After church last night, and after I had my pj’s on… Emelia tells me she wants to take cookies for her class.

I told her if she got up extra early we could go to the store. She did, and we did. It was weird going out while it was still dark!

We found the exact cookies she wanted and she was happy!

All’s well that ends well huh?

Whew, what a day! Take a bunch of 10 year old girls and have them for a whole afternoon and you will be left with… exhaustion! Fortunately I am better. I got all my errands finished for the party yesterday. Emelia called home around noon to tell me she hurt her wrist during gym. She went with me to get the cake etc.

When Matt came home he decided we should run to Mardels (fav. store!). Matt bought me this awesome Bible cover!

Miki texted me on the way and we ended up meeting her & Kenny for dinner at McAllisters. I wanted some sweet tea ya’ll! It was pretty good, considering I can’t taste ANYTHING! We had a fun time eating with M & K and the conversation was great too! I love when things just work out with out a lot of planning.

Anyway, today was the big 10th birthday party for Emelia…

Here is the cake.

We had the crafts I mentioned… making flip-flops and beaded things… Here are some pics of the girls busy making their flip-flops…

here is a picture of Emelia with McKenzie and her flip-flops she made…

Emelia had a great time… here she is with her friend Madison and cousin Brooke:

 blowing out candles…

Opening presents!

She loved her  new pink CELLPHONE!!!

It was a fun party.

It’s almost Sunday (10:54 p.m. to be exact).

Today I started by picking Emelia up from the Embassy Suites Hotel. Matt’s cousin (and my friend) Jana had her daughter Brooke’s 9th birthday party there. They had a suite, close to the pool (indoors) and had a blast! Emelia had such red eyes even with the goggles that were part of her party favors! Brooke loved the bag of goodies we sent which included a huge stamping kit (she’s very crafty) and some little pet thinkamajigs that all the little girls like I hear. I also got a bunch of the cute stuff at Target’s one spot and saved some things to tuck in Emelia’s luggage for late night activities… like the black felt art projects and fake leopard print fingernails. They had so much fun!

After a quick lunch at chickfila, we then got ready for party #2 & 3! These girls (Erica and Taylor) had a Hannah Montana bash at the local skating rink. It was great fun. I even skated for a bit with Emelia. There was a HM cake, singing balloons and everything HM you can imagine! Emelia was running out of steam before this party was over.

While we were gone, Matt and Bailey were doing something to his PSP which has resulted in a broken battery. They are so into taking things apart and hacking systems… very computer smart these guys! I just try to stay away from it all!

I put on a HUGE pot of stew! I started with sirloin steak. I cubed it and sprinkled liberally with salt, pepper and flour… browned in canola oil along with a sliced onion… added two cans of diced tomatoes, one can of rotel, and a can of crushed tomatoes… give or take a quartish of hot water, quartered a pound of new red potatoes, one pound bag of baby carrots, a bag of frozen veggies (white & yellow corn, asparagus, and more baby carrots), and a bag of cut green beans. I add in about a half package of williams chili seasoning and then more salt. It just simmered on medium for a couple of hours! DELISH! Dad came down for a few bowls because mom was out of town for her father’s birthday party. I made cornbread and picked up jiffy because it was on an end cap in the front of the store close to the register and I didn’t want to go all the way back to that aisle (it was a busy days, come on!) AND anyway, started making two boxes realizing I only had one egg. I added a touch extra milk and everyone said that it was the best cornbread ever! Who would have known eliminating an egg would have a good affect? I have to admit there was one more difference, I keep kosher salt in a small bowl and use it instead of a shaker (mostly) I dusted the unbaked muffins with a pinch of the kosher salt right before putting them in the oven.

Well, that’s all for this day. Emelia fell asleep really early. Bailey is asleep too. Amanda is sick but a little better and hopefully not talking on the phone, but sleeping! Goodnight!

P.S. My sweet special funny friend NANCY FACE is having a birthday in about an hour!!!

Happy Birthday Nancy!

I took Emelia shopping yesteday afternoon.  JCPenny had really really good sales!  She got boots regularly 150 for 7!  My receipt said “you saved 419!”  Emelia said, “This was my best shopping day ever!”

Tigi’s S Factor smoothing Lusterizer defrizzer & detamer!!! It’s wonderful!

So… Emelia just came in the den and asked (while carrying the bottle), “What’s this for?”

I replied, “for smoothing your hair.”

She frowned and said, “do you have anything for tangles?”

To which I replied, “Yes. A brush.”

Emelia came to me this morning before school so I could feel the incredible smoothness of her skin.

She quickly pointed out the hannah montana face mask she had purchased with some of her Christmas money, “Hanna Montana even knows how to make your skin soft.”

And so the HM adoration continues…

(this post will only make sense to you IF you have a pre-teen daughter living in your home… or if you are one of her three adult fans. )

Tigi’s S Factor smoothing Lusterizer defrizzer & detamer!!! It’s wonderful!

So… Emelia just came in the den and asked (while carrying the bottle), “What’s this for?”

I replied, “for smoothing your hair.”

She frowned and said, “do you have anything for tangles?”

To which I replied, “Yes. A brush.”

This is what the girls did today! Stacked limbs… this is just one small section of our property. I think the stack was 50 ft. long! It was 20 degrees outside too! Some piles were burned, others were stacked for pick up… there is just so much! Bailey was at a youth rally so he missed out on the fun!

I took Emelia to the dentist this morning. She had a tooth that began hurting a few days ago and this morning at 9 a.m. was the first available appointment with her dds. He had to fill the tooth and as a bonus pulled a loose tooth while it was medicated. She’s still numb… hoping to get her to school this afternoon when I take Izzy.

I have to take emelia to the dds tomorrow. She developed a toothache over the weekend and this was the soonest she could be seen. She is so nervous! I hope it goes well!