Nikki was so excited to have her party at the bowling alley. She was so happy to see her friends from school.

Lunch was delivered to the party by Johnny Rockets. The kids all got to pick their food and they all camped out on a table and ate lunch together.

Nikki got the party started by being the first to bowl for the day.

Nikki opening presents Nikki opened her present from Uncle Kevin, Aunt Michele, Brian, and Adam first. She got some High School Musical Dolls from them and a big bottle of bubbles. As you can see she was super excited to get the dolls.

Nikki trying to figure out what the card from Elizabeth says. The card has all 8's on it so it says something along the lines of hope your day is gr8, have fun when you celebr8...something like that.

We found a really cute tic tac toe game to put on the tables at the party. The kids had fun playing with the game while they were waiting to bowl.

Nikki is ready to have cake.

]]> http://ourincrediblejourney.com/2009/02/16/happy-8th-birthday-nikki/feed/ 0 http://ourincrediblejourney.com/2008/08/24/bowling-at-the-casino/ http://ourincrediblejourney.com/2008/08/24/bowling-at-the-casino/#comments Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:27:41 +0000 stephyc http://ourincrediblejourney.com/?p=187 On Saturday August 16th we all decided to go bowling over at the casino.  Emily, Brady, and Jaylee had come over from Prescott.  Jason, Nikki, Elizabeth, and I came from Cottonwood.  We met at Kevin’s house in Camp Verde then went over to the casino.  We all had fun bowling.  The kids Brian, Nikki, Elizabeth, Adam, and even little Jaylee (she only bowled once) played on one lane with bumpers while their parents played on another.  It was a nice relaxing afternoon plus we stayed cool when it was so hot outside.  

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This is a picture I took in my living room of Grammy and Papa with 8 of their 10 grandkids. It was nice to get a pretty good picture of Mom and Dad with all their Arizona grandkids. Now we just need to get Keith and Mandy out here with Logan and Alyssa. Then we will need to get Mom and Dad here too. Then we can have a picture with all the grandkids. It’s so nice to have most of us here now.

Welcome Home Em and Jaylee

I waited all day long for Emily, Jaylee, and Kevin to arrive.  I spent the day keeping myself busy so I didn’t go stir crazy waiting.  We talked to Kevin when they arrived in Flagstaff, Arizona.  They were heading to Kevin’s house.  Flagstaff is an hour to an hour and a half from Kevin’s house.  We waited around for about 15 minutes and then headed over to Kevin’s.  He lives about 15-20 minutes from my house.

One of the things we did to pass time was to make a Welcome Home sign.  I told the girls it was for when Grammy and Papa came back.  I knew we needed to get there early so we could hang it up.  We got to Kevin’s and immediately Brian told Nikki that Auntie Em was coming.  I was so mad.  We had talked to him earlier in the day about not telling them, because they didn’t know she was coming.   Needless to say I was very unhappy that he spilled the beans.

Some of us played cards to pass the time.  Jason and I hung up the welcome home sign.  I got tired of waiting inside for them to come so I went outside to wait and watch the lightning storm.  I thought I heard the truck and told them to come out.  I didn’t realize it wasn’t them.  I was much more careful the next time I told them they were there.  I waited until I saw the truck.

We were all dancing around in the driveway.  We were so excited to see them all.  Nikki and Elizabeth were so excited they climbed up on the truck to see Auntie Em and Jaylee.  I had to get them out of the way to help Em get down.  She handed Jaylee over to me.  Jaylee immediately started screaming.  Kevin came and took her so she would stop crying.

We went inside the house and Em, Kev, and Jaylee had dinner.  We just visited with them while they ate.  To get Jaylee to like me I danced with her in the kitchen at Kevin’s.  Jaylee finally decided that Aunt Steph wasn’t so bad.  We had to go home so they could get some rest.  It was great seeing them.

On Sunday we went over to Prescott, Arizona.  Which is where Emily and Jaylee are staying.  They are staying with Eric and his family.  We went over to help them move their stuff out of the truck and to have a family dinner together.  It was a nice day.  I took Jaylee with me to the store so she would be out of the way while they were moving furniture.

When we got back I helped Em arrange the room.  We had to move things around a little to get it where she was happy with it.  We had dinner.  Jeff and Erin came for a little while with the baby.  She’s a cutie.  She wasn’t happy so they had to leave early.  When they were leaving Jason saw a rainbow over the mountain.  It was really cool because it looked like the suns rays were coming up from the mountain.  The day was very nice and it was good to get Emily and Jaylee a little more settled in.

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Bring them safely to us Uncle Kevin. I can’t wait to see you all!!!!

Nikki and Elizabeth still don’t know that their cousin Jaylee and Auntie Em are coming to live near us.  I can’t wait to see their faces.

Nikki, Elizabeth, Adam, and Brian in Sedona.

Today my husband is taking my brother Kevin to the airport.  Kevin is flying up to Utah to help Emily move down here to Arizona.  I can’t wait they will be here on Saturday.  I am watching Kevin’s boys today because Michele has to work.  The kids are excited to see each other.  Little do mine know they will get to see Auntie Em and Jaylee in two days!  I didn’t bother to tell them because I already have them asking me if today is the day that they go to school.  I can only imagine what they would be doing if they knew their Auntie and youngest cousin are coming.