Branson Trip

This last weekend our entire family took a trip to Branson. My mom, dad, brother, his fiance and the three of us. Mom rented a cabin on Taneycomo about 30 minutes outside of town. We had a nice long relaxing family weekend.

Friday night we went to Silver Dollar City.

Saturday the girls shopped and the boys went fishing. Saturday night we went and saw the show "Noah the Musical". They didn't allow photography so I don't have pics but it was a good show. Any show that will entertain a 2 1/2 year old for 2 hours has to be good. The show had live animals and during the 3rd act the theatre was set up so the audience was sitting on the inside of the Ark. I highly recommend watching it if it comes to a city near you!!

Sunday we rented a pontoon and spent the day on Taneycomo. This is Katie's first experience on a boat. She wasn't real fond of the life jacket but she got used to it. She had more fun when the boat was moving instead of sitting still. She did like throwing her fishing line out and watching the bobbers. Debra, my brother's fiance, Katie and myself went swimming. Katie liked the swimming pool. The shallow end was only a foot deep and she could float around and then put her feet down when she got tired. You can see from the pictures she had a noodle fight with Debra.

All in all it was a great time, a little hot but what can you expect in August?

Straight Hair

I have always wondered what Katie's hair would look like straight. Well tonight I used my flatiron and straightened her hair. Before it was up in pigtails it looked really thin and stringy but once I put it up, Dar and I thought it was really adorable!!

Little Swimmer

Here are some pics from swimming last night at Uncle Kit's and Aunt Jess'. Katie absolutely has a ball swimming. Not only does she enjoy swimming, she can really make a splash too (see the last picture).

Thanks Kit and Jess for all the fun in the sun!!

WAY TOO LONG

I know it has been forever since I posted anything. Don't really have a good excuse. I know I really enjoy looking at pictures and keeping up with everyone else, so I am going to try to be better.

Dar and I got a new DSLR camera today. I am thinking that might be motivation to post more pictures of Katie, this camera takes the picture faster so I don't miss Katie's smiles.

She wanted to show off her new hat so we took some pictures, ENJOY!!

Katie's New Cousin

As most of you have heard we have had some exciting times around the Gillihan family. Below you will see some pictures of Katie and Papa with Klayton.

We all wondered how Katie would react to having another little one around. She has been doing wonderful. Whenever Klayton makes a noise she says "baby crying?" Really cute.

For those of you who don't know, Katie thinks Uncle Kit is the greatest thing ever. They have so much fun together. So we all were curious how much she would share him. So far it hasn't phased her, we'll see how that progresses.

Katie Loves Dandelions

Today Katie and I were outside enjoying the nice spring day. It is a bit windy but the temperature is really nice. I saw Katie picking dandelions. I had forgotten from last summer how much she loved these "flowers". She would pick them and then keep them for hours in her hands. We had flowers everywhere. Hopefully she will not be as fascinated with them as much this year.

Fun with Family

Last weekend Katie and I got to spend the evening with our cousin Zander. Katie loves to play with him, they have lots of fun together. As you can see, she really liked the trampoline and bouncing on the balls.

Later in the evening Zander tried to teach me to play Guitar Hero. Even though it was fun trying to learn I sucked at it. You can tell Zander has practiced a while.

All in all it was a fun evening.