Happy 2nd Birthday Julianne!

 Our baby has become two years old! We had a fun day celebrating with her. In the morning we went to the store and she picked out a cute princess balloon and then we went to McDonald's for lunch. She was much more interested in playing than eating.

After her nap we played outside and Brinley decided to give these "lovelies" to Julianne for her birthday. Both gross and sweet at the same time.

Then we had a little get together, with some good friends, to have cake and ice cream.

I have to say that Julianne's cake looks nothing short of pathetic. I really did have the best of intentions to make a cute Rapunzel cake, but it just did not end up happening.

Lucky for me I was the only one who cared.(It sure did taste good though).

After cake we had Julianne open presents. My mom and dad came a while back and got her a cute new bike, but sadly we do not have a picture of it yet. But she also got a new play dough set, princess figures and a Rapunzel doll with matching dress up for her (that she is wearing).  She loved it all!

We sure LOVE this girl. Happy Birthday!

Titanic Party

So we have the sweetest, most fun apartment managers ever! After living in many apartments, since being married, I'm just totally amazed at how generous and giving this office staff is. They let us make as many colored copies as we want, send and receive faxes, rent movies, provide areas for anyone who wants to plant a garden and throw amazing parties!

On Saturday they invited all the residents to a Titanic remembrance night. They had the club house decorated as if you were a first class passenger having dinner in the grand ballroom. It was so pretty!

When everyone first arrived we had appetizers and visited. Then our "captain" had us all go out onto the balcony and "Bon Voyage."


I must say it felt very authentic overlooking the swimming pool and "life" boat.
Then we came inside and they served us a thirteen course, first class dinner. No lie it was really thirteen courses.

Here was our table. The Hintize, the Cheany's and Southwicks. So fun that everyone dressed up!
They even went as far as researching real life first class passengers and giving everyone their names for the night. Greg and I went as Mr and Mrs William Ernest Carter. I did a little research on them and it turns out they both lived! Yay! But what was even more interesting is that they were residents of PA in Bryn Mawr, which was only like 20 minutes from where we lived!
And what Titanic party would be complete without a Titanic cake? I love the glob of white cake as the iceberg.
It was a really fun night!

St. Patricks Day and Disney on Ice

Who gets to live in a place with a St. Patricks day parade? Apparently I did most of my life but never knew. My father in law, who is the down town mail man says that SLC has one every year. I had no idea!
Well, in St Louis it's a pretty big deal, so we decided to brave the crowds and see what it was all about.


It was pretty good. I think a one timer for us, but always good to try something new.

For the girls' birthday we got them Disney on Ice tickets. This time they were featuring Princess and the Frog, Cinderella, and Tangled.

Here's my little Rapunzel and Cinderella. They were so excited!

It was so cute! I haven't been to Disney on Ice in such a long time, but they really put on a great show. We lucked out and had awesome seats and the girls were glued the entire 2 hours.

Brinley's 4th Birthday!

My oldest has now become 4 years old! I can't believe it. I always say that every year, but it just blows my mind how fast time flies.
We had planned on having a little birthday party for her at the park by our house, since there are about 25 kids that live by us, and I needed a place to put everyone. I was so excited because the weather said that is was going to be 70 degrees that day. Well, it was indeed 70 degrees but also extremely windy, so luckily I was able to have it our club house last minute. All I can say is throwing a party for 40 people is a lot of work!
Brinley had told me she wanted a Mickey Mouse party (gotta love her)! So I went online and found these cute Mickey Mouse cupcakes, made with Oreo cookies.

The kids had fun and that's all that matters!

Here they are playing a dancing game with streamers.



The next day we had our own little quiet family party. We made homemade pizza.
Ate more cupcakes.
And of course opened presents! Here she is with her favorites! Last year my Mom and Dad gave her Lady, while we were at Disney World. So this year they decided to give her the Tramp. She was so excited! As soon as she opened it, she ran upstairs, grabbed Lady and said "Oh Lady your husband is here!" It was pretty cute. Then Greg and I gave her a Rapunzel barbie (her first barbie)! We also got her and Julianne tickets to Disney on Ice with Rapunzel, but it's a surprise, so I'll post pics after we go next week.

Happy Birthday to our crazy, happy, funny, silly, sweet, friendly Brinley. We love you!

It's happened

a little sooner than I expected, but its happened.

Julianne has discovered the wonderment of Tangled.

Now there is no going back. She is hooked. Not that I blame her, it is amazing.

I am awoken each morning to "Rapunzel show please" "Rapunzel show please." I love it 'cause it gives me 20 or so more minutes of sleep.

I'm also graced with hearing her sing "....and at last I see the light......" over and over and over again throughout the day. I'm not going to lie, it's pretty darn cute!

I love having girls!!!

Valentines Day

I love Valentines day!

This year was so much fun because Brinley got to go to her first school Valentines party. She got to wear her p.j's and thought that was the neatest thing ever! When I picked her up she was beaming with excitement over all the little cards and candy she received from her friends and teachers.

Later in the day I took both the girls around the neighborhood to deliver their valentines to their friends. It was so cute.

Here is my attempt to get a sweet picture of the two of them in their Valentines shirts. It was a chore.

They say a picture's worth a thousand words, and this pretty much sums up my life perfectly right now.





That's as good as it got!

Then I made our favorite salmon with peach salsa for dinner! It was yummy as always!

Greg brought me home the prettiest pink tulips.

Whenever we go to Costco, we always have to stop and let the girls hold these teddy bears that they love. So, we surprised them and gave them each one! As if they don't already have enough stuffed animals.

More "lovely" pictures.

After putting the kids in bed, Greg and I enjoyed eating this amazingly good dessert given to us by my friend Lilly, from Brazil. It tasted as good as at looked!

It was a great day!

Still my Valentine!