Ashley and Ava turn 3!!

We had a pre-birthday celebration for our best friends who were turning the BIG THREE!! Unfortunately, we could not make their official birthday party but there was no way we were not going to celebrate together! This years main gift was matching shirts and bows and how cute are they!!! I found the shirts on etsy and the cute bows were courtesy of Pinkadot Tots! It wasn't exactly what I had envisioned in the beginning but LOVE how everything ended up! Shopping for "quads" is definitely a task but lots of fun too!

Four 3yr olds, one 18mo old, and one 14mo old!!

What a crew!!

BFF's

BEST FRIENDS! 

Elizabeth and Ashley

More birthday gifts

photo books of all our fun times together

They each got one. Same events but different pictures

Ava and Bert

Ashley is not sure about cookie? 

now lets look happy girls?

You wouldn't know half a minute before they were jumping and going crazy to take a picture and then they get up there and all look like they are being forced to take a picture. silly girls 

wild man! It's going to be an interesting summer at Sea World this year having SIX mobile kiddos!!

and off he goes....where are you going Andrew?

my little cuties!

won't be long until Andrew catches Liv in size

The King girls are masters at the "silly faces" 

watching the sea lion show

Tiff and Hannah

close up of our new bows! just love them! 

tall enough to see into the penguin house this year!!

well at least 3 out of 4...our little blonde runt still needs a couple inches 

Tried to get all four bow heads but I just wasn't quite tall enough...still cute though. 

Love when the penguin house is empty because they just run and run! 

a little tree climbing during our potty pit stop

oooooohhhh, a tiny red beetle captivated their attention

Pretty girls...Elizabeth and Ava

Always a great day spent at Sea World and even better one spent celebrating with the birthday girls!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASHLEY AND AVA!

WE LOVE YOU!

Opening Day 2011

Can't believe it....SeaWorld is officially open for the 2011 season! And yes we were there opening day! Daddy had a meeting Saturday morning and he took Drew with him so the girls and I headed to one of our favorite places.

The new Sesame Street children's area is finally open and they had a ball!! I don't have many pictures from today but such a fun new area with lots to do and so many colors. It even made my day brighter. hehe!!

Hi Ernie!!

Liv wasn't too sure about Bert and Ernie so it was just Miss Elizabeth

Although a little bit loud...the Sesame Street show was really cute too

(we only saw the second half though)

And it just wouldn't be a complete day without our BFF's

The funny thing is our "pairs" were actually color coordinated and it WASN'T planned!!

Liv and Ava are in turquoise and Elizabeth and Ashley are in pink.

Our yearly picture in the penguin house.

There will be plenty more pictures of our SW adventures when I finally get my new camera!

Rodeo

After presents and cake we loaded everyone up and headed out for a day at the RODEO!!

 YEE HAW!!

headed in on the shuttle!! 

girls enjoying the front row 

silly Tita

we made it!

and our best friends were waiting for us

It's been almost three weeks since we have seen our friends and they couldn't be more excited

sweet Hannah

Big girls were totally oblivious to Miss Hannah wanting in on some girl time too ;)

First stop was the petting zoo

holy moly....the chaos was hysterical

Llama Mama

I guess every mom has kids who jump all over them! love it!

If no one is going to give me any food, then I'll get it myself!!

Everyone wanted a turn to pet the BIG llama!

birthday boy just chillin'

Tia and the "quads"

The vlasic stork

lovin the boots

These girls really can't get enough of each other!!

love this one

Drew and Hannah hanging out

"are those all your kids??"

Time to plant, grow and harvest our food

Helping their girls plant their seedlings

Time to harvest our vegetables

Feeding out chickens so they will lay eggs

We just got back from milking some cows at the Dallas Children's museum, so when they saw this cow they already knew what to do!

so cute

and finally we end by sheering some sheep for their wool. What a fun little maze that was meant to teach kids about where our food comes from.

Enjoying a snack

silly Hannah

We love the King Family

oh my goodness this girl LOVED the baby chicks!!

so sweet

He was such a trooper all day

silly girl

Had to swing back around for another peek at the chicks! She really could have stayed there all day!! We had to draw a line when she started kissing the glass (YUCK!!!)

oh yeah!! looking good!!

our little piggies admiring more little piggies

WE LOVE OUR TIA!!

Daddy and his birthday boy!

Pig-ture Perfect!!

Our main camera died so the rest of these were a few from my iphone:

taking a stroll through the horse barns

headed to the carousel!

What a great day at the rodeo with family and friends!!

(Lovin' the cowgirl boots!)

Andrew was such a good sport throughout all the days activities!  The girls had a ball and are still asking to go back! Daddy and I even got to stay and hang for the main rodeo and Lady Antebellum concert that night with our friends Tiffany and Matt. The kiddos continued their own party with Tita, Toto, and Tia! We can't thank them enough for a night out :)