phone dump

 Millie must have been having a bad day, she drew this picture of her dad, apparently he is mieen (mean)  unsure if he is pointing at her, flipping her off or baptizing her, ha!

He's not mean, he takes me out to lunch every Friday.  We end up at Gandolfos, Zupas, or Thai Drift most of the time.  Isn't he the cutest?

my eyelash extensions, I wish I could afford to keep them up.  I love them and think they are worth every penny

Millie made some art for Ollie to enjoy while he eats.

 Even at almost 8 years old, she loves her baby doll more than anything.  She will make a great mother one day.

 Isabelle's photograph moves on to the council level of the Reflections art contest 

 I bought this cabinet on KSL many months ago for $30, I spent a good chunk of our Christmas break re-finishing it.  I wish I took some before pics, you will just have to trust me that it looks much better and I love it!

spotted this on sale at Barnes and Noble one day.   Unbelievable!

repainted my whole house this month.  Necessity is the mother of invention to reach the parts above the stairs

best part about repainting is replacing the switch plates.  all the screws must be lined up, OCD much?

Wedding Book Group

 Every year for our Christmas book group we have a theme.  This year it was weddings!  I think possibly inspired by Breaking Dawn.  We all wore our wedding dresses.  I am proud to say that although I can not zip it up past my hips, I do still fit into it...sorta.  We also all brought our photo albums and had ourselves quite a laugh.  We were all such babies!  These pictures are priceless to me.  And thanks to Steph's husband Dave for playing the role of polygamist.

That Boy of Mine

 Nick turns 15!!!!  I let him sleep in and play hookey from the first couple of classes and Matt and I took him out for breakfast to Magleby's for french toast!  YUM!

 We told him he could have a little party, so on Friday when we asked him how many people to expect he said about 50, Matt and I laughed...50, yeah right.  Fast forward to Saturday night when my house was filled with closer to 70 teenagers.  It took days for the smell of perfume and cologne to leave my basement.

clearly we were not prepared in the food department for 70 kids.

 Shockingly, Nick allowed Abbie and Isabelle to hang out too!  The unusually warm winter and the fire pit were a life saver so that kids could spill into the backyard.

Matt bought a bunch of itunes gift cards for prizes and set up a winners and losers bracket for Just Dance3 on the Wii.  It was a huge hit. 

Maquerade on Wheels

Isabelle turned 11!  she wanted a masquerade party, I wanted something easy and cheap.  So I made some glitter masks and off to classic skate we went

 yeah, I made these, thank you Pinterest for always having brilliant ideas.

 people always ask me if Isabelle is tall for her age, I never really know if she is.  After looking at this picture I would say that she is, or maybe she just has shorter than average friends.

She started saving up for an iphone about 8 months before her birthday, when she finally had enough Matt and I chipped in the last little bit and she finally got it.  If you follow her on instagram, I apologize, she posts the craziest things no less than 10 times a day.

Happy Birthday to my smart little beauty, you are one of my very best friends!