Surprise!

We decided to give Emily a surprise birthday party! It was so fun to think about surprising her and I was nervous that her friends would not be able to keep the secret but they did great. They had so much fun finding places to hide and getting ready to jump out and say "surprise"! Check out the face!

I really was busy this week so Jenny and her friend Megan bailed me out and planned which games the girls would play! They did a great job...I think I may get them to do Emily's next birthday too!

 One of the games they played was spin the nailpolish bottle...whoever the top pointed to got one fingernail painted that color. Here is the result...

 Happy Birthday to Emily...well it's not the Cake Boss, but such a cute cake.

 After cake and ice cream the girls got silly and played a game where they made up commercials. I laughed so hard I cried. Here Emily is trying to sell one shoe! This is one creative and dramatic bunch of girls!

 They had fun watching each other...the toilet paper commercial was ridiculously funny, and the tomato paste toothpaste (which would rot your teeth completely out so you never had to worry about brushing them again) were award winners!

Emily is a beautiful daughter and such a happy part of our family. We enjoyed being able to spoil her a little for her birthday!

Welding

Cody is working on a project for his physics class, building a catapult. He needed to weld pieces together so he got a quick lesson from Dad and ...

now the boy can weld! John said Cody was a quick study!