JDD Dance

Tonight was the big JDD dance at the girls school. It's for the 10th and 9th grades only. The 11th and 12th have their own dance.  The girls have been working so hard to loose some weight for the big night! I think they look amazing! The girls would come home from school all this week and tell us how all the other girls at school spent  so much money on their dresses, were going to the salon to get their hair and make up done and have been getting spray on tans.  Well, Jessica and I did the girls hair, Jess did their make up for them and I think we found some pretty cute dresses, and we didn't break the bank!!

And I can report that the girls had an amazing night!

This was a picture from later that evening. I love when there is a full moon. There is something spooky and cool about it!

Happy Birthday Jessica!

It's really hard for me to believe that I have a daughter that is 19! Where in the world did the time go? I remember when I was 19 and it doesn't seem like it was too long ago! I'm always nervous when a birthday approaches since we have been in Parkes cause lets face it, this town is BORING!! But, with a positive attitude and some imagination, we made it a pretty fun day!

 I know you have to ask yourself, "how is that girl so creative to think of placing the cupcakes in the shape of a 19?" What can I say, I'm pretty dang creative! I hope you can all hear the sarcasm in my writing, cause I'm the least creative person on the planet, and I could only laugh at this!

 But, I can brag about one thing I'm good at and that is baking! I love baking, it's my one weakness cause I love to bake very bad stuff! Case in point, the picture about, Snickers cupcakes! And man oh man were they Delicious!!



We have all been on a great routine of exercising every day and watching what we eat, except this day! We all gave in to the cupcakes except Savannah! She has got some will power cause she actually did eat that carrot instead of the cupcake!!

Earlier that day while the boys were at school (the girls stayed home to play with Jess and I), I took the girls to the Elvis museum. This small town doesn't have a movie theater but they do have an Elvis museum.  Now like a said before, with a good attitude you can actually have fun and fun is what we had!

 The king of rock himself! He has turned a little yellow over the years though!



The girls striking their favorite Elvis dancing pose!

 Now included in your $10 a person ticket you also get to see three other museums.  The old car museum, a scary old doll museum and this old school. It's actually they first one built in Parkes!

 Brittany was being very naughty so teacher Savannah had to get the ruler out to punish her!

We wondered if this was the way they gave out their birthday spankings back then??



Jessica enjoying her afternoon reading of the Australian Bush Verses!

Happy Birthday Jessica! I love you and am so proud of you! I can't believe next year you want be a teenager anymore!