tea party and friends

What a fun, fun, fun day it was!


After an active morning of swimming with 'old friends' Summer begged to have the little girls over for a 'real' tea party. Gragra, aka Carol, had passed along some beautiful, special things for Summer and I to enjoy,this included a cute set of dishes that would be perfect for tea. So, we invited the Ashtyn and Winnie over for some dress up fun. While driving home I asked the girls what they thought we should have at a tea party and what did we need to do to get ready they responded with....

tea
sugar
lemonade
cookies
dessert
sandwiches

to look beautiful....
they need to put pretty dresses on
make up
jewlery

And, they even told me I needed to get all dressed up. Once we were home the girls each picked out pretty things to wear and then they put on the exciting part....make up. They were so cute giving each other advise on what worked and what needed improvement, this proved to me girls are just girls and boys are just boys. They sounded like grown up girls shopping together.

After everyone was dressed they helped me set the table for tea with the special dishes and china. Then we sat down for yummy treats. The best part of the party was getting dressed up, eating yummy treats but what was even more fun......the great pictures.

Look Who Turned 8...

Yes, can you believe that eight years ago we were spending the day at St. Joseph's hospital having our precious little boy Mason who now is not that little anymore. I keep telling him that he must stop growing but he just isn't listening.......Mason is a whopping 52 inches and 57 pounds now.
This year Mason decided to have a special boys day with Daddy at Breaker's Water Park. So, I decided that while he was gone I would paint his room and change the deco for him. We have been talking about doing this for awhile but it just keeps getting set aside, so I committed the day to his room while he was gone. I got the paint, bought a lava lamp, new sheets, pillows, a cool chair, and had Bil dig out some of his old car posters since Mason wanted it to be a 'Cool Car Room'.
When Tommy and Linda heard about my plan they offered to come help, I was so tickled with this. When they arrived I was very glad they were here I was starting to panic, how would I ever get it all done by myself. With their help, we whipped it out, painted, rearranged the furniture, hung the posters and displayed the other new goodies he got. Now it was a waiting game until he came home.
Once he arrived, he was in total awe, which doesn't happen for him often, it was so cute! He loves it. We also put the little TV in there but this cause Summer to have a major break down, she began bawling........"I want a new room with a TV!!! It's not fair......." She cried this over, and over, and over. I assured her that when she turned 8 we would do the same for her. Until then it is Happy 8th Birthday Wishes for our Awesome Boy, Mason! We love you so much and are so proud of you.

Is this the answer??????

My intentions are dreamy good! But reality is I haven't figured out a way to keep up with my scraping and journaling.

When was the last time I dug out everything???? I can't remember.

Currently my supplies and scrapbooks have become dust collectors while my pictures are piling up.

I continue to be inspired with Jenn Bouton's Blog, www.boutonbrood.blogspot.com , so I have decided that I'm going to give blogging a try, could this be the answer to document all those details-big and small that go on in the Westmoreland Family.....I sure hope so!

Here we go........