16 GIRLS + 4 HOURS= FUN FUN FUN!

8,12 & 16 are the years that my kiddos get to have birthday parties with friends. It was suppose to be a slumber party, but it turns out those are frowned upon in this here neck of the woods. So what was going to be a slumber party of 4 turned into a "pajama party" late over with 13. Add my 3 girls to the mix and all of the sudden I have 16 girls running and squealing around in my backyard.

They started off with pizza for dinner. I though it would be fun to let them decorate cupcakes, and thought the owls were super cute and thought they would be simple enough. Unfortunately I did not buy double stuffed Oreos and I just assumed that the Oreo would twist apart nicely if done properly. Yeeaah, not so much! That combined with the frosting being a little to stiff made for stressful decorating, on my part anyway! They took off outside again while I cleaned up and prepared for the next activity, chocolate facials! The girls painted each others nails while I went around the table lathering their faces with this facial that was going to make their skin oh so soft. Aaah, well in theory anyway. It was slightly harder to take off than I had imagined! As we are opening presents and I look at a little face with red splotches. Her response was "I'm ok, it only burns a little" OOOh...so just in case you were wondering coco, ground oats, and sour cream DON'T give you soft skin! The evening tappered off with a movie and popcorn &/or a little Just Dance on the wii. Over all I think the kids were happy and had a good time. I did wonder, "what in the world were you thinking?" when it was all said and done.


Oh and it turns out the plastic table clothes are not resistant to fingernail polish remover! That's a whole nother story for another time!

Another Mile Stone!

Birthdays with family are rare here in Colorado. Abby's birthday fell the day before she was baptized, soooo she got to celebrate with family this year! I did not do as good a job as I thought documenting it with pictures of everyone, kinda bumbed. Our guests included, my parents, my sister and three of her kids, Aaron's parents, his sister, her husband and little one.

Abby was in heaven! We went for pedicures, made friendship bracelets, played at the bounce house, went out for dinner and topped off with plenty of presents and cake! Not bad for a 8 year old! Contrary to the look on Abs face, she did enjoy the pedi and bracelet making, promise!

I can't believe we are two down already, I swear Ry is still 8! It was a great day! We TONS of friends and family to show support. Abby has a very large primary class, 17 will be be baptized this year!

We love our Abby, she is such a sweet, thoughtful young lady! We could not be more proud of her decision to be baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Easter 2011

We did not have a white Christmas, but come time for an Easter egg hunt, what should appear...yeah SNOW!! Don't get me wrong, we didn't go sledding, it was just a skiff. Threatening just the same. All was well in the end, our small Easter egg hunt was a huge success, leaving no child disappointed. We decorated eggs Friday night and the Easter Bunny hid our baskets for Saturday morning. All the sugar and fun came Saturday, leaving us with a reverent Easter Sunday.


We were a family of Yellow at church!