Parker's First Sleepover

Parker had his first sleepover this weekend! He was so excited.

...Mommy was a little anxious. She is not too keen on sleepovers.

Parker and his friend Tyler both had their birthday parties this weekend. To keep the fun going they had a sleepover. A first for both boys. I have known Tyler's parents for years - since before they were married - and trust them completely so I thought I could finally let my little guy go... He is 8 now after all! :)

You can see that he went prepared! Nerf gun? Check. Nerf vest, clips, magazines and bullets? Check. Back up gun? Check. Gun tri-pod? Check. Karate headband from Tyler's party? Check. New iPod Touch? Check. Bag packed all by himself with jammies, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant and iPod adaptor? Check.

They had a blast! Parker told me that he slept in his clothes. He was having so much fun he forgot to put his jammies on! :)

My Darling Boy Turned 8 Today!

And by today I mean February 19th - which was technically yesterday except that I haven't gone to bed yet. :)

Demi's 12th Birthday

I have been such a horrible blogger lately. I have totally missed everything over the last several months. Since I was posting Carson's birthday pictures I figured I needed to post Demi's really quick too.

Demi started out the day by dressing appropriately for school with a Team Jacob t-shirt on! :) And then that night she had a Twilight (Team Jacob) party for her 12th birthday. :) It was a slumber party. And as you can see below...

...her cake was ghetto-fabulous!

Demi had decided that she wanted a red velvet cake. And she desperately wanted a real Twilight picture on it. So since Mallory is such a baker extrodinarre we decided that she should make it! My contribution was finding the cake topper picture on etsy. Let's just say that the cake didn't quite live up to expectations. Lol. We gave Mallory enough grief to last a lifetime. Even though it wasn't really her fault. I am sure it was the Houston humidity! ;)

That is what we get for skipping a year of RJ Goodie tradition!

But it was still delicious!

And we were so flattered and excited that Taylor Lautner would stop by and hang out with us too!

The whole time Mallory was cutting the cake he was totally checking out her butt!

After pizza, cake and gifts the girls went upstairs to hang out. All they needed was a smoke machine to complete the club vibe!

For an activity we made dream catchers and we also had 'puppy chow' or 'wolf chow'. ;)

And Taylor was so nice to sign autographs for everyone!

Carson's 5th Birthday

Carson's favorite gifts were his new Scooby Doo Wii game and a tent that goes on top of his bed. He was so excited when I picked him up from school that all he wanted to do was run home, bring his tent downstairs and sit in it and play his new Wii game while watching through the tent window. :)

Birthday Round 2

Demi had 'birthday round 2' today - on her 'real' birthday. :) She picked grilled hot dogs with all the fixin's for dinner & red velvet with chocolate frosting for her birthday cake. Thank goodness Aunt Mallory lives in H-Town now or we wouldn't know what to do with ourselves. It was so yummy!

She opened a few gifts and then all the boys settled into a little Super Mario Brothers tourney on the Wii.

Happy 12th Birthday Demi!

Happy 12th Birthday Demi!

Last night we took Demi out for her 12th birthday with Robert's family. 12th birthday!? What!? She is getting so old. She is a total tween now and loves all things girly.

We went to one of our favorite mexican restaurants, El Palenque. And then of course we had to do the sombrero/singing/whipped cream in her face extravaganza! That is totally Demi and she loved it. She was just disappointed that so little whipped cream was actually smashed in her face. Lol.

Demi has a birthday trifecta workin' -- last night was dinner, today is grilled hotdogs with all the fixin's & a red velvet cake w/ chocolate filling & frosting (her choices) with Mallory & Ryan, and next weekend is her Twilight inspired slumber party. Aaaaa... It's good to be twelve.

This is what 38 looks like...

Old and haggard. Lol.

Thanks for all the b-day wishes peeps! I have the BEST friends and family!

Welcome to your 30's!

Happy Birthday to Jim - the funniest & smartest brother a girl could have. I love the pic above of him chillaxin in Central Park a couple of weeks ago - and I can't post without adding my favorite pic of him ever... the pic of him giving some poor Asian kid the Street Fighter 4 beat down in a Chinatown Video Arcade recently. I love the picture because it is totally Jimbo! One of my sisters Mallory and her husband Ryan were in New York visiting at the time. Jim looks like he is betting every dime he has on this one game. And see how totally into it Mall is? Lol.

I hope you have a great night out at the 'Japanese Steakhouse'. I'm jeleous! Maybe, if I am lucky, I will get to go to Ci-Ci's pizza next week for my birthday. In Spring. Not Manhattan. :(

Happy Birthday Dorri!

Happy Birthday to one great sister-in-law! I had to include one of my favorite pictures of Dorri. It happens to be when she was preggo with little Presley. And the picture below is this last weekend at the crawfish boil. Carson loves his aunt Dorri! I hope you have had a GREAT day! :)

Happy B-Day Clayballz!

The one of the coolest brother-in-laws a girl could have.

Check check one two. Cruisin up. Cruisin back.

Parker's Camo Party

Parker just had his 7th birthday! Can you believe he is getting that old? He is obsessed with anything 'army' or 'solider' and his current favorite show is Modern Sniper on Discovery's Military Channel. Today he kept asking me if you have to pay to be in the military. Lol. I kept telling him that he has to pay to go to West Point, Annapolis or the Air Force Academy. Which is the only way he can be in the military if I have anything to say about it. Lol. I REALLY hope this is one of those childhood dreams like being a vet or a circus clown that will fizzle out over time.

So - here are some pics of his party. We had a little 'boot camp' obstacle course in the backyard, took some pics of the kids wearing their dog tags and camo helmets and then had cake and ice cream. Parker loved it and was happy to have his friends and cousins over.

Like how I blurred out our contact info in case there is some crazy out there who is after my fam? Lol.

And I have to say after years of getting all of our cakes at R J Goodies, I finally got one that I wasn't happy with. It was pretty ugly - but I survived. I should have had her make it all camo instead of putting dog tags on it. My bad.

The new picture taking rule in our house is that Demi has to act like a normal person when I photograph her. No more posing like a goober. Just a cute little smile!

We went to dinner with Robert's family and some friends after his party.

I have to take a quick second to point out how much Carson cracks me up on a daily basis. He always travels with a whole slew of stuff. Lol.

And believe me - this is a good day. At least he isn't wearing a holster with guns or carrying his backpack full of stuff.

Parker got to open his gift from Nanu & Pappa - Lego's! He is addicted to Lego's and is collecting the Atlantis set right now.

It was fun because Robert's dad and step mom were in town from Kansas. It was nice to spend time with them and perfect because we had an occasion to celebrate!

Carson wanted to sit right between Grandma Brenda and Nanu at dinner. He was so funny.

It was a great weekend!