Emily Turned "13"

Emily is officially a teenager! WOW "13" ! I can hardly believe it. For her Birthday we took her to "Birthday Dinner" which she chose Red Robins; where she had unlimited Raspberry lemonade splash and a burger. Afterwards they sung to her (I think that's her favorite part). For her birthday I made her her favorite cake ~ Pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting, yummy, I forgot the candles so we used two big ones! Happy Birthday Emily! I am so proud of you and the young woman you are becoming. Keep up the Violin and Irish dance. You are awesome! We love you very much!

Big Daddy turns "24"

I know this is a little late but it was Mark's birthday last week. Yes 24 not 42. With so many things going on and all of us running different directions we opted out for a simple birthday. While I was with Emily at dance and Mark was with MJ at Football practice Angela was at home baking a cake. She went all out and her efforts were 150%. This is a picture of the cake Angela was making, and almost turned out perfectly, till..

The cupcakes fell on the floor.

I got a call and Angie, was in tears. "Can't you just buy a cake?" , she asked. I said, "No, it will be fine. Dad will understand, its the effort that counts and no one will know it fell on the floor except us (lol)". She was very much upset. In the end we all got a good laugh and the cake was moist and yummy. I was actually amazed at how well she did, I know I probablly couldn't make a cake that well. The Colors were almost perfectly matching. What they probablly didn't say in the instructions that there were toothpicks keeping those cupcakes together.

So we had a good time together as a family and went to Tony Romas for dinner.

May 31st

Saturday was Stephanies birthday. I was really bumbed Saturday since she was not at home. I had a big 18th birthday planned BBQ and Pool. Lots of people were invited but I had to cancel. Instead Steph spent the day with her friend Amy & Amy got her a couple body piercings for her birthday.
Satuday night we spent in the hospital. Mark had an accident with his Bike on Monday and scrapped up his are pretty good. It had gotten infected and He was taking an antibiotic but it wasn't working. The infection had gotten into his bloodstream and was making him really sick. So they gave him an IV with a heavy dose of antibiotic and sent him home. He is doing much better today.
So pretty uneventful weekend here in the Barkley home.

MJ turns 10!!

Mark turned 10 today!!! YEAH!!!
It started out a sunndy day that quickly turned to snow. What a fun suprise. A little too cold for me this time of year ~ we were just starting to break out the summer cloths.
So our new tradition is that Mom and Dad take the "Birthday Kid" out to a dinner of their choice. MJ chose Olive Garden because they have good bread sticks, we agree.
When we got home MJ was so excited to open his presents and have cake. He was really excited because when he walked through the door everyone yelled "SUPRISE!!!!"
It was a great day! Jason, Dana and the kids came up early Friday and after presents and cake we went to their hotel and the kids swam in the pool, went in the hot tub, jumped in the pool, and it was a never ending circle of fun!! MJ said " this is the best birthday ever".
On Saturday we went out to the Yamaha shop where the kids watched a few guys do some fun jumps. To Cold to stay so we went out to eat and went swimming and played games for the night. A Fun Weekend.........6 WEEKS!!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday MJ!! You are growing into such a nice young man.. I love you Lots..XOXOXOXOXOX


He said it was his best birthday ever.

Angela Kay

Angela Kay Barkley was Born on February 26th and Weighed 7Lbs, 2oz and was 21 Inches long. She was the most beautiful baby I have ever seen. She looked like a little indian baby. I called her my little pappouse. She was quite and hardly ever cried. I remember the night she was born she slept all night. The nurses said they have never seen such a beautiful quite baby. How lucky I was to be blessed with such a wonderful gift from heaven. She has always been our angel. Thanks Angie for letting me be your mom!! I love You..
For Angelas 15th Birthday Mom and dad took her out for dinner to Olive Garden... Her favorite Place ever. She had Chicken Fettechini Alfredo with a Strawberry Daiquiri (virgin of course). While we were out to dinner the siblings decorated the house and surprised Angela. It was fun! Angela was very surprised too because I had told her that morning that we were going to do her b-day on Friday ~ she was glad that we didn't wait. She said it was the best birthdat ever!!

Mark's Big B-day

As you know Mark turned "40" this year. This year Mark's family decided to surprise him by driving up to wish him Happy Birthday. Let me tell you it is hard to keep a secret from your husband. I slipped a couple times but thankfully his brothers bailed me out with playing Battlefield. It was a great seeing Mark come out of his room with a big "WHAT THE HE??" look on his face. We all got a great laugh out of it. Mark was very happy to spend time with his family ~ He misses his Brothers alot.
I Love you Mark!! It has been an eventful past 25 years with you. I think it is so sexy to watch your man grow old. This may be sick but I love those gray hairs on your head. Happy B-lated B-Day.