Generation's B-Day Party

It's Friday! Yay! So glad it's almost the weekend. With my allergies/cold this week has been pretty miserable. I'm feeling a little better today, but it's probably because I made Scott shut all the windows and turn the AC back on. We're suppose to be going to Lake Mill's tomorrow but I'm still not sure if I'm going to feel up to it or not yet, I'll wait until the last minute to make a decision.

So almost 2 weeks ago we all went down to the VFW for a Generation's B-Day Party. The party was celebrating several of Scott's family/friends. The party was mainly to celebrate GG's 80th B-Day, but then we also celebrated a 20th, several 50th, some 60th, and some 70th Birthday's too. It was a lot of fun but we did cut out before 8 p.m. so we could go enjoy a bonfire at Aunt Missy's (since this summer has been crazy and we haven't had a chance to go out there as much as usual).

Donovan Turns 5

So I took Test #4 last night for my Accounting class. I'm not nearly as confident with this test as the last 3. I know I still passed, and to other people's standards I probably still did good, but I'm not sure I'll get to say for the 4th time that I received over 100% on it. Why the need for such high grades? Because, I've figured out if I receive all A's in my final classes at MATC I will graduate with honors, with over a 3.75 in the classes that count towards my degree. And I really want to graduate with honors!

So a little over a week ago now, while we were camping, we had to take a time out and drive back into Madison for Donovan's 5th Birthday party. Unfortunately we weren't able to stay for very long but I'm still glad we showed up for a little while at least. For his birthday we gave him a new sweatshirt that he should be able to wear for school this coming year and also one of those big Car's color, construct things that get super big. I hope he has a lot of fun putting that all together. I hope his birthday was fabulous and he received everything his five year old heart desired.

Connor's B-Day Party

So I went to the Dr. and it was exactly what I thought it was (swimmers ear). I wish they would have just given me the prescription instead of making me pay the $25 co-pay and them telling me exactly what I knew it was already. Oh well I guess, not much you can do about that. I just hope these drops work quickly and I wont have to wake up tonight in pain again.

Almost 2 weeks ago now we had Connor's 5th birthday party. We had it out at Grandma & Grandpa's house in Waunakee and it was a blast. They got Connor a bouncy house (so fun!) and we filled up a bunch of balloons, had a sprinkler and squirt guns. The theme for his party was WWE (of course) and a bunch of family showed up to celebrate. He got some star wars movies, a bunch of wrestling stuff, some spider man Lego's, a cars toy and a bunch of other stuff. Man, his he spoiled! Can't believe my baby is 5 years old!!

Lily is 3

Just re-financed the house this morning! Saves us about $115 a month! Yes, we should be down to 25 years on our mortgage by now but honestly I'll take the additional 5 years because it means the payments are much more manageable than before. I wish our appraisal would have been better, then we could have saved even more (stupid PMI) but oh well I guess. You get what you can take!

So at the beginning of the month my cousin Katie's little girl, Lily, turned 3 years old. I can't believe how big she's getting. She's so funny! She had a Dora party and had lots of family there to celebrate with her. I wish we could have stayed longer but it was on Connor's birthday and we had already made plans for dinner. We gave her some clothes and a cute Tinkerbell tent - which she didn't want to get out of! So I'm guessing she liked it, lol. I hope the rest of her party was just as fabulous as her and her actual birthday was a lot of fun also!

Connor's 5

So another weekend has come and gone. Can you believe summer is 1/2 over now? It is just going by way to quickly! It's going to be really hot again today and tomorrow, just about 100 degrees both days. I wouldn't be surprised if this is the hottest summer in Wisconsin history. I don't even remember the last day that the high was below 80 degrees.

So just over 2 weeks ago my baby turned 5 years old. I just can't believe how quickly the time has gone by! For his birthday we went to Portrait Innovations to get his pictures taken, then we headed to the zoo (every year at the zoo he gets to pick one present from the gift shop - this year he opted for a Prairie Dog) and for dinner he decided he wanted to go to Home Town Buffet so he could have unlimited slushies! Afterwards we headed back to the house for cake & presents. He received some awesome wrestling clothes, wrestling toys, a light saber & Darth Vader mask and some other really great things. Now my "big boy" is 5 and is already on his way to 6. Can time just stop for a little while?

My Birthday

I've been really slacking in the month of July at posting. Between work, school, reading a couple of books and taking care of the kids I haven't had a lot of time to sit down and write up a post. I can't promise to find more time to write. This summer still have lots of events left and I have a stack of books I want to read, and I'm only just over 50% done with my Accounting 1 class.

So about 2 weeks ago was my birthday. I can't believe how the years are just flying by. Aren't they suppose to be slow until you're older? Have I already reached the age where some of the years blur together and I'm not sure if it was this year or the previous when such and such happened? Ugh. I don't want to think about that right now. My birthday was pretty nice. We went to Lake Mills to go swimming, picked up some Subway on the way. Then went home and took a nap (I love naps if you didn't know that already). For dinner we went to the Great Dane and afterwards came back to the house for cake & presents. I received a Kindle Fire (which I love but still haven't actually read a book on it), some clothes, floor mats for my car (still have to clean it out so I can put them in), a new blender (really needed that) and a gift card to Boston Store (where I get my makeup). All in all I can't complain it was a nice birthday and I'm still glad I continue to take the day off of work each year.

Matt's B-Day

OMG, watching the SYFY channel, and it's a show and I think it's called Insane or Inspired. Not sure, but holy crap it's funny, lol. Sitting here crying because I'm laughing so hard. If you're reading this now and have that channel, go check it out!

So almost 2 weeks ago we went over to the Moore house to celebrate Matt's 32nd Birthday. We had a cookout and the kids got to play with a mini pool and a water table. For his birthday we got Matt the movie Suckerpunch, some spices from Milford spices and also a Detroit Tiger cooler. We also got to enjoy some yummy DQ ice cream cake! I hope his birthday was nice and relaxing and he had a good day!

AJ Turns 2

Okay, last post of the night. It's after 10:30, and I'm getting pretty tired. I went to bed late last night and today at work was just "one of those days". Did I ever mention that Connor signed up for Tennis Camp this summer? I gave him the option between Basketball, Wrestling & Tennis, and he chose Tennis. And guess what? I received an e-mail today stating the class is cancelled because there was no instructor available. WTF, I'm a little ticked off..... now I have to try and convince Connor to do Basketball Or Wrestling camp because I really want him to try something new this summer.

Almost 2 weeks ago we headed out to Marshall to Celebrate AJ's 2nd Birthday! I really can't believe that this little guy is 2, which means before we know it Savannah will be 2! Craziness!! The Browne family parties are always fun with good food and yummy cake. For his birthday we gave AJ a pair of shorts and a matchbox truck. A really cool birthday surprise he received was getting to take a lap around the block in a real racecar, and all the kids got to climb in and sit in it too! I hope his birthday was amazing, even though he wont remember it when he is older, but I hope he'll be able to tell from all the pictures how much he is loved!

Happy 16th B-Day

So today is the first day of summer break for Connor and he isn't even at home to enjoy it - well, he's probably enjoying it, but over at Grandma & Grandpa's house! After work last night we went and celebrated his 4k graduation at McDonald's, and then me & Chrissy went to class, Connor went to Grandma & Grandpa's, and Scott & Savannah just went home.I can't believe my baby graduated from 4k!

So it's been 2 weeks, but I wanted to post a Happy Birthday to Scott's cousin Brodie on my blog. He turned the big 16! It's so funny when you're older how quickly kids younger than you grow up. It seems like yesterday he was just this little goofy kid (all kids, not just him, lol) and now he's 16,  just finished his sophomore year of high school and now he'll be driving! Wow! I hope he had a fantastic birthday, and enjoys his gas gift card & banberry jam (I gave his mom a jar for Christmas, so I had to get Jessica to give me another jar so I could give him one for his birthday).

Jim's Birthday

Last day of May, can you believe it? Tomorrow Savannah will be 18 months old and in a month Connor will turn 5. It seems like just yesterday they were both babies...........gosh I feel like I'm getting old! When you're younger you just want time to speed on past but now it seems I want to put the breaks on already.

So a few weeks ago it was Scott's Dad's Birthday. We celebrated at his house with homemade pizza, yum! He received his "big" present 1.5 months earlier - a camcorder - he got it early because they were going on vacation and we figured he would want to capture those memories! So on his actual birthday we only had one other present for him to open, a Milwaukee Brewers Cooler.  He also received one of those fancy coffee makers were you can put the individual packs in. I hope his birthday was fabulous, and here's to many many more.

Arizona Turns 2

Wow, what a work out tonight! It was a lot of leg stuff, so for me it was awesome! I ended up sweating a ton and the workout was amazing but I didn't want to die afterwords, which is a plus (other people wanted to die though, so I'm sorry to those people for recommending a leg workout).

So recently Scott's cousin Paul's youngest daughter turned 2 and we all went over to their house for her birthday party. They had a bouncy house (always a plus when there's a lot of kids in the family) and they had some pool foam things turned into light sabers so the kids had a blast with those. Other than that it was a nice pretty low key party just sitting outside and enjoying the weather. We gave Arizona some clothes for this summer which with the way the weather is being she could probably wear them now. I hope her birthday was awesome and I can't believe she's 2 already!

Lyliane Is 5

So I have officially finished the Spring semester but I'm still waiting for my one instructor to finish grading my final project. Not sure how she'll be able to turn in grades on time, the last project took her a month to grade and I just turned this one in Monday night and I believe grades are due tomorrow...... so I guess we'll see. Thinking I'm on Perfect Honors again this semester but I'm not 100% sure.

So a few weeks ago my good friend Mandie's oldest daughter turned 5 years old. Lyliane shares a birthday with my brother so it's a birthday I will always remember when it is. She had a nice party with a few friends and family. We gave her a new TuTu as she's a total diva princess and she should always have 5-6 at all times, lol. Kids are so funny! It's so great watching her grow up, and I hope she loved all of her presents (anyone wanna buy me a guitar, cause that was an awesome present!), and I hope her birthday was fabulous.

Deion's Birthday Party

I think my headache my finally be starting to go away, I've had it for the last 32+ hours, ugh! I hope it stays away for awhile! So, I made a TuTu Dress, I'm almost finished with it, just need to wait for my clips to come in the mail tomorrow - super excited for it, it's look really cute!

So right before we went to Florida, Connor went to his 2nd Birthday Party of the year - Deion's. They celebrated down at the Bowling Ally, Scott took him to this one so I do not know a lot of the details to the party. I do know that a few of the other boys in his class were there and Connor gave him this really cool Transformers mini-lego set. I hope Deion likes it and he had a great 5th Birthday!

Hanna's Birthday

So I got all of my homework done that's due, woho! With a few hours to spare too! I can't wait until these classes are done! This summer I will be taking Accounting 1 every Monday & Thursday night, so that could end up being worse........ugh! I guess I'll just have to wait and see, but thankfully only 13 months left until graduation!

So I'm way behind in my posts (like usual it seems these days, maybe I should start trying to do two a day to catch up??). 3 weeks ago we celebrated Hanna's Birthday at Don & Helen's house. We ended up being a little late because of the get together at Aunt Missy's house but I always like to show up to celebrate her birthday, even if it is late. We got her this really cute necklace holder - and I hope she likes it, because I liked it :). I hope her birthday was fabulous - and next year she'll be a teenager! Where on earth does the time go?

Madison's Birthday

Just finished up with some homework that's due tonight - way to wait until the last minute! Now I'm taking a quick break to check up on a couple of things and make a post before I take over the kids from Scott so he can do his homework. I can't wait to graduate in 13 months! I'm for sure going to take a year or two off before I start up again!

So my baby brother's little girl turned one a few weeks ago! I can't believe how quickly she's growing up! They had a nice little party with the family up at his grandparents house and it was great seeing people again that I haven't seen in awhile. It's so funny seeing Madison & Savannah interact they really are super cute together. I'm pretty sure Savannah still has Madison in height, but Madison is definitely bigger in weight and feet (Savannah still wears a 3, and I think they said Madison was in a 5 already). It just goes to show how differently kids grow. It should be interesting to see the difference when they're older. Happy Birthday Miss. Madison!

Betty's Birthday

Wow, sorry I've been slacking - the internet at the hotel was horrible so I was lucky if I could get my facebook status updated! However, I now am in ownership of a laptop once again so I'm hoping I can catch up on my posts and not fall behind again!

So, two weeks ago was Betty's Birthday and we celebrated with dinner at Jim & Pat's house. From us she received a whole bunch of craft supplies (what she asked for) and also a large mug painted by Connor! I'm sure she loved everything and all the other stuff she received as well. I hope her birthday was wonderful and she had a great time!

A Birthday Party

So it's Monday once again. What a horrible Monday morning! I think we all got so much fresh air this weekend that we were exhausted this morning. We took a 3.5 mile walk last night and we also played for several hours outside this weekend as well. Its great to be able to get outside in the middle of March! Crazy!

So last Sunday Connor was invited to his very first birthday party! His classmate, Matthew, turned 5 years old on the 28th of February and had his party this past weekend at Chuck E Cheese. It was crazy loud in there, I think there were 6 parties total going on at the same time but I think all of the kids had a lot of fun. This picture is all Matthew's friends he invited, Paige, Corrina, him, his sister, and Connor. I was so excited that Connor was invited to his first party! He actually has his second party at the end of this month and he's already talking about who is going to come to his!

Elimination Chamber

Holy crap, slacker here! I really don't have an excuse. Yes, we're super busy like always, but like I just said we're always busy and I use to find more time to blog. Does this mean I'm out growing blogging? No, I don't think so. I like to let everyone know what's going on in our lives and the great things I've read, seen, etc. I think everyone just goes through spurts of not really wanting to communicate often and I'm kind of in that mode right now. We'll see how long it sticks around!

So it's been over 2 weeks now but I wanted to post the super cute picture of Jim, Chrissy, Connor & Scott at the Elimination Chamber in Milwaukee. Part of Scott's birthday present from the Moore's was a ticket to go and then I purchased an additional ticket for Connor so he could go as well. If you didn't know Scott when was was young (and also now for that matter, lol) you know he's a huge WWE nut and Connor is turning into one as well. My nights are now filled with Monday Night Raw, Friday Night Smack Down, the multiple DVD's we have and also a PS2 and WII Game. I now know way more names of wrestlers than I will ever want to admit to, lol. Needless to say, Connor's 5th Birthday Party will be WWE themed.

Happy Birthday Pat

So on our typical Sunday morning/afternoon, I am once again working on homework (and also taking a break at the current moment, lol). Also, Scott has to run out in about an hour to help the Moore's pick up their new bedroom set. I really want a new bedroom set! We finally just finished paying off Connor's that we got him for his 3rd birthday and I really don't feel like having a furniture payment right now (even if it is at 0% interest), so I guess we'll just wait for awhile...... even though I hate waiting, lol!

So 2 weeks ago was Pat's Birthday (yes I'm a little behind, I've been slacking on the blog front lately). We met up with everyone at the VFW to eat some breakfast and we gave her her present then. We gave her a movie set that she wanted, some of her Oil of Olay soap that she really likes and also Connor painted a plate and we put his hand print on it. After breakfast we all parted ways and then met back up at their house at 2 p.m. to eat a late lunch/early dinner of Little Ceasar's. Not a very eventful birthday for her but I hope she thought it was wonderful!

A Birthday Party

So I just finished up week 4 of my homework, not fun stuff. But hey, it's done right! My teachers this semester are slacking on the grading front. My Article #2 for my Business Organization & Management class said not to do it until Article #1 had been graded and we read the comments, but it still hasn't been graded and I didn't want to take any chances so I did it tonight since on our syllabus it says it's due tonight. Jeez!

So last Saturday (not yesterday, the week before) we went over to the Frank's house to celebrate Macy, Olivia, Jillian & Addison's Birthdays. I love when there's parties over at the Frank's house, because I LOVE Arby's Roast Beef and so does Scott, yumm! The kids had a blast playing in the toy room as usual, and they even got to do a pinata, fun! I didn't know they made kinds that you just pull strings instead of hitting it (less mess I guess). Good idea for indoor parties! Also Ginger made these really cute gifts for all the kids. She put their names on cute water bottles (with a straw kind) and put some candy in it, so creative & a great idea! I hope all the birthday girls had a blast and I hope all their birthdays were wonderful!