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| To commemorate Taylor's 5th birthday, I had a sweet friend take some photos of Taylor. I already know my baby girl isn't a baby anymore. And looking through these photos reinforces what a beautiful child she is...inside and out. I think we will need to increase the dating age from 25 to 30. Ha! |
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| Monster Jam | January 28, 2012 |
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| Landon was tiny next to the gigantic wheels on the monster trucks. |
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| Hank and Ryland checking out the tires. |
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| Quick photo opp before the preshow started. |
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| We actually go to sit on one of the quads to be racing in the preshow quad wars. |
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| Taylor and Landon had their turn too! |
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| Landon's priceless expression as the main event starts. |
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| The main event starting off with the monster trucks racing. |
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| The whole experience was pretty incredible. I'm really not sure what we liked most...hanging out in the pits, the preshow quad wars or the main event. All five of us were in awe. Since we had never been before, we really didn't know how loud it would be. Honestly, the only drawback of this event was the noise level. We came prepared with earplugs that helped out tremendously, but our 2 year old would not wear them and I was the most concerned about him. I would recommend this event for anyone over the age of 3 and not younger. We are so excited about this event, and the kids are already asking when they can go back. This was such a fun family experience! |
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| This week was really all about Taylor and her party. But I also wanted to include a couple other points of interest. One is a flyer from our church on the new sermon series called "Distinctly Different". The series just started and we are already learning a lot from it. This second thing to make memory of is that Ryland uses the potty exclusively...as long as we keep him naked. As soon as the pull-up or underwear are on, all potty training has ceased. So when we are home, he runs around naked. Sound normal? Ha! |
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| Taylor had a special birthday party here at our house. She selected all of the "girls" who she wanted me to invite...mainly friends from school...and said boys weren't allowed. She made a concession for Grandpa and Daddy and her brothers. She did request that the brothers stay in their room during her party. I told her that was not an option. She cracks me up! |
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| More photos from her party and a copy of her inviation that I made. We rented a princess bounce house to go with the party's theme. Taylor specifically asked for an Ariel party. She said no to Barbie and no to Hello Kitty. My girl knows what she wants and usually gets what she wants. We might need to work on that ;-) |
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| On the backside of the invitation, I included her birthday cards and sewed them in a page protector. My dear friend Carrie and her daughter Elly made Taylor the sweetest cake ever. It was an ocean cake with the mermaids sitting on the beach (crushed graham crackers). It was perfect! |
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| Tickets still available at http://www.monsterjam.com/Events/2012/01/28/Phoenix,_AZ/ |
