Thursday, April 22, 2010

Bluebonnets and Little Girls!

So, I think we are officially TEXANS, because we finally went and took pictures in the bluebonnets! What a fun memory.
For those NON-TEXANS who don't understand this excitement, let me explain.
The bluebonnet is the state flower and blooms every spring ALL OVER THE PLACE. Mostly we see it on the side of the freeway and on the ditch banks, but I had heard that you can find big fields of them and they make adorable family and kid pictures. So last Saturday we decided to try our luck at finding a field.
Here's what we got...
"Mommy! I don't wanna sit in da bluebonnets"

JUST KIDDING! Annalyn was only like this about 1/2 of the time. I thought she'd love it and take off through the flowers because normally all she wants to do is go outside and sit and play in the dirt.

The flowers must have been too tall and itchy or something because she didn't want to sit in them or touch them at all.

Eventually after we held her a little and showed her how fun it is to pick the flowers, she mellowed out a bit and we got some decent (I think 'BEAUTIFUL') shots!

Enjoy and let me know what you think!

Happy Spring from our family to yours!

Come visit next year and take pictures with us!

Love, Travis Sherise & Annalyn


Speaking of spring, it's BBQ time in Texas! Later that night, Trav cooked hamburgers on our little grill and we had smores!

Annalyn's 1st SMORE!
Okay, are you ready for my favorite picture of the whole post?

As we were finishing our Family night on the back patio, Annalyn walked over to the back door and sat down to watch daddy clean up....

IN HER MODEL POSE!

That's right folks, she sat like this and just chilled for a bit! I'm so glad I caught it on camera!
WHAT A DOLL!

Snippets from Idaho

Earlier this month Annalyn and I got to go to Idaho for a week! Here are just a few highlights from our trip.
It was so great to go home and see everyone!
Annalyn had an AWESOME PLANE FLIGHT! Thanks to the few new toys that I bought her and the friends we sat next to - I wouldn't mind flying every day ;-)
Okay so it wasn't THAT GREAT, but she did wonderful and thought is was a pretty exciting experience!
WHAT A GIRLIE GIRL! SHE LOVED HER NEW BEAD NECKLACES!

Here are the friends we sat by (miraculously, we sat by friends from our Stake here in Katy) and a pic of Annalyn COMPLETELY TUCKERED after her long exciting day!

Hanging with the cousins in Rigby - Love you Aaron buddy!

Annalyn loves her cousing Brooklyn! Brookie your dances were awesome!

Too bad you have a broken leg now ;-( Hope it gets better soon!

My happy girl in her "THRONE" - SHE RULED THE HOUSE LET ME TELL YOU!

Congrats Jed on Graduating from BYU-Idaho!! We're so proud of you!

Hats off to THE AMAZING SHAINA BELLE! Good job in the Jr. Miss Competition!

1st place in Talent, Runner-up in Fitness, & Runner-up in Self Expression!

(Yes I taught her everything she knows ;-)

We love and miss y'all already! Hope we get to come back soon. (But remember, you are ALWAYS WELCOME TO VISIT HERE IN TEXAS TOO!)

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Our not-so-little ONE TURNS 1

BIRTHDAY GIRL TURNS 1 YEAR OLD!
ONE YEAR AGO WE WERE SUPRISED ON APRIL FOOLS DAY WITH OUR
SWEET ANNALYN!
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE YEAR WE'VE HAD TOGETHER!
Laugh if you will, but Annalyn loved her cake.
In case you can't tell, it's supposed to be easter eggs hidden in the grass ;-)
There's a lot of love in that 9X13 masterpiece!
Mommy with Annalyn in her birthday outfit!
The stroller she got from Mommy and Daddy for her birthday!
Me and my Daddy (and Piggles - my new soft pink pig)
The CAKE! See video below...
Happy Birthday Annalyn!
Her birthday party was an easter egg hunt with a few little friends!
Thanks everyone for coming!