HAPPY BIRTHDAY

HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY TO MACKENZIE TODAY!!

Mackenzie's Birthday Party!

Yesterday, the seventh of December we had Kenzie's 8th birthday party. She seemed to have a blast this year. A few of her friends from school came to the party and she seemed to enjoy having them there with her.

This year she decided to have her party at Pink Swirls here in town. It's a neat little Live Culture Yogurt store. They make all of the yogurt in their store and from what I believe is organic.  All the kids were able to get half a cup of the yogurt and up to three toppings each. I also of course made her some cupcakes and made some tie-dye frosting to on top of them. She loved the cupcakes!

Jerrod and I got her a set of roller blades and she was thrilled she got a pair. She has been wanting some since she went to a friends birthday party at the skating rink a few months ago. She was also thrilled about getting a telescope and guitar. She seemed to have a great birthday party which I'm glad about. Enjoy the pictures!!

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BIRTHDAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GABRYLE!!!

Nana's visit and Gabryle's Birthday Party

We all had a great visit with my Mom yesterday and today. The kids were so excited and had a great time getting to visit with Nana. We grilled burgers last night and played UNO till bedtime. We then spent today kind of being lazy around the house before the party since it has rained all day. Mackenzie, Kylie, Nana and I all went and got some nail polish and colored our nails earlier while we ate lunch and then later had the party.

Gabryle also had his birthday party today and I think he had a great time. It was also a good thing we decided to just have his party indoors since it has ended up raining almost all day so far! Still hard to believe he will be 3 on Monday! 

He got a lot of clothes and toys today and he seems to like them all. He's actually already wearing his new pajama bottoms he got and his Lightning McQueen house shoes. We found him a neat hot wheels cake and he LOVED it! I have some pictures posted below! 

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Kylie's Birthday Party!!

Kylie had her birthday party today. She seemed to have a great time today! Quite a few people showed up for it and seemed to enjoy themselves.

Kylie received some hair clips and hair ties, clothes, boots, money and Barbie's. We got her a Barbie purse that she could decorate. She, Kenzie and Amaurie all worked on coloring it for a while during the party. It's really cute.

We let her go to Wal-Mart this afternoon after her party and let her spend the money she got for her birthday. She ended up getting a barbie play set that has some sunglasses, phone, camera and purse, a Barbie puppy Wash set, and a big 'ol box of sidewalk chalk.

I think she enjoyed the most getting the chalk. She Mackenzie and Gabryle sat outside for a while playing with the chalk before dinner.

I'm glad the weather was great today to have her party! The kids got to play outside a lot and enjoyed running around.Check over on the Pictures page for more photos from her birthday party!!!

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Mackenzie Birthday

Well, today Miss Mackenzie turned 7. She seemed to have a great day today. We spent the morning and early afternoon doing some things around the house that needed to be done then at 4 headed over to where we were having her birthday party.

This year we decided to have it at Pizza Hut, which turned out great. Kenzie invited 7 of her friends from class, (all the girls), and 4 of them were able to make it today. Kenzie was thrilled! Some family members even came which made the party even better. We ate pizza, opened presents, then had some cake. After the cake Kenzie helped pass out the treat bags to her friends and cousins and then gradually people started to head their own ways.

Mackenzie seemed to have a blast and that's the important thing. She was thrilled we got her a little Ipod Shuffle and a few songs to put on it. She was even more thrilled when she found out that we got her some Justin Bieber songs to be put on it. She also loved her cake that I made her. She said it turned out just like she wanted too. The Guitars and stars on the top were a hit with the kids too. All of the girls wanted a guitar to eat. I should have made more than 4! Luckily between the guitars and stars there were enough for the kids and they weren't too disappointed.
 Tomorrow she will have cupcakes and some little juice pouches at snack time in honor of her birthday today to have a little "party" in her classroom with all of her friends. After that her birthday celebrations will come to an end. Of course she will go and spend her birthday money, but as for celebrating we will be through.

Til Next Time!

Kenzie cake

The finished stars and 7's

 Well, I finished most of the decorations for Mackenzie's birthday cake yesterday. I think they turned out great. I am especially proud of the guitars that came out great. I haven't put any strings or details on the guitars yet but hopefully I will soon!

Kenzie has already picked out her 2 favorite guitars and want them to be the center piece of the cake decorations. She also loves the number 7's I was able to make. She's still debating on which one of those she would like me to use. All of the stars she says are good so we can use which ever ones we want along with any of the polka dots I made. (I had some left over royal icing so I just made some dots. If I don't use them for Kenzie's cake I can use them on some other cake in the future.)

The Finished stars and guitars

I'll let them dry for a few more days then store them till I am ready to use them next Saturday when I make her cake. I'm going to try a new recipe later this afternoon for a cake to see if she likes it and if she does use it instead of the normal cake I use. If it's good I'll make sure and post the recipe for you!

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Busy busy busy....

Christmas is fast approaching along with Mackenzie's birthday. Things are busy with the girls at school, and I am busy at home starting to get things ready for Mackenzie's birthday party, and also things ready for Christmas, like Keeping Gabryle from pulling the Christmas tree over on top of him.

Kylie's class has started decorating their room for Christmas and they have cute decorations hanging on the wall outside of their class. She was thrilled to show me her Gingerbread kid we decorated hanging with all of the other kids decorations. It was neat seeing we were not the only ones who used something like cappuccino mix or cinnamon to decorate the gingerbread kid. She was thrilled that hers is on the bottom row so its easier for her to see when they are walking past the display.

Mackenzie's class has been busy working on a present for each family. She has been so careful at not letting it slip to what they are making and that has made her so proud. Her class will also be building gingerbread houses. Each student has to bring 1 supply so there are enough for each student. Mackenzie was asked to bring 2" miniature candy canes. I saw that and figured, okay that would be easy to find. How wrong was I about that!

We looked at Wal-Mart cause I assumed they would have it. Why not they had some last year. Boy was I wrong! The kids and I spent 40 minutes searching the entire store for them and they did not have them. Next we went to Dollar Tree, which was a no go either. After that we got Jerrod from work and then went home and had dinner. After we finished watching Mars Needs Moms, Kenzie and I ran to the mall to see if we could find some. We looked at Big Lots and they didn't have them so I decided that we would look next door at Hobby Lobby and bingo! We found then finally! They had 2 boxes left, one that had been opened and one that wasn't so we grabbed that box quickly and then went and looked around at some other things before heading home.  Never thought it would be so hard to find. I assumed when I read the note that Kenzie had that it would be easier to find especially since a lot of places had started setting out Christmas decorations before Halloween. Next year I will know to look at Hobby Lobby first!

Hard to believe Kenzie's birthday is almost a week away. She is so excited about it this year! She has heard from at least 4 of her friends in class that they will be coming to her party, plus lots of family has said they would come too. As we were looking through Big Lots last night she kept showing me things that she would like for her birthday. Little does she know we have already bought her gift and its sitting in the top of the towel closet. We think she will love getting a little Ipod Shuffle to listen to her music. Plus we downloaded her the new Justin Bieber Christmas album and the Kids Bop 20 album. She will love it!

Once I get some of the cake decorations made today and tomorrow I'll post pictures of them. Have to figure out how to make a guitar......Not sure how well it will turn out, but I will try my hardest. It's what she would like!

Till Next Time!!!

Party Weekend!!!

This weekend Mackenzie got to go to her first Slumber Birthday Party for one of her friends. She got home from School on Friday and finished packing her bag, signed her friends birthday card and was ready to go. It didn't start till 6:30 so we had three hours left till it started. I believe the time just went extremely slow for her. She asked almost every 10 minutes if it was time to go, or checked the clock to see the time. 6:15 finally came and we left to head to her friends house. We got there the same time one of the other girls and her mother showed up and we all went in together. I stayed and chatted for a few minutes, then told Mackenzie bye and Kylie Gabryle and I left. As we started towards the car, Gabryle started crying and yelling and pointing at the house. He fought to get his buckles in his car seat buckled and soon we were leaving. He pointed behind us out the back window and cried till we were halfway home. He did not like leaving his sister at someones house. I finally got him settled down by saying we were going to Wal-Mart and so we went and looked around for a little bit then went home and watched a movie.
We later picked Jerrod up from work and he took us to Braums and we got a little deal of ice cream for Gabryle and Kylie and let them stay up late and we had our own little party. The next morning, Saturday, I picked up Mackenzie around 8:30 and headed home. She had a great time at the party! They had a pillow fight, ate pizza and cake, watched Hannah Montana and stayed up late. Her friends mom told me that the girls stayed up till around 1 and then Kenzie was up along with a few of the other girls around 7. We have heard lots about the party since then and we're glad she had such a great time. After a long week for her she deserved having a good time with her friends just having fun.
Saturday we stayed at home and got things ready for Gabryle's birthday party, then Sunday had his party! Hard to believe he is 2 now. Seems like it has just flown by! He seemed to have a great time at his party. We grilled some hot dogs since that is one of his favorite foods and ate lunch. After letting lunch settle we let Gabryle open his presents. He had a blast opening presents!! We got him a few of the Toy Story Characters and a pair of boots which he Loved! Jerrod also got him a Tonka Dump truck, one of the good metal ones, not a cheap plastic one. He also got a lot of outdoor toys that he has had a  blast with!
We then had some cake and then sat around talking while the kids played in the bedrooms and a little in the living room. Everyone started leaving around 230, 300 and then we relaxed the rest of the day. we tried getting Gabryle to sit still to take a nap but he wouldn't. We ate our dinner and then around 7 Gabryle started getting extremely cranky. Jerrod picked him up and laid down on the sofa with him and Gabryle was out fast! He was passed out asleep before 7:30 and stayed asleep till he came in our room around 3 this morning before falling back asleep beside me in our bed.
All in all it was a good weekend for us! Mackenzie had a great end to a bad week, and we all got to celebrate Gabryle turning 2.

Till Next Time!!