8th Birthday Bash

Ali had a Hannah Montana Beach Party for her birthday this year. (I am really behind in my postings) It was a great party for her! She just loves all her friends so much!

THANKS to our good friends Jaynan and Nate it turned out even better than I had imagined.

I was getting everything ready the morning of the party and doing the usual running around to get last minute things. As I was setting our beach layout up in the backyard I realized that our slip and slide had popped last year and I never bought a new one. So we were going to have a dumb blow up pool, sprinkler under the trampoline and a water ring that shoots water up in the air.

We had some water games planned also. Jaynan came over to drop Jade off and started to help blow up the water balloons. In talking with her I told her about the slip and slide. She quickly and very nicely offered to let us borrow their blow up water slide for the party. WHAT A HUGE HIT THAT WAS!! They all had so much fun.

I captured a few great photos, some just make me laugh. Had to put them in a slide show cause there were to many to post just in the layout.

Ali had a great birthday and was so happy that each one of her friends that came were there. She has talked about it constantly since her birthday.

Meet Lexi

Well we finally got a puppy on Thursday, August 14th. Dave and I have been talking about getting the kids a dog for quite some time, longer than I can remember actually. I asked Dave what kind of dog we could get and it turned into more of a...what kind of dog I can't get. I asked him about 5 months ago if I could just bring a dog home then when I found one. He reluctanly said yes, and then forgot that he told me that. (he wasn't very happy) I found "Molly" on KSL classifieds and they said she was 2 1/2 months old and a Border Collie/Lab mix. Dave and I don't think she has any lab in her, she looks a lot more like a Border Collie/Terrier. She has a scruffy muzzle like terriers do.

When I brought her home, Ali changed her name to Lexi or Lex for short. I think the name fits. Ali bonded with her the second she saw her. She would be with her 24/7 and loves to clean up after her and play with her. We will see how long that lasts. She nips and chews on things since she is a puppy so Zach loves to play with her but if she scratches him he is done for 5 minutes until the next time it happens.

She is really a great puppy so far. She plays and does all the fun things that a dog does and yet she is really quiet so far. Doesn't really bark, unless it is at the cat. She just doesn't understand that Simon doesn't like her one bit, and thinks that when he hisses at her and chases her with his hair up on ends that he wants to play with her instead of a clue that she better run away.

I am having some trouble with the potty training though, I really don't like that. She can hold it all night long, but if she has been outside for 3 hours and I open the door she runs right in the house and goes on the carpet. That needs to change fast or she might be finding her time mostly outside, which I really don't want. Any tips you have for me...greatly appreciated!

We love her and are happy to have her as a new addition to our family. Maybe that is the only way I would get a baby....just bring one home like I did a dog. Dave is starting to warm up to her and plays with her now. He wasn't so happy about the idea in the beginning. To bad I couldn't get away with that on a new baby Bliss. Ha ha ha

Discontinued Scentsy - If Interested

The following items are discontinued this month - if you are interested in one of these items at 10% off let me know. My sister is sending in an order this weekend.

Alicyn Jeanne Bliss Turns 8

My baby girl turned 8 years old today! What a nice young lady she is turning into. I am so proud of her. My official due date was August 19th. My Doctor was going out of town and kind of talked me into inducing labor before she left. I was naive and just did what she told me she thought would be best.

I love to remember the day she was born and how much Dave and I wanted her. We were so excited. Since I was induced we had to be to the hospital at 6:00 am. On our way to the hospital I looked out my window the whole way with tears running down my cheeks. I didn't want him to know how scared I was. I was really glad that it was dark....I was trying to be tough. It was scary, exciting and wonderful all at the same time. What a roller coaster of emotions I felt that day.

Alicyn Jeanne Bliss was born at 2:46 in the afternoon on August 16th, 2000. She was 8 lbs 9 ounces and 19.5 inches long. She has been a little blessing to our lives ever since.

A couple funny things I remember:

She used to be scared of Swiper on Dora. One night when she was saying her prayers she said... "if Swiper comes to my house please make him go to Jade or Ella's instead". Oh it was hard not to burst out laughing.

One of the very first movies that Dave and I took her to was Piglet's Big Movie. She was glued to the screen and ate her popcorn. The second the movie was over she asked us over and over for about two weeks... "What happened to the bees?" In the very beginning of the movie Pooh and friends are chased by a bunch of bees and they ended up getting away. They out smarted the bees and made them go inside of something to trap them. She was so worried they were hurt. That is the only movie on DVD that I have ever seen actually wear out from watching it so much. Ali and Zach loved it when they were little. The DVD peeled apart. We don't have that one anymore.

Ali loved throwing the laundry down the stairs as I sat on the couch trying to fold it. She was pretty fast though and I ended up folding things over and over.

She is a water baby, anything to do with water and she is there.

She didn't like the Grinch either (How the Grinch Stole Christmas).

One day I went to my mom's house after work to get her and she was in the backyard on the pony. My mom told me when I walked in "I have a little bad news, Colby cut Ali's hair" He said he was playing doctor and cut her hair. I told him that doctor's don't cut hair and he said, YES THEY DO!. So I went in the backyard to see how bad and just started to cry when I saw her mullet head. She said, oh mom don't cry, it really is ok. It was just hair but man she looked like a little punk rocker 3 year old boy.

Another time at my mom's I went in the back yard and she and Colby we covered in grey dirt. Their clothes, hair, mouth, eyes, shoes were full. I said what did you do? She said, oh Colby and I were making snow angels. I asked her to show me where, so she did. It was in my dad's fire pit. They were both covered in soot.

Ali has always loved to play house. When she was young this is where her baby would sleep while she did other things that mom's do. The oven was also a place to store things that she was playing "house" with. After I melted a few things turning on the oven....I learned to look in the oven first before turning it on....still do, thanks to little Ali.

A few things about Alicyn:

*Loves her family

*Loves her cousins and friends

*Loves to play house

*Loves to wrestle with her brother

*Loves 4-H (horse club)

*Loves her puppy Lexi

*Loves her cat Simon

*Loves Ginger Ale

*Loves makeup

*Loves to hang out with Grandpa

*Loves school

*She is the sleep over queen

*Loves to go camping

*Loves Yellowstone

*Loves Sea World and wants to work there

When she grows up she wants to be a mom, babysitter, work at Sea World, Be a singer so she can be rich and buy mom and dad a huge house - ha ha!

I don't know what I would do without her. She is my sweetheart!!

Music to Our Ears - Tag!

I love music! Music is the best thing ever! There is a song for everything, every mood, every emotion, every feeling. Music that makes you feel like dancing, music that is inspiring, music that makes you cry, happy music, sad music, music that makes you want to belt out the words at the top of your lungs etc...you name it - it is out there for our ears and enjoyment.

OK, so my good friend told me that her favorite song right now is Dream Big by Ryan Shuppe.

Well I hadn't even heard of it so I of course had to go to my music and listen to it. I happen to love it too...(should be playing right now).

Please leave a comment on my blog and tell me what your favorite song is. I have many favorites and it depends on my mood at the moment, so I am going to have to think a bit on my favorite song right now. Share yours with me! You can post on your blog also for others to share their favorite song. You are now tagged.

Thanks...this will be fun!