Back To School!

Hannah has been anxiously awaiting the day that Playday (her preschool at our church) began! All summer, she has asked me, "Mommy, Playday today?" Well, it's finally here! This year, she attends two days a week and has a nice new teacher.

Hannah at the Meet the Teacher Event with her new teacher, Ms. Stephanie...

We were all smiles this morning as we got our things together for the 1st Day of School! Hooray!

And...the mommies were certainly all smiles, too! Mommy and Hannah had a really fun summer together at home, but it is definitely time to get back into a routine... Off we go into a new school year of adventure!

Labor Day Weekend

GiGi came to visit us on Labor Day weekend! We went to the Dallas World Aquarium and saw all kinds of interesting fish and other animals. Hannah's favorites were the otters and penguins!


We also spent some time playing at our neighborhood park. Mommy and Daddy climbed up to the top of the slides while GiGi snapped our picture.

The Gymnast

Hannah is convinced that she is headed to the Olympic Games sometime in her future! She has been taking gymnastics since May, and really loves it. We attend a Tiny Tots class currently (which means Mommy gets out there and does everything with Hannah--pretty funny sometimes!).

Here is Hannah sporting one of her favorite gymnastics leotards...


Hannah with Coach Annie...She's doing one of her front rolls. Hannah always cracks us up with her "salute" at the end: "Ta-Da!" with arms up gymnast-style!

Beach Babe

The Hortons held their family reunion at Island Retreat--Port Aransas, TX this summer. Hannah had not yet experienced the beach, so this was VERY exciting for her! She loved jumping in the waves and building sand castles with her daddy and cousins.


Hannah and Daddy heading out into the waves...

Hannah's Great-Nana was along with us on our trip. She had fun playing Ring Around the Rosy with Hannah and her cousins...

We attempted a family picture in front of the ocean...

Garden Girl

This summer, we (the Mathews' & Nana/Papa & the Hortons) decided to try our hand at a garden! It was a LOT of work, but also a lot of fun, not to mention educational for Hannah and Christian...

Here's Hannah with Papa after he plowed and tilled the garden for us. She was very excited to be a part of this endeavor--especially happy to play & dig in the dirt!


This is our scarecrow that we put together. GiGi (Scott's mom) was here over Memorial Day weekend to help us get him all dressed and up to scare any crows away. Unfortunately, he didn't scare many rabbits away, so we lost all of our green beans!


Hannah and Christian really enjoyed playing at the farm while their mommies and daddies slaved away. This was one of their favorite activities, which kept them out of trouble for the most part!