Maddy has this totally cool birthday cake with three princesses...Cinderella in the middle had a light that lit up underneath!
Sweet baby girl who turned 10!
Mine, I say, Mine!!! Maddy had a few girls over to have cake and spend the night. The rumor is, is that Brittany took a black marker and drew faces on them while they were sleeping! Oh the joys of being the older sister, and the woes of being the younger sister!
Yes, this is the brat I was talking about in my last post. Most of the time she can try your patience like you know what, but then there are times when you just gotta love her!! Friday night was one of those times...she actually stood still and let someone take her picture, and then she actually took one with me!
I'm not sure if she is covering her mouth because she is going to laugh or because she is scared about a kiss from Auntie!
This is the face that she uses when she wants to con something out of you! The innocence of teenagers...is there such a thing?
As we were sitting at the dinner table I snapped at least 10 pictures of Brittany, and Lord knows that is a miracle in of itself! And actually most of the pictures turned out pretty well...
"Hmmm....I think my Auntie might be smokin' something...why else would she take the same picture so many times?"
First of all if you are new to my blog...my baby is actually my niece!!! 
Here is the bill board for one of the greatest, if not the greatest, broadway musical ever! The Phantom tonight was sensational...as were the other cast members.
Another billboard....
I wanted a picture of the theater with all the lights on and such; however, it wasn't to be. First of all, we got to the theater just as they were closing the doors. Secondly, Brittany and I waited outside for Shannon and Ernie and by the time I decided to just head back to my car the lights were turned out! Bummer! Oh well...I have the memories!
Here is the list she had to complete...not too bad. I mean seriously...how dirty can a house with just one person get? She is quite the negotiator...she told me my house was a $20 job, but that she was being nice and making me only pay the $14....hmmm...wonder what standards she uses for determining the cleaning price of someone's house?
She wasn't so sure about cleaning the toilets!!! But hey cleaning house really means clean the things that don't get cleaned all the time!
Here is my smiling Maddy (after having done the toilets!)
Not only did she have to vacuum upstairs, the actual stairs, but she had to do the downstairs as well!
And here she is with her hard earned money...but hey, that looks like $15 not $14...I guess she got a tip!
I know all of you enjoy FREE things...and I know all of you have to LOVE Disneyland. If you don't just absolutely love going to Disneyland (and California Adventures) then I think you might have a serious problem. It probably means your inner child is screaming at you to let him or her out once in awhile....let loose and have FUN!!!
Um, yummy yummy!!!
Maddy is such a good girl...she always poses in the oddest places for me knowing that I am probably going to scrapbook it! Thanks Maddy for a fun birthday!
My friend Sarah is such a good friend! She is always willing to meet me for breakfast, lunch, dinner or a cup of coffee whenever I come over to her side of the mountains! I love hanging out with her and catching up on life happenings. Who would have thought we'd still be life-long friends after living across the hall during freshman year at Northwest...Thanks Sarah...love ya girl!
Here I am in front of the Statue of Lady! C'mon, we all have to have the same pose so I can scrapbook it properly...right?!?
And of course we made Sarah stand in front of the Lady when she got to Red Robin!
I'm not sure what she was laughing about...but it must have been pretty funny!
Maddy's in there somewhere! This was one ride she couldn't convince me to go on with her!
Here we are on the Scrambler...getting ready to get dizzy, dizzier and even dizzier!
Again, another ride she couldn't convince me to go on....this was a wicked cool ride to watch though!
Self-portrait on the Scrambler!
Maddy on the Scrambler!
Maddy getting ready to swing up, up and away!!
There she goes around and around!
I love the view of the swingers up high!
Looks like fun, right???!!!
Peace out dudes...I'm hittin' the highway and blowin' this popsicle stand!
My Momma is absolutely the best!
Look what I got for fishin' at the Fair! It's red!
My Auntie...she is always making me smile for these pictures...and she is usually holding the camera backwards...
I was hoping to be an Indian Princess by taking a canoe ride, but alas, my blond curls makes me think that the Indian Princess thing isn't going to work out for me!
Elliana Rose...this was actually her SECOND trip to the Puyallup Fair and she is only six weeks old! Isn't she a cutie patootie!
My sweet Maddy...she always has a smile for me! I'm glad she was able to spend my birthday with me!
Me! This is me at 34...cuz I've changed so much from 33!
Dajia was totally excited to ride rides with Maddy! And I played the Auntie card and promised her Cotton Candy if she was good...she loved that cotton candy!
Camille and the girls eating lunch at the fair!
Break out the Champagne....this is my 1000th post!
I'd like to thank my sisters who have graciously endured hours of labor and raising children so that I have subjects to write about and to take pictures of. Without them, this blog would be pretty darn empty!
Here are the gangstas....kind of hard to be gangsta though when you are 9, white and live in the country!
Me and Zach. I love this boy!
Zach...picture compliments of Maddy
Maddy...not sure if this is a self-portrait or if Zach took it.
And this is what I ge on my camera when I let two nine year olds use it. Let's call it...
Berries in Foliage
I'll post more pictures of the fair and stuff later tonight or tomorrow.
