Thursday, June 5, 2008

It seems like all I ever post about is Birthdays...

I definitely feel like I'm ALWAYS posting about birthdays...but what can I say our family loves to party. So be prepared for party updates and lots of pictures there were just too many cute ones to comment on...so let the update being!!

Jessica Turned SEVEN! I cannot believe that our little Jessica is seven already, next year she'll be eight and ready to be baptized. Jessica and I have a special connection I think because we've been together since her birth. She was my first neice born and we spent a lot of time together as she's grown up. I used to get to babysit her every friday when she was little. I also got to be one of the first people to hold her, which I think I earned since I had umbilical cord blood splashed on my white sweater. I know your probably all thinking who wears a white sweater to the delivery of a baby...well I do...it was like 4:ooam and it was the closet thing I could grab in all my excitement!! She has been a blessing in our lives ever since that day and she is so cute and so smart. She is an awesome little girl and I love her so so much. On to the party...

So we celebrated Jessica's birthday on her birthday...May 25th. It was a fun night of delicious Super Store Cake and ice cream...YUMMY! Jessica got so many thoughtful gifts she was very excited. This picture shows part of the gift that uncle brandon and I gave her...it's the soundtrack of High School Musical 2...the kids and I share a love of these movies so Jessica was hooked up this year by getting one of the movies and both sound tracks. We're going to go see the third one when it comes out in the theatres. I only wish Becca lived closer by so she could come too!!! Jessica even had a high school musical themed cake which not only looked good but it tasted soooo amazing!!! I definitely had two pieces. It was great to celebrate Jessica's birthday with all her family and friends around here. Here is a cute pictures of Jessica and her sister and cousins. I think they all must have color co-ordinated their outfits for the birthday festivities!! What was an even bigger hit at the party was the movie theatre pop corn machine that Kathy and Jeff had...man they know how to deliver a good party. We all ate popcorn like crazy people that night. I don't normally like movie popcorn but ohhh this was so good and so fresh...yummmm now I want popcorn!! Oh well!! So Happy Birthday to Jessica...I hope that she knows just how much we love her and just how blessed we are to have her in our lives!!

I don't have a picture to post with this next little post, but before Jessica's birthday party we had Cory and his adorable family over for a BBQ. They came over since Cory was advancing in the priesthood..woohoo for cory...we were all very proud of him. Cory comes from a large family there are eight kids...2 girls and 6 boys and they are all so adorable. I had a lot of fun playing with the little boys...Ben, Christopher and James...they are the cutest little guys...i hope they'll come visit again.

I have to mention too that Sarah Grace lost another tooth. She was very excited about it. She called me the day after it came out to pass on the good news. I didn't get to see her until the birthday party but she made sure to show me and her toothless smile looks GREAT!! She also got her hair cut the other day and she looks so adorable. They just trimmed it up and it looks great. I had to post this picture because she is just too cute with her new hair and lost tooth. Yeah for Sarah!! She's getting so grown up! Can you just tell how much I adore these kiddos!! haha!!

Kristi surprised us all this past month by coming for a visit and it's been so great to have her around. I got to sit by her and that cute son of hers on sunday and it was super nice. Isaiah is a total cutie and such a charmer. He kept leaning on me...it was adorable. I wish they lived here all the time. We had the opportunity to go to dinner with Kristi and the girls and it was such a fun night. Sonja picked me up and we headed to East Side Marios. Check out kathy's blog to see everyone that was there I haven't had the chance to steel her pictures yet, but they are really nice pictures. I hope Laura isn't counting my word usage again...I know I say nice and cute and awesome too much. It was a fun night and it was great to get to sit and chat with all the girls. What was especially enjoyable was that my sister and two sister-in-laws were there. I love when I can go to something and some family member is there. I love all my sisters and am so lucky to have them all in my life. Keah came up from bridgewater for the night so I had to get a pictures because she looked too cute with little hunter. Sadly my chicken Cesar salad did not agree with my tummy and i knew that as soon as I got home. So I ended up having to take a sick day the next day. Luckily Laura and Jeff were able to cover for me so that I could take the day to feel better. I was feeling better that evening so Brandon and I went over to the Bing Home to celebrate Lucy's Birthday...Lucy is Brittany's Beagle and part of our family. We had a delicious chicken pot pie which I have the recipe for and I can't wait to try to make...mom bing sure knows how to cook a great meal. We had ice cream cake for desert and they even had a little cake for lucy, which Brittany took pictures of her later eating it. We did some laundry there and watched the movie Alvin and the Chipmunks. I didn't think that it was going to be any good, but it was actually really cute. Brandon and I enjoyed remembering the past and the cartoon show we both used to watch. I also had the some Christmas Christmas by the chipmunks in my head the rest of the night. Check it out it was super adorable.


Georgia is One!!! I cannot believe that it has been a year since little G joined our family. She is the sweetest, funniest, cutest little girl and again has been a big blessing in our family. We celebrated her birthday on Friday the 30th of May with a big family BBQ. I love the summer because I love BBQ's and Kathy and Jeff always know how to deliver on a stellar BBQ. I have so full, but it was just so hard to stop eating especially with Charlotte's Potato salad on the table. Georgia was so cute the whole day with all her giggle and smiles. It was great to have to whole family there that we took the opportunity to take lots of pictures. Laura came up with the idea to get this one of the O'Hearon girls and it turned out really cute. Laura was concerned that if I stoog between her and Kathy that we'd look like Christmas but I think it turned out alright...only Laura would worry about that!! hahha. I love all my sisters so much O'Hearon and Bings. Georgia didn't dig into her cake as much as I thought she would. She is usually into everything but not this day...she poked and picked at it and put her face into a few times but that was it...she preferred her ice cream cone. Gift opening was funny because she didn't quite get into the excitement. Luckily though she had a loving nanny and many eagar siblings t help out. She did get into playing with the toys. She got a little walker and she was jetting around the house with it...she may never learn how to walk alone now!!haha!! After the crowds had cleared out we got to test out the Wii Fit and it was soooo much fun...I did hoola hooping and set aerobics and it was so much fun, I can't wait to go over to Kathy and Jeff's to play it again. Here are few more of my favorite pictures from the Birthday party...


Cute cousins playing in the yard...abigail, jessica, jake, sarah and emily

Saying goodbye to Nanny Logan at the party...such a cute little birthday girl

Georgia's little friend Elle who came to share in the birthday festivities. She turned one a few days before G...she is a total cutie...especially in that little hat!!
So I named this picture before I saw it enlarged...I thought she was relaxing but I guess not...she looks like she's on a bit of a sugar high from all that cake!!
Jake hasn't quite figured out how to smile on demand...so this was what I got. Classic Jacob!
Me and My Big Brother...man I love this guy!! Don't you love Kathy's green wall such a great backdrop!
Three cute girls... Laura, Elle and Nicole enjoying the party!
Uncle Brandon having fun with one of his favorite girls...

Georgia and her first birthday cake...she is so cute with all her little teeth!

This was all the parents watching their kids play...i thought it was pretty cute!


Uncle Brandon and two of his other favorite girls...he's always up so lifting and swinging them around and they love that. He's such a great uncle it makes me love him even more!!!




Nursery is Going Great!!

Just thought I'd let everyone know that I've been having a great time in nursery. The kids have really settled into the new routine and we've had success every week. They are all such adorable kids and they always say the funniest things. This is a picture of them having snack a few weeks ago. I can't help taking pictures of them all because they are all just super adorable!!! I'll post more nursery updates soon!!

Hope you enjoyed the update I'm sure I'm forgetting something from this past week, but I have to go jump in the shower and get ready for work. I'm off Friday and can't wait to go to the travelling book store!! Oh and everyone my friend Jeff from work has joined the blogging family and Kathy and I couldn't be more excited about that. He's such an awesome guy and he's getting ready for a big move over to England so check out his blog and leave him lots of comments!!!

7 comments:

The Super Seven said...

Guess I need to do a blog about my own child's birthday.....just been a little busy. So what does it mean to stoog???? LOL. Glad to could come for the birthdays and a super thanks to Uncle Brandon for calling Jessica on her birthday since he couldn't be there. It made her super happy to be remembered. We have to hangout again soon......maybe some PIXAR movies should be on tap......

Anonymous said...

Thanks for helpping work go by! Love having something to read! Glad we got to hang out the other night even if it was just going to the mall and eating icecream. It was yummy icecream!

Becca Jane said...

Yeah Karen, I cannot believe you haven't seen Cars yet!
I wish I could come see HSM3 with you guys. I'm going with Merilee though...she's the one who gave me the HSM purse for my birthday (which still has yet to leave the house...), so she definitely is a qualified HSM fan to go with!!!

Kristi Drennan said...

I'm glad we got to hang out friend! I think Isaiah had a little crush on you. I'm pretty sure I saw him try to move Brandon's hand from around your shoulders. Ha ha ha! Great post as always!

Julia said...

i am glad you are enjoying nursery. you are so much more patient than i am with other people's kids. sometimes i just wanted to throw them accross the room. guess it's good i never did :)
great post. i love hearing all about your life, since i never see you in person, blogging is the next best thing.

Jeff MacCharles said...

Man oh man, my spellcheck radar was going off the charts on that post hahaha! Its okay, I'll let it slide this time. Especially since you gave my blog some free advertisement! I know I tell you this all the time but the number of birthdays your family has from the end of April to the end of May is absolutely nuts. You must be so cake'd out! Glad to hear that you are enjoying working in Nursery now...I know the first few weeks were a little hectic as you were putting your little "Karen" touches on everything. See you at work!

Keah and Michael O'Hearon said...

Thanks for the uber long post...I love it......you just need to do it more often! I also should probably post a little diddy about birthdays.....so glad that you are loving nursery...although you are so good with kids...it's not surprising that you are enjoying it and things are going good!