For the last few years Stephanie has spent every birthday in San Antonio. But this year we were not able to make it happen… sad, I know. Since we are so used to celebrating her birthday we knew that this year we couldn’t miss the chance to celebrate. If you click on the images they [...]
A few weeks ago JP and I got an invitation in the mail to a Sweet Sixteen party. We have never been to a quinceañera which is basically the same thing but a year later so we had to go check it out. We clean up pretty well, right? This picture cracks me up. Alexis’s [...]
We get invited to a lot of parties. We don’t always go but when we do it always ends up being a good time. Last week we were invited to Molly’s 30th birthday party and I am so glad we went. These people know how to throw a party. Check out the fiesta themed spread. [...]
Last week I got a message through Facebook from a girl that I didn’t know. She told me that she is friends with a friend of mine and that my name comes up in conversation (I took a deep breath…. yikes!). Then it said that she was putting together a surprise birthday dinner for our [...]
We celebrated Selena’s birthday early! Her birthday is actually on Thursday Thanksgiving Day so we had to celebrate a little bit early. Check out the awesome cake that I ordered for her. If you know Selena at all you know that he is ALWAYS on her iPhone so this cake design is super fitting. Er-ma-god! [...]
Today is the day that Lily has waited a long time for. Her first birthday party in a long time. We invited a bunch of kids from her new class and had a really good turn out. I took almost 500 pictures during the party and it was hard to narrow it down for this [...]
Today is Lily’s 10th birthday! Her party is this weekend but I wanted to make sure that today was extra special for her so I took cupcakes to her class. When I first got there I had to sit in the back of the class and wait for their lesson to be over. Then the [...]
I remember when I was a kid in school if someone was having a birthday their mom would bring cupcakes or some other goodie to our class to celebrate. JP and I were just talking about this the other day because since we are both August babies we never had the chance to be the [...]
I would say that today was a pretty perfect day. JP is back in town, Lily is in a good mood and we get to celebrate my birthday. We woke up this morning to breakfast in bed. We had no idea that Lily was already awake so when she came in our room with a [...]
Today is my birthday! Since JP is out of town until Thursday night we are going to celebrate it on Friday. In the last couple weeks I have received 3 packages and 3 cards in the mail from people. I haven’t opened any of them because I am waiting for Friday… I didn’t even know [...]
Lily has asked me for a long time now to take her ice skating. There is a place not to far from our house named Northwoods Ice that I have meant to check out. When you go in you pay $10 per person for admission and skate rental. They also give you this sticker that [...]
Last night when I went to bed I told Lily that since it was my birthday I get to sleep as long as I want. Around 8:30 this morning I could hear her and Cameron out in the living room giggling about something. A few minutes later I heard my bedroom door opened really quietly [...]
Today is JP’s birthday! I have heard that your personality develops by the age of 5… here are some pictures to prove that JP hasn’t changed much.
A few weeks ago Selena invited us to her mom Gracie’s birthday party. She told us they were gonna bbq, have raspas, have a pinata, and a mariachi band so we were all over it. Selena and I say CHEESE! Or maybe we said QUESO… not sure. Selena’s dad and brother taught me how to [...]
Lily was invited to a birthday party from a little girl that she goes to school with. When she handed me the invitation she pointed out that it was on a Sunday and asked if there was any way I would be willing to take her. I arranged with her dad to keep her Saturday [...]
My eyes popped open at about 8:30 this morning. I layed there listening but I didn’t hear the kids. My first thought that they were still asleep… yeah right. I went upstairs and found them quietly playing Barbie dolls. I told them to get dressed because it was pinata time! Lily was totally ready and [...]
After everyone was tired from swimming and it was starting to get dark we headed back inside. I had everyone put on their pj’s and sat them down to eat. We had Subway subs, fresh veggies and chips. Adeline is never camera shy and so photogenic. Do you know the history behind a lei? Per [...]
Lily’s two best friends were at our house my 5:30pm. They were all very excited and ready to start the fun. Adeline knows me so well because once she got there she said “So Rose, what fun things do you have planned for us today?”. Do you know what I love about these girls? They [...]
When I first started talking to Lily about her birthday plans she didn’t want to do anything. She didn’t want a party and she didn’t want me to bring anything to her class. I told her we could plan something and invite the kids from her class. She was totally against it and said she [...]
Since tomorrow is Lily’s actual birthday I decided to take her and her best friend Cameron to lunch and Build-A-Bear Workshop today. Lily + Cameron = BFF’s! Me and Cameron. This is the little deserts that they had after lunch. Here they are about to get their bears stuffed. Did you notice the girl who doesn’t want to [...]
Today I had a pretty perfect day! It started with Lily wanting JP to help her make me breakfast in bed. But since the fridge was pretty empty they had to get creative. JP brewed some coffee and Lily cut the cake. I mean coffee + birthday cake = coffee cake, right? Then as I [...]
After dinner we headed home to open birthday presents! Do these people know me, or what? Wow did I feel lucky when I saw Coach and Tiffany & Co. sitting on the table! The first thing I did was blow out my candles. 33 years old! I love this little girl! Oooohhhh I knew when [...]
JP and Lily took me out for my birthday dinner to Chama Gaucha. Chama Gaucha is our ultimate favorite Brazilian Steakhouse! Sooo good! Can you believe we didn’t bring a camera with us? All of the pictures in the restaurant were taken with my iPhone. Lily say CHEESE. Posing with one of the meat guys. [...]
This morning I didn’t get out of bed until I finished reading “The Help”. Every once in awhile I pick up a book that I can’t stop reading and this is one of them. Once I got to the end of the book I didn’t want it to be over. The movie has been out in theaters for a couple [...]
Happy Birthday To Me Happy Birthday To Me Happy Birthday Dear Meeeeee Happy Birthday To Me! It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here (but we all know it’s only August)! Today was also Lilys 1st day of 3rd grade. I went down to the school and had lunch with her but now I [...]
Today I on a 6:15 am flight from San Antonio to Minneapolis, MN and after a short lay-over headed to Grand Rapids, MI. Pretty much all of my siblings were either there or headed there for my little brothers weekend this weekend. After I got to MI I went to my hotel room then headed [...]
A couple weeks ago I was sitting on the bleachers after a softball game and we where talking about you know what and you know who. After awhile Erin says to me ” I totally stalk CuriousDaisy”. I love love love it when people tell me that they read my blog! Then a couple weeks [...]
Today we finally had a chance to have JP open his birthday cards and present. We were all really excited! Me and JP have made jokes about having a “pool rules” sign out by the pool for a long time. I found a sign company and had it made. Don’t you love these rules? This [...]
A: When you are talking about the military. When we were in Port Townsend we had a little bit of time to kill until we had to be back at the ferry dock so we decided to go take a look at Fort Worden State Park. I have been there one other time when I [...]
Today is JP’s birthday! Do you remember what we got him for his birthday last year? We got him the neon sign that hangs in the tiki room. Seems like it should be pretty hard to top that, huh? Since we are out of town Lily and I are unable to give him his birthday [...]
My good friend Jennifer’s birthday was yesterday and since she had the day off it was the perfect day to have lunch and a pool party for her. When I originally planned it we were gonna eat lunch outside on the patio but then as I stood outside looking at the patio table as the [...]
Every once in awhile something happens. I can’t really explain it. And I don’t usually know that it is happening. Then the sun sets and as I lay snug in my bed a thought occurs to me. I DIDN’T TAKE A PICTURE OF ANYTHING TODAY! In my head I recapped my day and I totally did things [...]
This morning before we drove them back to Houston we gave Gage a birthday present. Last night per his request we all ate Klondike Bars. But we made him wait until today to open his presents because today is his actual birthday! Gage is a big fan of music and it has come up a bunch of [...]
You know how I am always preaching to you guys about keeping your digital pictures safe by archiving them by sending them up to the sky? Well let me tell you a little story and give you another example why it is fun to be able to go back and walk down memory lane! I have blogged about my [...]
Lily ended up spending the night at Cameron’s house last night. The came home around 9am and told me Cameron had gymnastics. Around 10am Cameron was back and they started playing again. I asked Cameron if she had a birthday present for her Mom today. I know it’s her birthday because we were invited to [...]
My friend Shauna sent me a picture of the twins today and it is just to cute not to share. They had their first birthday last Wednesday but they didn’t have their birthday party til this weekend. Doesn’t this picture just scream cuteness? If I was in Washington this weekend I could have taken this [...]
Today is my sister Vanessa’s birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY VANESSA!
Today after work Lily and I went to The Rim to go shopping for her winter coat for our trip north in a couple weeks. I heard about a big sale at JCPenney so that was our first stop. No luck in JCPenney but to bad I wasn’t shopping for other things because pretty much everything in that [...]
Today is my little sister Zerah’s birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZERAH!
After breakfast at the hotel restaurant we headed down to the pool. The pool at the resort was so much fun. It is basically 4 pools that are each connected by waterfalls. We spent way more time at the pool this weekend than at the beach. Check out this underwater picture I snapped of Lily! [...]
Today is Lily’s birthday so this morning we unanimously renamed her to Sparkley McStinky Pants. Happy Birthday!
Today is day 1 of Lily’s birthday weekend. She got a package in the mail from JP’s parents and couldn’t wait until Sunday to open it. So… she got on the phone and convinced Marlene that it was very very important that she open the prize immediately! It came with a cute card, she was [...]
This weekend the shortest person I hang out with is having her birthday weekend! One of Lily’s nicknames is “shorty” even though she is over 4 feet tall. This morning we stopped at Krispy Kreme and picked up two dozen doughnuts for her classroom. Tomorrow after work/school we are headed down to the Gulf of [...]
I got something in the mail today that made me think back to a long time ago. When I was a little girl I always thought that maybe someday I would marry a cowboy. I figured that my perfect guy/cowboy would be tall and have brown hair, brown eyes and ride a horse… kinda like [...]
Today is my birthday! We have been celebrating all weekend but today was definitely the icing on the cake. I seriously have the most amazing BF that any girl could ask for! This weekend he took me into the Tiffany & Co world. Before this weekend I had never owned anything Tiffany and now after [...]
I love hotels, I love staying in hotels, and I love waking up in hotels. That is exactly how my day started today. When we woke up we headed straight to the Watermark Hotel Spa and had a couples massage. After we left the massage room they took us to the relaxation room and me [...]
Much to my surprise me and JP headed down to the riverwalk for the night! And here is the view of the river from our room. Here we are having dinner at Hard Rock Cafe.
When I get off of work in a few hours my birthday weekend officially begins!
For JP’s birthday this year I had a neon sign made for him. Today we finally had time to put it up. This is what it looks like after the lights go out. Welcome to JP’s!
