debbie's white birthday party!

AKA, one of the best nights I've had in a long time. :) We love you, Debbie!!!

Meghan, the original bearer of the white wig, lol.

Emmy, who took a small drawing break...

... to draw Debbie! :)

I have no idea what is going on here...

... or here! ;P

snippets lately!

A little catch-up post for randos in my phone and on my hard-drive! :)

Meggie, kicking it at the Toni & Guy Academy. :)

And her bringing her daddy into the mix! ;)

Including a cut/color on Sadie this summer... before her big chop!

A visit with Juju on her way back from the airport. (That little travel bug! ;P)

BREWFEST. #somuchfun

Richard III before his very first dance (The Gold & Green Dance with Jada!!). He got her a white rose, hehehe.

Cousin John and Auntie Marion <3

A couple of flights of margaritas... JUST WHAT A FRIDAY NIGHT ORDERED.

Cuddle bombs on the couch!!! (That's Sadie in between me and R3, haha)

Emily, in the middle of Meghan doing something (yet again ;P) to her hair.

our trip to santa fe...

Over Labor Day weekend, Mumsie and I went to Santa Fe for the very first time for a birthday getaway weekend (for Mumsie!). Dan, Brenda and Dana met us there, and we walked alot, ate very well, and did some excellent shopping. Here are some fun pictures! I also took mucho video, which is too long to upload to YouTube but it's in my hard-drive. :) 

darrah's surprise birthday party!

Our poor Sweet D has had a really hard time the past few weeks. It happens to the best of us! So Meghan came up with the great idea to SURPRISE her for her birthday (a week ahead of time so the littles could join us!) - and it went over like gangbusters. :) The most stressful part was minutes before Cody and Darrah returned home (Cody did a fine job of getting her out and distracting her... by getting his first tattoo!). because Tonya and Juju were 30 seconds ahead of them! Tonya managed to run in the house in the knick of time, but Juju had to hide behind a bush, hahahaha - she did it well!

 Ryan and Kirsten couldn't be there due to work, but Ryan managed to stop by on his break... and Luciana and her mom stopped by, too! We had burgers (after buying a grill, lol), cabbage casserole and homemade yellow cake with chocolate frosting. NOM NOM NOM. (And Sadie entertained us all with a dance... starts at the end, haha.) Happy early birthday, Darrah! We love you!

meghan's 19th birthday!

We had such a lovely evening with family celebrating Meghan's birthday this year. Mema and Beverly came over, in addition to the usual crew! There was Richard's homemade smoked brisket (the theater of it all!), potato salad, corn, cornbread and a cake a la Tonya! The littles were all at their mom's house this weekend, which is always hard when you're trying to wrangle everyone's schedules, but that's why we take pictures and video so we can all share. :)

BIG EMBARRASSING PARAGRAPH: We are SO PROUD of Meghan and the young lady she is turning into. She's a complete rockstar at beauty school and being the best older sister her siblings could ask for. She loves her family and friends more than anything and gets so frustrated when her theatrical displays of affections (gifts! parties! hair care!) aren't perfectly executed, lol. She's just one clean room and a salad short of being 110% perfect, and that's pretty much every parent and step-parent's dream. We love you, Meggie!