The Queen’s Chronicles – Week 39
It was an exciting week at our house with the big event being Carly’s 10th birthday! Pretty much the entire week was centered around her and I’m rather confident she had a super birthday week.
We started the week watching Dillon play football and I was super excited to have gotten this shot of his catch on my camera! He had just a teeny height advantage but he did have to jump and grab the ball. Love watching him play.
I came home to tuck this 9 year old into bed the last time in single digits! I don’t know why but 10 just sounds so much older.
The birthday girl enjoyed lunch from Chick-fil-A from her Nana. Carly really does enjoy her birthday so much. You can read my top 10 things about Carly in my Double Digit post.
Stealing this picture off her teachers classroom page…..happy girl so excited about celebrating with her friends!
That night I received this picture from Riley. He is in Florida for instructional league and living in a Holiday Inn Express for a month. He was trying to figure out how he could manage to eat healthy while he was there.
I’m taking this as a parenting win. The boy purchased an electric skillet and managed to cook up this meal that looked so yummy. Now, to be clear, his mom would have risk being a rule breaker but at least he did take it out on the balcony!
Wednesday night we celebrated at Olive Garden with our family and the McBertys. Aunt Amy is always a favorite!
Carly was super excited about her dessert!
And Sissy came through big time with a glitter confetti push pop that was perfect for the slumber party! Carly’s eyes lit up so big when she opened it. Jordan, just know, she will remember the fun and always bring messy, loud toys for your kids someday!
Thursday night Keith & I attended the Celebration of Hope dinner hosted by our local food bank. It was such a great night and a lot of money was raised for the capital campaign for the new building. Love being part of the solution. I was excited to pull out this maxi dress of the event. I have always loved the pattern of this dress and it is probably 6 years old but has only been worn a handful of times. The jacket definitely made it work for this event.
I took the day off work on Friday and spent my day preparing for Carly Jo’s slumber party. I saw a “glamping” idea on Pinterest using a pop up tent and decided this would make for a fun atmosphere. I may have used one {or EVERY one I know) cuss word while trying to do this basically alone but I finally succeeded. I am if nothing else determined! I wish I could have gotten a picture that really would have shown the full ambiance but let’s just say the girls LOVED it! I will write a full birthday post later this week!
Saturday looked much like this for all of us! The boys worked on their new deer stand all morning but then we all settled in to watch college football after Carly & I caught a nap. How about those Aggies?? And we were all screaming like crazy at the end of the TCU game. I seriously love watching college football but a lot of times I don’t sit still and enjoy it.
The boys headed out early Sunday for a baseball scrimmage while I finished laundry and lunch prep. I’m leaving this evening for a conference in Austin for a few days and needed everything in “ready to go” shape for my mom as she comes to help with the kids. I took Dutch Buddy for a much needed walk (him and me) and when we got home he found this limb and preceded to carry it inside. He really thinks he’s a big dog! He’s a crazy nut.
Hope you all had a super weekend too!
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Can't wait to hear about Carly's birthday! And that's a great picture of she and Jordan together. Have a good few days in Austin.
Happy Birthday to your daughter! Your birthday dress is beautiful on you!
Those two have an interesting relationship. Carly always wants to act super grown up until she is with Jordan and then she loves to act like a baby which drives Jordan crazy. 15 years apart….but I do think they still love each other lots!
Thanks Laura!
Looks like another great week! Safe travels to Austin, I get to be there some this week too 🙁
Your football shots turned out great!!
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Happy birthday, Carly!! You get so many mom points for giving her such a fun birthday. I'm sure she'll always remember it!
I love the tent inside looks so cute
Thanks Chelsea! It definitely was the highlight.
Thanks Kelsey! It was fun and I was glad I pulled it off!
Thanks! Football is a really hard sport to photograph for me so I was super excited.
We are at Ranch 616 last night…if you are around downtown I highly recommend! Not one healthy thing on the menu but oh my gracious so delicious!