Eat lots, take a nap

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends.
We will be going up to a friends this year, as the in-laws are in Oregon, and my parents are in Eastern Washington.
We could have gone to Tillamook, Oregon with the in-laws, but it is such a long drive. I think this year it will be fun to spend it with my homies anyways!

girls get together (boys too)

Yesterday was fun! Rose, Theresa and I got together and scrapbooked the whole day. Mark showed up at about 3 to hang out with Alan ( who is not 7 and IS allowed to play Halo).
Us girls got a lot done, maybe not as much as we would have liked, but it was still good.
Theresa wants to make it a regular date on Sundays while the boys watch football-and I am game for that! I love the chance to get projects done, and I secretly love the sounds that the boys make when they are "yelling" at the t.v.! I will post some pictures of my scrapbook pages and Rewind Album as soon as I get around to charging up my camera batteries.

A sneak peak of the rewind

I don't have much time to blog, going for a walk with Theresa and Alan in this beautiful sunshine. I wanted to give you a little treat from our "Rewind" party last night. Which, by the way, was the most fun we have ever had at a party! (and I believe Alan-mini-me would agree!)

I also want to say that my husband shaved his head and gave himself a mohawk ALL BY HIMSELF. I had no idea he was going to do that. It was a great surprise.

Anyway-here's a few pictures for you to enjoy. Wish I could post them all.

Relax, don't do it...

Are you out there oh lost Frankie Goes to Hollywood fans? I have had that song stuck in my head all day...you know the one that you will now have stuck in your head? You can view it here . Relax, today is my birthday bash my good friends have been planning for a while now. It is called "the rewind" and we are doing it up 80's style. I can't wait to see what everyone has found to wear, it will be totally tubular!!!

Mark is wearing a blond wig (part rocker, part mullet) and these great shoes I found at Payless shoes. Check out the boom boxes and speakers. If you have not been to Payless in the last few months, you have to check them out. They have really stepped up their game and have some very cool shoes.

Well, you all have a great night...I will post some 80's pictures as soon as I can.

Now I am off to groove to Madonna's "Where's the party?". It's going to be bitchin'.

rain drops keep falling on my head

We went camping last weekend. It rained. It rained some more. It teased us with some warm weather. And then it RAINED. But we still had so much fun. Birch bay State Park was fun, despite the condescending Park Ranger that had to come and tell us how noisy we were being (she talked to us like we were little kids). We had a ton of good food-thanks everyone, we saw a cool birds of prey show, we went to the beach, we roasted smores, and we had a ton of fun playing cards.

Plus we opted to go to the go-cart track for Ethan's birthday since the weather was too cold for the waterslides. The kids had so much fun (and so did the boys-Mark, mini-me, and Bizarro).

Next up for camping-Labor Day weekend. Keep your fingers crossed for nicer weather.

Here are just a few pictures. Thanks to our neighbor for taking our group picture. Mark had to teach them how to start a fire. If you can imagine, they were trying to keep dry with an umbrella. Not really something I have ever seen on a camping trip.

it's a Kerley 4th

The Kerley's had a huge party for the 4th of July and despite the fact that Anna got burned and had a trip to the emergency room, the dogs went CRAZY over the fireworks, and Molly getting a massive headache, we had a ton of fun! Here are a few pictures from our evening.

Fun in the sun

Last Saturday we headed up to the Kemp's for a BBQ. They have a beautiful view of the Puget sound (they live in Stanwood, Washington) from their back deck. Alan K., also known as Bizarro Al because we have two friends name Alan K., grilled up the burgers, dogs and corn and we ate until we were stuffed. Our standard party game, Cranium Pop 5, was brought out and we played a round, which was super fun as usual. Here are some pictures for you to enjoy! Orange shirt club rules! And so does Mark's Madonna impression.