Happy Valentine's Day!

I think this might be the BEST Valentine's Day ever. I got to go to the girls' Valentine's parties at school. They were super fun.

Look what Mike and the girls surprised me with!

They are the best!

And, Briana created an amazing pizza for dinner.


It was delicious and good lookin.

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Uglydoll by Stacey

This past Christmas, Lila recieved an ugly doll from Mike's parents. It was one of her favorite gifts (ranking right up there with the Justin Bieber calendar we got her), and Briana instantly wanted one of her own. Well, after I finished making Sydney her amigurumi mouse, she suggested that I make Briana a crocheted ugly doll. It was a fantastic idea and I got started on it immediately. It took six days to finish, but I got it all done today. It was a perfect get well present for my sick Briana.

Sydney Kate, Toothless Wonder

A True Story written by Sydney Kate

I went to mamaw's house I went to the basement I watched toy story 2 mamaw told my to wait two days then I asked if I could pull my tooth out so I pulled it out then my mouth was very bloody so I got a glass of water when I spit the water back in it turned red when my mom came to pick me up she was very excited!!

Well, there you have it! Here are the photos to accompany the story.

The End!

Valentine's Cake

Check out this cute cake the girls and I whipped up on our snow day!





It's one of those Pillsbury Valentine's cake mixes and I used my flower decorating pen for the frosting. Well, I should say Briana and Sydney did most of the flower-ing. It's cute, and it's delicious.

The Plain White T's and ME!

This past weekend, Shannon and I went to the Plain White T's concert.

We were certain that the Plain White T's would want to call us up onto the stage to sing along with them. When that didn't happen, we didn't get discouraged. Especially since after the show, the band sought us out and requested that they get their pictures taken with us. How could we say no? They are the Plain White T's, after all.

Shannon and I with the guitar player.

Me and the drummer.

Me and another guitar player/singer.

Me and the lead singer (Sydney just informed me his name is Tom Hagenson. She learned this from watching iCarly.)

Ellie is Two!!

Yesterday was Ellie's second birthday. Yes, we celebrate the dog's birthday. The kids really get into it.

So we got Ellie some frosty paws, and a a present! After dinner, the girls put a candle in Ellie's frosty paws, and we got to sing to her.

The girls blew out her candle for her.

Then Ellie dug right in.

Briana wrapped up Ellie's present, so the girls helped her with that too.

Finally, we got to have a treat of our own for Ellie's birthday!

Don't worry, that isn't frosty paws that they are eating!

Happy Birthay to my Ellie Belly!

Briana's scarf

My New Year's resolution is complete! I learned how to crochet, and I'm kind of obsessed with it. So far I made a scarf for Sydney and a scarf for myself. Today, I finished up my favorite scarf of all, which is for Briana.

I used a sparkly pink yarn and attached a black rosette on the bottom. Unfortunately, Briana was only willing to model the scarf for a picture if I promised not to put her face on my blog.

So there you have it. I can crochet.

My next project is going to be a headband/earwarmer to match her scarf with another black rosette on it. Yay!