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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February Festivities

Happy Friday the 13th, and Happy February.  As I expected, this month has been better than January in all the ways. =)

On day 1, we did a belated birthday brunch for Tiffany at Cracker Barrel... yay, Swiftie hats (my bday gift for her)!! ❤

We had a good talk about seeking more joy and goodness in 2026.

Her friendship bracelets made me happy.  #seethegood #seekjoy

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Our waitress was kind enough to give us both a complimentary bday dessert - yum!

Rita Wilson looking great at 69 - I'm a fan of her - she seems kind and classy!

On 1-28, I had my first protest hearing (and my second day of actually coming in for work at the OCC).  This job has been a God-send for this season where I genuinely needed life to slow down while still feeling stable!

Focusing on God's kindness and on giving myself grace.

Rest in Peace Catherine O'Hara... I'm sad for her family, and sad that this means we will officially never get an SC movie or reboot with the full cast. =(

HBD to Jace Michael, who turned 14 on 2-2-26!

We celebrated with Pelican's dinner and cookiecake!

The fam + TJ!

That's all for this post.

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