tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86332431022135775402024-03-05T10:30:51.816-08:00The Guthmiller FamilyJennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787822415121991426noreply@blogger.comBlogger351125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633243102213577540.post-18025662431931171482015-01-08T16:45:00.001-08:002015-01-08T16:45:38.044-08:00Let's Start Fresh With 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I know that I have a blog that I've neglected (this one) for a couple of years. I wasn't able to post enough and keep up to date, so I just kind of stopped updating. Life goes on, right? I just wasn't telling people about all of our exciting adventures. In March 2013 I was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma and my brother in law set up a blog to help me keep people informed with what was going on with me, so that kind of took up my blogging time. Check it out at www.prayforjenn.com if you want to read about that journey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A lot has happened in the past two years, some of it great, some good, and some not so much. But we're here and we're surviving and getting through this ordeal as a family. That's what is important, right?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is a little non-cancer update on the Guthmiller Family. Zach has taken up hunting and spend a lot of time shooting at things to feed the family. Jenn is the President of the PTA and trying to figure out how to work from home, be a sort-of stay at home mom, and how to let things go and not be in charge all the time. That is not easy! Tyler is 10 and in the 4th grade. He played his first season of tackle football and had a really great time. He is moving into basketball season next and then baseball. He loves sports and can spout off any piece of trivia that you want to know...or don't. Lucy is 7 and just about to turn 8. She's in the 2nd grade and is the same height as Tyler. They kind of look like twins. She did cheerleading for the football this year and really love is. Gymnastics is still her passion, but she's also giving basketball and softball a try as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We were able to take a trip to Disneyland at the beginning of December 2014. We had a really great time as a family and it was just good for us to be together. We look forward to many more of those vacations and time spent together as a family. If we can survive the sibling rivalry!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here are some updated pictures...that apparently can be seen on the internet once I post them here. With technology in the schools now Tyler was able to search himself and find his "adorable" (his words) face on the internet.</span><br />
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Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787822415121991426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633243102213577540.post-35887740738551892012013-02-26T17:00:00.002-08:002013-02-26T17:07:49.597-08:00Happy New Year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Our vacation schedule was a little strange this year - technically, the kids first day of vacation was Christmas Eve - and I wasn't able to take much time off to hang with the kids. So, when we got invited to Six Flags the day after New Years I <strike>bribed</strike> asked Zach to come with us so we could have one family day. Bonus, our season passes still worked and the kids were given free passes, so other than the exorbitant cost of food the day was inexpensive. Can something be inexpensive and priceless at the same time?</div>
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Six Flags is jumping on the bandwagon of decorating for the holidays, and it made the park so festive. Granted, we were there after Christmas, so some of that was anti-climactic, but now we know that next year we can go BEFORE the holidays and it might be magical. You know, if we can afford it BEFORE Christmas...</div>
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The kids had a really good time riding the rides together. </div>
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Tyler and Everleigh are buds. It's cute to see them together.</div>
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Is it sad that so far this year this is the only "snow" we've seen? That kind of depresses me, but the kids had fun on this "mountain"</div>
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Being the sap that I am, I wanted to make sure we made it to the "tree lighting"...you know, since tree lightings are so exciting. Not really, but I did want a photo in front of the tree when it was all lit up. I had to crop and give it a filter becaues the original wasn't cute like I wanted it to be. I love that you can edit things to make <strike>me</strike> them look better.</div>
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We were just being goofy. I like this app Red Stamp that I have on my phone. You can make cards and I have fun with them. I make cute collages and then don't send them to anyone.</div>
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My goal for this next year is to make each day a worthwhile one. Laugh with the kids. Love big. Learn something new. And possibly eat cake.</div>
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Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787822415121991426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633243102213577540.post-49171595031586757142013-02-26T15:31:00.000-08:002013-02-26T15:40:56.701-08:00We'll Just Skip Last Year...<div style="text-align: center;">
For the life of me, I can't seem to find the time in my schedule to catch up on ALL of last year's missed blog posts. So, and this is difficult as I'm VERY Type A, I'm going to skip ahead and start fresh. At some point I might want to go back and add in that year again...but for now we start at 2013.</div>
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Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787822415121991426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633243102213577540.post-45461281350064996282012-11-01T16:55:00.001-07:002012-11-01T16:55:28.494-07:00Happy 6th Birthday QJ!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
What a way to start off March! Quillan Jo is turning 6 and we are lucky enough to get to celebrate with her. She was having her birthday party at the Bounce Spot, so the kids were pretty stoked to go there. Quillan goes there after school and talks a lot about it, so the kids wanted to see the place that made her so happy.</div>
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As always, Uncle Ryan made a really cool pinata to go with the theme of the party. La-La-Loopsy! I don't know if anyone is going to want to hit her with a stick...</div>
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Sometimes Lucy likes to be like her Mama and today she wanted to have the same hair-do.</div>
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This might be a bit of an over-dramatization, but we were pretty terrified! Some of those slides are fast.</div>
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But then that's where the fun stopped for mom. She had this good idea to race dad in one of the obstacle courses, and him being the competitor that he is took it to a whole new level. Not really, but he did knee mom hard in the head (on accident he says) and he won the race by knock out.</div>
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Happy Birthday Quillan Jo! We hope your day was super special. Just like you.</div>
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The 1st grade has some pretty fun field trips and I'm glad that I'm able to take part in them. The third field trip of the year was a trip to the Crest Theater in Sacramento to watch the play Junie B. Jones. This was a first for me because I've never been to the Crest Theater. </div>
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We rode the bus with the kids, walked the streets of downtown (which is crazy with some of those kids), and enjoyed a really fun play. It's nice to spend some time with my guy one on one.</div>
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The play was really cute. The kids enjoyed it, but might have had a hard time sitting still for that long. From the looks of this picture it might have been too much for Tyler. Booger! <br />
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Sleeping kids are just the sweetest thing ever. And it's not just because they are quiet and not arguing or whining or begging. It's because their features are relaxed and soft and so, so innocent. This just makes my heart swell. </div>
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I think God made kids look so sweet while they were sleeping so that we can go to bed with a warm heart and wake up in the morning wanting them to wake up too. :)</div>
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Each month at Tyler's school there is a CORE VALUE word that the student's learn about and try to exhibit. During February the core value was Kindness and Caring. Tyler had been trying pretty hard to earn an award and he tried really hard to be kind and to care. Really hard. He was excited to earn the charm for his necklace and get to have lunch with the principal.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQl08YUlc4kEsnzFn1_DFkxiNIJ6syCNichc7QFpayr3tDVJpW22O6iI22x84Q_gCWSinIk2orMsCNtvV9KiRtpcPFy5I82nGdzelkFmtDI9NkFJ_VoXPzCWlPRAKa4NhKXQayQKe03T_8/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" qea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQl08YUlc4kEsnzFn1_DFkxiNIJ6syCNichc7QFpayr3tDVJpW22O6iI22x84Q_gCWSinIk2orMsCNtvV9KiRtpcPFy5I82nGdzelkFmtDI9NkFJ_VoXPzCWlPRAKa4NhKXQayQKe03T_8/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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The word for the month of March is CITIZENSHIP. The kids can barely say it, so I hope they can figure out how to be good citizens.</div>
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The kids were given a Bulldog magnet for their parents to put on their car. Luckily it just says the school's name and doesn't brag about my kid being better than your kid. </div>
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This is just a cute picture of Ian, Tyler, and Eathen. Buddies from Mrs. Fritts class.</div>
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Hopefully Tyler will always remain kind and have a caring heart. It's one of the things I adore most about that kid.</div>
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When Tyler was in kindergarten we signed him up to play basketball in El Dorado Hills. (<a href="http://theguthmillerfamily.blogspot.com/2011/01/pee-wee-basketball.html" target="_blank">Pee Wee Basketball</a>). Their CSD had an established program and his other friends weren't playing so it didn't matter to him that he wouldn't really know anyone on the team. 1st Grade was a whole different story. Tyler wanted to play in a league with his friends on his team and his friends as opponents, so we signed up for the local league at the Cameron Park CSD. It started off on a sour note...they took our money. No, in all seriousness, we thought this was going to be a really fun season for Tyler. He had a bit of experience under his belt and had gotten fairly competitive. </div>
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The season starts off with a clinic taught by the Ponderosa Bruins basketball players and coaches. Then the games started the following week. In this league there weren't practices and the coaches didn't really have time to teach the players anything...unless they made time on their own to do this. Our coach did not. We were lucky if he showed up to the games on time...or at all. Our team was the Bulls; Phil Jackson our coach was not.</div>
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The boys played hard and tried to do their best!</div>
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Tyler hustled and did what he was taught the prior year, so that part was good. The referees, unfortunately, didn't know the rules of the game, though, so the boys were doing things that they shouldn't (like traveling and fouling) and not being told that they were wrong. Hopefully they didn't pick up too many bad habits that will have to be broken the next season.</div>
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This picture makes me laugh with his tongue sticking out. We were the Bulls. Maybe he is a Mini-Jordan.</div>
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Why do photographers insist on ruining our basketball photos by tucking in the shirt way too far?! (<a href="http://theguthmillerfamily.blogspot.com/2011/03/basketball-pictures.html" target="_blank">2011 Basketball Pictures</a>)</div>
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Buddy Pictures: Tyler, Bobby, and Lucas</div>
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The Bulls 2012 (And again, no coach...)</div>
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The new sport for this year is indoor soccer! Tyler was asked to join this team and he was really excited to try it out. And then he got on the field and he might have been a bit intimidated...but he's not the type to give up. The coach, Mr. Cowen, is a teacher at Tyler's school and he was really excited to be on his team. It also gave him a chance to play with some new friends and learn some new skills.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9pzxiWbi-UfAN0hHn-zOposYJcaHen7h6BU5unR7RPrJfBzEdHlr9bphab6JjdRITgKotxK069ZLicobaOSCMeR75-qEUXUySyCEh85jP-cotUr2j7eu8JRur-feAThy8Jwm3a094bmK4/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" qea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9pzxiWbi-UfAN0hHn-zOposYJcaHen7h6BU5unR7RPrJfBzEdHlr9bphab6JjdRITgKotxK069ZLicobaOSCMeR75-qEUXUySyCEh85jP-cotUr2j7eu8JRur-feAThy8Jwm3a094bmK4/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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The first game of the season Tyler was a little nervous and was trying to figure out the game. Indoor soccer is a much faster pace than outdoor. And you can play the ball off the wall. The boys thought this was the best part.</div>
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During the second game (the one pictured) he was a lot more aggressive. He even had a face that he made when he was going for the ball to show that he was going for that ball and it was HIS. </div>
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The Dolphins played indoor for two sessions and it was a lot of fun. It definitely helped Tyler to improve on his ball skills and knowing where the ball was going to go when someone kicked it. We hope to play again next session!</div>
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Pinterest has <strike>ruined</strike> changed my life. There were so many cute ideas and printables for Valentines Day notes. The kids chose the designs they liked best and we printed them and made some really fun Valentines. Having a son and a daughter means they both want different things. Surprise! Lucy chose the "<a href="http://asmallsnippet.blogspot.com/search/label/valentine's" target="_blank">You Rock Valentine</a>" printable for the boys and the "<a href="http://www.bhg.com/holidays/valentines-day/cards/valentines-day-cards-with-candy/#page=4" target="_blank">I'm Bursting With Happiness You're My Friend</a>" for the girls. I had seen the "<a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5IQrpDGrlbQNG5Xbi15X09xY2s" target="_blank">Extra</a>" one on the site as well, but then I couldn't find the pin again. I had to make one on my own. It wasn't hard to make, thank goodness. </div>
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Tyler also wanted the Pop Rocks Valentines and the Extra Valentines for his teacher, but for the girls he wanted something a little less pink and friendly. He thought the "<a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5IQrpDGrlbQTE4xQmJ2Vk5SOGc" target="_blank">Fish In The Sea</a>" print out was very plain and didn't send the wrong message to any of the girls. Silly kid.</div>
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The clear goody bags were purchased at Target. There are 50 to a pack for the smaller bags. The Valentines were printed on cardstock and hand cut. Then we just stuffed the bags with Pop Rocks, Starburst, or Swedish Fish and stapled the cardstock to the bag. They were fairly easy and turned out pretty cute. However, I do believe that we've set a standard for ourselves and will have to continue this year after year. No more store bought Sponge Bob or iCarly Valentines for us.</div>
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Are we crazy? Do we WANT to get divorced? What are we thinking?</div>
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We decided to try and play soccer on a co-ed team together. This has to be nuts.</div>
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Happy Valentines Day! In our house we use any excuse we can to <strike>eat junk food </strike>celebrate and buy little gifts. Thanks to <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> again I found some cute labels to put on candy and give Zach a little treat. The kids got some love notes and sweet treats. Nothing too exciting.</div>
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Valentines Day is supposed to be for lovers, right? Well, these kids take up space in my heart and make my world go 'round, so they are my Valentines too.</div>
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But, if we're celebrating little lovebirds, then I want to celebrate this kind of love. Big smooches and just going for what you want. </div>
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Each year at Tyler's elementary school they have a fundraiser called Pennies for Patients. The kids are to empty their piggy banks (if they want) or ask family, friends, and strangers (not really) for change for their bucket. Tyler wanted to earn a TON of money for the cause, so we came up with the idea of making cards and selling them for whatever price people wanted to pay. </div>
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He's a pretty creative little dude, so he took some of the ideas that people gave him and made cards or he made up some ideas of his own. He ended up earning $125 in donations on his own. Pretty awesome!</div>
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The principal, Mr. Stewart, made an announcement to the whole school that he would shave his head and dye his hair blue if each class raised $100. Well, the whole school did do that and Tyler was able to help with the dyeing process since he did such a cool thing and earned so much money. Pretty proud Mommy moment.</div>
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After Barkley passed away we were going to be a one dog family. Things were going so well with just BB and she was able to go everywhere and she was just the best dog ever. Ever. And then Zach discovered duck hunting and just HAD.TO.HAVE a labrador retriever. He found the one that <strike>cost the most</strike> had the best hunting lines and reserved her. Pepper has been <strike>costing us</strike> warming our hearts since day 1.</div>
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Sweet, sweet kisses with that puppy dog breath. This might be the sweetest thing I've ever seen.</div>
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In all honesty, I really didn't want another dog. I didn't want to spend the money, have the responsibility, do the potty training, deal with chewing and destruction, get up at night any more than I already do, and find one more thing to give attention to. But, she's pretty dang cute and I fell in sort-of love with her pretty quickly. (As a side note, since I'm writing this blog WAY behind...don't ask me how I actually feel about her this second in time...)</div>
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The other family member that we had to worry about was BB. Would she like her new little sister or be just as annoyed with her as Jenn is now? The progression of their relationship is below:</div>
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It must be rough being so dang cute. Zach bought Pepper this duck toy on the first day he got her. She LOVES this toy and chews it daily. Almost to the point of wondering if she has an obsession with this duck. She's a duck dog for sure. And she seems to like shoes, and stuffed animals, and soccer gear as well...</div>
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We don't drink coffee in our house. Well, we didn't until Zach bought a Keurig...but mostly, we don't drink coffee in our family. So, when I saw this cute cup o' milk recipe in Family Fun magazine I thought it would be a fun (and warm) drink to try. I mean, the coffee cups have to get some use, right?!</div>
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Here is the recipe - <a href="http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/serve-a-melted-frosty-1033695/" target="_blank">Melted Frosty</a></div>
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Lucy turned 5 in style.</div>
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Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787822415121991426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633243102213577540.post-64627290643009578952012-10-11T11:59:00.003-07:002012-10-11T11:59:48.341-07:00The After Party<div style="text-align: center;">
Most really good parties have after parties, right?! Well, we just had a really good party, so it seemed in order to have an after party. Technically it was a pre-planned family party, but we'll just pretend that our party was so awesome we had to keep it going.</div>
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Lucy continued with the diva persona and pretended to be a rock star. She had just gotten that outfit from the Allen family and wanted to try it on. It sure looked cute on her.</div>
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Happy Birthday To You, Happy Birthday To You...</div>
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...Happy Birthday Dear Lucy, Happy Birthday To You!</div>
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And then the party took a turn...and it was time for everyone to go home.</div>
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For the BIG F-I-V-E Lucy wanted a party fit for a (drama) queen. She had been to a party in December <a href="http://www.theguthmillerfamily.blogspot.com/2012/08/gabrielas-fashion-fifth.html" target="_blank">(Gabi's Fashion Fete</a>) and wanted to do the same kind of party, but with the amount of girls that she wanted to include it was going to be more cost effective <strike>crazy</strike> to have it at home. So, after scouring <a href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> and everything Barbie, we came up with a plan for the BIG party. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiII0_ISWjYBCZqJp61ARj8yiNZkCx_29F60qLm9BMlRjtshzxd7cbgFML-gQXIvH5vAsmF4KBdQsApjv7EWSIbHu4dL8dK4Ddw4lh8yt9y8sGZI08IV_t67vsXcA9MIc-vAZfHNNlfyLMT/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" nea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiII0_ISWjYBCZqJp61ARj8yiNZkCx_29F60qLm9BMlRjtshzxd7cbgFML-gQXIvH5vAsmF4KBdQsApjv7EWSIbHu4dL8dK4Ddw4lh8yt9y8sGZI08IV_t67vsXcA9MIc-vAZfHNNlfyLMT/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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During Christmas one of my favorite cookies are the peanut butter cookies with the Hershey kiss in the middle, so this was a cute variation on that cookie. In hindsight, we probably should have done sugar cookies with the "hugs" in the middle, but we made strawberry cake cookies instead. They still tasted yummy enough to eat at least <strike>five</strike> a few.</div>
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The girls would have their choice of sunglasses (Barbie brand of course), feather boas, jeweled rings, necklaces, and bracelets. All of the most important accessories! After the accessories are chosen, they got their hair done, their nails painted, a little make-up applied, and then their photo taken. In other words...they were treated like queens!</div>
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The girls (Haley and Bailey) had a good time choosing their extras and getting all dolled up.</div>
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Sophia and Lucy look fancy!</div>
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The birthday girl and her modeling shot. The photos turned out really awesome!</div>
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We were able to <strike>mostly</strike> get all the girls to look at the camera and sit at the same time. (Can you see all the feathers on the ground?!) We had quite the turnout at the party. We probably could've made it the Project Runway: Mini Version for a theme.</div>
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Tyler and Bobby "crashed" the party. They dressed up like rock stars, turned on a song, and then did break dancing in the middle of the living room. The girls crowded around the boys and were cheering. It was epic! Everyone, but Lucy, thought it was quite fantastic.</div>
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</a>Five years ago on this day my life was chaged forever. There is a bond between a mother and a son and I was already lucky enough to have that with Tyler, but I never knew how special it would be to have a little girl. She might make me scream and want to cry on a daily basis. She might have attitude bigger than any rock star or diva. But she also has the biggest heart, the brightest eyes, a smile that will light up a room, and a kiss so sweet you'll never need candy again. She is my little girl and my heart and soul. So, happy birthday Magoo. On this day you deserve to be the Birthday Queen!
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Oh, Lucy, we are going to cherish this last day before you turn the B-I-G 5. For years and years you've acted older than your age, sassier than a teenager, and been smarter than the average Goose. But, the day has finally come where we need to accept that you actually are growing up and becoming a big girl. Your birthday falls on a Saturday and that's when the big party is occuring, so we took Friday to celebrate you family style. We had a couple of presents for you to enjoy and then a family dinner to attend.</div>
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In this photo Lucy is wearing the flower girl dress that I wore in the wedding when my Dad married Rebecca. That's a pretty old dress!</div>
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This year Lucy is into her "American" doll and her one request was an outfit (not pajamas this time) that her doll could wear and a matching one for her. She's pretty excited about her gift.</div>
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And with every new dress you need new shoes, right?!</div>
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Lucy wanted to wear her new ensemble to dinner at Benihana. She looks pretty grown up...with the bangs and fancy dress. Where did my little girl go?!</div>
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The kids love Benihana and we seem to eat there for quite a few family birthday dinners. It might be the free ice cream and Buddha glass...or the onion volcano. </div>
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Lucy doesn't like me to sing this (because of the words...not my voice!), but there is a Taylor Swift song that fits my mood on this momentous day. "Oh darling, don't you ever grow up. Never grow up. Won't you stay so little? Oh darling, don't you ever grow up..."</div>
Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787822415121991426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633243102213577540.post-10878257192276223812012-08-22T16:16:00.005-07:002012-08-22T16:16:35.917-07:00A Colorful Surprise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> has made me a better, more creative, and crazier mom. There are so many fantastic ideas on there to fill the time I don't have, cook elaborate meals, and make a party look pretty spectacular with someone else's ideas. This cake was one of those items. I was searching on Pinterest to find ideas for Lucy's dress up party and I found this cake. It was something that had to be made. More for me than for Lucy. Because, let me tell you why. Rainbows are awesome. Cake is good...especially one this big. And with a birthday coming up we needed a cake anyways, right? </div>
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I couldn't really find directions on how to make the cake, so I kind of just went with what I thought would work. I bought two cake mixes...white cake and a strawberry cake. I thought that the pink cake would help to make the red, pink, orange, and purple layers. I divided the cake batter into fourths and added food coloring until I got the desired color. I put them into a round cake pan. Mine were kind of big and I probably should have used a smaller diameter pan. With the white cake I made the yellow, green, and two different shades of blue. Next time I might make only six layers and then each would be thicker. I baked them according to the directions, but shaved off a few minutes of the baking time.</div>
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Once everything was cooled I set the purple layer on a plate and put some vanilla frosting on top and then layered the dark blue, light blue, green, yellow, orange, pink, and then red with the frosting between each layer. This cake has a ton of frosting (if you so choose), but it kind of has to. And if you're making a cake this decadent in the first place it's probably going to be quite sweet. Just like the little girl I made it for.</div>
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Once I got it stacked (not straight) we added pink! Lots of pink frosting (a can and a half). I've seen a lot of designs for the outside that were cute, but this was the easiest at this point. I bought some Skittles and made a rainbow five and a little rainbow. I also put Skittles around the bottom of the cake.</div>
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I wanted the cake to be spectacular. Really badly. When we cut it open there were lots of oohs and aahs and even I was amazed. The colors were very vivid and it actually looked like a rainbow. People even said it tasted good!</div>
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Happy Birthday Magoo! This was a milestone birthday, but I'd make you this again any day of the week. And not just because I love cake. But because I love you.</div>
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Instead of Blue Oak spirit day there was a twin day. Tyler and Noah (a classmate) knew they had the same shirt, so they decided to be twins. Little did they know how alike they would actually look! Tyler said that for the rest of the year people were calling him Noah.</div>
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The Princess and the Queen!</div>
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Happy 5th Birthday Gabriella! Thanks for making their princess dreams come true. </div>
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Sometimes I wonder if Lucy flips through my US Weekly magazines to look at the latest fashion trends. We took Tyler to get a haircut (much needed!) and Lucy said she wanted bangs. Out of the blue. Zach said he didn't mind (guess he wasn't getting my mental message to say NO!), so we went ahead and took the plunge. She seemed very happy with the bangs and looked cute. But, honestly, she would look cute with dreadlocks. Not that I'm hoping that's the next fashion trend...</div>
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