Thursday, June 21, 2018

Birthday party with friends

 Back in May, the girls and I planned to have a combined party for Jillian and Kennedy and Kaitlyn's birthday with friends. We decided the community pool would be perfect to invite lots of friends and have a great time! Unfortunately, the weather didn't cooperate and we had to cancel the pool and move the party to our house. We had 15 girls in our living room, but we had a great time!
Early celebration for the twins' 12th b-day.
 She's 9!
 All my sweeties! (Josie is having her party on her birthday coming up in July!)
 We planned lots of fun games with candy and prizes!
 Two tables ready for all the girls!
 Here are all of Kaitlyn's and Kennedy's sweet friends
 Jillian's friends seemed to ALL be out of town....she was so disappointed. She was happy that these sweet girls could come though. Jillian's friend, Kennedy, had a cousin staying with her, so she came to have fun too!)
The first game we played was a little like "Chinese gift exchange"....lots of stealing candy, trading candy and fun! Each girl ended with a large candy box or bar.
 The next game was so funny! The girls got in small groups and had to unwrap their "fruit by the foot" (fruit roll up) and try to eat it without using their hands! It looked like they had long lizard tongues. Ha!

 Another game we played was marshmallow toss!
 We also played emoji Bingo, which the girls LOVED.
After the games it was pizza time!!!

 After pizza we had brownies and ice cream and we sang to each girl.
Happy 12th b-day!
 Happy 9th b-day!
 This little girl had way too much sugar during this party....the "perks" of being the little sister and 4th child! Ha!
After pizza and dessert was present time! Kaitlyn and Kennedy went first.
 Then it was Jillian's turn.
Overall, it was a blast! They loved seeing their friends and everyone had a great time. :) :) :)

15th Anniversary, Tony's b-day and Father's day

 As always, our anniversary, Tony's birthday and Father's Day all fall at the same time!  On Thursday, the 14th of June, we celebrated our 15th anniversary! Tony and the girls have summer camp so they were gone the whole day, but that evening Tony and I decided to stay in and rent The Greatest Showman. We hadn't seen it and just had a relaxing evening at home. He also brought me these beautiful flowers! :)
We decided to celebrate our anniversary on Saturday when we had more time.  For lunch we ate at Pappasitos and then used our gift certificate from Christmas to get 1 1/2 hr massages! Ahhhh. So nice! I didn't get any pictures of our anniversary date though. 

For Tony's birthday, he was working summer camp again and he had a little guy get together that night at Torchy's Tacos for a birthday dinner. He enjoyed getting out and catching up with friends. 
 This little girl decided to cut off 6-7 inches off her hair that weekend too! She loves it and it's so much more manageable. 

Father's day was that Sunday. I got the girls matching shirts that say "My dad is...smart, strong, funny and 100% keeping it real.  Of course, Tony's shirt says it all. :)
Happy "everything", Tony! We all love you!!!!

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Happy 9th birthday, Jillian

 Jillian's birthday fell on a Sunday this year. She requested powdered donuts for breakfast which she was so excited about! :) 
 Our 9 year old!
 Birthday breakfast in our pj's. 
 She decided to open 2 gifts before church, and the rest of them at her party later that day. 
 She got her very own charm bracelet from mom and dad. 
Each charm is something special about her. 
 The twins got her a Star Wars talking stuffed animal...she was thrilled! :)
 After church, we went to Olive Garden..the restaurant of her choice.
 After a yummy lunch, the girls helped me get the house ready for our family party!
The birthday girl!
 ....and little sister
 All ready to celebrate!
 Present time!
 Shopping money!
Grandma brought Josie over a couple of gifts to open too....so she wouldn't feel left out. 
 A new pool and new swimsuits!!  Yay!
 Pizza time!
 Jillian requested brownies and ice cream this year for her dessert.
This little girl loves ice cream!! She is anxiously waiting for HER party! :) 
Happy Birthday Jillian! We love you!

Here are some things about Jillian at 9 years old:

*loves animals
*loves Justice and Claires
*Loves flip sequin anything 
*takes hip hop/jazz and ballet
*takes piano lessons and plays beautifully
*loves to be outside!!!
*Likes to master hard skills (rip stick, roller blades, gymnastics etc)
*loves to dance to music and make up routines
*endless energy!!!!
*very social
*leader
*major sweet tooth
*competitive
*loves make up, jewelry and everything glamorous
*very disciplined about her work, Bible reading etc.
*loves to create new ideas
*loves her friends and wants play dates all the time
*loves to have fun and be silly...makes everything into a game
*lost her first pet, Skittles, but gained a new pet, Oreo
*great reader and writer (creative!)
* likes the color green
*loves Italian food best
*size 10/12 clothes (due to her loooong legs!)
*size 5 youth shoe

We love you Jillian!