Friday, May 23, 2008

Party Time!

Thur was Rachel's 11th bday--I was able to get FREE cupcakes from my albertsons run along with 15 other cakes...so i took the cupcakes to her class, and one cake to sarah's class, one to anna's, one to Tracy's grandkids each--SO FUN! I was even able to get a cake for our "family party" and one for rachel's "friend party" can you say SCORE!!!!!
The day started out fun--however after school things quickly changed...rachels friends were coming in & out of our home telling us there was a tornado in Perris (which is RIGHT NEAR US!)but we thought they meant Paris...so we didnt pay much attention to them(i quickly made a run thru the news stations & nothing was on)..they came in like 3 separate times, Sarah was getting nervous and we told her HELLO paris is HALF way around the world-why all the craziness!! then about 30 minutes later my sister heidi calls asking "oh my goodness are you guys all okay???" WHY do people keep asking us!??! whats going on?? she said "what--you're having a tornado!! its all over the news!" so we flip it on and boom there it is all over every channel what in the world???? turns out the tornado was 1 mile from our house---it flipped some trains..


this is the train that is on our frwy off ramp..

this is in LA...it hailed so much it looked like snow..

i had to add this only because 2 days prior to this it was like 105!!


They were telling everyone in our area to come inside & go to the 1st floor of our home, center of our house, lay flat, cover your head with a pillow & put a blanket over you incase of flying debri...so i had each girl bring down their pillow/blanket--we had a quick practice--then just stayed glued to the news for 2 hours!! i was wearing cute high sandals, so i quickly changed into sweats & sneakers & made sure we all had jackets close to us & brought down jons medications..

I took some photos myself of our views--there's also the news choppers going over our house--






It all worked out & we were okay but HOW CRAZY IS THAT????????????????????

Okay so back up to wed: rachel came running upstairs to tell me what had happened that day...she has liked this boy parker L all year long so her friends went up to him & asked "do you like Rachel?" he said "no" so they went to another boy she likes Cole & asks "do you like Rachel?" he said "yes" they asked "do you want her as your gfriend?" he said "yes" so they hurried over to Rachel & told her that Cole likes her & wants to be her bfriend---oh the days of elementary!! so she was ALLLLLL excited to TELL ME about it which i LOVEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!! I reminded her that she can have a bfriend but the rules are no dating & no kissing--she said she wanted to tell dad but that "dad always gets mad at her" which i will say jon kind of cuts her off and does the whole roll eye thing..i keep telling him to try to be involved because she's trying to figure out now if your going to talk to her about any boy stuff..and if you dont even PRETEND that you care..she'll pick that up and not tell you ANYTHING..so i encouraged her to tell dad that he'd be excited for her as well..so she came down & she was telling him so i mouthed to him BE NICE!!! he winked..he said he was excited for her & that this was a big day for her--but reminded her of the rules (no dating/no kissing)--so im glad she feels like she'll talk to jon too..
SO the next day is her bday she comes home to tell me what happend & that "cole gave me a heart necklace for my bday" im like WHAT!! DETAILS!! she totally thought it was funny that i wanted to know EVERY little detail..like what did he say, how did he say it, how big/small was the box, was it wrapped, what color etc etc etc..she kept saying MOM your so funny!! so he came up to her she says and said "Hi rachel I got you this gift for your bday, & i got it at the Riverside Plaza" & gave her a hug..she said thanks and quickly the herd of girls swarmed in to give there "oohs & ahhs & your so lucky's"....
so her day was off to a good start..& apparently now the previous boy Parker L now likes her..hmmm..days of our lives continues!

so after the "storm" i decided to start her family celebration-it was filled with fun gifts! my friend Wendy from Vegas is SOOO good to our family & purchases their bday gifts for the year and mails it to me..i told her rachel REALLy wants gift cards for "cute clothes" (remember the "i dont have ANYTHING to wear!"...so she got lots of gift cards to different places, a handball, an MP3 player & a cell phone..





she has just one of those tracfones & we got her only a 60 minute card to go with it...she FREAKED when she saw the cell phone (because she thinks is a REAL DEAL)its kind of a nice thing, the phone was only 10 dollars

& the minutes were only 20 & there are no contracts or monthly fee's---she has LOTS of "rules & regulations" about the phone with her parents..& its SO NICE to have the MP3 player & phone to take away when she's having "issues"...

So now we are onto Friday & its her "friend party" I needed to go pick up the pizza so we loaded up & hit the store to get soda, then over to pizza hut to grab our pizza's--




i had to giggle at all the cell phone "usage" going on...they were just playing the games on their phones but SERIOUSLY so funny--everyone in line looked at me smiled & wished me good luck with all the girls!



So the schedule for the party was eat pizza then go on a bday scavenger hunt in which i gave them a qtip & they had to go door to door saying "we're having a bday scavenger hunt, do you have anything bigger or better then this?" SO SO SO fun for them to do--they girls LOVED it...


I thought of you melinda (well mainly jason) when we got this! oh SWEET is that!

i followed them IN MY CAR cuz it was SOOO dang cold & enjoyed this little treat thanks to becca (she good mailed me yesterday!)


i let the girls ding dong ditch a few "cute boys"--then came home, cake/ice cream,

followed by gift openings:




what is WITH her "paris hilton" poses???? GEESH!

the last is from Kristen--she had sold purses a while back & rachel spotted this one HOPING one day rachel could buy it from her--she opened it up and SCREAMED!! she was SO DANG excited!!! THANK YOU KRISTEN!! i wish you were hear to actually her her scream!!!! seriously-how nice is kristen!!
then we played 2 truths & a lie--that was fun for them (of course each one was about "who they liked")too funny...
then i let them use a TON of free make up i got from albertsons



& we did before & after photos..

uh not the greatest photo of rachel--oh well!







so now they are watching a movie--
all in all a GREAT success & they all kept telling me i had such fun ideas (seriously i made up the schedule YESTERDAY!!!)& was a "fun mom" -they were a fun group & seemed to have had a really fun time--

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

laundry....bday parties...11 year olds oh my!

i usually stay right on top of my laundry (its upstairs right by my bedroom-which i LOVEEE having it upstairs!!) but ive been lazy & so today i get to get "caught up" on that...

i seem to have a busy week this week--tue (homemaking), wed (primary meeting), thur(cheer/vball RACHELS BDAY), fri (rachels bday party), sat (dads bday party)...

Rachel turns 17 oops i mean 11 this week...seriously she changes everyday..yesterday she came downstairs with the "i have NOTHING to wear"...woaaahhh what??? she's been telling me all month she wants gift cards for "cute clothes"..and so it begins..im curious to see what she thinks is "cute" last time i took her..she was bugged that id dragged her to buy clothes...again..changing!! she's discovered make up-which we put a stop REAL quick to that..i told her ONLY lipgloss CLEAR!!! she's happy with that...

We have a family rule of no sleepovers...im sending the younger 3 down to gma's house & letting her have her friends at our house from 6pm-midnight on friday..i asked her what she plans on doing..she said "easy, have pizza & watch a movie!" i said "great, that takes care of only 2 HOURS what about the other 4??" then her friend chimed in "well usually when we have parties, we talk, gossip, talk about how cute zack effron is.."..uh what?? gossip?? i said, "well theres not gonna be any gossiping here! besides what do you have to gossip about at age 11 anyway????" geesh!! which made me decide to send the younger 3 to gma's so i could be more on top of what was going on here---should be interesting!! i did tell them we could play "kiss the lips on zac" to which they said OH COOL, giggled and scurried along...

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Moms Day

My Moms day was just oh so cute--i LOVED every moment of it!!

Friday night we watched August Rush-okay this movie was REALLY good for a family-i was tearing up-i recommend this as a family night in! We've been doing a lot of family in nights watching a movie together-its one of my FAVORITE things to do!

On Saturday we took the girls to go see College Road Trip at the 2 dollar theater-it was SO CUTE and a must see with kids! it was rated G even--how nice! we ravaged thru 2 large popcorns (both refilled twice) & 2 large sodas (both refilled!) the movie was about a girl who heads for college and how the dad has a hard time--it was SO fun because the mom relationship was like me and my girls--they kept screaming and laughing and having silly dances and songs--SO like me with my girls--sometimes daddy gets left out going "what you have a special dance?" i do it all the time with the girls--anyway really a fun movie--it made me sad thinking of the day we take any of our girls to college...sniff, sniff.

I then took my crew to Kohls to "shop" for my moms day gifts. I got to sit in my truck with the windows down, cool breeze, warm sun and chat on the phone with celesta-SO FUN!

Sunday we have church at 9am so NO BREAKFAST for me please-id rather sleep! We got to church-did our thing, then came home and i requested these babies--


OH SOO DANG GOOD!

Its bread, sliced turkey, cheddar cheese, tomatoe then you put it in the waffle maker (WHO NEEDS A PANINI MAKER ANYWAY?!?!) then open it up and put fresh avocado in it--OH SERIOUSLY SOOOO GOOD! i was in heaven! then i got to go hang out in my room alone for 2 hours to sleep...again so heavenly!

The girls were patiently (not really) waiting for me to open my loot...although this is how becca spent her mothers day gift opening--

dont you love the drool coming out!

homemade cards:

YES if you read closely it says "queen of toots" lovely!!



At Kohls jon sat in his chair while the girls ransacked the store bringing him gifts and getting his opinion on them -this was rachels choice:

this was sarahs:

which apparently she 1st picked out a size 4x shirt--HELLO! jon said only get something with an S or an M--too funny!
Becca picked me out this:

Anna picked me out this:

which was really my only request-a cute summer white purse

My delightful loot ended with THIS!!!!

only this year it was 2lbs of it!!!! jon said he got 2lbs so that i could "share" because i NEVER EVER share my see's candy which i get for every moms day & bday--he's always surprised that i can eat every last morsel of it--hello its see's! so this time ive been nicer about "sharing" actually im only sharing the TOP 1lb the bottom lb--BACK OFF its mine! hahah

after it was all over...hugs & kisses all around...jon told me the best part was he left the receipt in my glove compartment in the truck--hahahh too funny...i did take everything back & will use the money towards some fun stuff for me one being some new exercise bands:

ive put my gym membership on hold (because my friend kristen had a baby so i quit going-hmmm i know SHE had the baby not me!) i will also look for a bigger cute white purse for summer...

The next night my girls came RUNNING in to give me their "last" moms gift..it was the BEST EVER!!! how cute is THIS!

and my neighbor helped them put it together--so adorable..i just love it! I love the last photo of their cute bums (bunsies as we call them here)!!
ive got it RIGHT by the front door--i really do have some sweet sweet neighbors who are always thinking of me & my family...

SO all in all--a GREAT moms day at my house!!

Lastly Jon has created this website for those of us with GIRLS who like to play GAMES! www.gamesforgirls.info