August 5-17- BROOKE's birthday (aug 11)

Brooke is officially a teenager now- so now i have 2 in my house! eeeek! just kidding, they aren't so bad- actually, they are quite good - i got lucky :)

August 4-15, for two weeks, brittany had 'two a day' practices for drill team at the high school from 8am-4pm. Those times are not easy for me or jeremy to drop off or pick her up because jeremy leaves early, and m-w-f i have to take the boys to school- and to get there by 4 for pick up, we have to leave work by 3:20- when i usually leave at 5. so- luckily, we had a carpool with a couple other girls- which took like an hour and a half for me to get home those days by the time i drove to the school, dropped the 4 girls at their houses and got the boys- but it was still nice to not have to drive every day! britt enjoyed the camp but said it was alot of work and still complains she is sore- the doctor said she thinks its just bc she was using new muscles so much that hadnt been worked out- because it's both legs that bother her- but if they bother her still in a month, to come back.

brooke went with regina on the sunday before her bday- brittany stayed with us because she had a drill team function sun evening at the school- on monday, we ate dinner for her bday at the olive garden (her choice- i say GAG!) funny that jeremy and brooke and brit were supposed to pick up treshawn (brooke's bff) on the way, and i met them there from work- and kay and jerry brought the boys- we sit down, order drinks, and i say 'so treshawn couldnt come?' and jeremy says 'oh SH**' we were supposed to pick her up on our way!' and so we ordered for them and called tre for her order while they went to get her- duh!







regina decided to spoil brooke with all kinds of birthday gifts this year- basically everything she asked for- which was more like a christmas list than a 13th birthday list- of course there are 2 items she still is getting from her supposedly- a ring with her birthstone and a touchscreen digital camera- (meanwhile she has already lost the kodak one i got her for christmas last year).. ANYWAY- to each his own... and good that regina is trying to keep her kids happy, right? :O britt said next year she's definitely going to increase her list! she missed out by being realistic on her list this year (in may)..

ANYWAY, on august 16th, brooke had her birthday party- (she is still going to have another with regina!) she had 4 friends come over around noon- and we headed to pearland town center- of course brittany insisted that izzy needed to come- and since i hear her ask if he can do something every 5 minutes sometimes i say yes just so she'll stop asking! (jk).. the plan was to go to pearland town center (our new outdoor mall, VERY cool) and shop and then eat and then slumber- well, it was pouring when they got to our house- so they hung out a little while, and then we headed out- the girls shopped for HOURS- THREE and a half hours to be exact- even though they had all just been there the weekend before for a different party- i was trying not to spend money- trying to save- it is hard to do when you have 3.5 hours to kill... and i didnt want to leave the shopping center since i was responsible for them all... after shopping (brooke made a ton of purchases- she got birthday money from us and nana and pawpaw, and other relatives as well- and she was being quite the good friend, buying her friends and even her sister little nicknacks, too bc she had 'so much money'). after shopping, we headed to red robin- yum! jeremy and the boys, nana and pawpaw met us there- we had a table for 14. the food was GOOD and only $105 for all those people! (brooke and friends and the boys ordered kids meals).. after that, we headed to the store to buy ice cream and syrup and other sundae stuff for the girls to make sundae's that night. they ended up sleeping in a tent in the game room- because it was too wet outside... i thought they were too old for that, but apparently not!