SUSIE'S FABULOUS BIRTHDAY BARBIE BASH

(WARNING...WARNING....MEGA LONG POST)

THIS HANDS DOWN (OTHER THAN MY EDWARD/TWILIGHT PARTY) WOULD HAVE TO BE MY MOST FAVORITE WORK PARTY  THUS FAR....THERE ARE FOUR OF US THAT WORK IN THE "FO"...FRONT OFFICE AS SUSIE SO DEEMED IT TO BE CALLED AS OF YESTERDAY...AND WE LOVE A PARTY...AND NOTHING BEATS A WORK BIRTHDAY PARTY...ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WE STARTED REALLY VAMPING UP OUR PARTIES..THEY NOW COME WITH A THEME..LAST YEAR I HAD AN EDWARD PARTY FOR MY 35th BIRTHDAY..IT WAS TOTALLY A SURPRISE!!  BUT  I WAS SOOOO HOPING DEEP DOWN THAT WOULD BE MY THEME...AND YEAHHHHH...IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN I WALKED AROUND THE CORNER TO MY DESK THAT MORNING TO FIND

NONE OTHER...THAN MY EDWARD WAITING FOR ME....CONFESSING HIS UNDYING LOVE :)

AND LOTS OF "EDWARD" GIFTS TO OPEN FROM MY WORK-FRIENDS

EVEN MY SAY-BUG DREW ME AN "EDWARD" PICTURE

AND WHO HAS A PARTY WITH OUT CAKE??... NOT US!!

THE GIRLS WENT OVER AND BEYOND ON MY CAKE..THEY ENDURED A LIL' EDITING LESSON SO THEY COULD PASTE MY FACE OVER BELLA'S..... AND... WA-LA...IT'S A STEFFIJ/EDWARD CAKE!!

BUT...THE BIRTHDAYS OF ALL BIRTHDAYS WAS SUSIE'S BARBIE BIRTHDAY PARTY YESTERDAY..I TOLD SUSIE IN HER CARD THAT I HOPED HER BIRTHDAY WAS SO FABULOUS I COULD BLOG ABOUT IT...AND BOY WAS IT!!!...TO APPRECIATE THE PARTY..YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT MADE US PICK BARBIE AS HER THEME..ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, ON A FRIDAY WHILE I WAS OUT GETTING READY FOR MY FRIENDS WEDDING... SUSIE RANDOMLY GOT OUT OF HER CHAIR AND STARTED WALKING AROUND LIKE A BARBIE..WITH HER HANDS BENT AND HER HEAD TILTED..AND TALKING IN A WEIRD BARBIE-LIKE VOICE...WHEN I GOT BACK TO WORK ON MONDAY, THEY MADE HER REENACT "BARBIE" FOR ME..NEEDLESS TO SAY..I LAUGHED AND LAUGHED..AND FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKS STRAIGHT SHE HAS ADDED "BARBIE" TO EVERYTHING SHE DOES AND IT HAS BECOME A BIG JOKE AT WORK..ORIGINALLY, HER PARTY WAS GOING TO BE A PEPSI MAX PARTY BECAUSE SHE IS ADDICTED TO DRINKING THOSE..BUT AS SOON AS BARBIE ENTERED THE PICTURE, WE KNEW WE HAD TO CHANGE HER PARTY THEME...AND...OMG!!! THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY...I THINK THE PICTURES WILL SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES!! I WILL HAVE TO ADD SOME CAPTIONS BECAUSE SOME THINGS...WELL...JUST NEED AN EXPLANATION :)

OUR AWESOME $1.00 BARBIE FROM THE DOLLAR TREE...SHE WELL EARNED HER NAME AS "UNBENDABLE BARBIE"...BLESS HER!!!

                               BIRTHDAY BARBIE SUSIE

SKIPPER (KIM)...KELLY (AMANDA).... BIRTHDAY BARBIE (SUSIE).... AND SUNTAN STACIE (ME) IN OUR "UNBENDABLE BARBIE" POSE

                                               DOING "THE BARBIE"

SUSIE SAID THIS WAS ONE OF HER MOST FAVORITE TOP THREE BIRTHDAY PARTIES EVER!!! HER MOST FAVORITE WAS HER RAGGEDY ANN BIRTHDAY PARTY BECAUSE SHE GOT THE DOLL..HER SECOND WAS HER ELVIS BIRTHDAY PARTY BECAUSE SHE THINKS ELVIS IS HER DADDY :) FOR REAL!! AND OUR BARBIE PARTY WAS NUMBER 3!!! WHOOP WHOOP OFFICE PEEPS..JOB WELL DONE!!! CAN'T WAIT TO CELEBRATE THE NEXT OFFICE BIRTHDAY....OH WAIT, THAT'S MINE!! YEAH!!!!

THANKFUL THURSDAYS

THIS WEEK WAS MADDOX AND SAYLOR'S GRANDPARENTS DAY AT THEIR SCHOOL...THEIR SCHOOL DESIGNATES ABOUT THREE DAYS TO GRANDPARENTS DAY EACH YEAR FOR GRADES KINDERGARTEN THRU 5th GRADE...THEY SPREAD IT OUT AND HAVE A PROGRAM IN OUR GYM AND THEN AFTERWARDS THE KIDS GET TO EAT A LIL' SNACK WITH THEIR GRANDPARENTS OR SPECIAL PERSON AND THEN THEY HAVE AN AREA FOR THEM TO HAVE PICTURES MADE WITH THEIR GRANDPARENTS...PARENTS TYPICALLY AREN'T SUPPOSE TO ATTEND BUT SOME DO THAT VOLUNTEER TO HELP OUT..THIS YEAR I DIDN'T HELP OUT SO I DIDN'T GET TO GO..I'M VERY THANKFUL MY DAD RECENTLY GOT HIMSELF A DIGITAL CAMERA (GO STEVE-O!!!) SO HE COULD TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES TO SHARE WITH ME..SO NOW I CAN POST ABOUT THIS VERY SPECIAL DAY FOR THEM AND FOR MY KIDS...MADDOX AND SAYLOR, AS WELL AS OUR LONDON AND URBAN, ARE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE TWO SETS OF GRANDPARENTS THAT THINK THE SUN SETS AND RISES IN THEM...THEY ARE LOVED ALL THE WAY AROUND BY BOTH SETS..SOMETIMES THEY MAY GET SPOILED JUST A LIL' TOOOOO MUCH..BUT I ALWAYS KNOW THEY ARE LOVED!! AND HEY...THAT'S WHAT GRANDPARENTS ARE FOR :)

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THIS IS SAYLOR AND HER TEACHER MRS. EASOM...TO SAY WE LOVE MRS. EASOM IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT!! MADDOX HAD HER LAST YEAR FOR FIRST GRADE AND WE WERE KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED THAT SAYLOR WOULD GET HER THIS YEAR TOO...AND SHE DID...SHE  IS SOOOOO SWEET AND TENDERHEARTED...LAST YEAR AT AWARDS DAY SHE CRIED AND CRIED JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH SHE LOVED HER LIL' STUDENTS..NOW THAT WILL MELT A MAMA'S HEART FOR SURE....AND LET ME JUST TELL YOU...THAT AS A MAMA THAT WOULD LOVE MORE THAN ANYTHING TO BE ABLE TO STAY HOME WITH MY BABIES AND TAKE THEM TO SCHOOL AND PICK THEM UP...IT'S JUST NOT THE WAY GOD SAW FIT FOR IT TO WORK OUT FOR ME..SO...OFF TO WORK I GO...BUT GOING TO WORK AND NEVER EVER WORRYING ABOUT YOUR CHILD DURING THE DAY BECAUSE YOU KNOW SHE HAS AN AWESOME TEACHER LOOKING AFTER HER...IS A GREAT GREAT FEELING!!!

                                      SAYLOR PRETENDING SHE'S SHY

                             PAPA...SAYLOR...NANA (SCOTT'S PARENTS)

GRAND-DADDY...SAYLOR....MIMI (MY PARENTS)

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THIS IS MADDOX WITH HIS 2nd GRADE TEACHER, MRS. FOSTER...THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE HAD MRS. FOSTER AND WE LOVE HER TOO...SHE IS VERY SOFT SPOKEN AND SWEET AS WELL...BUT IS VERY STRUCTURED...WHICH IS A GREAT COMBINATION..SCOTT SAID THAT SHE TOLD HIM ON OPEN HOUSE NIGHT THAT SHE WAS TOLD SHE WAS BLESSED TO HAVE MADDOX AS A STUDENT..NOW THAT IS A PROUD MAMA/DADDY MOMENT!!

I'M THINKING THE LIL' PEOPLE AT THE TOP STAND FOR EACH GRANDPARENT..BUT I'LL HAVE TO ASK HIM :)

HAPPY GRANDPARENT'S DAY...MIMI...GRAND-DADDY...NANA...PAPA!! YOU ARE ALL LOVED BY YOUR GRANDBABIES AS MUCH AS YOU LOVE THEM!!!

"WEEK"END REVIEW

WELL..MY GOAL IS TO EVENTUALLY LET MONDAYS BE FOR "WEEK"END REVIEW POSTS...BUT..TIREDNESS (IMAGINE THAT) AND MEGA SLOWNESS OF SOME DOWNLOADING OF SOME PICTURES FROM MY HOME COMPUTER..MIXED WITH AN INSANELY PACKED WEEKEND HAD OTHER PLANS FOR MY POST..SOOOO...A WEDNESDAY POST WILL HAVE TO DO...LET'S START OFF WITH FRIDAY NIGHT...MY MOM CALLED ME FRIDAY AT WORK TO SEE IF THEY COULD FIX SPAGHETTI FOR US FOR DINNER...."HELLO...OF COURSE!!!!".... THE KIDS WERE SUPER EXCITED....AND ALL MET THEM AT THE DOOR WITH MOUTHS RUNNING A MILE A MINUTE...SAYLOR WAS THE FIRST IN THE KITCHEN..SHE LOVES TO HELP DO ANYTHING..SO SHE JUMPED RIGHT ON IN TO HELP MIMI MAKE THE SALAD AND SPAGHETTI....

SAYLOR WAS THE OFFICIAL LETTUCE "PINCHER"...THAT USE TO BE MY JOB :)

OH AND PRINCESS LO DECIDED TO JOIN US FOR THE STIRRING OF THE SAUCE... ALL DOLLED UP IN ONE OF HER MANY DRESS CHANGES OF THE NIGHT!

WHILE SOMEONE ELSE (URBS) CHOOSES TO BARE ALL..ALL THE TIME!! PRAISE THE LORD FOR UNDERWEAR!!...THAT HE ACTUALLY LIKES TO KEEP ON :)

                                       

SAYLOR WAS LOVIN' ON HER GRAND-DADDY FOR BRINGING HER A NEW STUFFED ANIMAL "CHILL-LEE-LER" AS HER AND LONDON BOTH LIKE TO CALL THEM...SOMETHING ABOUT THEM "R'S" GETS THEM BOTH EVERYTIME....

AND....IT'S TIME TO EAT...YUMMY YUMMY TO EVERY ONES TUMMY..THANKS MOM AND DAD FOR A GREAT MEAL...SO NICE TO COME HOME AND NOT HAVE TO COOK...LET'S JUST SAY...COOKING'S NOT MY THING..EATING SOMEONE ELSE'S..YEP..I'VE GOT THAT DOWN PAT!!! SATURDAY WAS SPENT CLEANING FOR MOST OF THE DAY WHILE JAMMIN' OUT TO MY NEW BLOG PLAYLIST..WHICH SCOTTJ WAS MIGHTY IMPRESSED WITH..HE EVEN MUTED THE BALLGAMES SO HE COULD LISTEN TO MY SONG SELECTION....CLEANING...YOU WILL SOON LEARN IS THE STORY OF MY LIFE..TRY A LOAD OF TOWELS A DAY..AND SOMETIMES TWO!!!.. THEN WE HEADED TO SCOTT'S PARENTS FOR SCOTT'S STEP-GRANDFATHER'S BIRTHDAY..WE HAD SOME PIZZA AND BIRTHDAY CAKE..MORE TUMMY YUMMIES!!! SUNDAY WAS ALSO FULL PACKED OUT...WITH CHURCH FOR OUR FRIEND'S BABY DEDICATION AND AN AFTERNOON BIRTHDAY PARTY..OMG..I THOUGHT HAVING FOUR KIDS WAS A LOT..TRY HAVING FOUR KIDS PLUS ALL THE THINGS THEY DECIDE TO DO IN LIFE.... PLUS ALL THE THINGS THEY ARE INVITED TOO...AND THEY ARE STILL ALL SEVEN AND UNDER...OMG!!!

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY WAS FOR MADDOX'S BEST FRIEND, CALEB....CALEB TURNED THE BIG 7 AND HAD HIS PARTY AT A LOCAL PLACE CALLED SHILOH FARMS..EACH CHILD GOT TO RIDE THE HORSE..PET DONKEYS, DOGS AND BIRDS OF ALL SORTS...LOOK AT LAMAS..AND RIDE A ZIP LINE...THE KIDS HAD A BLAST...I...ON THE OTHER HAND... LEARNED HOW OUT OF SHAPE I WAS!!

URBAN RIDING WITH "MR. TOM".... WHO URBAN IS OBSESSED WITH BECAUSE HE FLIES AIRPLANES....ANY AIRPLANE IN THE SKY HAS MR. TOM IN IT..EVEN WHEN THERE ARE TWO IN THE SKY AT THE SAME TIME :) AHHHHHH THE SWEETNESS OF A MIND OF A THREE YEAR OLD...

LONDON THE DONKEY WHISPERER

URBAN TRYING THE ZIP-LINE

AND TONS OF LAUGHS ON THE GOOD OLE' TIRE SWING

MAKES FOR A HAPPY HAPPY WEEKEND....OH, TO BE A KID AGAIN!!!

90 DAYS

90 DAYS UNTIL I GET TO OPEN THIS...........

OH, CHRISTMAS MORNING!!!...YOU JUST WAIT..I'M GOING TO RIP INTO YOU LIKE A MAD WOMAN IN A DEPARTMENT STORE WITH HER HUSBANDS NO-LIMIT CREDIT CARD.....FOR REAL!!!!

HAPPY MONDAY...AND...CONFESSION..OF ANOTHER OBSESSION!!

HAPPY MONDAY...I HAVE SOOOOO MUCH TO SHARE FROM OUR BUSY WEEKEND..A FUN-FILLED ONE, AT THAT!! BUT FOR NOW I'LL SHARE ANOTHER OBSESSION OF MINE...NOT ONLY AM I OBSESSED WITH MY BABIES TOES..AND LIL' FINGERS..BUT I AM JUST AS OBSESSED WITH HOW PEACEFUL THEY LOOK WHEN THEY SLEEP..I COULD WATCH THEM FOR HOURS AND HOURS...I KNOW I'M GOING TO MISS THIS AGE WHEN THEY ARE ALL GROWN UP AND IT'S SOMETHING I DON'T EVER WANT TO FORGET....THIS IS A FIRST..THRU URBAN'S WHOLE LIFE..HE'S NEVER BEEN A CLINGY BABY AT ALL..HE'S ALWAYS..AND STILL DOES...BEATS TO HIS OWN DRUM...HE IS DETERMINED..AND DOESN'T STOP ASKING A QUESTION UNTIL HE IS SATISFIED WITH THE ANSWER YOU GIVE HIM...AND THE CHILD DOES NOT STOP UNTIL HIS EYES SHUT!! AND..NEVER..AND I MEAN NEVER..HAS HE NOT WANTED TO STAY WITH A GRANDPARENT WHEN ASKED TO SPEND THE NIGHT..EXCEPT FOR THIS PAST SATURDAY..I COULD TELL IT WAS ALMOST GOING TO HAPPEN ON FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN THE FOUR OF THEM SPENT THE NIGHT WITH MY PARENTS... MIMI AND GRAND-DADDY..BUT HE ENDED UP GOING AND WATCHING POLAR EXPRESS AND EATING POP CORN WITH MY DAD.....BUT THEN ON SATURDAY, WE HAD GONE TO SCOTT'S PARENTS...NANA AND PAPA'S.....FOR SCOTT'S STEP GRANDPA'S BIRTHDAY..AND WHEN IT WAS TIME TO LEAVE..ALL THE KIDS STAYED EXCEPT URBAN..HE WOULD NOT STAY...IT WAS THE FIRST TIME EVER THAT HE HAS NOT STAYED...EVEN HIS PAPA COULDN'T GET HIM TO CHANGE HIS MIND...NOPE..HE WANTED TO SLEEP IN "MAMA AND DADDY'S BED"..I MUST SAY..I WAS HAPPY TO HAVE SOME ONE ON ONE TIME WITH HIM..THE FIRST THING HE DID WHEN WE GOT HOME WAS GRAB MY ALLY ZABBA BLANKET AND CRAWLED RIGHT UP IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR BED..IN LESS THAN TWO MINUTES..HE WAS OUT..AND THIS IS WHY I HAD TO GRAB MY CAMERA...HE MELTS MY HEART.....

                                      I LOVE YOU URBAN RAIF 9*24*11