Jane

maybe she’s really eleven, now…

March 1, 2009

after a weeks worth of festivities…parties, cupcakes, cake, special meals, and gifts…totally how I believe every birthday should be celebrated: a few days of complete spoiling! our baby girl is really eleven years old today…

Kiana chose Sammy’s for lunch and Tepanyaki’s for dinner. We had birthday cake {from the sweet tooth fairy} and gifts from the family.

After dinner Kiana, Eli, and Ethan went to see “Mall Cop,” while Danny, Dusty, and I went to see “TAKEN.” wow. wow. wow.
could Liam Neeson be any more sexy fighting to get his daughter back? I mean,

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school lunch = cash reserve

February 27, 2009

disclaimer:
Myla- my child who eats school lunch religiously.
Kiana & KJ – my children who just the idea of eating school lunch disgusts them, and only occasionally will eat school lunch on “pizza day.” Fridays. Kiana & KJ take home lunches to school everyday.

moving on…at the beginning of this school year, I sent my three oldest kids all to school with $20. to give them a school lunch credit. Since then we have not heard anything about how much we owe or if the rhodes family still has any credit…

i have had this conversation with myla almost daily for the past six weeks…

me: “Myla, will you please ask the lunch lady or secretary at school if you owe anything for how many school lunches you’ve had.

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cheers to 11 years

February 21, 2009

kiana and twenty-five of her girlfriends, plus the howell boys, and family totaling about thirty-five people celebrated pre-teen style for her 11th birthday…

the invitations-i ordered these movie ticket invitations here, and i think they have a good selection of things for the older-kid-crowd.

the party-

“Confessions of a shopaholic!”it was Sooooo cute!
we had nearly half of the theater filled with our group, a few popcorn fights broke-out…when someone was kissing they would clap and cheer! They would yell “woot-woo!” at all the lovey-dovey parts…they were so much fun!
the new cinemark theaters near our home have a party room you can reserve,

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uvu ballroom competition

February 21, 2009
way to go, myla & ammon!

i was so excited and so proud of these two kids this morning!
they competed at the uvu ballroom competition and they did fantastic! not only did they do great, and have a lot of fun, but…

the judges noticed!

in the “elementary school age” category, which is all kids 11 & under, and please note Myla and Ammon are both 9…they placed…

In the cha-cha, out of SEVENTY couples, they placed fifth!
In the swing, out of EIGHTY-FIVE couples, they placed FIRST!

remember this?

This is Myla’s second 1st place now, and she was so thrilled!

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activity days

February 21, 2009
lookie, lookie!

affordable & so so easy!

these little “FELT” kits are currently at Roberts craft store for only

$3.99 each!

they also come in pink, purple, and a a tote-style bag…

AND, if you use your 40% off coupon, imagine how inexpensive they are!!!

Myla & Bree had fun designing each of their own bags, but I do recommend using a hot glue gun to apply the felt, it’s not going to stay in place any other way…

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