Author Archives: Jenn Rian
Jenn’s 7th Birthday Party 1986
For my 7th Birthday I wanted to go to Hoss’s. I don’t know why. I just liked Hoss’s, I guess. The only one that we had near us was in New Castle (about 40+ minutes away). I went with my family and my best friend, Brooke. As we were on our way to Hoss’s we noticed a big rainbow in the sky. We pulled over on the side of the road to look at it. I think we might’ve even taken some pictures…but they no longer exist 😦 My mom said, ”Look, Jenny, we ordered a rainbow for your birthday!”. I believed her. I was convinced that the rainbow was there just for me. I think it might’ve been the first time I had ever seen a rainbow. I know that I’ve seen rainbows since then, but I honestly don’t remember where or when. This moment has always stuck out in my mind.
When we got to Hoss’s my mom gave me my birthday present. It was one really big box. Inside of it was another box. And another. And on and on until finally there was a very small jewelry sized box. When I opened it up it contained my first pair of earrings. I was so excited to get my ears pierced. I don’t remember anything else about that birthday and I don’t remember much about getting my ears pierced either. I do remember being in the pediatrician’s office and the gun making a really loud popping noise. I didn’t hurt and I didn’t cry. After all…I was a grown up now!
*This entire post except for the photos was changed on 10/28/2010. Originally I had forgotten about this birthday and decided to write about the sleepover parties that we used to have. I have since moved all of that text to my 8th birthday party post. After driving past Hoss’s a few weeks ago I said to my mom, “I can’t believe that I forgot to write about my birthday and the rainbow!” The End.*
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Jenn’s 6th Birthday Party 1985
Watching a movie…my guess is that it was “The Last Unicorn”, one of my favorites.
You might be interested in checking out my daughter, Adaline’s, first birthday party
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Jenn’s 5th Birthday Party 1984
Don’t you wish that you had a sweatshirt with panda butts on it? Eat your heart out!
When I saw this photo I couldn’t remember what the name of my sister’s doll was. I tried to do a search for 80s crawling baby dolls but baby “Oopsie Daisy” kept coming up. It just didn’t look like the same doll to me. Somehow I managed to come across this doll Piccolo Luca. This definitely looks like the right doll, but I couldn’t find an “Americanized” version of it. I thought for-sure it had some kind of catchy name. Guess not.
Jenny and Grandpa 1984
This was my largest party yet, in terms of guests, and this time there’s only 3 strangers there! I don’t know who the 2 boys on the right are, nor do I know the girl on the right. I do believe, though, that they are siblings (whoever they are).
You can take a look at my 1st-4th Birthdays by following the links on this page
Be sure to check back tomorrow to see my 6th Birthday!
Jenn’s 4th Birthday Party 1983
For my 4th birthday I had an awesome castle cake! I can’t really see the paper products well enough to know the exact “theme” of the party…but it’s all about the cake anyway, right?! Well, me and the cake 😉
Oh yes, that’s a Care Bears nightgown! Let us all jump with excitement!
You might be interested in checking out my daughter, Adaline’s, first birthday party
You can take a look at my 1st-3rd Birthdays by following the links on this page
Be sure to check back tomorrow to see my 5th Birthday!
Jenn’s 3rd Birthday Party 1982
In the photo below it looks as though mom made individual rainbow cakes for each of the kids. (Wow, mom, that’s pretty ambitious!)
The girl on my right is my cousin, but I have no idea who the three boys to my left are.
Jenny and Grandpa
The Birthday Girl...3 years old!
You might be interested in checking out my daughter, Adaline’s, first birthday party
You can take a look at my 1st and 2nd Birthdays by following the links on this page
Be sure to check back tomorrow to see my 4th Birthday!
Open House: Dominic’s Nursery
*This post was originally published in September 2010 and I have since then changed my blog theme and layout several times resulting in issues with older posts that have pictures. The pictures are sometimes too big, too small, or too “smooshy”. At this time I don’t have the time to re-post the photos to correct this. Clicking on the photo to enlarge it should solve your smooshy problems. Thank you.*
Just because it’s so cute, I thought I’d give you a look at my nephew, Dominic’s, nursery even though it’s not even in my house! My mom decorated the nursery. Most of the décor is from the Hobby Lobby, I just kept piling stuff in my cart (don’t you love spending other people’s money?!). The theme is antique toys. Mostly you’ll see sports and mobile related things. These photos were taken before the room was entirely complete so there are probably a few details missing. I think it’s adorable.
*Open House: Adaline’s Nursery
*Open House: Dominic’s Nursery
*Open House: Master Bedroom
*Open House: Laundry Room
*Open House: Family Room
*Open House: Storage
*Open House: My Mama’s Kitchen
I still haven’t added the living room or kitchen yet. Let me know if you’d like to see them. The more interest there is the more likely I am to make the time to do it!
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