I ♥ NY

During Luke's birthday dinner back in January, Adilynn wanted to talk about what kind of birthday party she would be having...Mike suggested a "rock" party. Rock- as in stone, pebble, boulder - he suggested making pet rocks, rock candy...from there grandma took it to the Rockettes, maybe Rockefeller Center. Needless to say, Adilynn wasn't happy with his suggestion until I said "take him up on it, that's in NY"

The rock thing didn't stick, but NYC sure did. Of, course the budget didn't allow for plane tickets to Manhattan....we were left to find the way to bring NYC to us. After many brainstorming sessions with our NYC guru this was what we came up with...

We decked the house out in NYC decor,

{thanks Ang}

complete with the cityscape on the wall.

{thanks Chaddy}

The girls {and boy} came dressed for a night out on the town....

There was NYC pizza for dinner...

Shopping for souvenirs...

{again, thanks Ang}

Sightseeing...

{again, thanks Chaddy}

and a show...

{might as well have been Broadway}

And what trip to NYC would be

complete without cupcakes?

Happy 7th Birthday, Adilynn!

Pick a pic

Jenn tagged me with this little photo challenge:

Open your 6th folder in your photo files and post your 6th picture.

Well, here it is...

{i skipped the dear hunt folder, which was my actual 6th folder, can you blame me?}

This is our cute little family, December 2007.

Dressed all matchy for church...

How exactly can those kids grow up so dang much in 14 months?

Sadly, I know exactly what helped me change so much...

Darn that Smart Cookie!

*details on THE party of 2009 are coming soon!

Winner, winner! Chicken Dinner!

Steph posted this on her blog and it sounded like lots of fun. I love surprises and excuses to surprise others so here we go!
*Buyer beware! 6 of the 7 things listed in #4 are not anywhere in my capabilities...


The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It'll be done this year. {might be a while}
4. You will have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story. It may be poetry or maybe even some creation I haven't even invented yet (but Heaven knows it will most likely be totally fabulous and creative... :). I may draw or paint something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me!* *Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!* *