Perfect Fall Day!

Having Jesse over for a few hours on Thursday is always a blast! And today was no different! With it being such a gorgeous day outside, we decided to play in the leaves!! We may have gotten a little dirty, leaves in the hair and I think maybe a little in the diaper... but we had fun!

It was the perfect fall day!!

I'm sorry, he looks like he may be on something!

KJ made a pathway and Jesse loved it!

Yup, the mustache is back ladies and gentleman!!

Best part about it, is that family photos are this Saturday!! YES!

So there is an inflatable ghost that pops out of a pumpkin at the house at the end of the street. Jesse sat there for like 5 minutes just watching it! He loves that thing! It was such a nice afternoon! Sun shining in the clear blue sky with a slight fall chill in the air!

Best day for playing in the leaves, definitely!!

Gotta Love Self Portraits!

Erica and I should never be given a camera!

Although we always end up going nuts and taking far too many photos, some of my favorite times are when we are just being goofy in front of a camera... and I must say, Erica makes the best partner for self portraits!! Hands down!

Our hair looks amazing though, right?! Yup, that's thanks to Erica!! She is amazing! (and a pretty hot blonde!)

Happy 23rd!

What a day! Yesterday I celebrated my 23rd birthday and it had to have been one of the best birthdays I've had in a long time. The day started out with breakfast in bed from my sweetie! Along with a card, flowers and new perfume! It was awesome! Kelly let be relax all day and he even cleaned the kitchen and started wash. 2 things he hates to do!

After a day of just pure relaxation, we headed off to Kalie and Jesse's place for the Pretty in Pink Party! It was a blast! We had some delicious food, drinks and even yummy jello shots! Joe made me a PINK angel food cake and we celebrated with strawberry short cake, my favorite! Joe also surprised me with a PINK Snuggie! I was so excited! I've used it all morning playing the Wii. It's just so convenient and stylish! Thanks Joe!!

After playing some guitar hero Kalie, Erica and I wanted to start a board game, but we needed some good snacks. We took a drive down to the local Harmon's and stocked up! Popcorn, Tortilla chips, suckers, m&m's and fun dip! Lot's of junk and sugar! Although I love me some junk food, I'd have to say the car ride was the best part! Taking crazy pictures, singing our hearts out and dancing like crazy! Us 3 girls should really not be left alone together! When we got back to the house we ended up playing only a few rounds of Apple to Apples and then started a game of LIFE. Erica kicked our trash by like 100k!

Kalie and I at the beginning of the party! We look so good!

Like my crown? It says Princess!! :)

I was SO EXCITED to get this picture! He was so excited for the Pink Party and did a great job helping his Mom with the decorations! I love this little guy!

Erica's here!! A little late, but she got the party started!

Aren't we cute?! Plus, all of our pink shirts were the same shade! Awesome!

Eating Joe's angel food cake that he made! SO GOOD!!

YEA!! Not only is it PINK, but purchasing it you make a donation to the Breast Cancer Association! Way to go JOE!

Must have funny faces!

It wouldn't be Erica and me to take a funny face not knowing the camera was zoomed in, now wouldn't it?

Crazy car ride!

Love it!

Thanks Kelly for everything!! I LOVE YOU!

Sisters are the best!! Thank you ladies for everything!
I love you both so much!

THANK YOU EVERYONE!! It was one of the best nights I've had in awhile and I have my sisters, brother in laws, nephew and husband to thank for it!! I love you guys!

Blackstrom Sleepover!

Last weekend we had all of our nieces and nephews over at our place for some much needed fun! We'd been wanting to get all of the kids together ever since Kelsey came home from the hospital and we were glad we finally made plans!! It was so good to see all of the kids together! Especially Kelsey, seeing her having fun was the best thing all night!

We started the night off with making our own personal pizzas! Lots of fun! However, I didn't even get to eat mine. I got full from just snaking on the pepperonis, so good! But all in all I think the pizzas were a good idea and start to the night. I will tell you one thing, I won't make Kool Aid anymore around kids or Erica for that matter. I don't know how many times Erica spilled that Kool Aid all over my counter. Thank heavens for, what was it? car cleaner? Or I would have never gotten the red spots off of my counter. It was even hilarious walking in on Erica in my kitchen and she had spilled all over the floor and some cabinets and was trying to clean it all "sneaky" like. Good times!

After some yummy homemade pizza, we decided to have the kids do a craft. Erica thought it would be great to do some finger painting and then send home the kids creations in frames to keep. Everyone loved the idea, even Kelsey! Even though she's the oldest, she always has so much fun just being a kid! So we dressed the kids in old camping t-shirts of Erica's and let them go wild with the paint. Kelly even found himself drawing a few creations. Things got pretty messy, but the kids did a great job!

We ended the night with Toy Story 2, popcorn and skittles! Kelsey and Garrett fell asleep first, followed by Lauren. But the two 3 1/2 year olds were still giggling. Finally with the help of Baby Tad Jesse and Caleb fell asleep. What a crazy night with 5 kids running around, but even among all of the chaos... a few whining moments... Kool Aid all over my kitchen (thanks Red!) we had the BEST TIME!!

We've already talked to the kids about a possible September/October camp out! Maybe some fishing, fire complete with smores and then spending the night in tents. We're gonna want to do it soon though, before it starts to get cold. What do you think parents? Can we still your kids for another night?

THANK YOU to the parents for letting us spend some time with the kids! I love seeing them and getting in that quality time! Thanks to the kids for coming!! Uncle Kelly and Aunt Andee love you all!!

*** Collage below are pictures from the sleepover! ***

Happy 4 Years!

Another post about my husband.. I'm sorry!

But it was 4 years ago today that Kelly and I had our first date. You all know how first dates can go.. well ours was definitely awkward. Kelly took me to see the movie Dukes of Hazzards, which was terrible. We talked a little before and after the movie, mostly about Kelly's Grandma..

Then Kelly drove me home and said good bye to me in the car. No, he didn't walk me to the door which I'll never let him live down.. It was just, "Okay, I guess I'll just see you at work on Monday." I didn't know what to think at that point! Who knew that 4 years later we'd be happily married?! After remembering our first date I don't know how it happened.. I'm so glad that both of us thought we were worth a second date!

How Lucky Am I?

Sometimes I forget how lucky I really am... Then I stumble across a picture I took on the way to Pine Valley and am reminded...

I LOVE YOU KELLY!

Thank you for filling my life with smiles and laughter!