birthdaypalooza

Last Saturday we got together with family to celebrate Poppa Willie and Grandma B’s birthdays.

This year my Dad turned 73.

And since Grandma B is a lady I won’t say what birthday it was for her.

Only the 4 youngest kids took advantage of the pool.

I love these girlie cousins having fun together.

I think we may have been a few candles short on the cake, but we definitely had enough soda sitting around.

I’m glad I’m not the only one with a soda issue.

We also had big plans that involved homemade ice cream…

but Ro’s ice cream maker had other ideas. At one point they had a power drill and grinder out…

But soon they were passing out bags to be shaken.

We were lucky enough to get the teenagers to put their phones down long enough to shake some ice cream.

LaLa and Grandma B spent most of the evening together. Grandma B was teaching her how to crochet.

I’m glad she has the patience to teach her…

Thanks Ro and Karen for having us all over. Karen sorry about the bag of ice all over the floor. The ice cream was worth it.

Thanks Chris for letting me steal a couple pictures off your Facebook page.

And thanks McKay for being the perfect measuring stick for Hammie to see how big he is…

insta-friday…on saturday 6.1.2013

Here’s a quick roundup of some of the pictures posted to Instagram this week…

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My brother and his family are moving back to AZ. Since his wife is still in Utah she wanted him to have some supervision while house hunting. He was lucky enough to get to spend all that time with me.

Can’t you tell by his face how excited he was?!?

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LaLa’s baptism is coming up quickly and I was stressing about getting pictures taken for the invitations. Finally they are done!

The girlies and I had a fun morning hanging around the Temple taking pictures of this Cutie!

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You know when you grunt every time you pick up your purse it might be time to clean it out.

The random Hot Wheels and crayons I get. The batteries were for my camera the day before. But why do I have a washcloth in there? And a lighter?…I don’t smoke. At least I found my favorite lip gloss…

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Einstein had an orthodontist appointment and when we got home I found this on my phone.

It’s pretty remarkable the difference one year makes.

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A visit to the dentist is a whole different experience with just one kidlet.

It was quite humorous watching Hammie come down from the laughing gas.

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I love this picture of Roo blowing out her candle on her 7th birthday.

She was definitely more dignified as an 11 yr old.

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I really like how close I live to our little airport. I was so excited when I saw this plane coming in for a landing knowing that Niece was on there.

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