Sunday, January 6, 2013

Star Wars birthday party



Better late than never, huh??  Fone turned 11 in August, and I'm finally getting around to sharing about his birthday party.  He chose a Star Wars theme this year.  Neil was so sweet and did most of the planning, since he's more of a Star Wars fan than myself.  He even managed to surprise Fone on some of the games until the actual party.  It was a wonderful party and so much fun to be able to do this for Fone.

Prep before the party

1)  Make these cool pool noodle light sabers - out of pool noodle and different colored duct tape....

 
 2) Print these fun Alphabet Scavenger Hunt sheets for the boys to complete....
(I don't know the website Neil found it from, but I saved the pdf file and would be happy to share it if you would like it.  LMK....)



 Games and food for the party

For food, we try make things super simple for the boys and their parties.  Most of the time, the boys just want to eat and get to the games as fast as they can!  The request was for cheese pizza, chips, jello jigglers, pop, and of course, CAKE!



Light saber battles




Prison ball (a type of dodge-ball game)




ABC scavenger hunt (from above)






May you be blessed with many more 
HAPPY birthdays, Fone!
We love you!!!
 


Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Wordless Wednesday


One month old

Our little "Rose" turned a month old and hit
her due date on December 9th!!!!  



Thanksgiving - 2012

I must have been too busy baby holding, because I didn't take any pictures from our two family celebrations (with Neil's family and my family), but I'm SO glad I remembered and USED my camera when visiting my Grandma at the nursing home for Thanksgiving.  I took the three girls and we enjoyed a lovely Thanksgiving feast, along with some great-grandma time, Grandma/Grandpa time, and cousin time!! 

Here are some pictures of our visit....

 My wonderful Grandma  - the "chief"


 My mom, her mom, and one of my mom's brothers


  My sister and I - with our two littlest babies


 My nephew really likes his new baby cousin


 Ariel, Melody, and their cousin
 


Melody and Ariel making a "turkey" veggie tray


 What a blessed Thanksgiving!!!! 

Festival of Trees - 2012

Neil took some time off to enjoy our babymoon with our little "Rose", and his time off landed on our annual trip to the Festival of Trees.  Since I was only a week and a half out of a c-section, I stayed home with my sweet baby girl, but Neil still attended with the six big kids and his mom went along as well to help out. 

Here are some pictures of the lovely time they had....


The Talking Tree
 



Enjoying all the lovely trees













  
The coolest train ever





  
Gingerbread Houses GALORE!!!













  
Christmas wreaths










 Christmas fireplaces






A lovely day indeed!!! 





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