We have been having a great summer.....it is flying by so quickly!  I feel like I'm constantly catching up on here instead of blogging as we go.  Guess that is just how it's going to roll this summer!  I will try to hit the highlights.

A few weeks ago Tori had fun going to VBS with a friend that goes to a different church.  On Family Night the kids got to ride a camel.  Tori was hanging out with her friends family, so I didn't get a picture of her. 

The kids have also been to several birthday parties lately.  One of Tori's best friends from school had her party at Playtime Pizza.  Playtime Pizza is crazy!!  The kids had a blast, but there were so many kids running around and the music was so loud.....I think I must be getting old, because I was glad when it was time to go! 

Robert spent a week in Peru on a mission trip, so the kids and I went to my hometown to spend some time with family.  At the end of the week, Tori and I went with two of our friends on a little girl's trip to Dallas.  Instead of having a birthday party, one of Tori's best friends wanted to go to the American Girl Store and the Galleria for her birthday.   So she and her mom (which happens to be one of my best friends as well) invited us to go to Dallas for the weekend.  The girls had so much fun.....and us moms had a great time, too!!

Tori, Lacey, Laney, and Emma were all smiles, so excited to hit the road!

Here they are as they entered the American Girl Store.  Tori has only been to the actual store once and this was Emma's first time.  It is quite overwhelming because there is so much fun stuff to see!

The girls got their dolls' hair done in the beauty shop! The ladies were so sweet and really pampered the dolls and little owners!  :)

Here is Tori and Lacey in the Bistro after Lacey had gotten her hair done.  It was time for our dinner reservations in the bistro before Lacey's hair got done, so the stylist delivered her to our table.  I'm telling you the staff there really go all out to make girls and their dolls feel special. 

It was so much fun to watch our girls experience this wonderland for little girls.  Even the waiter pampered the dolls and their little owners.  Tori and Emma were grinning from ear to ear the whole time!

They were just as excited about our hotel!  It was very nice.....thanks to Hannah's husband!

Lacey and Laney both got new swimsuits at the American Girl Store, so of course they had to
sport them at the hotel pool and hot tub with Tori and Emma!  :)  Lacey and Laney just did some sun bathing while the big girls swam!

SHOP TIL YOU DROP!!  Here the girls are in our hotel lobby.  The color scheme in the hotel was PINK!  We couldn't believe it......it went along perfect with our girly American Girl Store weekend theme!

The next morning we ate at the coolest McDonald's ever!  It was shaped like a happy meal and Big Mac.

Then it was off to the Galleria to shop. Emma still had a little birthday money left that she didn't spend at the American Girl Store the day before.  The girls got necklaces that connect to say "Best Friends."

Hannah and Emma resting a minute on a bench in the Galleria.
Thanks girls for such a fun weekend....we'll never forget it!