CJ's Birthday Party

Saturday we had CJ's Birthday party at POJO's. For those of you who don't know, POJO's is similar to Chuck E Cheese. We played a million games, rode the rides (except the bumper cars), had cake and ice cream, and watched CJ open gifts. Fun was had by all. CJ received several Barbies, a few games, and Mommy and Daddy gave her a camera. Now hopefully she will leave mine alone! She has a Fuji 6mp camera with 1g memory, and a zebra striped lanyard. She couldn't be happier!

CJ taking her first pictures

CJ and Braden with her new Whac-a-Mole game

CJ opening gifts

Kyle and Becky playing air hockey (Becky won)

Brian and Kelly

Kevin, CJ and Sarah

Singing "Happy Birthday"

Kevin, CJ and Suzi

Cody and Kevin

CJ, Eliza, Kelly and Braden

Eliza watching CJ and Kelly play air hockey

CJ and Maddox

Jeremy and Hope

Kelly and CJ

Becky and CJ

CJ, Iris, and Opal

Porter and CJ

Eliza and CJ

Brian and CJ

Birthday Girl

Brian playing with the party favor lips

Becky

CJ and her Balloons

Alex, CJ and Braden

CJ opening a gift

CJ and Mordecai

Brian reaching for the camera

My Home Stylist

I forgot to post this earlier. After Thanksgiving dinner, my home personal stylist, Brian, treated me. He brushed through my hair and gave me a scalp massage. It was so nice and relaxing after all my hard work. There were a few times when he got a little rough, but it was, for the most part, very relaxing. Some people pay a lot of money to have a personal stylist, I just have to pay in hugs and kisses. I'm one lucky Mommy. Thank You Brian.

CJ's Birthday Cake

Tonight we had CJ's request for dinner, noodles with white sauce. CJ also got to pick out dessert, she picked a red velvet snowman cake. It was super cute. I almost felt bad for cutting into it.

CJ's First Barbie

Today is CJ's Birthday. After school I took her to Toys R Us. She wanted to spend the $10 Great Grandma Murray sent to her. She picked out a happy birthday Barbie. No Joke. She came with Lip Smackers Lip Gloss, a diamond ring, brush, and a birthday present. All the way home CJ brushed Barbie's hair. She loves her Barbie.

Brian Winks

Daddy is playing with Mommy's new video camera. BTW... I totally LOVE IT!! It is so small, it fits in my purse without a problem!

Family, Food, Love, What more could You Ask For?

What a long, fun weekend. I was talking to my Mom yesterday and she said I sounded tired. I said, yeah, it was a long weekend. My Mom, in all her wisdom, reminded me that any weekend is long when it starts on Wednesday! You're so smart Mom!
These pictures are in no particular order. Most are from Kaylynn's camera and Julie's camera, I was too slow at pulling mine out. I would like to thank my awesome SILs for all the great pictures. I meant to get a couple of the table full of food, but we were all too excited to sit down and dig in. Our joint effort was so so so yummy. We almost fit everyone at the table, the only outcasts were Harley and Brian. They sat at their own little table. I couldn't ask for a better dinner or a better weekend. I really enjoyed having our home filled. CJ and Brian loved having their cousins so close. While the time was short, we loved every minute of it! As an added bonus Kyle and I both got alone time with CJ and Brian each! What a joyful weekend!