Birthday Time



Emmy and Ally both had a birthday this summer.  Emmy turned 11 and Ally turned five and was able to get her ears pierced.  Something she has been dieing to do. Ally also wanted to have her party at Chucky Cheese so we did.  We even added Emmy to the party and she had a blast.  We usually have about 3 parties per child so it was nice to combine some. 

 Love that smile.

 Love her personality.

 They still love all the games and I'm glad because it's hard to find a way to entertain all four kids.

 

Here they are with their hats.  Too cute

 

 

I love to see them dance and carry on.  There motto is perfect, it truly is where a kid can be a kid.

 

 



Emmy and Ally's Family Birthday Party

Both Emmy and Ally had birthday's last month and we had our annual family get together to celebrate Emmy turning 9 (I can't believe it) and Ally turning 3. We had a packed house, but that's when it's the best. My wonderful daddy cooked for everyone and the kids had a blast outside on the slip n slide.

The line was pretty long at first.

But then the girls started doing....well, I'm not exactly sure what they are doing. I'm kinda thinking that's a dangerous spot to be, but oh well.

Then they realized that the Pep's truck would be a fun place to hang out. Ally's doing her rock star routine. Ever the poser. We had a blast and are so grateful to be blessed with such sweet girls and a loving family that helps us celebrate. Happy Birthday girlies!

Ally's Birthday

Our little Lovey had her 3rd birthday last week. She has been anxiously awaiting it for about 3 months now. She's been telling everyone it's her birthday since Parker's birthday back in April. I overheard her Uncle Cory telling her last Sunday that she sure had a lot of birthdays. She has been wanting a bicycle and on the actual day of her birthday she went around telling everyone it was her bicycle day. It was so cute. We were in Wal-Mart that morning and she told the cashier it was her bicycle day. The lady had no idea what she was talking about. We will be celebrating her's and Emmy birthday with a family dinner on Sunday, but on her actual birthday she got to open her presents from us and go to dinner wherever she wanted, which happened to be Golden Corral. I love it when they're young and you can persuade them to eat where you want them too. Now if I can just get Emmy to change her mind about eating at Moe's on her birthday. We're so lucky to have such a sweet and kind little girl. We love her so much and pray that we'll have many more birthdays with her.

Happy Birthday Parker!

Our baby is 1 year old already!!! Where did the year go. She is so big and such a happy baby, still. She is almost always content and she loves her mama.

She still doesn't have much hair, which has never happened with our girls. And she still is not interested in walking. All of our other babies were starting to walk by 10 months. Parker is taking her time and that's fine by use. I want her to be a baby for as long as she can.

We had a party for her Sunday. Both Neal's family and my family came over and we grilled out and had yummy food. Parker is not so happy here because she wanted something to eat and no one was sharing.

She finally found Aunt Kristen who was happy to share her cake with her. Unfortunately, I don't think Paige was so happy about it.

Welcome Back and Happy Birthday Grandma

Neal's mom returned Thursday from a three week trip to Louisianna to visit with Neal's older sister Lynetta.  We all missed her bunches so Friday night while we were watches Cory and Kristens sweet kids we decided to have a birthday/welcome back party for Grandma.  Emmy did all the decorations by herself.  She was so excited.  She made a big sign that said "Welcome Back Grandma"  It was super cute.  Her daddy had to help her hang it because it was HUGE.   I cooked a roast with potatoes, carrots and onions.  Paige ate her plate, Ethan's plate, and two more plates.  Not sure who they belonged to, but we're all family.  It was a blast and we're so happy to have her back home.

Grandma blew all the candles out.  They were arranged in a way that read 63, but Ally rearranged them before we realized it.

Parker at the party looking oh so cute and sweet.

After we ate, the kids were sent on a spy mission to rescue all the prisioners (stuffed animals and baby dolls) that were held hostage upstairsin Argentina (playroom) and Mexico (Emmy's room).  I had to include these pictures because they cracked me up.  They had to use flashlights only and they had to bring the hostages out in their backpacks.  Kyleigh didn't have a back pack so she stuck the prisioners in her spy belt.  How she even moved is beyond me.

Emmy had two backpacks and a purse full of prisioners.  They were really good spies.

Charles Allen Is 5

Charles Allen turned 5 years old Sunday. He is such a fun kid, my favorite quote from the day is, "I've wanted to be five my whole life." We'll you got it kiddo.

He is the perfect boy for our family. He is into sports like a maniac, just like his daddy.

Our girls sure are lucky to have such a fun and loving brother.

I can't wait to enjoy the rest of our years with our little man. Happy Birthday Charlesie! We love you bunches.

Happy Birthday Emmy!

This is my birthday girl. My beautiful babies. Birthday Pizza! The best.

Emmy turned seven on July 29th. I can't believe it. It makes me so sad when I think of how quickly it has gone by. Time really does fly when you're having fun, and Emmy has been so much fun since about 3 months. Don't even get me started on the first three months with a new baby, especially the first. Of course, it wasn't her fault. I just had completely no idea what in the world I was doing. Poor thing, it's a miracle she made, not to mention that she seems to be doing well in spite of what she had to endure. Anyway, it seemed like we celebrated all week long for her birthday. We get pretty excited around here when one of our babies has a birthday. On Tuesday, her actual birthday, we opened two presents before she went to school. Then during school she had a party with her classmates. We shared two birthday cookies and Capri Suns with her class. Mrs. Haden was really good to let us come in and disrupt her class. And it was especially exciting for Emmy since it was the first time she was at school on her actual birthday. When she got home from school she opened another present because apparently a seven year old will die if they have to wait too long to open presents on their birthday. That seems to be the rule. I know I wanted to die if I had to listen to more begging. Thankfully we all survived and we were able to go to Emmy's favorite restaurant, Moe's, and have a birthday dinner. After that we came home to finish opening her presents. The very next day we took Emmy and her BFF, Elise, to the Jonas Brothers concert. And finally, on Friday we had a small party with her cousins during our monthly date night. It was a fun week and we're so lucky to be sharing our lives with such a great kid. Happy Birthday, Emmy!

This looks like trouble to me. Run girls! Run!

The girls kept trying to outrun the boys in the gator. It didn't work so well.

Boys and girls play so different. While the boys were busy trying to bomb everyone with water ballons, the girls were trying to protect their "babies". It was so sad when they busted.

Jonas Brothers Concert

Neal got Emmy tickets to the Jonas Brothers Concert for her birthday. I told him it was crazy to take a seven year old to a concert, but she was telling him that she overheard some girls at school talking about what they were going to wear to the concert and he really wanted to surprise her. Obviously he wanted to surprise me too, because he bought five tickets and wanted me to take her and three friends....so not going to happen. We decided on one friend and Charles-Allen, Neal, and me. Of course she chose Elise, those girls would live together if we let them. It was a hot, fun night once the Jonas Brothers came out. Avril Lavin played first and the girls really didn't know who she was. There was a lot of screaming and I decided that I'm sooo not ready to be the parent of a tween. Thank goodness that's a few years off.

Here the girls are after having picked out their outfits for the night.

The kids are hugging Grandma, our trusty babysitter, goodbye. We know Ally is in good hands.

We had no idea how packed it would be. I've been to concerts before, and it was never anything like this.

The girls helped themselves to someone's chair. The people must
not have needed it because they never came back.

Only the young would wear heels to a concert.

We basically bought a ticket for Charles-Allen to do this all night. I love this kid. I think he's trying to learn how to break dance.

The Jonas Brothers finally came out. Do you think the girls are excited? They're going to hate me for this photo when they get older.

It was hard for the kids to see so Neal was constantly putting someone on his shoulders. What a good man.

By the end of the night everyone was exhausted. But we couldn't leave until they heard Burning Up and I think it was the very last song. Just wanted to give a shout out to Brookie, she's our cousin and we saw her there. The girls were almost as excited to see her as they were the Jonas Brothers.