Zing Zang Zoom Date Night

Mommy, Daddy and Campbell had a very special date night...dinner at The House of Blues in Dallas followed by the Zing Zang Zoom Circus!!! It was a GREAT night, and Campbell really enjoyed the special attention she got from Mommy and Daddy. She had a very grown-up grilled cheese sandwich for dinner before heading to the big show! Mommy and Daddy cheaped out and brought a bag of cotton candy from the store and a circus light-up toy from last year's circus. Some may call us cheap, but I think we're darn smart!!

Campbell and Mommy with the cool boot on our way to House of Blues

Campbell enjoying her sandwich and fries at House of Blues

Campbell and Mommy on their special date at House of Blues

Silly girls enjoying some cotton candy

Campbell's favorite AND Daddy's favorite....Cotton Candy!!!

Campbell excited for the show to start!

Campbell said the tigers were her favorite

She liked the elephants too

We ran into Karsyn at the concessions during intermission

It was a great show!

Alice in Wonderland at The Gaylord

Gigi had the best idea to treat Channing and Campbell to a night at The Gaylord Hotel during the Alice in Wonderland exhibit. It was so cool! We got to go visit and have dinner with the girls before their slumber party.

Channing, Campbell and Gigi - Channing and Campbell in their adorable matching dresses that Grandma made for them

Daddy, Campbell and Mommy

This was an amazing sand sculpture on display

Campbell with her very natural smile with the sand sculpture

Sweet cousins in their pretty dresses

Daddy and Campbell by the golden dragon-bird...whatever it is

Cooper and Conley's caricatures in progress

Two little models

How cute!!

Channing and Aunt Kaykay with C&C

Sweet Campbell Kay's caricature

Gigi and Channing's caricatures

Being silly with Channing

Enjoying the scenery

The newest Dallas Cowboys

Channing and Campbell getting ready for the 3-D maze

Going in the spinning tunnel that makes you dizzy AGAIN

Saying goodnight! Gigi, Channing and Campbell excited for their slumber party

Graduation Party...DeVito Style!

For those of you that know the DeVitos, you will not at all be surprised by this even that took place. Matt had FOUR cousins that all graduated this past year, two from high school and two from college. So, what better way to celebrate such accomplishments than to have a family graduation ceremony of our own!! Matt's Grandma somehow came across quite a few choir robes that of course double as excellent graduation gowns! Papa D marched in the graduates and gave quite entertaining introductions of each. Matt gave a speech, that was written by Papa and Grandma...only at a DeVito graduation can you drink a beer while giving a speech. Of course, a graduation is not complete with out the Homecoming Queen and pregnant Prom Queen as well! For those of you that missed the event and now wish you could have been a fly on the wall to witness it all, here are some pictures for your entertainment!

The graduates marching in, poolside...notice the t-shirt flags for each high school and college represented

Matt toasting the graduates with a cold one

Homecoming Queen

Pregnant Prom Queen

The family of graduates

Here are some other cute pictures from our fun day

Cooper and Conley's lunch

Campbell and Jordan swimming

Campbell and Blake - Funny story...Campbell told Blake to catch her when she jumped in. He told her to say the magic words...she said "abracadabra???"

Crazy Campbell Kay

Conley Kate and Aunt Sassy

Sweet Cooper-loops

Happy Conley Kate

Campbell making sweet Shiloh laugh

The youngest graduates...Jordan, Channing and Campbell. During Matt's speech, Campbell yelled, "wa-hoo Daddy!"

A fun-filled July so far!

Well, I can say one thing...last year was a much cooler summer for me! I was in a freezing cold hospital room for all of my July last year, and I totally took that for granted! Man, it sure is a hot summer! I think I say that every year, but every year I still am so surprised at how hot it gets!!! Anyways, we've had a fun summer so far! We're still learning how to manage our time and schedules, but we're still managing to have a great time! We have a pretty crazy week with both Matt and I working full-time and still trying to plan meals, quality time with the family and time for Matt and I to exercise in the evenings. Ideally, we would get up early in the morning to workout, but let's be honest people...that ain't happenin'!!! We still haven't perfected our routine yet, but we've really been working on it in July!

Cooper and Conley are more entertained during dinner now that they can feed themselves Puffs and Baby Mum Mums - their favorite snacks! We're able to all "eat" at the same time more often. We've also recently found that we enjoy walking to a nearby high school track to run. It's easier to run on the flat track with jogging strollers than in the neighborhood where sometimes we have to go uphill. We get quality time with the kiddos outside and we're getting some exercising in. It's so hot, we don't last long, but it's better than nothing! Campbell enjoys to stretch with Matt and then run a little bit on her own, but she quickly decides that the stroller is much easier for her in the heat! Plus, she brings her "computer" along and enjoys to play while we run. Cooper and Conley love to be outside in the stroller, so they love coming along for the ride as well. They find that water bottles are so fascinating and great chew toys! When we get home from our run, we like to do some other exercises from our P90X videos...back and arms or the Ab Ripper usually. Campbell likes to try to do the exercises with us. She says, "I have to exercise to have energies!"

Campbell and Daddy stretching before their run

...more stretches...

...gotta stretch lots so we can run fast...

...on your mark, get set, go!

Miss Priss running in her blue shades

Cooper and Conley chillin' with their water bottles

Momma and her girls after a good run

We've also registered Campbell for gymnastics this summer at a local gym (the same place she had her 2nd birthday party), Empire Gymnastics. She's no "gymnast" yet, but she really looks forward to her class and her teacher is very sweet. She's usually only one of 2-4 kids in her age group. It's especially fun, because her class time is at the same time as her cousin Channing. Although they are not in the same classes, they look forward to seeing each other there!

Campbell and Channing at Campbell's first gymnastics class

Campbell very excited about her new pink leotard for gymnastics

Campbell is still swimming SO well! We could not be more impressed at how well she has picked it up since her lessons! It's so nice for us to feel reassured that she could swim to a wall or steps in a pool by herself. We do have our hands full with 3 kiddos, so it's so important that she know how to swim on her own.

We recently had 3 other couples over with their kiddos. They are all friends from college. It was so much fun to get together with all the little ones! We really get a kick out of it, because there are a lot of "mini-me's" of the daddies it seems!!

The daddies and their "mini-me's":

Bill and Sydney, Cliff and Chloe, Brian and Grant, Matt and Campbell

Conley, Chloe and Cooper

C&C are about to be 10 months old and Chloe is about to be 9 months old

Here are some pictures of our July so far!

Our happy girls ready for church

We can't get enough of their smiles!

C&C are so much fun right now! It is a blast to see how they interact together!

They are both still "army crawling" on their bellies, but they can sit up on their own and climb up on things just fine! Here they are soaked after climbing up the step into the shower with Mommy!

I should have lots more to post in the next couple months!!! This weekend we have a big family party at Grandma and Papa D's for FOUR cousins that just graduated, 2 from high school and 2 from college. We don't always get to celebrate in person with the graduates since the cousins live in Austin, Dallas and Colorado, but since there are 4 at once it seemed like a great idea to try to get everyone together! It's going to be so fun, because EVERYONE will be there!!! All aunts and uncles and cousins....and with this crowd, that's a LOT of people! Then, in August Campbell and I are making a girls weekend trip to Houston to visit Aunt Kiki! And in September, I'm going to a girls weekend in Atlanta with some college girlfriends that I haven't seen in forever followed by a weekend in Las Vegas to see Garth Brooks for me, Matt Christy and Kyle. We have a lot going on in the next few months!! Stay tuned!