Buccaneer Bay Party

One more post of my birthday girl. This is the dress that I bought her! I love it!

Jeanne and I took 7 exceptionally well-behaved kids to the water park on Saturday. They had a blast!

Just hangin' out.

One birthday girl.

Silly water bug!

Aunt Lorn Lorn came too!

Another birthday girl!

Ready to blow out 6 candles!

I love the tutus and motorcycles:)
7 tired girlies!

The New TEstament Books...Colby Style!

I know that some of the pronunciation isn't correct, but it's so darn cute!

New Clothes!

Emma got the cutest sweater dress for her birthday. She wore it to church on Sunday...with the leggings!

and her new muk luks!

and new bracelets and earrings.

and a new necklace and barrette and ring....

a.d.o.r.a.b.l.e.!

She also got a new leotard. On Monday's right before rest time I change her into her dance clothes so Jeanne doesn't have to wriggle 2 little girls into tights. So here she is already to go!

with her new dance bag. it is SOOOOO cute!

Here she is in her new outfit from Erin and Trenton. I told Erin I would post pictures!

She loves the sparkle butterfly and notice her muk luks again:)

We're loving birthday week!

Tonight we're making her treats for school and then tomorrow is her actual birthday!!!

p.s. make sure you scroll down and see the post i did of her party...i uploaded the pics one night and then posted it the next day so it probably didn't show up on a lot of your blog rolls!

Christmas with the Mehringers

Sounds like a t.v. show, doesn't it? They have such a cool last name! Corin and I have been bestest friends since....like....forever??!! Right Corin? We really got to know each other well in junior high, but I remember her from the get-go. Anyway, we've ALWAYS exchanged gifts, and then I had kids and she bought for them, and now she has kids...ya get the picture...right?
We try to get together and make an evening of it....so early in January they came for the evening. We had supper and then tore into the presents...

She made me fingerless gloves/mittens. They are so warm and handy. Love them! She also got me an angel that you've caught glimpses of in Emma's birthday pictures.

I got her warm and fuzzy boots and moose munch! YUM!

She made Colby a camo hat and gave him a camo wallet.

Emma also got a hat and a really cute chandelier night light for her bedroom.

I got Levi UNO Moo and a snowman accessory kit...just add snow!

I'm feeling a little bit of pressure to create something for gifts next year....

ummm, Vance.............

The Birthday Girl

If you know me even a little...you'll know that we celebrate birthday for at least a week long if not longer....soooooo here is one of many birthday posts to come! This is the beautiful birthday girl all dressed up next to her cake. Someone asked me what I would do when she was too big to sit on the table...is there such a thing? Aunt Lauren made her awesome cake! We were all in love with it. Auntie Laine did her hair and she's wearing a new dress for Aunt Lauren too!


A close up of her cake and her tutu that I made her and then she wouldn't wear:(.

Decorations! I had so much fun making these balls. I also took pictures of her and framed them in many dance poses!

Opening gifts! She got her very own set of bumpitz!

A sweet cardigan set that she had picked out, but didn't know she was getting.

Lots of glitter pens and paints.

A gorgeous dance bag and new sweats to slip on after dance. Her bag has her name on it!

A new dress and bracelet.

An adorable sweater dress with leggings....too cute!

She also got lots of hair accessories, jewelry, scissors that cut fun edges, new paper, and cute muk luks!

What a lucky little girl.

Wednesday is her actual birthday so she'll get to pick her birthday supper, take treats to school, and a very special treat...have her friend Sylvia come home with her b/c it's a church night! Sylvia comes home with us on every Awana night!

Then Saturday is her friend party. Sylvia and Emma are having a joint party at the Buccaneer Water Park at the Honey Creek Resort....like I said, we party all week!

party time!

How do the fancy people live?

So, growing up we had a horse blanket. That's what it's name was...the horse blanket. I loved it. It was the coveted blanket at our house, big, thick, and long enough! To this day...i will still grab it to snuggle up with! Now I have my own horse blanket:) Jenn made it for Colby when he went to a big boy bed. It's perfectly the right length. It's also the chosen blanket for good snuggle time. Emma dragged it around with her all day. I finally threw it in the washer. Before I sit down I always grab this blanket and Vance is constantly asking..."Where is the horse blanket?"

I'm just curious...

How do the fancy people live?

Do they have a horse blanket?

I doubt it.

So when they are cold...what do they say?

"Hey honey, will you hand me the 100% cashmere crimson throw draped ever so elegantly over the chair?"

I doubt it!