Maycee Turns One!!

This was such a fun day! Our little girl was quite the PRINCESS. It is hard to think that it has already been a whole year since this precious one entered our lives. Time really does fly when you are not counting the seconds, but rather the milestones. So many things happened this year and it was so exciting I can hardly wait till the next one.
Here are a few of the pictures from her party.

Maycee's Birthday Cake

Here we go! We are going to try and light this candle. And, yes, I blew it out before she got it.



She loved sharing with her dad who was right by her side the entire time. He is so cute with her. it reminds me of how he was with Kimberlen when she was little. Too Cute!!

So as I was putting Maycee's cake together everything went to Shit! I am so upset that I was not able to give her a cute cake for her first birthday. I guess she really didn't care and this one probably tasted better anyway. I am not sure what happened, all I can think is that the fondant was either too dry or too thin. O-Well better luck next time. Happy Birthday little girl!!

Outside

So we spent the day outside fixing some doors and replacing some of our interior doors. It was sunny but not extremely warm. Maycee loves to be outside but she puts everything in her mouth so we decided the best way to stop her from dong that was to put her in her walker and then she couldn't reach too many things and nothing on the ground. She kept her hat on almost the entire time, which is very surprising because she usually pulls them off the second we put them on.

To keep her from running down the driveway and into the road we drug the hose across the driveway and then she could not go over it. But, oh did she try. She would be at the top of the driveway and start heading down so fast she would pick up her feet and coast. She hit the hose so hard and fast that couple of times the back wheels came off the ground. That would have been real cute if she would have face planted it.

Kimberlen spent the day riding her bike and scooter and doing little kid stuff like whining cuz she is bored. So Maycee thought she needed to wear her bike helmet. She was so cute. She would get mad when we took it off, so she wore it for a while.

Needless to say it was wonderful to finally be out in the yard in the sunshine. I planted flowers and pruned the shrubs. Kimberlen was a really good helper. At the end of the day we were all sunburned and yes Maycee was too! Poor little girl. The sun must have reflected off the plastic tray of her walker because I know her face was not in the sun that much.

Anyway I think she will be just fine.

Kimberlen's Vegas Trip

Wow were did the week go?!?!?

As expected I had nothing to worry about, Kimberlen had a blast in Vegas.

As she got off the airplane Krissy was standing there holding up a big birthday sign and apparently she thought it was pretty neat.

Oh, by the way, Kris you and Pete are not allowed to take any more pictures! But you get what you get with a disposable camera.

She got to go to the school where Kris works and act as if she was the Queen and was getting pampered. Enjoy it Girl!

What? Standing out the top of the sunroof, she got away with everything!

The shark reef was the favorite. She really enjoyed getting to see all the sharks and listening on the phone which told them all they needed to know about each shark as the approached the tank.

Well, since I was not there there wasn't an abundance of pictures so this is about it.

Now she wants to go back every Friday and come home in time for school on Monday ~ better get that thought out of her head!

Mixed Emotions

So the Great and Wonderful Aunt Krissy (as we have all come to call her) decided that there would be no perfect present for Kimberlen's birthday than an airline ticket to come stay the weekend with her. What a spoiled child. After she crawled in bed with me this morning I thought that this little girl is growing up too fast. It seems like it was just last week that I was having to wipe her butt and chase her around the house and now she is 6 and going on an airplane without me. I asked her last night if she was scared and she said no, so I ended up pushing her by saying "but this is the first time you will be flying without me" what a mistake. She decided that she was a little scared after putting a little thought into it. But, she wasn't going alone. Krissy's Terrific boyfriend Pete was going to be flying with her. Today on the way to the airport I wanted to know if she was still scared but I said "Are you excited?" this time as to not put the word scared into her head. She answered with a confident YES. A few moments later she said "but I am a little nervous". Now I was nervous and Pete I am sure was nervous. My little girl is going hundreds of mile away from me for the first time. I am so excited for her to get to spend the weekend doing incredible things....seeing the sharks, fish and mermaids, swimming with the dolphins and watching the jousting while eating with her hands....just a few of the activities that are planned. I am scared to let her go and happy that she gets this experience. What a day filled with emotions. I am glad I don't have these very often. We got to the airport and she was ready to go, no hesitation at all this time. By her look you can sure tell she is ready for the warmth and fun of LAS VEGAS BABY!!

I'm sure I have nothing to worry about, but that is the mothers job right? By the way Eric is down there racing this weekend so if anything was to happen he would be able to be right there with her. I will let you all know how it went and what she had to say when she gets back on Sunday.

Race Schedule

So here is the schedule for the upcoming races that we will hopefully be participating in:

• 5/17 RMR
• 5/26 RMR
• 6/7 RMR
• 6/21 RMR
• 7/3 Las Vegas
• 7/5 RMR
• 7/26 RMR
• 8/10 RMR
• 8/30 RMR
• 9/13 RMR

If you would like to come out please do. I am going to try and be at most of them. Give me a call and let me know your coming and then I will for sure be there.

CAKE! CAKE!

So because I always think "I can do that or I can do that better" I decided I wanted to make Kimberlen's birthday cake using fondant frosting. It looks so neat the smoothness of the frosting and it couldn't be that hard, could it? Well after hours of surfing the Internet I ran across a recipe for marshmallow fondant that is supposed to be easier to work with than the original. This was it, I was going to do it. I made the fondant, frosting and cake all a few days ahead so all I had to do was put it together the day of the party. It all went pretty good turned out decent and I think I will definitely try this again......here I come Maycee.

Take a look and see what you think Ü

The Slide

So all Kimberlen has been talking about is getting a slide for her birthday (after I put the thought in her head). Then when I found out the price from the seller that we bought the swing set from I decided no way! But, then when Grama Robin went on a mission to find one a little cheaper she got what she has been dying to get. It is not fully attached yet......but they were able to still try it out....that's what we have Grampa's for right!! Ü This is going to be so much fun this summer. She can hardly wait to put her swimming pool at the end of it and slide down into the water. I am not sure how I am going to keep her or Maycee off this. (click on a picture to see it bigger)

Kimberlen's Birthday

What a great girl, she is such a sweet heart and getting so big. I can't believe she is already six and doing so many things. She is reading, writing and doing math, it's incredible. We had such a fun time at her party. She received a on of presents of which were mostly clothes. She loved everything and everyone for coming! Thank you!! Here are some of her Pictures from the Party, ENJOY Ü !!! (drag cursor over photo to pause slideshow)