The Big Surprise

Mikkele got a huge surprise at school the day of her birthday. Grandma Roberts had told Mikkele that she wasn't going to be able to come into town for her birthday. But little did Mikkele know we were pulling one over on her. She was so surprised. Her class had a field trip scheduled that same day to Discovery Gateway-A children's museum in Salt Lake. So Grandma Roberts was able to drive and help keep track of the crazy 2nd graders. What a brave soul.

This was taken right after Grandma walked in and surprised her.

Mikkele and Rietta on a life flight helicopter at Discovery Gateway.

Mikkele checking out Sydney at the pretend store.

Mikkele and Rietta climbing on the rock wall.

The Family Birthday Party

So I convinced Mikkele to pick a restaruant and we would go out to eat for her family party. Less stress for all involved I think. She chose Chuck-A-Rama. So everyone came, we ate, opened presents, and there was very little stress. My kind of party.

Bubba Adam gave Mikkele this is a towel for her Baptism that will be coming up at the end of May. It is embroidered with her name and date she will get baptized.

This is Mikkele finding out that we got her tickets to the Stadium of Fire on July 4th. The one and only Miley Cyrus will be performing. Are we the coolest parents or what???

We also got her a set of scriptures.

Grandma Dorene and Grandpa Glenn got her this Hannah Montana bean bag chair.

She also got a Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus concert cd from the Grover's. I guess Hannah Montana was kind of the present theme for this year. Don't you just love the jaw drop in the pictures. You could say she was a little excited for her presents. Thanks to everyone that came, we had a good time and Mikkele got a lot of fun presents.

The Bathroom

So while Mikkele was in California, I decided to surprise her by painting her bathroom. I wish I would have taken before and after pictures, but I guess poor planning on my part. If you can picture...the old decor was tan on bottom, white on top, with black chair rail and floor boards. Around the top of the bathroom was a rustic wallpaper border with a bear, elk, and pine trees. Not so great for a little 8 year old girl. So I made up my mind and decided to go for it. It took me most of the day to rip the wallpaper border down. Thank goodness that was the only wallpaper in our whole house. I finally got paint on the walls about 5:oopm and was up until about 11:30 or so painting. It's a little hard to tell from the pictures, but the bottom is now all black from the floor boards to the chair rail, and then pink the rest of the way up. Then I took my handy dandy cricut machine and bought some vinyl from Roberts Craft and cut me out some polka dots and did some peel-n-stick. It was so easy and I love that if I get sick of it, I can just peel them off.


So I'm not quite done. I want to put some sort of quote on the wall next to the mirror. So if anyone has any suggestions please let me know. I want something girly. Mikkele wants it to say, "It's a girl thing" which is an option, but I just want to do some more thinking before I commit. I bought some black towels and a black rug the other day to go in there as well. So once I get the quote on there I'll take some more finalized pics. I'm pretty proud of myself though. Let's face it...it's like a 3x3 foot bathroom, it's really small, but it's the first thing that we've really done to the house to make it "ours." Also a special thanks to Jeremy with his help watching Granty so I could get this done before Mikkele got home from California. She loved it by the way. :)

California Trip

Mikkele and my mom went to California for my cousin Kathleen's wedding.
While they were out there they went to Disneyland.

Mikkele got to meet Mickey.

Ride on Dumbo the Elephant.

Don't forget the Tea Cups.

The Scrapbook Expo

Twice a year I get the privilege to attend the Scrapbook USA Expo. This is my time to spend the weekend with just the girls and for the most part, NO KIDS. I think this year's spring expo has to be up at the top as far as expo's go thanks in large part to my mom. She decided to purchase VIP tickets for Alisha and me. My friend Tina also did the VIP with us. There were a lot of perks from being a VIP at the expo. We got to sit in the audience for a live taping of Good Things Utah. Ya that's right, we were on tv. We got to an awesome goodie bag filled with $50 worth of scrapbooking supplies. We got to attend a fun make and take class. They provided breakfast, lunch, and snacks. And to top it off we got a 5 minute massage. After a long day of shopping and a little bit of scrapbooking it felt wonderful.
Alisha and I had our names drawn out to be participants in the Boggle competition. As most of you know the Roberts family is very competitive. There was a lot of smack talk, but in the end I didn't disappoint the family. I was the WINNER!!! I won a purse from a vendor there. It was worth $60. I gave the purse to my Aunt Trish to say thanks for letting us stay at her house Friday night. She is an awesome hostess. I would have rather had some scrapbooking stuff, but oh well. I am happy just with the satisfaction that I am the Boggle Champion of the Scrapbook Expo. My friend Michelle played in Musical Chairs. It came down to her and the chick in the brown shirt, but the other chick won. Michelle played hard and had her elbows and booty out, but the chick in the brown shirt wanted it a little more I guess.
Saturday we were just normal people instead of VIP, but we still had a good time. We got some awesome deals, had some good laughs, and even scrapbooked a little bit. A big THANK YOU to my mom! She watched my kids so I could go to the expo. Thanks mom I love you!!! You're the best. Now we just have the countdown to the next expo which is September 19-20. The only problem that I foresee is that Jeremy and my 10th year anniversary is September 18th. I guess I need to start the planning now.

Happy Birthday to Me

So another year has come and gone and I am another year older. 29 isn't so bad so far. Overall my birthday went ok. Thanks to those who sent a card, brought over cookies, presents, flowers, decorated the front of my house so everyone in the neighborhood knew it was my birthday, called, made us dinner, money, blog posts, e-mails, e-cards, etc. At the end of the day I felt very loved. I really have such amazing family and friends. I couldn't ask for better people to be surrounded by. Thanks everyone...I love you.

Mikkele's 8th Birthday Party

The Party

So I think this picture of Mikkele pretty much sums up how much fun we had a Mikkele's 8th birthday party. Mikkele invited her 3 closest friends. I went to DI and bought some fancy dresses. Made a lot of alterations. I know I'm quite the domestic goddess. My grandma would be so proud, I even did a lot of hand stitching to make it look as good as I could. Mikkele's dress that she's wearing here was once a spaghetti strap dress. Just don't look too close at the quality of my sewing skills. The girls got all dressed up, then we went to a salon in Spanish Fork called the Primrose Retreat. There the girls got to get their hair, make up, and finger nails done. They also had a huge assortment of dress-up clothes, jewelry, boa's, etc. To top it all off they had a catwalk. So the girls were able to try on different outfits then strut their stuff on the catwalk. At the end they had a tea party with huge cupcakes and cherry 7-up and then we opened presents. The girls all had so much fun. I would recommend the salon to anyone with a little girl, or even for yourself. So cute! And not to brag about my child or anything...but is she not the cutest girl alive??? I'm really gonna be in trouble in another 8 years.

This is a short video of Mikkele on the catwalk. Sorry it's sideways. I keep forgetting not to do my video's with my camera on the side. One day I'll remember to shoot the video in the right direction or figure out how to change the orientation. But until then enjoy and I hope you don't get a kink in your neck.

The Invitations

So can I brag for just a minute about these invitations. I think they turned out pretty stinkin' cute. Just in case you can't tell from the pictures, they are pink with brown polka dots. The handle is brown with white polka dots, and the button in pink and brown striped. Then you open up the purse and the writing part of the invitations is in the inside. They look like a real purse from a distance. I'm quite proud of these invitations. Can you tell???

Breaking News: The Boyfriends Are History

So Mikkele informed me last night that she no longer has a/any boyfriend(s). This is news to me. I casually brought up one of the boys that she says has been her "boyfriend" since the first day of First Grade and she looked at me with the look of death and says, "He's not my boyfriend Mother." After recovering from my shock I asked her about another boy that she has also called her "boyfriend" since the beginning of Second Grade, and she also said no. So I asked her what prompted the no boyfriend thing all of a sudden and she said, "Well Rietta (her best friend) told me I shouldn't have a boyfriend so I decided I'm not going to have one anymore." I don't know how long this has been going on, because she couldn't tell me how long ago she decided to not have a boyfriend, but it can't be for more than a week. And there you have it. We'll see how long it lasts.