Keep Calm and Love Brooke

So my loves last time I talked about how I was so excited to get my big present!! And I went this past weekend and I loved it!!! It was amazing!! Leslie wanted to go with me...and I was worried about that because I didn't want her to get bored cuz it was all about me! And I didn't bring anything for her to do. We had just come from a birthday party so I had Ken drop us off. When we first arrived we were offered Italian Sodas. I was blown away!!  But I said yes! I got huckleberry and she got pomegranate. Both were fabulous. I have NEVER had a pedicure so I wasn't really sure what to expect. IT was totally relaxing!!! I was able to sit in a massaging chair and had the knots in the lower back worked on, all the while Amanda was working on my feet. HEAVEN!!! I'll be honest I was in the spa for 2.5 hours and it seemed a little long to me...but I enjoyed every minute. After she was done putting the last star on my toe, she came back with these purple slippers...

So this past month was a doozie between getting all the kids to come off of the Christmas sugar high and to getting them back to their regularly scheduled program..was tough enough.. Just when I thought I couldn't handle anything else..... LETS ADD A TEENAGER into the mix!!! That's right....you are looking at the proud owner(parent) of a brand new teenage daughter.  Yup....I can hardly believe it myself!! So Kylie turned 13 this past Thursday..and I was excited for her!! But on the other hand I felt sad because she leaves for school at 8:00am to catch the bus then she doesn't even get home until 4pm. She's gone all day!! And I didn't even have the car so I could sneak her a birthday lunch. Oh well....maybe next year. But we did have one awesome party that night. And she wanted cheesecake for her birthday cake. (She's a woman after my own heart!) I love cheesecake its so good! I even got Sam to like it!!  See it turned out pretty good!! S