Bri Bri's B-day Pah-ty

On Sunday we headed to the "big city" to celebrate a certain gal turning the "sweet 16". THANKFULLY it wasn't THIS girl... Seriously one of my current fav. pics... I love these kids and I LOVE this pic!

I think this could get titled "hey... Aunnie! WATCH!" :) (her face is PRICELESS, click to enlarge)

Always time for math...who cares if it's your b-day pah-ty right?? :)

Did someone say "math?" Yeah. I tune out and get silly instead. :)

A great time celebrating a GREAT girl with amazing family. Almost makes the girl crying ALL.THE.WAY.HOME. worth it... almost. :) Kidding. :) Kinda.

:)

Wednesday Play Group

Last Wednesday these two lovely ladies picked up Minnie and I and took us to our every other Wed play group at Pheeb's house. We had a special project planned for the day and there was a HUGE turn out! Speaking of special projects...gotta love Mama H's borrowed outfit. Ask her about it sometime... hee hee hee Shhhh.... don't tell what we were working on...

Do you think little E there on the end wants to share? :)

ssshhhh....

We were also celebrating a little man who turned TWO that VERY day! We all enjoyed treats provided by his Mom!!!

My girl was LOVIN' LIFE!!! Pheebs, Yiz, "wings" (swings), toys, treats... yeah. She loves life.

Speaking of lovin' life... how SERIOUSLY cute is this kid? He was SO ready for my camera any time I pointed it at him :)

I mean...

EVERY time :)

What a GREAT day!

Shun-Shnides

We love us some Kschnides!!! Or as Minnie calls her... Shunshnides which really sounds like...SHUN-SHINE :) Hysterical! She is just a few weeks into her first year of college and is in a nursing program. I love girls in nursing. They always seem so gentle, nurturing, loving, kind and sweet. At least all the girls I know that are RNs or going to be :) This one is no different. I aspire for Minnie to be just like her :) She goes to bed by 10PM, loves hanging out with her Mama and prefers hangin' out to GOIN' out :) Easy girl to please that is FOR SURE! We LOVE this girl!

Clearly Minnie does too :)

Thanks for coming to hang Kschnides! We love yah!!! (ALL of us! :)

Word?less? Wednesday: Should I be concerned?

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Fair Vs. 2.0

We made the most of the rainy day at the Fay-yah last week... and spent a lot of time inSIDE :)

or under cover ~ (you try getting 3 kids, 3 and under to look AND smile at the camera at the SAME time)

Thankfully Nana spoiled the kiddies with a special surprise from one of the vendors. Brand new toy buses to play with while they were all in their strollers. THANKS NANA!

this little guy was surprising us ALL over the place that day... climbing in with the animals and wait until you see what he did further down the page...

Unlike the fair we went to only two days before, Minnie had the chance to go on some rides thanks to Aunnie J and Uncle JJ ~ She def. didn't want to be the only one watching the big boys but the first ride they picked was SUPER fast and really kinda big for her... (holding back tears) but she pitched a FIT when it was time to GET OFF~ :)

On the next ride I thought Minnie would be OK since she was sitting with the "big boys"...

but not so much when the ride took off...Good thing for Nana racing along side... the giggles came back...

By far the SLOWEST and her most FAVORITE ride :) She's been talking about the yellow truck ever since.

CJ wasn't TOO sure about this but we were all encouraging him to enjoy it... and JUMP...

AND HE DID!!!

Thanks CountryRents for another LONG, wonderful day at the fay-yah! The tradition continues...

and I can't TELL you how happy I am that my girl is going to grow up with these amazing memories just like I have :)
THANK YOU!!!

Inspired ~ Before and After

I think when you are inspired by people who are smaller....who are younger...

and who are so beautiful INSIDE and OUT....It's a great reflection on their parents. Clearly you are raising kids who care for other, want to do something bigger than themselves and are selfless.

I was challenged by these three GORGEOUS girls who have all recently (Chloe was a couple years ago) cut all their hair for a program called Locks of Love who take hair donations and make wigs for kids with cancer.

So I decided several months ago I was going to make the big cut. Today was the BIG DAY!!! I was soooo excited. I typically get a little ancy about my hair in the fall and try to do something different but this year I knew it was going to be REALLY different :)

You have to have at least 10 inches in order to donate to Locks of Love.

Good thing for ME it can be wet and straight when you cut it :)

My faithful hairdresser and good friend encouraging me the entire time :) I def. did not expect the emotions that I felt when I felt the scissors go through my hair. I got sick to my stomach and I started to cry. I was NOT expecting that!?!? I was completely caught off guard!

But we laughed it up and we even went a little crazy by straightening it. (don't worry as SOON as a STITCH of water touches it we are all back to curly and I'll post another pic then)

Goodbye hair and hello DIFFERENT :)

(a pic for Mama H while I was on the phone with her :)

I can't believe how SHORT my ponytail is!!! Then I start to think... my hair WILL grow back. I'm not a parent who has to worry about picking out a wig for my little girl. I am thankful and blessed.

Thank you Chloe, Millie and Lil'Bit for your inspiration, your challenge and your selflessness. You are all amazing.