Okay yah...I've been trying to fix the blog fiasco I've been dealing with for several weeks now and I don't believe I'm making progress. AT ALL.  I think I made things worse tonight when the whole main screen went poof. {that lasted half a day}Thankfully it wasn't bye bye forever and I was able to restore it but I feel like I've been in foreign territory long enough...So, I'm switching to a new address http://akissinparis4me.blogspot.com/.  Come follow me there!

What's On My Happy List?

Happy Birthday Kyleigh

Can you flipp'in believe on Sunday I became a mother of a fifteen year old? Who is now eligible to get her driver's permit! My gosh, can't believe it!

I adore this girl more than words can say...It's not only fun but an honor being her mom. She's such a good girl. LOVE HER to pieces!

She celebrated by going out to eat with mom and dad on Friday night, lunch with girlfriends on Saturday and to the mall for shopping at one of her favorite stores. 

You might say we were on cake overload this weekend. Several came her way.
This is the cake the fam made for her. She requested one of her favorites, Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake....{yep you read that right, there is mayo in the cake and it is delicious!} It has a special marshmallow-like frosting that she loves, so we had to use it. Unfortunately, this type of frosting made using the edible cake tattoos a bit tricky. The cake looks a little skiwampus actually but at least it tasted good! 

                                  Two of her girlfriends made her this cake with the cutest card...

She's a total Flynn Rider fan

The third cake was from the Young Women in the ward....

She loves this group of Y.W. girls.....

and she adores her cousins..they mean the world to her!..Allie {not pictured} is also part of this fantastic four that were born just days apart and one a few months later.

more cousin lov'in.....

            and fun with the girlfriends in Gym class {of all places} cracks me up! 

 Happy Birthday BEAUTIFUL GIRL!!!!!                                              

What's On My Happy List?

HOLIDAY SPIRIT

Have no idea where in the heck the month of January went but we are stoked its February. We are gett'in in the Valentine mood around here. Emma surprised me while we were gone to the neighbors for a party by decking out our little lighted tree in Valentine decor. {so sweet}

It's a little burst of sunshine in the family room that makes my heart smile.

But trying to keep saucy from ripp'ing off all the Valentines is something of a chore... 

The Valentines are already coming my way...This is Brie's latest version of "me". Aren't I cute? 

We deviated from our traditional Mexican Thursday night cuisine and went Chinese!

Happy Chinese New Year ya'all. 

Emma made name tags for everybody with their Chinese birth year symbol. I'm the year of the rat. Who wants to be the year of the rat? Ick! Wouldn't year of the Dragon be so much cooler?

Gotta love the handmade Chinese dragon B made last year in preschool. Too cute to not use as part of the centerpiece.

Little B. Olivia, with grandma's oriental parasol, wore her hair with chopsticks to school today. It was a hit!

 She went down on the edamame tonight, {see the heap of evidence} You could tell she was a tad concerned about her mass intake when she asked if these kind of beans {soybeans} where the kind that gave you gas. SO darn funny!

A few fun facts about the Chinese New Year holiday....
  2011 is the Year of the Rabbit

· The Chinese are very superstitious and therefore believe that to cry on New Year’s Day is to cry all year long, so children are indulged and never spanked on Chinese New Year.

· Chinese New Year is actually celebrated over a 15 day period.

· The politically correct term is now LUNAR NEW YEAR, as opposed to Chinese New Year since many Asian cultures other than the Chinese observe the lunar calendar.

· A complete cycle of the Chinese calendar takes 60 years.

· The Chinese calendar dates back to 2600 B.C. and is the oldest known calendar.

· Red is considered a lucky color in China, and so, at one point, all wedding dresses were red.

· Shooting fireworks on New Year’s Eve scares away the old year and then households open up windows and doors at midnight to provide exits for the old year. They also banish the old year and its spirits by sweeping the floors on New Year’s Eve. No sweeping is done on New Year’s Day itself as it is believed that you will sweep away the New Year Fortune.