Backyard BBQ/Mo's Party

She ate the frosting off of 3 cupcakes

Mo, singing along & swinging with the card
from the "Grandma next door" it played the
three little fishies song.


We had Mo's bbq Sunday night, and it was a great time. We ended up having about 50 people show up. I can hardly believe that that many people showed, we just planned it Monday! The backyard looked great, we finally have a decent yard to party in, Tom and I and some friends worked in it all week, we painted the fence, fixed the fence and did some lanscaping, it was an exhausting week thats for sure, but very rewarding.

Mo's Birthday

Morgan turned 3 today!! She helped Maddi & I decorate her cake, her only disappointment in the day was that she still has to ride in her little girl car seat, she doesn't get a big girl seat yet.

Maddi went away with Tom for the weekend and they went to the Toledo Zoo, this is a pretty cool picture of her.

We have Grass!!

So you all know that we are not the greenest lawn on our street, this year in an attempt to actually catch up with the Jones' we have seeded our dirt spots in our lawn. We did this a week ago today, and Monday I was stressing out because we couldn't see any grass growing, today I looked and there is a green haze over our dirt spots, IT is GROWING!!! I am super happy, Tom told me that if this didn't work then we are tearing out the whole lawn and having dirt:( I would not put it pass him either. Other news, I seem the be the only sister in our family not pregnant, so I will focus on getting skinnier while they all get fat:) No, I am not getting the itch, I just am not looking forward to vacation with the family, as I sit there counting points, and they all eat whatever they want, I will live vicariously through them all. Weight Watchers is going very good for me, I have lost 9.2 lbs (aproximately) in the last 3 weeks, and am not even starving!! I am about a quarter of the way to my goal (don't try doing the math, yes I am fat, but not for long) If I keep going at this pace, I will reach my goal in like 3 1/2 months, just in time to not be the fat mom with the cute flower girls at our neighbors wedding. Anyway, I am going to enjoy this summer finally not being super self-concious(sp?) in my bathing suit and training to run that 5K in October. Love you all, Ta Ta for now

New Pet

The girls have been playing outside now for about 2 hours, the last hour or so they have been playing with their new pet worm. They named it very appropriately, first it was Mrs. Worm and now it is Wormy. This is a great pet, it keeps them entertained, but neither one of them will touch it with their bare hands, they pick it up with sticks. Mo tried to touch it but was afraid it would bite her (I'm not sure where the mouth is on those things, but who would take the chance) and Maddi said it was slimey so that ruined all chance of Mo touching it again.

Easter Sunday

What a great day we had on Easter, not only was our sermon awesome, the girl's outfits turned out great! Priorities, Right?!?

Skirts

Hey the skirts are almost done!! all we have to do is sew the elastic. It took Mom and I 4 hours on Monday night to make 2 skirts, we made one for Maddi, Mo & Faith (Mom made Mo's on Saturday so she would know how to help me). It wouldn't have taken so long except that sometimes I would sew a whole seam and then realize my thread had broken, or I would sew the fabric to itself :) Mom was a huge help, I couldn't have done it without her, she took out some of the seams and helped me fix where I went wrong. I think I could do it again, I don't think that I will :) It is not my favorite past time, too many steps, although Mom did tell me I picked the hardest thing to start on because of the gathering and layers. I'll let you know if I decide to be creative ever again, and you can all discourage it!!

Creativity

Hey, as you all know, the creativity gene in our family skipped me (along with the boobies, but we won't go there, maybe they are connected, hmmmm) Anyway, I decided that I am going to try and make skirts for the girls using a pattern and with my mom's help. We went to Joanne's today and picked out some material, I will keep you posted as to how they turn out. We ended up with bright pink daisies, yellow with white polka dots and a multicolored plaid. The skirts are going to be 3 tiers and spinny (that is a prerequisite courtesy of Maddi). Keep your fingers crossed that I don't mess up too bad and get discouraged, because I have high hopes for making dresses someday too.