ST PATTY's DAY ROADTRIP

After work last Sunday night (at 10PM) Heather decided she wanted to take a road trip the next day at 6AM to Omaha to visit the ZOO. Not sure how it worked out that we could all go, but Melissa, Heather, my mom, and me... and kids were all able to go so we packed quickly and left the next morning! We stayed at the Embassy and got adjoining rooms. We got there around lunch and went to a yummy spaghetti place near our hotel. There were a lot of fun little shoppes to see including Emilia's favorite, the candy shop! We spent the evening ordering room service and going to the pool, and then headed to the zoo the next morning. Because of the lack of space in the vehicles, we only took my stroller, hence all the photos of 2 kids packed into 1 stroller, but it worked and Emilia didn't mind sharing! The zoo was awesome... much better than our KC zoo. Emilia's fav was the giraffes, hence the 3 foot giraffe she brought home!

Suprise 50th Birthday Party

For several weeks now, almost my entire family has been working on SOMETHING to help with pulling off my Aunt Tammy's birthday party and we did it! My Uncle Shahdad wanted to do something big, since you only turn 50 once, so he called me and we put together a a party with food, old friends, and old photos! Shahdad got a hold of her old bins of photos and I scanned them to make a digital scrapbook and then I recruited my older sister, Melissa, to assist with the display boards for the party.... my family room paid the price...

Samantha came over to help, too!

My Uncle Danny came in town from Tennessee for the occasion and him, Emilia, my nephew, Garrett, Chris, my mom, and uncle helped set up the clubhouse the day of the party...

The party was a lot of fun... she was shocked! The food was awesome... done by Tipps, the cake by Petit Four Bakery, and the karaoke by the kids!

Here's some of the old photos we stumbled across...

My Aunt is such an amazing person and one of my closest friends. She has an amazing life story including raising four children and surviving cancer among other life events... and yet still remains such an uplifting person loved by everyone she meets! We love you Aunt Tammy... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

P.S. Happy Valentine's Day and Happy 8th Birthday Hannah

This Valentines Day was full of fun with Emilia's 1st valentines party at preschool and the day ended with a home made dinner and chocolate covered strawberries for dessert!

Hannah's birthday party...