The Newest Member of the Family...After several years, we are once a family with a dog. Meet Scrappy Elliott! We think he is a Jack Rat Terrier. He only weighs a little over 11 lbs. He is very sweet, cuddly, and smart. So far (we've had him 3 days), he has been a great fit to our family and very low maintenance. He already sleeps through the night with no noise or bathroom breaks...wow! My kind of dog. If you sit down, he is always ready to cuddle in your lap. Since I have never had a small dog before, it is quite a different experience. What a sweetie!

Birthday Party #3...On Sunday, we went to Halle's 5th birthday party. She had a Luau theme and Pam had the house decorated really cute. The kids made hawaiian flowers out of tissue paper and homemade sandal picture frames. They had a variety of game and races to play. This party was a lot of fun but we sure were pooped from all our "partying" by this point in the weekend. Good times!

Girl's Night Out...In between multiple birthday parties this weekend, I was able to go out to dinner for girl's night with my neighbor/friend, Pam, and 2 of her friends, Shannon and Christy. We had a really good time eating mexican food, giggling, and just enjoying some down time. Here is a picture of Pam and I before we went out.

Birthday Party #2...Saturday afternoon, we went to Rachel's 8th birthday party. She is a girl in Jacob's class at school. Her parent's were so creative. They had a Science Lab theme. The invitation even came home in a plastic test tube. All the kids were plastic lab coats and did science experiments with Rachel's old brother, sister, and dad. All the food had science names and they even had an erupting geyser in the backyard. This was probably one of the coolest parties I had ever seen. Both kids had a fantastic time.

Birthday Party #1...We've had a birthday party extravaganza this weekend. Literally 3 parties! The first birthday party was for Caleb, a little boy in Julia's class at school. It was at a place called Paradise Ponds in Grapevine. I thought this was such a clever place because it was at the First Baptist Church. The church had built a new sanctuary and had turned the old santuary into an indoor playground that can be used for birthday parties or open playtime 2 days a week. They had areas used for dress up, an imagination grocery store, a merry go round, a bounce house, a 4 story interactive maze like what they have at Chuck E. Cheese, a lego land station, and lots more. The kids had a ball!

Julia's New Dress...Julia got a new dress from Gramma and wanted to show it off.

More WOF pics...

I had such a good time with my mom, grandma, and sisters.