Downtown Florence

We found a horse in downtown Florence on Friday night so we had to hop on! What a cute set of cowgirls!

Giddy up!!!

Then we went over to the campus of UNA to see the lions in their outside habitat! They were sleeping by the time we got there (yeah, at 7:00 pm), but we did find some small lions made out of marble that were just as fun for the girls to see!

Our Alabama Weekend

We took a weekend trip down to Florence, AL for the Memorial Day weekend and had a blast! We all loved the fountains, waterslide and just overall swimming in the pool. LOVE this expression on Julia's face as the fountains "got her!"

The little fish-she spent most of her time {WITHOUT} her floaties, but wanted them for her deepwater swimming! She is doing so great at swimming on her own!

Where the girls spent ALL of their time during the day! Even Gracie got adventurous and got pretty far into the water (well, at least for her!)

First Pool Day 2010

We had a great Sunday afternoon in the pool - the first of many for the summer season! These girls just keep growing and learning so much! Julia jumped off the diving board a couple of times (picked right back up from last summer!) and Gracie had so much fun on the steps and practicing her kicking with mommy and daddy!

Taking a break from swimming to "tiptoe in the clover"! :)

Lounging on the raft!

A Baseball Game, the Train Museum and the Zoo!

Wow, it's been busy around here lately! The wonderful spring weather has gotten us out enjoying lots of activities! We went to the Diamond Jaxx game and Julia instantly found the cheerleaders (surprise!!).

On one of our rainy Saturdays lately, we went to check out the Casey Jones train museum in town! We had a blast checking out all the trains and mommy and daddy found out lots of neat things about Jackson's most famous train conductor.

We sure are getting lots of use of our Zoo membership this year! We have been five times since November and have a great time each time we go. We met our friends that were home from Iowa this past weekend and had a little zoo playdate with the kiddos (and adults!).

Happy Mother's Day from Two SWEET Girls!

Happy Mother's Day to our mommy and grandmothers, Granny and Neena. Just wanted to share a few pics of these cute girls doing what they do best....smiling and loving on their sister!

Thanks for being the sweet girls that you are! You make me a proud mommy!!!!

Memphis Zoo

We took a little day trip to the zoo this week during Julia and Gracie's "spring break" from preschool! We had a wonderfully sunny day with a little bit of a breeze and enjoyed visiting all of the animals! We took Neena and Sara Nan with us so got lots of cute pictures with all of the Roy girls-just couldn't get them all on here! Check out these cuties in their new sunglasses!

Julia rocking the princess sunglasses-at least she picked some with a little bit of current style!

Hiding out in the "cave" near the panda exhibit!

Easter Sunday!

Look what the Easter bunny brought us!!!

Julia in her Easter dress made by Neena

Gracie posing for a picture in her Easter dress

Easter Egg Hunts!

We had a busy Easter weekend-three egg hunts on Saturday, including our annual Northwood hunt (our fourth annual!). Gracie in action above waiting to get started!

Julia hosting her own egg hunt at the Northwood "T" We ended up having beautiful weather and the children wore themselves out with a jumper and MORE than enough eggs to find!

Beautiful Roy girls at our church Easter egg hunt at Lambuth University! Beautiful grounds and all kinds of cute children running around! Hope you all had a great Easter-we sure did!

Palm Sunday

The children entered our worship service on Sunday morning waving palms and then got a chance to sing in "big" church! The little ones did so good with their song and their signs that went with it. Hallelulia!!!

Don't they look so cute?!?!?!?!

Of course, we ended up at the Mexican restaurant after church for lunch and the girls posed for a cute pic with their daddy while they had a chance!

Easter Egg Decorating

We went over to a friend's house after school today to do some Easter egg decorating! They had a really neat egg spinner that made dying the eggs very simple (and a LOT less messy!). Also, the eggs came out a little tye-dye looking so the girls really liked that! We have definitely gotten a start on decorating eggs since we have FOUR more egg hunts before Easter is all done!

Gracie can do it "all by herself!"

A Parade and a Wedding - Part 2

We had such a great time at the wedding! The girls really enjoyed dancing with (and without) the band and eating the pink (strawberry) wedding cake! They are already making their wish list for what they want when they get married! Watch out Ryan......!!!! But Julia did say that at her wedding she was going to dance with her daddy all night long! So sweet!

The top two pictures are the best attempts that we have of a "family picture" Sure is hard to get all four of us together!

The cutest couple of the night (well, except for the lovely bride and groom)!!!!

A Parade and a Wedding - Part 1

We went to Jackson, MS this past weekend a Lomax family wedding and got to go to the Mal's St. Patty's Parade (3rd largest St Pat's day parade in US!) We had such a good time with the wonderful weather, interesting floats, and the Sweet Potato Queens at the end! Julia and Gracie were on their most adorable behavior and got LOTS of beads!

Sitting on Daddy's shoulder waiting on the parade to start! Kermit (the inflatable balloon version of) was the Grand Marshal!

Waving to the floats trying to get more necklaces!

Look at all of our stash!!!!

Spring Weekend at the Zoo

We took advantage of some early spring weather last weekend and made a day trip to the Memphis Zoo! The girls got to ride the carousel (for the first time there!), saw the new baby giraffe and watched the sea lions perform! All in all it was a great day with some wonderful weather!

Julia posing near the Polar Bear exhibit! She really wanted Gracie to get in with her and to take a picture of them hugging, but Gracie was not as cooperative as Julia wanted her to be! Oh well, maybe next time!!!! :)