barney was there this weekend! i was pretty excited to see him at first, but after a few songs, it got old for me. i have watched barney on tv a few times, but i guess i'm a bigger kenny chesney fan than i am a barney fan. regardless, i had a fun time at tweetsie with mommy and daddy and my friends dixie and maggie and their parents! we rode some rides together and as always, had a grand ol' time!

saturday morning, we visited the watauga county farmer's market. it was a cool morning and we enjoyed walking around there. we stopped at a nearby park afterwards and i sure had some fun!

busy july so far...

it's been a busy few weeks for me here in the mountains! grandma and grandpa were here for over a week and we had a wonderful visit with them! we did lots of fun stuff together including the park, chick-fil-a (a few times), shopping, church, and rice and beans at the mexican restaurant. grandma and grandpa always seem to scope out the places where i can get a balloon...they are always looking out for me! we also played at home. i showed them what a pro i am at putting puzzles together! we also did some coloring and i showed them how to play golf with my plastic clubs out in the driveway. i was so sad when they had to leave, but mommy and i are flying to iowa on wednesday, so i will see them again really soon!

HAPPY 4TH!

we hope everyone had a fun and safe 4th of july! i sure had a great time yesterday celebrating our independence day. i was all decked out in my red, white and blue! we had a cookout at our house with hamburgers and hot dogs, potato salad, corn on the cob, fruit, pimento cheese and apple pie and ice cream! my friends dixie, lily baye, madden and maggie were here to play with me. we took turns riding my tricycle, trying to get my cheap bubble machine to work and playing golf. i also got to share my patriotic stickers with my friends and some glow sticks that we made into special bracelets. our mommies and daddies did a few sparklers as well. this was the first time ever that i have seen fireworks! we can see the ones they do at tweetsie from our deck so we all sat out there and watched them together. they were very pretty!