M & M Party

Welcome to the M&M Party.
What does M&M stand for? Marshall Miner...and he's turning 16.
There was lots to do for the big event, starting with the M&M invitations.


First thing - we're off for a fancy shopping trip at the .99 store.


After lots of silliness the girls found the perfect presents and had a great time doing it. Notice Shelley is holding a Mr. Incredible pez dispenser...I think it was totally fun that Shelley joined us for our M&M weekend. She even made M&M cookies to help celebrate the big day.


After the fun shopping trip the girls got down to business and started writing a different girls name on each of the 150 hearts, then the hearts were taped onto skewer. Shelley brought her baby name book so we could use some of the crazy girl names from it.


After our 2AM heart attacking and sidewalk chalking we went to kidnap Marshall for breakfast at 7AM. I think the front yard looks awesome. We found out later that Brother Miner watched us do the whole thing and was so impressed with how quickly and quietly we worked our magic. The whole process took all of 8 minutes!


About a month ago I called Sister Miner and told her I had a weird question to ask her..."what time do your automatic sprinklers go off?" Then like school girls we giggled as I described the plans. So when we got to the door at 7AM on the dot, Sister Miner seemed to be as excited as the girls were.


The next set of plans was to go in Marshall's room (which his mom spent the day before cleaning) and shake his bed and say, "happy 16 birthday!!!!" They worked the plan exactly but he didn't move. So they said it again and this time he recognized the voices. The reason he didn't move the first time was because he thought it was his sister's friends being silly. So when he finally rolled over he was surprised, shocked and happy. We found out later that his alarm was set to go off any minute. What perfect timing.


The girls didn't want him to see the heart attacking stuff yet so they blind folded him and we were off to IHop for birthday breakfast.


The girls had all their presents wrapped so cute and he seemed surprised that there was more to the morning. He was such a great sport and posed with each gift.


Kellie got him some special presents and she was all giggly when he opened them. He got 2 ties, a John Deere ornament (a story about that later) and some "Curve" need I say more!!!!


The waitress was silly and gave him ice cream 'cause he was the birthday boy.


After our yummy breakfast we were off to the park. I can't believe they went on the spinny thing right after they had eaten. I could barely take the picture.


Kellie was showing us her old circus moves. Totally awesome!!


Of course when you get girls together you always need to take the classic chearleader pose. The funniest part of this picture was the set up. A little bit of pain but lots of laughter. These girls are all so much fun and super cute!


Marshall was so good at being willing to take lots of pictures. This was the poster the girls made and it says, "We're all so glad you are finally 16!"


This GQ pose was Shelley's idea. And let me say again, he was such a good sport.



After we dropped Marshall off Kellie went to a marching band compitition. She did well going on about 2 hours of sleep. After the band performed she got ready for more Birthday celebration. His mom had planned a surprise party for him before the stake dance. So this is him coming home to more surprises...and he thought the day was going to be a bit dull.


Happy 16 Birthday!


I love this picture of Emily and Kellie. They are so beautiful.



To conclude this totally fun day (I had so much fun helping plan and execute the day) the kids were off to the stake dance...which I hear was the best dance ever!!