"Royal Wedding Watch" Lunch

A few of my sweet friends were totally up for eating our way through the royal wedding. As Will and Kate said their proper "I do's" we were gracefully stuffing our faces with tuna, dill and havarti sandwiches, scones with lemon curd, berries and clotted cream, English breakfast tea and delicious mimosas. No worries, the children were already fed and quietly playing upstairs; letting us enjoy the momentous event. Not true at all...if the Queen had been at my house, my children would have been sent away to a quiet boarding school in the English countryside.


Chrissy making the mimosas


The sandwiches...my mouth is still watering!


Just the 5 of us - Kate, Will, me, Lesley and Chrissy

Going forward...

Hello? Does anyone still read this blog? I know it's only been, like 7 months, since my last update. So, I'm not going to be ambitious here. I'm starting small with the girls' birthday celebrations. All of the other events from September to the present may or may not get added. It depends on my level of motivation...and the girls cooperation which does not always allow me to sit at the computer and reminisce about the last 7 months. I'll get started. Enjoy!

Coley's 3rd Birthday

Coley, Coley, Coley! Where has the time gone?

When I look at her, I still see my baby! She will be 3 years old on Monday the 18th. And the poor child has not had a birthday party...until this year. And let me tell you; if I have any OCD tendencies, they shot out with flying colors for this girl's party. It was fun to plan and "execute" (literally) and Coley had fun with her friends and family.


Our sweet birthday girl in her party outfit. So cute! Thanks Nonna & Papa!


Cousins Kelly, Casey and Aidan and friend Em doing an Easter craft


The McDermott's decorating sugar cookies.
(Like the blue table? That table was the barn red table in the Houston house. We revamped it...it was a little more "bright" than we anticipated.)


David's parents, Papa, Nonna, baby Ainsley, Aunt Catherine and my brother Ryan


All the kiddos collecting their eggs during the Easter egg hunt. One of the kids said, "these aren't really hidden very well." Work with me here, kids...work with me.


Birthday girl loving her cupcake




Thank you Lesley for the pom poms. This sweet friend sat at my kitchen table for 3 1/2 hours and made all the pom poms! The party was happier because of you!





Happy birthday, Coleybear! You are the most tender-hearted, sweetest little girl we know. And you are such a blessing to us!

Ainsley's 1st Birthday...

Ainsley turned 1 on 3/23. Talk about a fast year! She has been nothing but a true joy and has just added more love to our family. The big girls adore her and she is pretty fond of them as well.

I planned a little lunch at our house with friends and the grandma's. We all met at the park to play for a little while then came back to our house to eat and have cupcakes. Ainsley loved the cupcake. She was so dainty with the icing and ate the whole thing without really any mess. No bath needed after.


Such a happy girl. On her 1 year check up, she weighed 18.1 lbs was 27 inches long. She's not even close to walking and actually only started crawling right before her birthday. Truth be told, she does get carried a lot!


Middle sister Coley excited about the party and the cupcake. She's our little sweets eater.


Grami and Mylie. Grami was on her Spring Break so she got to join us.


Sweet friends Emma, Mariela, Mateo and Ella


Tiffany and Wesley









We also had a little cake party on Ainsley's actual birthday with all the family. Happy Birthday, Ainsley!

And Mylie's Party...

Mylie's birthday party.

We had her 4th birthday party at ABQ's Playroom. It was great to drop off the decorations the day before, hand them over to the staff and show up on the day of the party ready to go. Mylie truly enjoyed herself and all the kids seemed to have a great time as well.