She got a homemade pup cup!
Happy 2nd birthday, Olive!
Category Archives: Birthdays
Happy 15th birthday, Owen!
I think this is the first birthday we’ve been apart and I couldn’t get a picture, so we’re throwing it back to your first birthday…and last week!
Maine, I am in you.
My mom said this was probably going to be their last trip to Maine—so I took both kids out of school for a week and off we went!
And with my mom, the reason for the vacation!
Two-pound lobsters for dinner? Yes, please! Katie hated it (color me not surprised) and Owen liked it. Tomorrow we’ll have lobster rolls.
Katie wasn’t thrilled with any of it.
Owen tried everything—from cracking to eating.
After dinner they surprised me with a birthday cake—complete with 50 candles!
Birthday dinner with my bestie!
Why yes I’m starting my 50th with a crown!
And a homecoming parade. Owen always gets dressed at school after we drop him off—and then changes back after—so we never really get a chance to get a pic in his uniform. I knew he’d be walking by us in the parking lot so I could stop him for 10 seconds…but he swears he didn’t see us so this is all I got.
I just realized you can’t see my awesome shirt so here it is…
And then Bass Pro Shops to pick up a bleacher seat.
And then home to be surprised by a yard sign!
And then a restful afternoon reading with a margarita!
12:01
It’s almost time…
It’s almost my birthday so we’re starting the celebration a little early. #50isfabulous
Birthday goat yoga!
Katie got invited to a goat yoga birthday party! The mom sent these pics!
A friend’s birthday at Hurricane Harbor
Brandon (left) was one of Owen’s first friends in third grade. He’s so awesome—he wanted to go to Six Flags for his birthday but since he knows Owen doesn’t like rides, they went to the water park instead!
Happy 11th Birthday
Someone stayed up too late
Katie had a sleepover last night and they stayed up all night — I last heard them at 2 and then this morning before 6.
Tom said on his way past Katie’s room at 5am, he heard music—the girls were up and had been all night! Soooooo I was not surprised when this happened a little later!
Katie’s birthday dinner!
Double rainbow on the way to Dave & Busters!
Birthday turtle painting!
For her birthday, Katie took a friend to paint a turtle! (This is where Anna and I just painted our pets.)
Happy ✨ Golden✨ birthday Olive!
She got a can of dog food for her gift! We had to hold Ivy while it happened otherwise there would have been chaos!
Teen boys at dinner
Owen wanted to go to Portillos with his friends. We sat across the room from them but close enough we could keep an eye on them. This is what they looked like the whole time.
Happy 14th!
Wow—14 years. My how the time has flown! It was about this time we were headed to the hospital after my water broke at 3am—but I took the time for a shower, throw the bedding in the wash, and grab something to eat! Twelve hours later we welcomed Owen!
Dry January is over!
I did it! A whole month with no alcohol! So as a reward, I got my own personal pitcher of Holy Water while celebrating Owen’s birthday a day early with friends!
Holy crap I’m 49!
Yes you bet your ass I’m wearing my crown!!
No fun errands or escapades… We were on our way to Michigan for my cousin’s wedding (technically like second cousins – whatever my cousin’s kids would be to me!).
Birthday dinner at a super yummy Chinese restaurant in Saginaw.
And a birthday margarita, because of course. The waitress guessed it was my birthday – telling me her mom wears a crown, too. Hey, it got me $1 off. LOL
And then we realized we wanted water for the hotel room so stopped here.
Tom’s new ride!
He’s waited 20+ years to have a truck and he certainly went all out! (I’ll just be over here choking on the monthly payments.) He put a deposit down in February just to get on a waiting list and it finally came in! Happy 50th birthday—you get no more presents for a few years!!
P.S. I guess I should tell you what it is (if you’re not a car person and have no idea)—a Toyota Tundra TRD Pro.
Wearing my dad’s shirt…
And thinking of him on what would have been his 74th birthday.
Happy 50th!
I decided to do something different — and a bit bigger for Tom’s 50th!
Kudos to David!
David surprised me and Anna with purses we adored (but didn’t want to splurge on!) at the craft fair in Eagle Harbor!
2022 dual birthday pool party!
For as much as I take pictures of everything we do, I seemingly always let it slip on pool party day. At least I got one of both kids.
This one was from a friend.
And this was as we were packing up—Anna found a little grasshopper and put it on Katie.
The party was a big success again! All the kids love it! And it’s easy since we don’t have to clean the house.
Happy 10th *GOLDEN* birthday, Katie!
Double digits today! She says Owen calls her the double digit midget.
This is Katie’s GOLDEN birthday!! (Let’s not talk about how I apparently didn’t take a 9yo photo. I have no idea what happened.) You completed our perfect little family, even if Owen screamed that he didn’t want you to come home with us because you wouldn’t stop crying. You’ve been a cute little pistol ever since, and he loves you now, even if he’s a teenager that rarely shows feelings. And we love you, too, even though you challenge us on a seemingly daily basis.
We both have teenagers.
Cheers! Celebrating at Owen’s birthday dinner!
Happy 13th birthday to our teenager. TEEN. AGER.
Also… He earned honor roll again! Soooo proud of this kid!
As long as he keeps his grades up, he gets a TV in his room for his birthday!
I made Owen another shirt for his birthday.
He didn’t get it at first and I had to explain it to him. Then he loved it.
All the swears, you guys…ALL.THE.SWEARS
I screwed it up when I did a shirt like this for his 11th birthday, too. I managed to fix that one but this one I’m just leaving.
I asked and turns out I did design it correctly but I forgot to “weld” the design to print as one solid piece… so the Cricut assumed it knew better than me and rearranged the design to use less vinyl. Lesson learned.
Happy Sweet 16 Maggie
This shreepy sun dog is 16 today! She’s definitely showing her age (aren’t we all?!) but she’s still hanging in there!
Alton Brown Live!
Earlier this week we grabbed free Alton Brown Live tickets thanks to Vet Tix! Anna and David were actually going to Milwaukee as well to see a comedian so we met up for dinner first at Capital Grille! We hadn’t eaten there in years and it was better than I remembered!
