Emma's 8th Birthday

Happy 8th birthday to Emma!

Had a party yesterday - 6 girls to go bowling, then dinner at Bellecino's, then home for cake and playing - and 2 special buddies got to spend the night - one for Emma and one for Hope!

Here is the clan at the restaurant....

the fearsome foursome, Kaylee, Hope, Kristen and Emma

popcorn was allowed in my bed but no drinks!!

Candy flower pot! thanks Kristen!

a Liv Doll!

everyone eating marble cake

how'd i get in there? cutting the cake

8 years old????

a cackle of giggling girls....

Emma was the winner!

kristen, emma, abigail, and olivia

dad and his harem of girls....

looking good so far Hope!

another STRIKE for Emma!!!

um, Hope, what are you doing?

Em and her peeps

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a good birthday was had by Emma

cards from Grandma Mary, Grandma Rachel, Grammy and Zorro!, Uncle Billy and Wissie

and Ms. Janet... great presents from her friends, flower pot of candy, G-Force movie, Starstruck soundtrack, gift card to books-a-million

a weekend stay at memaw and g-daddy - with lots of presents and food and fun!

Today was a recovery day -- but a dinner of crab legs and salmon and homemade cheese sticks, tomorrow will host a trip to johnsoncity to go to ToyRus!

Happy Birthday Emma!

we love you...............

Sub-Zero Sledding...

We got about 7 inches of snow by Saturday - so we headed out to a hill by Dad's work. It was a real powdery snow - so Dad and I had to make a few runs to get it packed and slicked down - suddenly it's good to be the big heavier parent - you go further and faster than the kiddo's!! The only bummer, only one sled and it was 15 degree's with a wicked wind chill... we tried to find our friend with a car garage to see if he would blow us up a tire but no luck. need to aquire some more sleds...

Dad on the first run of the day

This can only turn out badly...

good luck Rach!

wipe out

the bummer of sledding, the walk back up the hill

hold tight.....

see ya!

again, nothing good could come of this photo shot!

you should of seen Rachel go air borne when she hit something at the

bottom of the hill!

shake, shake, shake...

Rach and Hope - they hit the bump - rachel went one way

and Hope went the other.

Emma and me hanging in the car while the rest of the crew was in Kroger's

part of the family - where's dad?

the hills are alive, with the sound of kids screaming....

brrrrr!

way down there!

back to the wind!

one more time!