Livi Turned Nine!

That's it! No more growing up at this house. Olivia is getting much too tall and Aidan looks like such a little boy. What happened to my babies?! Truthfully, I want them to grow. I do. Really! I do love to see them make discoveries, have experiences, make decisions, all that good stuff. I just don't look forward to the day when they don't want to snuggle with me anymore. Or, when they choose their friends over family time. You know, all the stuff I did to my mom!! But enough of my sob story - how was Olivia's party, I know you want to hear all about it . . .

We woke up to rain, so we quickly shifted gears from a swimming/sleepover party to a regular sleepover party. Liv was disappointed but was a good sport about it. All the girls arrived on time and began to play. Thank goodness they know how to entertain themselves!

Soon, we were in full party mode: playing Twister Dance, eating cookie cake, opening presents and the most important part of all - watching the Jonas Brothers movie, "Camp Rock!"

By 1am, all little voices had quieted and soon the girls were sound asleep. No middle of the night phone calls to mom, no "I wanna go home," the night went off without a hitch.

8am rolled around and everyone but Livi was awake! I got up and made them chocolate chip pancakes - that woke Olivia up - and had them out the door by 10am.

It was a lot of fun, another one for the books!

Perfect Weather

What a perfect weather evening. We went to Ecton Park to hear some jazz and pass out flyers for Equus Run. The temp couldn't have been more than 68 degress, the sun was still out at 7pm and it was packed. I think Olivia passed out 100 flyers. We had people coming up to us saying how articulate she is, we are so dang proud! It was so relaxing and after the crazy day we had, we needed some down time.

Fun with Photo Booth?

It's Father's Day, I know. How can we be so insensitive and not include Daddy in all of this fun? Well, I'll tell ya - he says he is not feeling well. Hmpf! Is he faking so he can spend alone time in front of the US Open? Is he really a sick ole Daddy? I guess we will never know! So, we are bored and have decided to get silly with photo booth. Here are the HI-larious results.



Aren't those the craziest shots?! There were about 50 more that we took while killin' some time, but not all of them made the blog cut. Hope we made you belly laugh! And, too bad for you Mister Daddy, you missed a good gigglin' time . . .

And the Summer Begins!

What a summer it has been so far. SO busy! The minute the school year ended, I hit the ground running. I took on the props position for AGL and their summer show, The Merry Wives of Windsor. It was a bit over my head I have to admit. Some items, I just couldn't find and they have to be built, eek! I am no carpenter and certainly not an electrician, so I did the best I could and begged for help elsewhere! With a little stress and a lot of luck, everything was finished in time for opening night. Whew!

The big news in the family was the birth of my niece, as seen in the post below. We traveled to Dallas, Texas - yes, we drove - on June 4th. My sister was induced that day and we made it just in time for her c-section. What an awesome trip! A new little life to celebrate and I got to see family that I don't get to see that often.

The next event on our minds is Olivia's birthday party. She is going to be NINE YEARS OLD!! Woa. She is amazing, what a great girl if I do say so myself. Her party is going to be a swimming/sleepover party with a dash of the Jonas Brothers thrown in. "Camp Rock" is premiering on the Disney Channel so the girls are going to watch it at the party. For those of you who don't know - "Camp Rock" is a Disney Channel movie that the Jonas Brothers rock band will be starring in. It is the much anticipated tween event of the summer!

Our big trip of the summer will be next on the calendar - DISNEY WORLD! We are counting down (Yes, I am a total nerd and I made this countdown on photoshop! The Mickey heads are paint chips from the paint section at Home Depot - they have Disney paint) to a trip that will include a long drive, some quality time, and some awesome rides. We can't wait!

Let Me Introduce You to My Niece!

She is here! My perfect little niece. She was born on June 4th in the evening at Baylor Hospital in downtown Dallas, Texas. She was 6lbs 3 oz and 18 inches long. Oh! I forgot to tell you her name! She is - drumroll please - Abbie May. Isn't that the sweetest name? You can just tell by her picture that it is a perfect match.
My sister and brother in law are over the moon in love with her, of course. It was so great to see them so happy. They deserve it more than anyone can know.
Holding my niece was wonderful. She is so tiny and SO pink! She was so quiet too. Just a little squeak every now and then. What a sweetheart.
My sister loves this picture of Abbie because it looks like she is going to make a petite size raspberry! Too cute!