Birthday Boy!

JJ had his first birthday and I went all out and made this awesome Sesame Street train cake the night before his party. That night while we were sleeping our American Bulldog, Brooklyn, decided it smelled pretty good and ate the first two cars. When I woke up the next morning I was just too stunned to be mad. I had to redo the first two cars but the other two she hadn't touched. It just made for some extra work for me!


Opening his presents, the older girls at the party (not me, Chiara, Alissa and Stori) were more interested in opening gifts than he was. He was just mad that the toys he got were in packages and he had to wait to play with them.
At first he wasn't sure what to do with the cake. I had to smash his fingers into the frosting before he realized this was going to be fun. I don't think he ate any of it but he had a good time!

$2 Tuesdays

Dave, this one's for you!

We went to Thanksgiving Point last week for their $2 Tuesday and wandered around the gardens. We had tons of fun, the kids splashed in the water and we got to spend time with our work-a-holic daddy!

Flower Girl

Chiara got to be one of the flower girls in her uncle Corey's wedding on Friday. She looked absolutely gorgeous. While she was in the bride's room waiting for the wedding to start she sighed and said, "I'm just so nervous!"

The 4th of July

We woke up early on Friday and drove to Murray for the big parade. Then we bought some fireworks and went home to rest. We caught the 5:00 showing of Wall-E then hung out at Thanksgiving Point until the fireworks started. By the way, if you haven't wandered around Thanksgiving Point you are missing out. We ate dinner at the little Deli and it was fabulous! We also loved the little garden area and hidden waterfall. By the end of the day my poor kids were completely worn out, yet still just as adorable!

Cruisin'

Joseph has been crawling for the last two weeks and has been cruising for just as long. He had his 9 month appointment this week and he is off the charts for height and about the 90th percentile for weight. I have been scrambling around the house trying to baby proof and I have nightmares everynight that he finds some way to get hurt. It's all worth it though, he is a pretty good kid!

Sleeping Beauty

Our own little princess was in the Acadamy of Ballet's production of Sleeping Beauty last weekend. She was a song bird and she was spectacular. The ballet was about 2 hours long and her part was about 2 minutes. It was the most adorable thing I have ever seen. I must say, she is a natural!

Book Tag

Okay Brooke, this one is for you! I just finished this book but I'm not sure what else to read! I would gladly accept suggestions!

Book TagDirections:
1. Get the nearest book to you, or one you're reading that contains over 123 pages.
2. Go to the 123 page
3. Find the 5th sentence
4. Post the 5th sentence
5. Tag five peopleBook

Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer "I snickered."

I tag Marilee, Tracie, Krachel, Annelisa and Tasha... If you want to!