Mia's 6th Birthday Party

Mia's second birthday cake. My cake with whipped cream icing melted!

Lala Loopsie cake. Probably tasted good but everything just sunk

 into the whipped cream even though Jaime had it in a cooler.

Whipped cream - low in sugar, but bad idea.

Aaron and Jaime

Jaime and Irma

Mark at the grill

Daniel, Evan and Amanda

Karin, Alan, Joyce and Robert

Conner and Tyler

Vannon and Tyler

Elliot

Mia blew out the candles and opened presents

surrounded by family and friends.

Mia and Sean (Dad)

Mia was able to READ her birthday cards

(with a little help)

Mia requested a surprise birthday party this year. So Aaron and Jaime told her grandma was taking her to the doctor's. Aaron said she had six-itis and had to have six shots. I think that was mean. I told her there would be no shots and we would do something fun afterwards. We went to the park and were almost to the shelter when Mia said, "This isn't the way to the doctor's!" Then she said, "This is the park!" And that is when her mom and several other people jumped out from behind a tree and yelled, "SURPRISE!" Cory, Stephanie and Jill are missing from these pictures because they weren't able to come but lots of other people showed up and had a good time.

 Here is Jaime with her friends, Sarah and Jennifer on her 6th birthday

Here is Jaime's Care Bear birthday cake with 6 candles

Mia - 6 Years Old

 

Mia is 6 years old. I took cupcakes to school yesterday and she wore this crown. Can it be 3 years since I took these pictures of Jill's 6th birthday?

 Mia, Briel and Jill in 2009

Fall Comes to Florida

 

Fall in Florida means 80 degrees instead of 90's and less humidity. Waiting for 70 degrees. It means getting out the Halloween and Fall decorations.

 

 Is this a weird seasonal rash???

 

Fall means school activities. Here is Jill and some of her friends in chorus getting ready to perform at Barnes and Noble.

 

Fall means celebrating Fall birthdays. We celebrated Alan's birthday at Senior Tequilla.

I made his favorite apple walnut cake.

 

 

 Everyone had a good time.

 

Unfortunately, fall also meant roof leaks. We finally cut a hole in the ceiling to see what was going on. If you look closely at the picture below, you can see many nails sticking through the wood roof.

 We had roof problems but also car trouble and a broken air conditioner. Arrggggg!

Jill's 9th Birthday Party

Birthday Girl

Cookies and Cream cupcakes and ice cream cake

Stephanie and Jill

Jaime and her mother-in-law, Irma. Love Irma. Love the tee shirt.

Jill got a "J" pillow from Justice that she has long admired.

Surprise gift from Irma and Mark. A very fancy telephone.

And she got some clothes. The jeans covered her long legs but were too tight in the waist.

We got together at Cory and Stephanie's to celebrate Jill's birthday. As usual, there will be more than one. We will probably have cake at the park on Wednesday with Jill's mom and friend, Becca. At some later date, Jill will be going to Aquatica with her stepmom and dad and another friend. This time was just for family. We couldn't let the day go by without cake. Jill and Mia helped me make both cupcakes and ice cream cake. We got Edy's No Sugar Added Vanilla and layered lots of crushed sugar free Oreo cookies in a loaf pan to make the ice cream cake. Then we added crushed Oreo's to a white cake mix to make the cupcakes. Happy Birthday, Jillian!

Jonah's 12th Birthday Party

 

A birthday party at the mall with pizza  and movie tickets to Men in Black 3-D.

 Aaron, Jonah, Pee Paw and Jaime

Jonah and Brody - 1 year after he was Jonah's birthday present last year. Brody was more interested in a treat than in posing for my camera. (Opps! My camera was set to the wrong year.)

Jill at NASA and My Birthday Celebration

 

Jill had a field trip to NASA and even met John Glenn!

My birthday celebration

I like this picture of Alan

Fishin'

 

 

Mia

Baby Ryan (Grace and Dan's baby)

Cory and friends

Jaime and Alan cooked wings. Ymmm!

Aaron

Jill just returned from a field trip to NASA. She even met John Glenn! She was so excited. The other pictures are from a little cookout Jaime had at a nearby beach for my birthday. She had margaritas and chicken wings. It was awesome.

And then Mia took a nap.