My first born is TWELVE!!! We’ve had the best week celebrating Emery’s birthday. I didn’t mean for her to have a weeklong epic party, but that’s what happened! In addition to her party, we had lots of friends come to town this week…purely coincidental that they all came at the same time and that it happened to be Emery’s birthday. I’m still recovering, but totally worth it. Also, I had so much fun visiting with friends that I did a horrible job taking pictures, so you’ll just have to take my word that we had the best.week.ever.

We started the week with an enormous water slide in the backyard and a bunch of Emery’s school friends and neighborhood kids. It was a perfect combination! Emery wanted a cookie cake with our new, stray Chihuahua on it. Publix came through with that! The weather was hot and sunny and perfect for spending the day on a water slide.

Backyard Birthday Party

The water slide happened the Saturday before her birthday. Her actual birthday, June 16th, fell on a Wednesday. We ended up at a bar for jukebox bingo and stayed for karaoke. With about fifteen kids. We all had a blast. Personally, I thought the jukebox bingo was the most fun, but the kids couldn’t get enough of the karaoke. Local friends, if you’re looking for a fun, family friendly night out on a Wednesday, head to Reuben’s on Batesville (used to be the Parkway Grill). Jukebox bingo starts around 7:00 and the karaoke immediately follows. The wings and food are tasty, the servers were super sweet and it’s super close to my house. We’ll be back. Reuben’s offers trivia some nights, too. I may try to rally for an adult night out and do that one night soon. The icing on the cake is that Emery won jukebox bingo….$170!!!! How’s that for a birthday present!?!?!?!

Reuben’s Jukebox Bingo and Karaoke

In the midst of all of the parties, we had friends from Texas and Ohio stay with us. What a blast! This week is going to be tough. My kids don’t know what to do with themselves. Hopefully we get back into a routine easily.

Have a great week!