PJ's Birthday Party

Best Kids Ever. Ever.

BBQ

Here it is! In this pic you can see the new grill, burner, fridge and door panels. Totally awesome. Now we have a TV and a bbq! What more do you need? :)

Birthday Recap

Wow, what a birthday I had this year! It wasn't just a birth-DAY, it was a birth-week! I felt very loved, very blessed, and very busy! But it was great. I am so lucky to have wonderful friends and of course the best hubby and kiddos a woman could ask for. Expecting age 35 to be one of the best years yet!

Started off my birthday morning with donuts at Dunkin Donuts with my kiddos and my friend Kim and her son Camden.

Being silly with my babies.
Then to McDonalds to play and get some energy out. Kids had hot fudge sundaes before we headed home.


The night of my birthday we went to Chili's for dinner just the four of us. We had a coupon for kids eat free with the purchase of one adult meal. We got fajitas to split, the kids got 2 free kids meals, and we got a free chocolate molten cake for my birthday. Tons of food for the price of just the fajitas! Awesome deal and great time together.


Like mother like daughter.
Thursday morning, the day after my birthday, we went to my friend Marti's house for another little celebration. She had food and made me brownie ice cream sandwiches covered in chocolate. I have the rest of them in the freezer for after Easter when I got back to desserts! Here is Marti and her son Gavin making the pops.
Me and my sweet, sweet friend Marti.
Then Thursday afternoon my neighbor Nancy took me to Scottsdale for lunch, shopping and dessert at the Sugar Bowl. What an amazing day our in a beautiful city with a wonderful friend.

I had the Top Hat Sundae and am dying to have another. It was a huge homemade cream puff filled with ice cream and covered in hot fudge. Amazing.
Then......Friday night I went to the Melting Pot with my "library" friends. I call them my library friends because I met them at the library. Well, 2 of them. And then met Natalie through them later at the park. Christie, the one in the pink, and I share the same birthday so we celebrated together with some awesome fondue. :)


And last but not least my church friends and i went out to breakfast in Scottsdale at the cutest little breakfast place you have ever seen. The ambiance was beautiful, weather perfect, food amazing. And then we walked around Old Town Scottsdale and found a Farmers Market and bought a few local items to bring home. What a perfect day with my beautiful friends.


Can't say my birthday this year was lacking in any way. Did I say that I am blessed? So very blessed.

I also started playing volleyball again and let's just say I am feeling 35. After my game last night my knees are so sore, back achy and shoulders stiff. So out of shape but loving playing again. Missed it.

Swim Lessons

Cutest face in the pool.

Learning to float.

Such a good girl sitting, listening, following directions. Mama should have had more faith in her......

Hi mom! Swimming to the wall.Learning how to climb out of the pool without assistance. Key to pool survival.

Jamie does amazing at swim lessons. When I signed her up I told the lady that she wasn't going to sit and listen or follow directions, because that is just Jamie. Well, silly me, she does! And she does a great job of it. They call her name and she goes into the pool area by herself. No mommy carrying her. She gets in the pool, sits on the ledge and every once in a while turns around to say, hi mommy! She can't swim on her own completely yet but I have a feeling by the end of this summer she will. I am so proud of her. She has grown up a lot and it teaches me to never underestimate my children or their capabilities.

Birthday Party

Kids went to a princess/cowboy party last Sunday. It was loads of fun. The house was on property with chickens, goats, horses, ducks and a piglet. There was a huge trampoline, dress up clothes and Rapunzel came to sing and dance with the kids. She also painted nails and did crafts with them. Jamie loved meeting Rapunzel but loved the chickens more......

Jamie was so pretty I just kept taking pictures of her. One of her sweet friends that is a boy kept staring at her and calling her Rapunzel. Rapunzel with curly hair, haha.

Bachelor Finale with my Girls

Not the most quality television but a heck of a lot of fun!

Birthday!

Got a sitter and went out for dinner with my hubs last night. Dinner at Ah-So Sushi. They sang to me, brought me red bean ice cream and took our picture. Yummy night of miso soup, sushi rolls and dessert. Our cute dinner picture is posted below. Love my hubby and thankful for my new bike and camera for my purse.

Park Day

Pete saw a boy at the park yesterday riding a bike without training wheels so he asked to try his bike. He gave it a spin and did pretty well. It gave Pete the idea that he didn't need training wheels either. So off they came back at home.....

Oreos with Dad

We had a cul-de-sac bonfire last Friday night with our wonderful neighbors. You know when you move into a new house you pray for nice neighbors.....well, we have THE BEST NEIGHBORS EVER! We love them, they love us, the kids adore all of them and our neighbors shower our children with love and gifts continuously!

Our neighbor Lisa put it together and she had food and others brought things too. There was taco dip and chips, homemade chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter brownies, smores, hot chocolate and Starbucks coffee. Let's just say I ate a lot of dip and chips since I am dessert free these days. It was very unsatisfying compared to the other stuff. If you know me at all you know I would much rather skip dinner to get to dessert..... Here is a pic of the 3 ladies in our cul-de-sac that just love Jamie to death.

That weekend we went over to Uncle Bob's house to squeeze oranges and spend time with Aunt Edna.

I took Aunt Edna for a walk and we sang hymns the whole time. Aunt Edna cannot communicate much these days but she can remember every word to songs about Jesus! Amazing.
Jamie loves her Aunt Edna.