Sydney's 10th Birthday Party

We had Sydney's birthday party on Sunday!  It was very fun.  We had a Minecraft theme going.  Briana and I whipped up some TNT for the party favors. 

We thought they were pretty clever.  We also made creeper cupcakes and creeper rice krispie treats. 

She loved all of her presents!

Being 10 rocks!!
And, in an effort to not be left out, Briana got to get a manicure.  The girls always beg and beg me to get manicures and my answer is always NO!  I just feel like I can give them a manicure at home that is just as good and so much cheaper.  So for Briana to get a mani was a pretty big treat for her.  She loved every minute of it. 

And we got a chuckle out of this guy who fell asleep and was snoring (loudly!) in the waiting area.

Her nails turned out great and she loved them!

And I love her!

And her too!

P!nk!!!!

Last night Shannon and I saw P!nk in concert.  The show was awesome!!!  P!nk does all sorts of acrobatics during her performance which is really incredible.  The entire show was outstanding.  We had a blast. 

 

 

 

Here is P!nk's opening number. 

 



 

Here's another song I liked.

 

 

 

And just one more really incredible song/acrobatics performance.  She was so close to us!! 

 

 It was such a fun night!  P!nk puts on a fab show!!

Double Digits!

Yesterday was Sydney's 10th birthday!  Ten!  My babies are both in the double digits!  She had a fab day.  We started off with a present first thing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We picked up Krispie Kreme's for her whole class to enjoy as a birthday treat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She opened the rest of her presents before dinner and loved everything she got.

 

 

 

We didn't forget about Briana.  She got a little something too.

 



 

I told Sydney I would make her whatever she wanted for dinner.  She chose tacos and sausage balls.  Delish.  And we had cherry pie for dessert.

 



 

 Happy Birthday to my girl!!

 

 

Happy Halloween!

Halloween seemed to rush right by this year!  One minute it was my birthday, the next it's November.  Halloween was super fun.  We saw the pumpkin tree at Village Pointe.

 

Briana celebrated Halloween at dance.

She's the one on the right who thinks she's too old to wear a costume to dance!  Sniff, sniff.
We carved our pumpkins.

We trick or treated at Mike's work.

Guess who thinks she's too old to trick or treat at Mike's work? 

She sat in Mike's chair the whole time and handed out candy. 
The girls costumes were really great this year.  They came up with the costumes all on their own and did a fab job. 

Super Mario!

Masquerade Girl!

We went trick or treating with Shannon and Savannah and got tons of candy.  Luckily, Briana's not too old for that!

Tons of candy!

Happy Halloween!

YA Author Event

A few nights ago, Shannon and I got to see some of our favorite YA authors read and sign books at the library! 
We got to see Rainbow Rowell again.  I have read every single one of her books.  They are so, so good. 

And Stephanie Perkins was there.  I just recently read her two novels.  Also really, really good.

(Stephanie on the left, Gayle on the right)
And Gayle Foreman.  I'm reading one of her books now, and I am totally into it. 
Shannon and I have met Rainbow lots of times, because she's from Omaha!  She does lots of events, and I have all of my books signed by her. 

And we got to meet Stephanie Perkins for the first time.  She's really cute and nice and I really liked her!

 

The Book of Mormon

 

Last night, Mike and I got to go and see The Book of Mormon!  We never get to go to musicals, so this was a real treat for us.  We were a little worried that we might not like it, since we aren't very church-y or anything.  And Google had a tough time telling me what this musical was actually about.  But, it was so, so good!  And funny!  It was a really good show.  (Did I say that already?)  It makes me want to take the kids to more musicals and expose them to the performing arts more.  We already have plans to go see Elf when that comes in December.  AND, I discovered last night that vodka cranberries, which I have hated in the past aren't all that bad after all!  I only had one, so it wasn't the vodka talking either. 

 



The Book of Mormon = fab date night!

Out With The Old

We are getting a new shed!  Since we moved into this house seven years ago, we have had put up with this old shed in the backyard. 

Good looking, right? 

Since we were hit by a major hailstorm last spring, we were able to finally get a new shed!!  But first, dismantling the old shed.  And that thing was built to last!  It did not want to be taken apart. 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After a LOT of pulling, it finally came down. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The girls had no interest in helping after that.  It was all up to Mike and I to tear that thing apart and haul it away.  It was a lot of heavy lifting.  And a lot of spiders and spider webs.  And there was a rabbit skeleton.  Yuck. 

 

But we got rid of it!!  Now we just have to assemble the new shed that's sitting in a pile in my driveway.  Hopefully we'll get that done this weekend.  I have a whole shed's worth of inventory scattered in my backyard right now. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The girls were really productive on their Rainbow Looms while Mike and I were working on the shed.