Happy "crappy" birthday Sadie!

Poor thing:( I have been planning her party for a while and it was going to be a nice size shin dig but the day before, this is how Sadie was acting....

On the back porch with her drinkable soup, 1 cracker and juice, not feeling well. I thought about canceling her party, but she broke her fever and was completely fine. No symptoms, crazy as ever so maybe it was just a bug?! I made her cake-my first ever fondant and it came out pretty good and tasted better than regular fondant. I used a marshmallow recipe:)


We had a Barbie theme going on so pink, black and white....



We had water activities outside so the kids just went crazy! Here's Sadie playing with Kate and Brooke!

Boys playing in the sprinkler


Kids playing in the hot tub!

Say cheese! We had so many great friends helping to celebrate:)





Happy Birthday to Sadie!


She got a lot of great gifts...


but was starting to not feel well again-here comes the fever:( up to 105 at times! But nothing else-no other sickness or symptoms....
So she woke up on her birthday feeling fine and ready for her surprises!
First one- a newly decorated room!
Sleepy eyes;)

Ethans hiding her eyes!
Ethans more excited than she is! lol
Opening her present from GG!
She loves her new pillows:)

Ethan taking her to surprise #2!
I love this stool:)I made it and painted the legs to match her accent wall and used a pillow case for the cover!

Now she has her very own vanity :) Maybe she will stay out of mommy's way in the morning??
We went to church and she started the fever again?! We left after they sang to her and still couldn't figure out what was wrong. Here she is opening up her card from Papa John & Nina....so pitiful:(


She started to feel better so we did dinner, her choice, egg noodles with pasta sauce:) And did a small family party....



Tangled toy and Tinkerbell vanity stuff from her brothers:)

And what did she buy with her gift card from Papa & Nina??
A Barbie Bike! Which was on sale AND I had a coupon:)


FYI- her random fever turned out to be a UTI so nothing contagious and easily treatable! She is already doing 100% better:)

Stopping through.....

My mom, aka GG, is on the move again. She is heading to Utah-there by now:)- so on her way out of Florida she stopped in for a few days. She made Sadie's hair all nice and pretty and it lasted all of about 5 minutes:)lol



It was cute while it lasted!

Our Garden:)

We planted, from seed, cucumbers, lettuce, carrots, broccoli, bell peppers, cilantro, basil, cantelope, (im sure there were a few more:)) and thanks to Justin and miracle grow, the only thing that survived was the basil(since it was on the porch) and the cucumbers. And we have a whole LOT of them!

Fourth of July 2011

Whenever I think of the fourth of July, I think about friends, family, & BBQ....and fireworks of course! This fourth, unfortunately, didn't have all of the above. We started the day with Peachtree City's annual parade. We were hoping to see some friends there but it ended up just being our little family.

Its always a lot of fun, unfortunately we were next to some older kids who kept snatching Sadie's candy before she could get it!

(Rude kid to the left- nice lady to the right catching anything she could and putting it in my kids bags;)


Gage was pretty funny- he grabs all the flyers in hopes of getting the good coupons! He waves at everyone and high fives too:) Ethan was pretty distraught at the beginning of the parade because he couldn't get anything-hence the rude boy-but he figured it out and started to get a bit more aggressive!



After the parade we went to a local activity for some festive hair...


Sand Art...


And moon bouncing:)
Next was off to the lake for some swimming....


A couple of local churches got together and served free BBQ so we did that for dinner:) Yum-mo!
Then we set up at the childrens playground and waited for dark to watch the fireworks!


It was a full and long day and it was fun but it's always a bummer not to have any family here around the holidays:( And no friends too was no fun! I feel so bad for my kids that I can't seem to help them find friends that they can play with......This summer has been tougher than previous summers. They are cooped up with each other 24/7 and it seems like they are constantly bugging each other( and me!). 5 weeks left until school starts and I can't wait, and part of me thinks that they are excited for it too! Then they will be able make new friends and see them 5 days a week!