Soccer Team Party

The Spring soccer season is over. Tom coached this year and Cassie loved it. We had a team party at CiCi's Pizza and the kids had a great time.

Here's Cassie getting her medal from Coach Tom


The kids at pizza


And we did the cute photo cake thing again (kids loved it!)

Memorial Day Party

We had a bit of a memorial day party over here with several families and lots of kids... and LOTS of fun! We grilled out and set up the pools and water slide. The kids had a blast. I did too, but I was EXHAUSTED afterwards. I'm so lucky to have great friends though. I love having the mom friends over... they help clean up before they leave!

Just a few pics... most I took of other people's kids and gave to them.







AND my dear dear friend, Crystal, brought me flowers!

MNO: The One Where Candy Is The Paparazzi

We had a Mom's Night Out at one of my friend's houses on Saturday night. Her husband was out of town and her kid was at grandma's house. SCORE! For those of you wondering what a mom's night out really is, it's basically an excuse for us moms to dump our children on our husbands and sit around either a restaurant or someone's house and laugh (or cackle as Dy's hubby says - he actually calls us "that cackle of women that came to my house") and drink and laugh and bitch and moan and drink and laugh some more :-)

As our little group has grown (we had like 10 people show up this time), we've started having them at someone's house - not as noisy as a restaurant and we all just bring something to drink/eat/whatever and do whatever. This time we had Boogie to keep us entertained. You know you are with good friends when you can get halfway sloshed, sing off key, call them dying cats and they still love you anyway :)

Angela can actually sing - either that or I had more margaritas than I thought. Yes, Denise always looks this confused. *snicker*


This is Claire Delaine. She can sing pretty well too.


This is Jen. She's preggie and the cutest thing ever. We made her sing a few times though :p


This is my friend, Denise. She was trying to dance along with the character on the screen. This was after only one margarita.


We had a great time. Thank you, Dy, for letting me crash at your place :)

Speaking of Dy... make sure you visit her blog before her hubby makes her take that post down... it's freaking HILARIOUS!

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Welcome Home, Uncle Mike!

I guess it's actually cousin, but that just sounds too weird, so I make my kids call Tom's cousins aunts and uncles - okay, seriously, my kids are already constantly confused, what's one more thing. Actually, they don't call all of them aunt and uncle, just some. Okay, hmmm... talk about random I guess. Whatever.

So, Tom's cousin, Mike, came home today from Iraq and Aunt Donny had everyone over for breakfast (at dinner). My kids were so thrilled. It's BREAKFAST, but at DINNER - get it? It was ultra exciting, trust me.

So, here's some pics to share and some commentary...

Mike is getting married in a couple of weeks, here he is with the latest victim in our family, Jen. Okay, seriously, was I this annoyingly sweet and lovey dovey all those years ago?

Whatever did this toy do to Tom? Here he is "fixing" the Rock Em Sock Em Robots - circa ice age

Jamie trying to pretend he doesn't see me and is super annoyed with me and my camera.

Cousin Olivia being all cute and stuff

This is Tom's Grandma P:

I have a 50mm fixed lens coming to me in the next few days... I hope it's better for indoor photos. Not loving my camera for indoor shots. Hmm... maybe an external flash... *glances to see if Tom is looking before going to Amazon* Or maybe a macro lens (okay, I just WANT that)...

Jamie's 7th Birthday Party Pics!

We had a school-friends party for Jamie this year. And, oh, the saga of the 7th birthday. It started out with him insisting on having the party at the jumping place in the mall. Okay, great. I put down a deposit. Then I tell him he probably can't have costumes at the bouncey place because of various reasons, he says no problem, he'll have a dinosaur party.

Well, then Tom opens his big mouth and we end up buying a bounce house. Okay, fine. We decide to have the party here, but Jamie now wants costumes. Okay, whatever.

So the day of the party, he decides not to do the bounce house, just he and his friends playing outside with the costumes.

Whatever, dude... he had a great party, but I'm confused. What else is new, eh? Without further ado... here's the video and the pictures... Happy birthday, big boy!

First up, the costumes!

Jamie is a ninja warrior and Cassie is a pink power ranger:

I thought these were 2 interesting pictures from the party. The girls sitting nice and talking and the boys, I think they are taking that wagon into battle or something ;)

And Tom made some halloween foods. Bat Poop, smiles, Mummy Fingers, Monster Mish-Mash were all on the menu :)
Who could forget the cake. First a word about the cake. I'm not bitter or anything, but we usually make the cake, but the past few years we've slacked off because life is just crazy. Tom and I had plans to make this elaborate 3D dinosaur cake. Jamie fell in love with the one at TARGET. Why? They had plastic roaring dinosaurs on them... not that I'm bitter...
And Jamie's favorite part... the presents (actually, he told me the best part was being with all his friends... awww...)
Afterwards, Tom's parents took us out to dinner at Dave & Busters. Jamie wanted his picture taken with his Halo guys and I took the picture of the two littler ones playing the trucker slot game :-) A good time was had by all!

misses D... Lol

Wanna beer?

Dy being a PITA

moms slumber party

dress up at Carmen's Bday

Happy Bday Carmen

Pencil Cake - Happy Birthday, Dy!

Pencil Cake
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It's our friend, Dy's, birthday next week and we invited her over and surprised her with a pencil cake! She's a writer, so this was perfect!

Family Reunion

The family reunion was this weekend. It was hot. It's always hot. Ugh. Yeah, I'm a party pooper, whatever.

Here's some pics... :)

Jennifer watches over her Kenneth's chili while Jimmy comes by for a taste test.
Granny B gets help from the kiddos making her ice cream for the freeze-off.
Tom and his chili... (poor guy, never wins because he makes it mild for the kids and puts beans in it for me).The kids have the right idea here to stay cool. I need to get me one of those!
Tom and his mom talking...Marie and her Tarzan underwear (this was all Sarah's fault.. hear me? All YOUR fault!)
Cassie gets a little help from her big brother - are they the cutest thing ever or what?
Cassie girl LOVES to swing... lookit that smile!
Tired, much?
That's my boy... big noggin' and all...

And a little video of Marie...

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Wedding Picture

I didn't bring my camera, but a friend took this with her Treo :) This from a friend's wedding in late June. Very formal (the table settings were gorgeous!) I wish I had gotten my friend to take a picture from the photo booth pictures Tom and I took - they turned out really great - I was quite impressed. Yes, she had a photo booth. I thought it was really crazy, but ya know, it was such a great idea and it was fun too! The wedding was absolutely gorgeous - and yes, I wore a formal gown - and no, I didn't get through the entire night without complaining - but yes, I waited until we were on the way back to the hotel to take off my shoes. Heh.

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July! We had a party over here that ended up being pretty fun! We had a nice break in the rain and the kids got to go in the pool and we had quite a few people show up in the end. It was nice to hang out with friends and have a good time. Tom and I both love to have people over so we are trying to do it more often :)

We grilled out burger and dogs, ate way too much, let the kids run wild and did some fireworks. I would have more pictures, but I forgot. I blame my friend, S, who must have doubled my drink while I wasn't looking :p

Happy Birthday J

Birthday Bowling

J's birthday party

Easter Pictures!

Yes, the Easter Bunny came to our house (and brought Julie stuff too, of course). The kids were happy, had a good morning, then we headed over to Tom's parents for lunch. Enjoy!

Happy 103rd Birthday, Dr Seuss....

Who doesn't love Dr. Seuss... Book People had a birthday party for Dr. Seuss on Saturday and we went. The kids had a great time. They read some Dr. Seuss books, sang happy birthday and had cake for the kiddos. They even got "goody bags". We, of course, bought books while we are there. I love Book People. Oh, I know they aren't the cheapest in town, but they are local and they always have off-beat stuff in there. My biggest complaint (and it's a biggie in this momma's err.. book) is that they put toys along the stairs going upstairs to the kid's area. Not only do you have to say "no" a million times to the kid, it's also hard to reach over all that crap so the kid can grab the railing while they are walking. We'd probably go there more often if it wasn't for that one "little" thing. Anyway, pictures below...

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Happy 103rd birthday

You have new Picture Mail!

Dr suess birthday party at Book People

It's My Birthday And All My Friends Have Gone NUTS.

Today is my birthday. I spent most of today thinking that everyone around me had lost their freaking minds. Oh, where do I start?

Tom is pissing me off all day. We have a LOT of work to do. I have been sick for 2 weeks, everything is backed up, he's been slacking off and he decides randomly to clean the whole freaking house. Um, what? And randomly he's making pigs in a blanket for some school picnic that I didn't know anything about. Okay, that's not that weird, I have no clue half of the time what's going on with Jamie's school, it's ALWAYS SOMETHING. The house cleaning thing just ticked me off because that's Tom, he doesn't plan very well - we are working on that *laugh*

My friend and colleague, Lana, asked me about a month ago if she could take me out for my birthday for a pedicure and a glass of wine afterwards. I offered to take her to dinner after that because her birthday is right after mine. She said no that she had to go to a play with her husband. Okay, no problem.

Last year, I invited my mom friends out to meet me for dinner at Pappasito's, more of a Mom's Night Out than birthday thing, but I thought, hey, that's something nice to do and I could use to get out, I've been sick for so long. No one could go. No one. Not even those that ALWAYS go. I was a little miffed but figured it was so last minute...

In the middle of this, I remember Lana and decide to check on her play time and see it starts pretty early so I figure great, that gives me time to meet my friends for dinner (who apparently aren't coming). Dude, she's wanting to fit a lot into a little bit of time so I tell her I'll meet her there and figure I can escape to a book store for a couple of hours alone for some peace and quiet. She gets all weird and says no, she'll pick me up. Whatever, right? I'm like 30 minutes out of her way, it's not logical, but hey...

My "friend" Dy shows up for a playdate here, not a huge deal, she does it a lot, we work while the kids play and it works out pretty well. She couldn't go out to dinner with me because, well, I dunno why. To top it off, instead of working in my office she opts to sit in the living room so she can listen to her earphones (which she never puts on) and basically doesn't talk to me. Okay. Whatever.

So, I leave. Did I mention I'm not feeling 100% yet? I'm still on the back end of this flu thing, not contagious, but coughing and just feeling generally icky. I REALLY do NOT want to do this whole pedicure thing, but I figure I'll have fun (and I did, I started to feel better just getting out). So, we do the pedicure thing and we have like 30 minutes left. It's Friday night. She INSISTS on going to Chili's to get a drink and an appetizer or something. At this point I just want to go home, climb into bed and sleep for a few days, but I'm trying to be nice and outgoing and not let on how bad I'm feeling again. Poor Lana, her heart's in the right place, but I'm just not really into it, I'm doped up so I can even be there and not cough my head off. So, off we go - where she rushes through - I seriously have never seen anyone down a frozen margarita so fast in my life.

Most of you know where this is going I'm sure, but remember, I'm an accounting person, 1+1 can equal 3 for me, people. I'm not very logical sometimes so I'm lost as to what the hell is going on with my friends and Tom.

So, we pull up to the house. Dy's car is in my driveway. I was really pissed off at her. *laugh* Dude. WHAT? But, whatever. I crack the door open and turn around to say something to Lana and notice she and her daughter are grinning like insane people. Then I notice I hear people behind me....

Yeah, so all my friends were AT MY HOUSE. I think I said "bitches" at that point. I'm so daft. Apparently everyone thought I was either not speaking to them (close) or I knew (I had NO FREAKING CLUE). Tom knows I really don't go for the whole surprise party thing so I never thought he'd even try it.

Yummy food, a relaxing time (thank goodness!), and great fun was had by all. And I got a bunch of new books to read :) :) :) :) :)

Oh, and pretty feet again!



Oh, and Carlie... there was BACON wrapped jalapenos!

Afterwards, I was taunting Julie and got her cute little bark:


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Happy 4th Birthday, Cassie Girl!

Cassie is officially 4 years old! Pictures from the party:

Before the party, we were hanging out and I distracted her by taking pictures and then letting her take pictures herself (those will be at the IYGAKAC blog project soon)

This year, her party was at GattiLand, this is the party room insanity:






Afterwards, we hit the game room:

Ahhhh... relief!

January is OVER!!! *~*~* Happy Dance *~*~*

I've been buried in forms for WAY too long now. I'm so glad to be feeing human again. Not enough sleep, too many clients wanting too many things from me all at once. I took most of the past 4 days off to regroup and feel human again.

Tom has the worst birthday for me. January 20th. AND he wanted a party, so he got one but had to do most of the work (and whined about it, ya big baby). Cassie's falls on February 11, so I'm always rushing trying to get hers set up. She wants a Barbie cake. Crap. I SUCK at making Barbie cakes. So I give up this year. Yes, you heard me, people. I'm not making the cake this year. For the first time, after 9 cakes, I'm buying the freaking thing. It's really cute at HEB. *shrug* She'll survive.

See, cute right? I'll make (or talk Tom into making) some cupcakes or something so the adults can have some cake too ;) We also had to scale back her birthday party to kids her own age and family only, basically. It's too cold to have a party at home, so GattiLand here we come again.

Anyway, I'm sorry I haven't kept up here much. It's been a LONG month.

Happy 35th Birthday, Tom!

Tom turned 35 yesterday and we had a small party with some friends. Happy Birthday, Tom! A few pics are below.



Oh, and while I'm dumping pictures... this picture still doesn't show how LONG the icicles got from the roof... it was wild, but you'll get a better idea...

What a Birthday Bash!

Warning: This has lots of pics, wait for download :-)

Whew! What a party! What a day! Tom and I were up really late Friday night getting things prepped as much as we could stand and slept in a little bit on Saturday and then finished the food and decorations. Thank GAWD for his Aunt and Uncle who showed up just as I was pannicking that I'd never get it all done and pitched in. Seriously, they rocked! It was so nice of them and I really did need the help. What would we do without family and friends (a few friends even helped clean up afterwards). I swear, I'm so lucky to have them all!

We always make a big deal out of birthdays for the kids. Tom and I love it too and Jamie chose a Halloween theme, which is right up our alley!

First: The rest of the specialty foods (click title for recipe):

Severed Fingers

(Thanks to Jennifer - Tom's mom - who made these!) They looked AWESOME!

Halloween Worms

(Thanks to Jennifer and Donny who pulled these through the straws right before the party, I would have had to chuck them and everyone thought they REALLY were worms!)

Witch Hats

The Cake - after an aborted attempt using a bundt pan and Tom having to start all over, I found a 3D Wilton pan... I'm so proud of how this turned out! Jamie thought it was AWESOME (have I mentioned that that is Jamie's favorite word nowadays?)

Yes, this is me in my costume. Stop laughing.

The Princesses have taken over the fort!

And lookit who won....

Cassie in her princess glory (Jennifer made their costumes this year again)

Tom is an evil sorcerer.... or something that I don't remember

Ahoy, Psycho SAHM

Total Mayhem doesn't even begin to describe this party... there were probably 60 people there, at least. In my backyard. At once. It was so much fun though! Dragon Jamie had a BLAST!

This was a game we tried, too many kids having too much fun, hopped up on sugar... we gave up and let then run whild.

Get away from the little cuties, evil sorcerer!

Who needs tables? Worm Dogs were the meal of the night....

Other Misc Pics....