Party Scenes

the girls on Friday night

scenes from Saturday

They've decided to play King of the Hill, with my oldest being King; but if you'll look to the left of the photo, you'll notice my dh is on his way up to challenge the King.

Everybody knows you can't have two Kings!

I suppose you'd have to call it a tie.

They decided to try something different...kind of like pole-vaulting,

without the pole.

I don't think anybody actually cleared the wall.

Girls, Girls, Girls

My house is overflowing with girls! Literally. Last week was my daughter's 14th birthday and she wanted to have a few friends over for a spend the night party, but we were unable to have the party until this weekend. So, here they are...

All loud and giggling...talking their girl talk and their funny girl-language...six of them, ranging in age from 12 to 14. They are having a good time. It's hard for me to believe how grown up they are. They used to play dress-up and play with dolls. Now they sit around comparing songs on their ipods, and giggling at the pictures on their cameras. Cue the song, Butterfly Kisses by Bob Carlisle.

They had pizza for supper and they are filling themselves full of Mountain Dew and chocolate chip cookies. They probably won't get much sleep tonight. As a matter of fact, I wonder if I'll get much sleep tonight.

We rented one of those BIG inflatable slides for the weekend and they are outside on it right now at 9:00 pm. They keep coming in every once in a while though because it is cold out there.

I am glad that she is having fun, and that she is making memories. I am glad that God has blessed her with good friends (and I thank Him that they are not the drama queen sort!).

He's 18 Now!

Yep... it's official. My first-born son is 18 today. Happy Birthday Ryan! I've said it before and I'll say it again, "Where do the years go???" It seems like just yesterday I was bringing that little bundle of joy into this world, and now he's ready to embark on his own journey into this world! It's been a very rewarding journey for me, but it certainly doesn't feel like it's been 18 years! I'm so proud of him! He has brought so much joy to our family all these years (maybe a little bit of angst, but so much joy). I'm proud of the fine young man he is becoming. I'm thankful to my Lord that Ryan is walking with Him...that his heart is following Jesus. These are bittersweet days for me, and my emotions sometimes get the best of me. I hope he understands that on those days when I am the "mean momma" on his case all day long, it's on those days that I'm holding on to the years gone by for dear life!

We held a birthday party for him here at home last night, with about 30 of his friends. Thirty teenagers in my house all at once...Wow! It was loud, but it was fun. They are good kids and I'm so thankful that the Lord has blessed him with Godly friends. We'll take him out to eat lunch today...just the family. Tonight, he'll celebrate the Passover Meal with his friends from the youth group at church.

These are good days. Did I mention that I'm so proud of him?