happy birthday saylee (kylee)

happy 5th birthday to my sweet little neice Saylee. we love her so very much.

and below you will see a clip of my family singing happy birthday to Kylee with a ton of Saylee and Tessa's help. you will also get the joy of hearing as to why i am not a singer. never will be.

It is kylee richelle's 9th birthday!

And I got myself an iPhone to celebrate it. I am kidding. But not really. She is getting a pair of those "ballerina sketchers". Shoes you can do pirouettes in and she is the happiest girl in the world. Those and a trip to Disneyland. Did I mention we are going? I did? Well let me say it once more with a little emphasis. See ya suckas! But really, we all just want you to be jealous. Until we get back. Then we will be sad again. In the meantime, JOY ALL AROUND!
PS the period still hasn't started and I am now doomed for part or most of the trip to be spent in menstrual pain. I said it. I WILL BE MENSTRUATING!

how to eat cake

properly

courtesy of Cate my niece

dancing grandma

mom, you may not be a rollerskating grandma, but you sure are a dancing grandma. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRADY!
 this video is of Tessa and grandma dancing on the roller rink.

tessa's cupcakes

can you tell what they are? i put my heart and soul into these suckers! she is 4.

happy birthday mom

sorry mom, the other two were passed out in the front room.

It's august 30th

HAPPY BORNDAY TO ME!

10 years

i now have a child who is in the double digits. Brenton is 10 today. i present you with a list of 10 things i love about him.

1. he looks like my father

2. he truly believes he can become a superhero

3. he is the OLDEST CHILD, just like me. i know what that can be like.

4. he talks REALLY REALLY fast. and even faster when he is anxious.

5. he is so good at taking care of his 3 year old sister. he lets her play with him and his friends outside.

6. he uses the word COMFTY

7. he is awesome at being best friends with his younger cousin Brady.

8. he still lets me hug him and kiss him

9. he has anxiety issues...JUST LIKE ME! i know exactly how he feels and am able to help him.

10. he is my ONLY boy, and i wouldn't change a thing about him.

kylee's birthday part 1/baptism

i know i am sooooo late doing this post...my excuse is...i am Marci. anyways, here is the little 8 year old on her actual BIRTHday. she got to go to classic skating and we had a little family party. her birthday outfit that she picked out, she has become very picky as of late.

all the gifts that she was given. she is very into doing crafts now, which end up all over the freaking house. BUT I LOVE IT!

her baptism day OUTFIT. she and her grandma metcalf went out shopping all night a few days before and her grandmother spoiled her with this outfit for her baptism/birthday.

tessa had to pop in.

a little girl who loves her daddy.

tessa turned 3

and for all the hijinks's she pulls around here...

she was the most gentle, soft, barely a wisp of a candle blower EVER! go figure. i think her cousin Saylee was more excited about her birthday activities (cake and presents) than she was. if i can figure out how to hook up my video camera to the computer i will have to show you Say's reactions compared to Tessa's reactions.

happy birthday mommy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA! WE WILL BE WORKING ON SOME PUPPIES FOR YOU TONIGHT! ROXY HAS FOUND A NEW STUD (FINGERS CROSSED)...LOVE YOUR GRANDCHILDREN

it's my birthday...

enjoy a good laugh on me

i am 33

what B got for his birthday

notice how he DOESN'T sleep on his mattress. the answer is NO, WE CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT EITHER!

FINALLY

brenton FINALLY got his birthday party.
he FINALLY got to have a party at chuck e cheese's
i FINALLY get to say that i am done with the party plans

he is FINALLY getting baptized now that he is 9 and is considered a convert. i find that to be so funny for some reason. it should happen at the end of this month. everyone is expecting a party after...AND MY RIGHT EYE HAS STARTED TWITCHING AGAIN!

me so tired

i have a headache from being at chuck e cheese's. i had 10 9 year old's going crazy for two hours. thankfully i had my parents and sister and husband to help with the chaos. i had nightmares about it all night long, stressful, forgetting the cake and balloons, can't get to where i need to be nightmares. all. night. long. plus, i am dealing with "NEW DR" crap, which is the cherry on top of my sundae. i need sleep. i need a head that doesn't ache. SERENITY NOW. i am taking a sick day...goodbye.

108 months old

in his comfty position, watching a comfty movie, with his comfty dad

1. how do you feel about being nine years old? REALLY GOOD AND EXCITED

2. what are your favorite movies right now? THE CLONE WARS AND MARLEY & ME

3. what is your favorite thing to do? PLAY WITH MY FRIENDS

4. what has been your favorite vacation so far? FLORIDA BABY

5. what is your favorite Disneyland ride(our children have never set foot in Lagoon)? SPLASH MOUNTAIN

6. what is your favorite thing to eat? HAMBURGERS, MMMMYUMYUMYUM

7. what is your favorite subject in school? SPELLING AND READING

8. what is your favorite book? THE BFG (he loves anything by Roald Dahl)

for his birthday he gets to go to Cub Country and then later on that night he gets to go to his hip hop class. i am sure he would rather do something else for his big day but, he gets to have a big friend party later on this month...as soon as i get around to filling out the invites...and reserving a party...at my favorite place ever...CHUCK E CHEESE. all together now BLEEEECH!

her name is Molly and she wants

ALL EYES ON HER!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

YOU LIVE IN A ZOO

YOU LOOK LIKE A MONKEY

AND YOU ACT LIKE ONE TOO

actually here is a little birthday present to you from my kids. while we were on vacation i was watching The Holiday on our computer in the hotel room and had paused the movie on Cameron Diaz's face and both Kylee and Brenton walked by and thought it was a picture of you! See...didn't that just make your day! i told them how much Aunt Molly is going to LOVE hearing about that. also, i heard that you used my gift on Sunday and God smote you...HAHAHAHA!

with love, the Rufs

now i want everyone to call or text my sister and tell her Happy Birthday. her number is...ok, i am not going to tell the internet her number (hello weirdos) but, if you do know and don't call her SHAME ON YOU!

technically

technically speaking it is my SISTER'S BIRTHDAY tomorrow.

technically speaking i should be doing a HAPPY BIRTHDAY post tomorrow.

technically speaking her son is my favorite nephew and technically speaking he LOVES seeing his face on my blog.

so technically speaking, tomorrow is going to be about my SISTER'S OLDEST SON and MY FAVORITE NEPHEW.

because, technically speaking it is HER BIRTHDAY TOMORROW.

i love you so much that i named tessa...tessa nicole, and i know how much you love it that when my kids get in trouble, i use their middle name.

we lOvE yOu So VeRy MuCh!

smacking her ONE AND ONLY with a stick

yes, we encouraged the children to smack Mickey's face with a stick
even tessa hit her beloved's face a few times
my bro-in-law (in the dr suit) said,"shouldn't it be like against the law to hit Mickey Mouse in the face?"
here's what the kids thought...

she now poops Mickey Mouse

her one and only TRUE LOVE


her "first" birthday present

grandma dressed up as her one and only TRUE LOVE

family and friends who came to see the party about her one and only TRUE LOVE

the WHITE RABBIT and a FLOWER

my lame attempt at recreating her one and only TRUE LOVE in cake form (she got ahold of the plastic Mickey figurine and lovingly chewed/sucked on his ear before i put it on the cake)

lost in WONDERLAND (i know it had nothing to do with Mickey Mouse and Brenton wanted nothing to do with it because in Wonderland there are no vampires)