Emilie's #4

I have been sick this week, so things are getting done later than expected. Anyway, we celebrated Emilie's birthday last Saturday. We had a magical princess theme, it was so much fun. The birthday party was at home and princess Emilie wore the ariel dress that grandma bought her and we added a crown, she was so pretty and happy! There were 12 children invited and about half showed up which seemed to be just about perfect. Heather made a most beautiful castle cake with pink and purple frosting, thanks so much Heather it was perfect! I made princess bean bags for two of the games and a princess pillow for Emilie to sit on and open presents. One game I had, was fishing for hearts. I painted to paint stir sticks and tied yarn on them, added magnets. I used the library die cuts to make big hearts and put the prizes on them and added paper clips. They got to pick out 2 hears each and whatever it said on the hearts is what they got. They had a great time doing it. We also played hot pumpkin (hot potato) and had a bean bag toss.Well, the next day was her actual birthday, so we let her pick what she wanted to do. She said I want to go on a merry go round. So we went to the Frisco mall. We all went on the Merry go round and then went to Dave N Busters.

Catching Up

At first, this summer has felt like it went as slow as molassas, now it feels like it went in one big whoosh! Well, I know I have not posted in a bit, so here is a short catch up one. The last two weeks, I made a princess pillow, princess bean bags, heart fishing game, filled goody bags, and what is the one thing I have not done????? I have not had a chance to clean much. The boys (Eric & Justin) wanted me to teach them how to play chess, the doorbell keeps going off, my phone won't stop ringing, and I am really tired! I just can't seem to catch up. A slow realization occurs to me.....I have been planning Emilie's b-day party for 3 weeks and it will be over in just 2 hours! Go figure. She is really going to love this party and I am glad because my little girl is really worth it! I will post more this weekend or early next week, have a good rest of the week.

YEAH!

I just have to say that I am so proud of myself. I just got confermation that my smaller college loan is officially paid off completly! I wrote a check and for some odd reason they applied it to both loans, even tho it was noted not to do that. I had to call them and have them change that and they said that it will take a few days to show the changes, but that it will be paid off. Aaron and I are slowly on our way to getting some of these bills paid off. Slowly but surely.

Six

I really admire those moms out there with Six + kids, I do not know how they do it all the time. I had six children in my home yesterday, which usually is not a big deal, but I swear there was something in the air. Sometime during the time that Aaron and I were eating lunch, the kids found Emilie's prayer rock that she keeps by her bed. She has had it in her room since March and there has been no issues. But yesterday happened and 5 out of those 6 kids got put on a time out for throwing it in Emilie's room. They also got a stern talking to. Ya wanna know who did not get in trouble.......surprise surprise Justin was the good one. After that, all was okay and we finished our day without any more problems other than whineing of course.

10 years and Counting

Well, today marks Aaron and I's 10 year anniversary. It is really hard to believe it has been so long. They say time flies when you have fun, but it really flies when you have children. I know we are not doing anything today, because we celebrated over a month ago while the children were in New Mexico. So 1. thank you Pat and Wava for having the kids those two weeks, it was a nice break. They are already looking forward to next summer! 2. Aaron, thanks for being there, I love you. Let's see what the next 10 years will bring!