a birthday, a bachelorette party and the birth of a nation celebration

Here you will find three blogs for the price of one. I have fallen behind in my blogging, big time. I have found other things that take up my time and leave me no time to think and type such as: sand volleyball, swimming night and day, hanging with my boy, hanging with my friends, frequenting Taco Casa and doing things with the kids. We are super busy and having an awesome summer.

Blog #1:

*SeVeN*

Every year it gets harder and harder to believe that Ashlyn is turning that age. Seven seems like such a big number for such a little girl. She is closer to being a teenager than she was to being a baby. Okay, I don't want to think about that. We spent her birthday morning making a peace cake - because peace signs are her absolute favorite right now. For lunch she wanted El Fenix and the birthday sopapillas - with just the strawberries and whip cream, not the sopapilla. After lunch we did a little shopping and then she went to her daddy's house. Her birthday party was the following Friday at Chuck E. Cheese and she went through her tokens like crazy and picked out prizes that were broken before we left. Nevertheless, she had a great time with her friends.

Blog #2:

*bAChElOrEtTe PaRtY*

One of my best teaching friends, Sharon, is tying the knot and we are always looking for a reason to get together. We were excited to have the opportunity to hang out and get to see some friends that we haven't seen in a long time. Most of us met at the Holiday Inn to talk and get ready for the big night of dinner and dancing. We laughed, we went through our suitcases until we found just the right thing to wear, we took pictures and we voted on dinner. I lost the vote for some steak (well really I just wanted the fried pickles) at Texas Land and Cattle to mexican food at Papasitas. I reminded myself that it wasn't my day :) Dinner was good - the homemade tortillas were amazing. We talked, laughed and took some more pictures. After dinner we went back to the hotel to freshen up our makeup and hair and then headed out to Red River. We spent hours at Red River - dancing, watching Sharon use her bachelorette coupons, people watching, taking pictures and laughing ... a lot. Back at the hotel, we were ready to crash. Being in bed at 1:45 might be a sign of aging. We had a great time and I think the bride-to-be enjoyed the event.

Blog #3:

*It's *Independence* Day*

The boys love the 4th of July. What's better than watching your money go up in flames with the lighting of a punk? The smiles and the danger could be considered money well spent ... by boys of all ages. We spent the 3rd of July at mom and dad's eating burgers and brownies and waiting for the sun to go down so that the sparks could fly. We also lit up the sky on the 4th of July at Joey's house with friends. Both nights were a lot of fun and left a lot of remains scattered all over the place.

I've run out of fuel to add many details on any of my blogs. You get the jist. Now, I can mark this off of my list of things to do.