Laura Vegas

saturday we had sarah’s 8th birthday party … a swim party of course. the girl’s a fish, i swear! i have to warn you … the few photos you are about to see are not my best work. lol! i have to have the next party in the early evening. the sun nearly killed every photo i took. but whatever!

first up … the birthday girl. looking cute in braided pigtails … so much better than having all her wet hair in her face all day. lol!

this picture isn’t anything great. but it sums up the day … lots of girlies (and a few boys) all lookin good in their bikinis. hanging out … swimming … playing volleyball (i think that’s what they were doing) … laughing … and being noisy! but they had a blast. hard to really get any pictures of them these days because they swim so good … they won’t slow down enough to get anything. in fact every time sarah saw me trying to take a picture of her … she’d hide underwater. lol!

the birthday girl pretending to blow out her candles on her cupcakes. yes, pretending … because joe lit the candles while the kids were still in the pool … and then rushed to get everyone out and then started the singing. and i didn’t even have my camera out. needless to say … i missed the whole thing. lol!

so even though i didn’t get any great pictures … the party was a success. i think this is her 5th swim party in a row. so we’re used to them and they are pretty easy to throw. still a lot of work … but we know what needs to be done and don’t have to be super creative. and a big "thank you" to my parents for letting us use their house and their pool … and for cleaning up whatever we left!

i will say though … by the time we got cleaned up and back home we were so exhausted. i had been going non-stop since friday afternoon. we all walked in the house and plopped on the couch … and ended up watching some movie and none of us moved till the end. this morning the girls and i all slept in and it took us quite a while to get going. then sarah was anxious to go to target since she had got some gift cards. she picked out a cd and about 6 books … i swayed her away from a few toys since i knew she would play with them once and then forget about them. lol! we ended up spending the rest of the day cleaning and picking up the house. and i also got some bright idea to do some yardwork … so i’m certainly going to pay for that tomorrow. i know i pushed myself too hard this weekend … and i’m going to be in some serious pain (not like i’m not in pain everyday anyways … but it’ll be worse).

and since it’s fathers day … a picture of joe (busy attending to sarah’s gift opening discards). he was a huge help at the party. i always feel weird saying "thanks" to him for stuff like that … since it’s his job just as much as it is mine. lol! he decided to spend fathers day out on the golf course … where else would he want to be. lol! he had his monthly tournament with my brother … and this month it happen to be on fathers day. so he was gone all day … and it felt like just another day to be honest.

and i know sarah’s birthday isn’t until wednesday … but 8 years ago she was actually born on fathers day! yep … i gave joe the grand-daddy of gifts … a baby girl. how can i even top that year after year?!?! lol!

gotta get busy now … no time to rest. i have to get everything ready for sarah’s new room. to be revealed on wednesday. i was going to do it tuesday (since the girls get out of school early on wednesday). but i realized that i have 3 little girlies here on tuesday … and i just don’t see getting it all done with them around. i don’t want to count on getting them down for naps at the same time either … especially since sarah’s room is a napping room. lol! hey … i guess when i think about it … ady is getting a new room too. that’s where she takes all her naps. lol! anyways … i just have ady on wednesday. so i think i can pull it off before 12:15 that day. let’s hope anyways!

and also wanted to say a quick "thank you" to sarah … one of my daycare moms. i was going to call her today … but got busy and didn’t want to stop (when i stop i tend to really stop). after our trip to target and a major mishap at the slushie machine … i stopped at starbucks for my own treat. i was in my own little world as the girls were bickering in the back of the van. i wasn’t paying attention to anything going on around me. i got to the window and i was told that my drink had been paid for … "a gift from haley" the guy told me. i didn’t even realize they were in front of me the whole time. it was such a nice treat and totally changed my mood. so thank you sarah and haley!