Rach's 40th!!

We had Olive Garden dinner and Sam's cake at Mom and Dad's to celebrate Rach's 40th Birthday on Wednesday!!

In spite of my best efforts and spelling it 2x on the phone, the bakery misspelled her name!  And once again failed to make it fun and festive and glittery, but at least it accidentally matched her shirts! lol

Nom nom for us, David!

Yay for the Little Party Store in Sooner Mall!!  They were super helpful with the balloon bouquet!  And yay for Sam's cakes being tasty, even if their bakery decorators are a tad ridiculous.

One more family pic

True story.

And last but not least, here's the riff-off-style slideshow I made of 40 years in 4 minutes!! ❤

Happy Birthday, Rachael LaJo!
The best is yet to come!!

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Super Bowl Sunday!

After Kyndal's 1pm game then Tate's 2:30 birthday party, I drove to Mom and Dad's around 7pm to join their Super Bowl party!

Classic pic of Dad, Bill, Bill, and Rick

Their friendship through the years has brought us lots of laughs and good memories!

The girls... Debbie, Jill, me, Kyndal, Mom, and Rach!

Three generations!

The Wallaces (and Jesus)! =)

Jill, Bill, Bill's pic from yesteryear (football player in the #35 jersey above his head), and Jaceman! =)

Chatting with Bill & Jill!

The guys... Rick, Bill W., Jaceman, Dad, and Bill L.

Fun times!  For the record, the Seahawks beat the Patriots, and no one in our crowd cared much.

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Tate's Disney Birthday!

Tate Haywood celebrated his 8th birthday last weekend with a Disney-themed party!

Karli's the best... check out these "Dole whip" vanilla cupcakes + cookies n' cream Mickey Ears cupcakes!

Yum!!

Miss Holly Marie waving to the Mickey balloon! ❤

Kettle corn, popcorn, and Chet's cinnamix from Shane! =)

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Skyliner-themed banner + Mickey pretzels and snacks!

Fun monorail banner!

It was a nice day outside, and the bouncy houses were a big hit!

Tate and Sophia!

Tate and Parker!

Chet passing out cups for the Sparkling Grape Juice b-day toast!

"Cheers!" =)

Wonderful Wilson Fam!

Present opening time!

GiGi and Tate!

Pic with Sarah Elizabeth just before they left!

Sophia re-throwing the confetti from Donetta's card (which ironically was pretty popular with everyone but Tate. lol)

❤ Teresa, Donetta, and Chettles 

A very fun and very well-attended party - well done, Wilson fam!

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Pizza Party + Volleyball

 We celebrated the birthday of Wesson and Nash with a pizza party at their house... here's me with Wesson!

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Aunt Lindsey and Nash!

Sam's cakes for the win!

New shoes for Diesel! lol

Cuteness!

Cousins pic with Kristin Michelle!

Kyndal Faith serving it up!

Watching the Tulsa tournament with Rach

She's such a great setter - the fact that they are this good at age 12 makes me excited to watch her CHA varsity team!

High fives from the parents pre-game!

Love that she wears these!

And love her!!

Caricature of the best girlfranz (RIP Bella-Bellsy)!

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Photo Friday (Caricatures)

Happy Photo Friday... learning that ChatGPT can create caricatures inspired a plethora of new photo fun, as seen below! =)

Mockey and the boys, Glamour Shots version! lol

Me, Sarah, and Chettles - retro style 

Pokemon-themed celebration of Diesel's red belt with a black stripe in Taekwondo!

The boys celebrating their 9th birthday!

Princess Parker Elizabeth (the bow is reflecting her Disney sweatshirt this year).

Princess Kate with her Princess friends + a magical unicorn and llama!

The Whitaker fam with all four boys!

TJ and Jace celebrating their move into Junior High!

The Mini Miss K being an awesome setter!

Rach with J&K at Christmastime + Courtney's caricature of her life lately

Tate celebrating his 8th birthday + the Fulton fam celebrating Sarah being done (a year from now) lol

Counselor me + Court Reporter and student me!

Wonderful Wilson fam!

And in other news, these heart-shaped biscuits for Valentine's season bring me joy!

Cute Lego minions when I went to pick up Steve's Legos in OKC

Lots of extra time to walk, write, chat on the phone, and watch TV lately - yay, OCC! ❤

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