Whats Peter Piper with out A BEST BUDDY?!?!

So Paris has been such a good girl sleeping in her room like a big girl I told her she could go to Peter Piper and take a buddy. Well she wanted Jalyn to go! So we went and picked her up for lunch and the two of them had a blast!

UM HOW EXCITED IS SHE?!?!

They play so well together, its adorable! Paris is now bossy and Jalyn lets her (we found out we have the bossy kid), that must be how they play so well together! We fed em some pizza, played lots of games,

got lots of tokens, Justin hit the jack pot on wheel of fortune got us lots of tickets! We went to "cash" in and get some prizes but they were lame and had nothing! So we left...

the girls were looking forward to the prizes so we took them to the dollar store to pick some thing out and went back to my house. They played for another 5 and a half hours! And when it came time to take Jalyn home, I put her jacket on buttoned it up, put her shoes on and then went to get Paris and when I came back into the room like 2 seconds later she had taken em all off and told me she wasn't leaving! Aw now thats showin the love! Thanks for playing Jalyn...

our baby is no longer a baby!!!!

Alas Paris turned four! I told her the night before on her birthday whatever she wants goes! She remembered that alright, she woke up and found me in the kitchen and told me she wanted her daddy up so she was going to go wake him....

Gosh he didn't like that too much he threw her off the first attempt but she continued till he had no choice but to get up! So as all of us are now walking into the kitchen i asked her what she wanted for breakfast, "anything you want you get!" well anyone who knows Paris well enough knows she said chocolate of some sort...well i was making her birthday cake and for breakfast she wanted to lick the bowl!
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS! K breakfast of birthdays! mmmm good!!!! After breakfast we made our way to rachels to color my moms hair and witness the 2nd failed attempt to rachels breadmakin! haha

Paris played with Gabriel in the back and with Taylor on the video games! So super cute, think she needs a sibling?...

So here is the fun crazy part of our day...we head back to get the PARTY STARTED! It was a dance party, we had dance dance revolution out, balloons and what felt like a hundred kids. Plenty of food and a cake i made, it might of been one of the saddest cakes actually used at a bday party!

some pics of the party..
dance dance off with her cousin Paige

Paris knew how to work poor little Ikey, she sat in the stroller having him chauffeur her around, he pushed her all over the house!

MY BEAUTIFUL 4 YEAR OLD!

ALRIGHT PARTY OVER! NOW THIS ONE THIS ONE IS FOR ANNIE....So you can stop threatening paris that your gonna put diapers back on her! FYI she is terrified every time she sees one now! lol

Yes Paris has been sleeping with her parents for quite some time now. Life had been way too crazy for us and quite frankly i enjoyed Paris sleeping with me. But now, now its time for her to be on her own! For the past month we have been telling paris when she turns four, after her bday party she gets to sleep in her room in her own bed all by herself! She has been agreeing to do so and seemed almost excited to. Well time of truth...we laid her down, read a book, turned on some music, talked about her exciting day and she was off to slumber land! Yeah she was a little upset she fell asleep with a sad look on her face. The trick for us, we put her to bed a little late, made sure she was good and tired so she would want to fall asleep! and yes it was the first night so i laid with her for a little while, and I cried thinking of leaving her in her room. i had a moment when i thought of all the bad things that could happen but are really really unlikely to. I tried making an excuse to justin of why maybe not tonight and try another night, but that thought wasn't even said out loud till he X'd that one! So it was done, and she was pretty good about it!

if it looks like its bright as day its because it practically was...she said she was afraid of the dark so we gave her a nite light it was brighter than her lamp! YIPPEE FOR PARIS WHAT A BIG 4 YR OLD! HAPPY BDAY PARIS!

GUITAR HERO PARTY

So it ended up being a family party... we had music, food screaming kids and oh boy did we have entertainment! And if your thinking that it was solely the guitar hero than you haven't met justin and his brother brad! I don't think brad (being it was his first time playing) ever hit a note but he rocked out like he was pro! ( sorry i didn't get proof of that) and J well he didn't need a guitar in his hands to party, he was a dancin fool! pulling out the carlton from fresh prince! but towards the end they ended up really trying to hit some of the notes!

I totally thought I am all paparazzi but I blew it at this party! i didn't get a whole lot of pics because i was hosting and trying to manage the party, sad cause my brother in law (todd) dressed up like a rocker from the 90's and was HOT and my sister and her hubby (faith and joe) dressed up like a rocker and a groupie straight out of the 80's! Napoleon Dynamite Style!!! So Hot! this pic doesn't do faith justice (she just looks 12 rockin the side pony) but its all i got out of the napoleon couple! If you do get oh so curious of what they looked like you can click on "bast" She will have pics posted soon!

We had 18 adults and 6 kids...and i got pictures of like 3 people! Well it turned out to be a pretty good night!

So, long after all who had kids went home, to be good, responsible parents and put their little ones to bed, you know Paris was still up and rocking with a fury with the rest of us!

I do have to say that this little guitar hero has Justin learning a little bit of patience with Paris. He sat down and went through, on the slowest of slows an entire song telling paris when to strum while he pushed the colors! AN ENTIRE SONG on SLOWEST takes forever and is so not fun for those who can play. So I'm giving props to J! Paris will take any play time she can get with her daddy and her daddy will take any play time he can get on guitar hero! ; )

The Tradition continues!!!!

SUPER CROSS 2008!!!

So last year Amy and I started the tradition, this year the group has grown...actually its an entirely different group, but might of been the funnest thing I've done in Mesa ALL year! (So I don't get out much!) I even got my sister Mara to go out with me, who would of thunk she would want to do what I do!

THE GIRLS THE BOYS-we need more boys next year!

So a quick re cap... Justin was oh so glad Mark came along they chatted and actually talked about the race... Amy and Cynthia enjoyed themselves true super cross style they were off checking out boys and getting their drink on....

THIS IS THE ONLY GUY THEY PULLED!

I sat by Mara, I think I spent most of the time explaining my world to her like what is Fox, Nixon and well the lingo...TRUE DAT! LOL thats a lil of an inside joke! (sorry) It was a good time having her there!

Justin was on the other side of me, he was really starting to get into the whole thing! Which is good since this is gonna be a yearly thing! He was getting so mad at me being paparazzi! I asked on the final race if he would turn and get a picture with me and that didn't go down very well! but don't you worry when the race was over he posed with me!

Well because the boys had to sit by each other Annie and I got split up! So every once in awhile we would lean back ask how the other was doing! but we got our catch up time on the drive back home, LOVE IT, we go way back!

Paris and I at my sisters house...I have two sisters that are good at and love to take pictures. and this year I actually got christmas cards out this one wasn't choosen for the cards but i just love every time I see it. this just IS Paris, this pic says it all! She is my world and the more she gets personality the more we really are friends, buddies! I'm so blessed with her she is amazing!

GOT TO HAVE A CALIFORNIA TRIP

Justin, Paris and I decided

to do a spur of the moment

trip to Cali.!

I had a girlfriend who was

driving by her self and wanted

the company so we joined her!

the ride up wasn't so bad it felt like forever but paris

stayed pretty entertained, thx to J in the back with her... ; )

Is wasn't a long stay and we had planned on going to the san diego zoo but it was a saturday and since it is freezing there no one was at the beaches, and all had the same plan we did! and if you know me i'm not one for crowds....so we went to the beach! Paris was so EXCITED!

So we have been beach goers since before paris could walk (like most people from AZ) she used to do this thing with the waves...as quick as the waves crash in they would be rolling right back out again. She didn't understand that the waves will ALWAYS come back. She would laugh and then instantly cry in sync with the waves coming in and out. She would do it for as long as we were out there, she did it for a couple years and each time i would tell her "patience, the wave always comes back" So this year she FINALLY got it....

WATCHING..... WAITING......

still waiting..... FINALLY!!!!

The beach is so much more fun when she isn't freakin out every wave! So now that we mastered the beach we went over to Belmont Park. Which wasn't as great as it looked far away. She wanted to ride EVERYTHING but was only tall enough for the carousel! So justin took one for the team and rode with her. although I think he enjoyed it a little too much...

Dad really enjoyed Belmont he is more the theme park and games kinda guy. But its Mother like Daughter, us girls go to california for one thing THE BEACH!