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Lil' diva turns five!

So the grand event finally took place, ashlyn turned five.!!!! I was a little worried that it would not live up to her four and three quaters year old expectations, but I was happily surprised. She decided to have a tinkerbell themed b-day after much debate about eactly what it was we would be doing for her. And with just moving to michigan it was a small party. But I decorated after she went to bed and when she woke up the next morning she was so excited to come into the living room and see everything decorated! it was a tinkerbell-polooza .She could not wait for her "guests" as she kept calling them to show up. Her party went great having only a few kids ended up working to my advantage. I was not stressed out, nor did I feel any need to impress because it was so low key. It could not have gone any better! Ashlyn has been bugging us endlessly to let her get her ears pierced...We were going to make her wait until she was eight and that could be her baptism present, but the more i thought about it i was like you have made this awesome commitment to the lord now let's go put holes in you ears! So I decided that now was a great time to let her do it. Aaron wasnt as convinced about the whole thing...but finally he got sick of me bugging him and gave in. Sooo after her party we surprised her and took her to her favorite pre-teen, glitter enfesited, jewel wearing, diva mecca Libby Lu... and she picked out some cute little earrings and I started getting nervous...yeah me! not her she was as cool as a cucumber! I kept telling her not to feel pressured and that if she got scared we could do it another time. My hands were sweating, i felt sick to my stomach, and here is ashlyn hops right into the little chair and grabs my hand and tells me " it is ok mom i want to do this!" So with and poke and punch...she now has her ears pierced and I must admit it is the cutest thing i have EVER seen. And I excpected at least a few tears Heck i was crying...but nope nothing! She smiled and said am I done? She went and picked out a few pairs of earrings for when she can change them. and was on her way! So my conclusion to this whole ordeal is that my baby really IS growing up and it is very bitter sweet. It is sad on one hand to watch her grow, but on the other it is really cool to be there as she does!

Our family fun filled weekend!!!

Matt and stacy came to see us in Detroit for the weekend, and we had soooooo much fun. Friday we went out to dinner, and then went and drove "adult" go karts...they can get up to thirty miles an hour...which when driving a go kart is pretty darn fast! Ok, soooo yeah I am a pretty big nerd! But we had an absolute blast! It was great to spend some time together with out children.
Then Saturday we went to the beach, we once again had lots of fun with all the oldies but goodies! The Williamsons, Freestones, Eagars, us and the new comers the futrells. Jon got thrown in with his clothes on, and someone missed a few spots on emma's face with sun screen...we had a good day. And finshed it off with a dinner date at Pei Wei and smaller chain of PF Changs! We counted...and there were 14 kids to five couples and as they all started throwing rocks in the parking lot we couldnt help but wonder if we were all slightly crazy to take some many children out in public at one time! We were really sad to see the eagars leave, but there will always be d-town!

Alysse turns one!!!

On June 12th Alysse turned one! She was so darn cute...We didnt really plan anything because ashlyn's first birthday was such a diaster, but alysse was happy, and good spirited about the whole thing! It has always been a dream of mine to have a child that just goes crazy on the cake for their first birthday! Ashlyn well...is just ashlyn and didnt but alysse totally came thru! She went crazy and ate like 2/3 of the cake it was sooooo cute and she was pretty happy about it too! We took her to the beach/lake for this grand event and played in the water and had a little b-b-q with the williamson's! It was all around a great day and my baby is one now! TEAR!!!

and in the beginning...

ok...so I cant lie, I never had any intention of starting one of these...but a few poeple started blogs, and it was really fun to read about what they had been up to and see pictures of their beautiful families it was cool to still feel connected millions of miles away...then a few more started blogging, and now it is a freakin' craze! Soooo being the trend follower that I am I decided to start one too...we will see how this goes! Bare with me because I am not very good at this!