Emmy Sunday...

Hope everyone is having a lovely Sunday! I will be watching the cast of GLEE hopefully winning a ton of Emmy's tonight! Oh and the finale of Drop Dead Diva! So excited!

Dana's BIG SURPRISE 30th B-Day Party!!!

First, I just have to mention that I love that it is 7:23 am right now and Kallie is in her own bed sleeping while I blog. Usually on Saturay mornings we are up drinking apple juice or chocolate milk watching Dora the Explorer! Don't get me wrong but me waking up before her and sitting down to blog about life is pretty sweet too. Watch me jinx myself.

My dear, sweeet angel of a sister turned 30 on August 8th! So, for the past couple months her hubby and I have been secretly planning her a big party to celebrate. It's sort of funny actually because my dad's fiance's birthday is August 13th so we actually made her think we were throwing her a surprise party instead. Doesn't sound like it would work out very well without slipping up but it did. Dana, Rhett, Leyton, Nolan, my brother Cain, my brother, Gabe, an his girlfriend, Sarah, came in Friday night. Then my step-sis , Sydney, and her boyfriend, Reagan, came over for dinner and drinks to celebrate Tammy's real birthday day. I think it has actually been the first time we all have been in the same place at once. My step-bro Seth wasn't there so it wasn't completely complete but it was still very nice. Leyton, Nolan an Kallie had a total blast playing together.

Kallie & Leyton

Kallie has finally started to pose for pictures!

Mimicing Uncle Cain!

Cain & our Dad

Kallie & Uncle Cain

Kallie, Leyton & Aunt Sydney

The whole crew minus our Dad taking the picture!

Uncle Rhett making Kal & Leyton laugh!

Aunt Dana, Kallie & Leyton

This cake was AMAZING! From Say It With Sugar in Wylie, TX!

Gabe brought Pedler's Pizza from his way in from Nac! We grew up in MP with this pizza! Nothing will ever taste as good!

My brothers! How how I love them!

Saturday Tammy, Dana, Kallie and I went out for a girl's day while according to what Dana believed to be the boys could get everything ready for Tammy's surprise party. We had so much fun getting pedicures, eating at La Madeline and shopping! Kallie had her first pedicure. It was so much fun and she was actually very well behaved for a 2 year old but after the fact I think I created a diva already.

The girls minus Sydney! Kallie, me, Tammy, Dana and Sarah! Isn't Gabe's girlfriend beautiful! We LOVE her! Hopefully she will be my future sister-in-law! ;-)

Kallie packed her own to go box!

My sweet girl and me at lunch!

We got back to the house at around 6:45 pm. It was a struggle because Tammy was trying to let Dana walk in first and vice versa. It was a struggle but Dana made it in first and she was COMPLETELY surprised. 3 of her best friends from high school came which made it AWESOME! It was a night full of friends, family, fajitas and cupcakes. Don't get me wrong it was fun to plan but I'm very happy it's over! Haha! Throwing a surprise party is very stressful!

I designed the invitation and made the cupcakes! :-)

Leyton posing with the set up!

Dana with her friend Lauren & her new baby Addison! 7 weeks old here!

MP friends! Jaton, Nikki, Dana & Lauren with sweet baby Addison!

I heart my sister!

The most AMAZING women in the world! Our grandma, aka GiGi!


This is a framer! :-)



My Aunt Janie & Tammy

Me, Cain & Dana! Gabe is missing! Sarah and him had to leave early Saturday! :-(

Sisters!

Rhett & Kyle

Dana & Kyle

Kyle & me! He's like a brother to us! Part of the fam!

The next day everyone left but before they did Dana gave Kallie her birthday present a little early! They got her the princess high heel shoes for little girls. She LOVES them! She wants to wear them to school and even to bed with her! So stinking cute!

A girl can't have too many shoes!

Well, my birthday is Monday so I'm thinking today Kallie and I are going to go celebrate by getting birthday pedicures and going to Say It With Sugar for some sweet treats! My dad is making me his famous jumbo and I'm VERY excited about it! I will probably take it to lunch with me everyday this week! Yum good!

My Little Chef...

One of Kallie's favorite things to do is to help her Mommy and TaTa bake goodies and cook dinner! When we were in Canton a couple months ago we found an apron that was perfect for Kallie baby! I think tonight we will bake some of my famous Snickerdoodles for everyone at my office! She will love it!

Baking her favorite with TaTa, Chicken Pot Pie! It was Yummy!

Baking Martin a Gooey Butter Cake for his birthday!

Charice + GLEE = BOTOX???

Are you kidding me? I am a huge fan of GLEE and Charice but it's being reported that the girl is getting BOTOX for her run on the show! WHY???

(via OPRAH)

I first heard her on Oprah and she has some serious chops! Like bring you to tears, give you chills chops and a super sad life story to go along with it. Her publicist is saying she got it because of TMJ in her jaw from chewing gum too much but I seriously doubt that. I also read that she feels she needs it to look better than Lea Michelle. This girl is going to ruin her career before it even starts. Having a young daughter I would not want her looking up to a young singer who feels like she needs Botox especially at her age to look prettier than another girl for a couple episodes on a television show.

I'm sort of over Charice already because of this and not really looking forward to seeing her on GLEE any longer.

My Best Friend's Wedding :-)

My best friend since high school got married last weekend! The whole weekend was so amazing! Such an amazing event to be a part of!

Old school picture from high school! Ha! Ha!

Whitney asked me to stay with her Friday night at the hotel and then invited me to stay with her sister Saturday night after the wedding.

Friday I went over to Whitney's parents house to meet up with her, Laura (her sweet sister) and her Mom to head over to The Fairmont for her bridal luncheon. It was so much fun. All of her bridesmaids, house party, Cody's mom, and her three aunt's were there. It was so yummy and nice!

Me, Lydia, Whitney, Mrs. McDonald & Laura at Whitney's bridal luncheon!

Look at hoe much we've changed since that first picture! Ha!

The Pyramid Restaurant

Whitney's special menu!

I never turn down a cupcake! Not even all natural ones! They were different!

Afterwards a couple of us went to get manicures and pedicures. It was so nice to just sit, relax and catch up with Whitney.

We then went to our hotel room to get ready for the wedding rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. Rehearsal dinner was at El Fenix in downtown Dallas. The food was wonderful and so were the margarita's! Laura, Lauren and I had 4!!! I know! They were little! ;-) Laura and I both blame all our drinks on our speeches! Laura gave her speech of course because she was the maid of honor! Maybe my margarita's gave me the guts to to get up and say something about Whitney! It was actually easy to think of what to say about her because she is the nicest person I know! I was still super nervous but it was a lot of fun!

4 of her 6 bridesmaids! Me, Whitney, Lydia. Laura & Lorin ready to go to rehearsal!

The only picture I got of rehearsal!

Whitney, Laura, Lauren & me at rehearsal dinner at El Fenix!

Laura giving her speech!

We headed back over to The Fairmont to have a little fun with all of Cody's friends and family! It was a blast getting to know his groomsmen, their wives and girlfriends, and some of his family! Some of the groomsmen were single! ;-)

Cody gave all his groomsmen their gifts! Can't go wrong with Jon Hart!

Love my Whitney! She is Kallie's Godmother!

Laura & me!

Saturday morning Whitney, Laura and I lounged around watching some TLC in bed and chatting about good 'ol Rockwall until around 12:00 when all the ladies started getting there to get ready for Whitney's big day! It was so much fun! We ate sandwiches and cupcakes and then got our hair and make-up done! A perfect girls afternoon!

MORE yummy cupcakes! I want one right now! :-)

Megan getting her make-up done! This is Cody's sister!

Whitney getting her hair done!

Laura, Lydia & me!

Laura getting her make-up done!

Whitney getting her make-up done!

We headed over to The Meyerson Symphony Center around 4:00 to get in our dresses and to take pictures. The wedding began around 6:15! It was such a wonderful ceremony. Everything fell into place and was beautiful! I think I cried through half of it! I'm so happy that Whitney married the man of her dreams! I could see how much in love Cody was with her!

Whitney & Lauren carrying the dress!!!!

Whitney getting her dress on!!!

The beautiful bride complete!

We partied the night away eating cake, dancing and singing the night away! After Whitney and Cody headed off to their honeymoon we got everything out of the Meyerson as fast as possible!

The cake! My favorite part! :-)

Cody & Whitney cutting the cake!

Me & my groomsman escort, Brian! We had lots of fun dancing!

Lauren & me! Love her!

Lydia caught the bouquet! She was very excited!

Cody getting his garter! I thought this was a cool picture!

All the single guys getting ready to catch the garter!

Mr. & Mrs. Cody Connell!!!! Wahoo!!!

We returned to The Fairmont to a little surprise! I guess they thought Whitney and Cody were returning to my room! Haha! We took lots of fun pictures to show Whitney and Cody!

Mr. & Mrs. McDonald enjoying he chocolate covered strawberries! LOL!!!

I had to get this picture! The Spaghetti-O's are for Cody! He said he ate them for a year to afford Whitney's engagement ring! :-)

After eating some chocolate covered strawberries, Laura and I went down to drink some champagne and talk with the McDonald family! Made the whole weekend complete! So happy for my best friend! I love you Whitney and Cody!