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Sophia went with a friend somewhere and her mom sent me this.

Seth did a family portrait.

Sophia Turns Seven

Sophia wanted a Dolly and Me party at The House Of Hadley Kate.  I must admit, it was very hard for me to give up control over the party but I did it and it was AMAZING!!!  The girls who worked her party were amazing!   I was very impressed with how they got everything ready and how they were with all the girls.  

Sophia wanted cupcakes so I decided to make them.  Did I mention that I DO NOT BAKE???  She was wanting a certain "look" to the frosting so I made it happen... until I could not.  Mimi to the rescue.  

So cute to see all the girls who were matching with their dolls.  They started off getting their hair done and then nails painted.  After that they went and decorated a shirt for their doll and then cupcakes and snacks.  They then decided to have a dance party.  Sophia told me it was the best party ever!  So glad she had fun!

Mrs. Lowrey Baby Shower For Lily

Sophia was invited to a baby shower by her kindergarten teacher.  Lauren only invited her girls from last years class because she had/has such a great bond with them and they still go and see her before school starts everyday.  

Brielle, Maggie, Lauren, Mrs. Lowrey, Elyse, Kennedy, Madelyn and Sophia

I was designated to get all the gifts from the group of girls.  

Jenny had a great idea to do an alphabet book for the baby that the girls made.  Each girl had  3-4 letters and they wrote the letter, drew a picture and then wrote what the picture was.  It was  a really cute idea... in theory but soon turned into a TRAIN WRECK!  LONG story short, I took it over because she informed me less than 48 hours until the shower that she does not have a creative bone in her body and that she is a procrastinator (her words not mine).  

Did I mention that I was trying to get last minute things for Sophia's party ready and that Justin was out of town when I took on this project with less than 48 hours?  I worked on it for SIX hours when I finally got all the pieces from the girls.  

I will not even get into details but she bought these stickers for the cover.

I could NOT for the life of me figure out why ALL the pages (that she had given to the girls) to draw on were all DIFFERENT sizes.  How the heck am I suppose to work with that???  I had to trim them all and try not to cut the picture off that the girls had worked so hard on.  Oh, and then she informs me that the paper was from when she was in college... she is THRITY NINE YEARS OLD PEOPLE!  I now know why they were uneven, she had cut them BY HAND.  I am now in panic attic mode!  

I CANNOT even imagine what her plan was with these when she brought them over to me.  She had them printed THAT afternoon because she wanted all the girls pictures in the book.   She sent me a text asking if it was OK that Sophia's head was cut off!  SERIOUSLY???  

So, like I said, I got the book done in SIX hours after I finally figured out what to do to make it presentable.  Not once did she ask how the book was coming along nor did she ask to see the finished project!  

Attaboy!

Seth wanted to shoot his bow today.  He did pretty awesome!

These crazies!

Woke up to these two silly kiddos this morning!  They were cracking up!

The weather was crazy for February... it was 86 degrees so we heated up the hot tub for them to swim!

Sophia's Friendship Party

I think it is the DUMBEST thing to call this a "friendship" party... It is VALENTINES DAY!

Sophia wanted a gumball machine for her "box"... momma made it happen!  I used an oatmeal canister, plastic fish bowl, pom poms, clay pot saucer and washers.  I spray painted the canister and saucer and then super glued everything together.  

The morning of her party, 7 minutes before she was walking out the door to catch the bus I knocked it over and it fell apart!  I plugged the glue gun in and got to glueing... I cannot believe that it held all day... until Sophia dropped it on the way home after school :)

As I was making her shirt for her party I raised the towel to make sure it was sticking to the shirt... opps!  Time to start over!

Day At The Park

Carlie and I met up at the park for the kids to play.  It was so windy that it was crazy!  We were freezing but the kids were fine!  We ended up staying for 3 hours and then headed to Chick Fil A for lunch.  

Monster Jam

Mom and Dad took the boys for the afternoon/night to the Monster Jam while Sophia was at the Daddy Daughter dance.  Dominic and Carlie were there too so they got to meet up with them down in the pit.  

Jonah thought it was so cool to see Grave Digger since he use to play with the Hot Wheel version when he was little.