Sophie's 5th Birthday Hello Kitty theme

Sophie turned 5 and to celebrate we had a small little party at home. This year was special. she got to celebrate her birthday with her Grandma, who flew in all the way from Idaho.

We went with a Hello kitty theme. lots of pink!!!! :)



She came home from school to find it decorated.

The day before, I took her to the mall and she picked out her Birthday dress. She got the  poofiest, most glitter encrusted dress she could find ;)









A cute little ice skating hello kitty. she spins around. This one and the one on the cake both came from a McDonald's happy meal.



I made the cookies






Strawberry milkshakes









 Miss Evie Pie





Making a Hello Kitty bracelette
 






Happy Birthday Sophie Rose

My 3rd Half marathon. Tinkerbell half marathon Disneyland

met with Jeff again this year :)

My sister picked me up from the airport and we soon headed to the convention. It was tons of fun. My sister treated my mom and me to lunch at the new tiki room restaurant in down town Disney

The next morning was the race. I hardly got any sleep. but I was ready



Waiting in my corral at Disneyland Dr.







me infront of Sleeping Beauty's castle



A small world all lit up.



How cute are they??? Rapunzel liked my purple jacket. She said it was her favorite color ;)



Then I met Philip and Aurora. This was at mile 6






I dit it!

Christmas time

Chrismas is my favorite Holiday. I love to decorate every nook and cranny. here's some picture of my home.





My TV. the Beauty and the Beast Enchanted Christmas fireplace playing on it.



My China Cabinet, all my santa mugs, vintage angels and my Martha Stewart Chrismas dishes on display.


On my kitchen windosill. A little winter scene



On my kitchen cabinet.

Christmas mugs. So cute.



This is an eggnog set, with my pie bird

The top of the computer desk, the gingerbread houses the kids made and a framed picture of the girls with Santa




On Christmas Eve, we left Santa some cookies and put out the magic Santa key so he could come in, We don't have a chimney




and santa came!!!!!!!!!!!!!








Nick got a metal detector.

ICE and Nick's Birthday

Nick had a whole week of celebrating his birthday. Lucky kid! on the weekend before his birthday, Joe took him to go buy his present. A real bow.



We went to the Bass Pro shop and even got to visit with Santa




NOW THIS! is called fancy shooting. Here's Evie in a dress and heels shooting with a pink rifle


For lunch Nick picked the Aquarium restaurant


yes, that's a shark












On his actual Birthday we went back to Nashville and surprised Nick with a trip to see ICE, 200 million pounds of ice,




its 9 degrees inside, they give you parkas to wear and tell you to keep your camera near your body, its possible for the lens to crack!








The Ice slide was cool








After the Ice we decorated cookies with gingy









After the decorating, we headed to the Opryland Hotel. they have many photo ops with the Dreamworks characters and a show.

at Shreks house



The hotel is HUGE and BEAUTIFUL. it even has waterfall and a river running through it.











and after a very busy day, we went back home for some cake!




HAPPY 10TH NICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!