ROGUE'S FIRST WEDDING!

I'm finding there is A LOT of me doing

things I said I would NEVER do!

The latest never that happened today...

wedding cake and cupcakes!

IT WAS SO MUCH FUN SETTING IT UP

THERE WERE TEARS

HAPPY TEARS

TRULY BEING BLESSED TEARS

GOD IS SO GOOD TEARS

CONGRATULATIONS BETHANY AND NOLAN!

END OF THE BIRTHDAY TOUR

We made it back home!

After getting jammies on and putting the little brother to bed...

we put earrings on her new earring tree and hung it up next to her bed. (We took a picture down to use the nail. Only 2 more weeks in this house so no need to add another nail mark!)

 Then it was back downstairs to open Pop & Grandma's present.

On top...a cute white bunny. Fitting since her birthday party on Saturday is Easter Themed.

 All the kids get a gift on each others birthday from Pop & Grandma.

This year....the girls got swim fins! (Riggs' gift opening is next post)

Then Alex opened the big gift...

its a Barbie Water Park!

This sounds weird...but, Im not sure if Scott or the girls had more fun playing with it!? :)

HER DADDY HAS HER TRAINED!

Next stop on the birthday tour...

Dairy Queen!

Riggs love having his big sisters and Paige & Kennedy there to entertain!

What a goof-ball!

EARS & PIZZA...yeah, thats right!

 Alex's biggest part of the day was getting her ears pierced for her birthday. She has been back and forth about getting it done since Brooklyn pierced her ears almost 3 years ago. She was very loud and animated all day...I think mostly because she was so nervous about what was going to happen.

We got to the mall and now it was time to pick out the earrings of choice...

THEN....the panic attack set in.

And the tears

And a lot of 'I don't want my ears pierced!'

Luckily an almost 16 year old came in to get her ears pierced for the 2nd time.

She didn't flinch...so that helped Alex decide she was brave enough to go through with it...

IF she could sit on my lap!

 the first one...

 And, the second one...

NO, even though it looks like it, her ear was not getting cut off of her head!

 The trauma didn't last long...

sticker for getting her ears pierced and a lollipop made it all better!

WHAT'S NEXT?

Pizza!

Then....on to the next stop!

THE START OF BEING SIX

After weeks of talking about it....

Alex has turned SIX!

Unbelievable!?!?!

She was SO very excited for this day!

Yes, it was her birthday but we had a whole day of fun planned for her special day.

We started at 'Rogue' and while I set up for the day....

the kids enjoyed donuts and OJ for breakfast.

 Birthday Buddies

Alex and Klayton share the same birthday.

It would have been more fun at the hospital had Jen and I known each other then...

just glad we are friends now!

 Jen made a special bowl of Scotcharoos with candles for Klayton and Alex.

 After lunch and time with friends at the Freeds....it was off for more birthday fun!

SCOTT 1 : WALL 0

MORE DEMO

Initially we were going to take this wall down between the men's and women's bathroom but then we decided it would be nice to have 2 good sized bathrooms instead of one huge bathroom.

So the wall stayed up.

But, then the idea to take it down and rebuild just a normal width wall which would create 6-7 inches in each bathroom was brought up....so of course the sledge hammer came out!

my man in action....he is having way too much fun!

And to add another blessing with this chouse of ours....

we needed to get rid of A LOT of concrete. Just so happens that there was an ad in the paper for a guy wanting concrete....AND, his land is basically in our backyard! How nice is that!?!

my little buddy

Scott's turning them into country kids...

they had their first ride in the back of grandpa's pick up

 Denny worked really hard in clearing out all the bushes along the side of the chouse...

looks so much nicer!

the sledge hammer found the "New Hope Fellowship Church" sign today too...

 no more church sign....now if we can get the cross off the top....

I just might be able to call it our house.