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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Tyler turns 3!!

What a GREAT time we had at Tyler's party. We've known this little guy since the day he was born.  Katie had a phenomenal party!  She had a county fair right at her house!!!  You wouldn't believe all the decorations she made, I got to help a little on it too - LOVE the crafty world.

Here is Katie and her family, including Mikayla.


Never too big for little toys (opposite of being little person in a big chair LOL)


Riding Cheyenne.


Katie's treat table...isn't it amazing!!


Games galore!!




Tyler....I love his expression in this picture!


Tyler giving Brandon a ride :)

Marching to the games!

I love this picture... Mikayla was playing the tin can crash em game.

And so is Katie....

Except..... well....she MISSED.... so in the picture below, see if you can find the ball she had to use to be able to hit the cans!  I laugh so hard when I relive this moment.....  it was sooo funny...seriously, how can one miss being so close to the cans...and at the same time.... so intent on hitting the cans??  So so incredibly funny. (she is a very good sport when it comes to teasing about this) (I'm not being mean, it was just really funny).

Mikayla getting in on some ring toss action. 

Super star!!! 

Awwwww we love bubbles!

Tractor rides!  I think Mikayla's favorite moment on the ride was when he went backwards, she said "Momma, I thought I was gonna tip out."

Face painting :)  Anja did a GREAT job!  I wonder if she'll come to our party....  

Can you guess where the presents are?  (look inside the cluster of kiddos) 

Already a life long friendship has started.  Tyler was keeping tabs on Kayla during the party...he'd walk around saying "Kayla...Kayla," until he found her and then take her to what he wanted to show her.  His first name for her was "Trella," then "Miss Kayla" and now "Kayla."  He is such a sweet boy.


Such an AWESOME party.  All of Katie's hard work really paid off and made for a fantastic time for everyone!!!  Happy Birthday sweet Tyler!!!

Monday, March 26, 2012

Little Flower Girls Club

We had our Little Flower Girls Club retreat Saturday morning, we were at a park and got to enjoy the beautiful weather.  We played games, said prayers, learned about a saint and also the virtue of the month is patience, I'm sure we could all use more of that, a flower project, snacks, sing-a-long, scrapbook page, story, rosary...busy times.

I am so glad we joined this little club, nothing warms my heart more than my little girl having a great time but also to hear all the little girls playing and singing and praying together...priceless.

Below, they're painting flower pots that later we planted some seeds in.



Here is a little bit of scrapbooking!  (you KNOW that's totally awesome with me)

A HUGE rosary, there were about 40ish of us that all said the rosary together. So neat!! 

Story time.


Such a wonderful and awesome experience!!  The funny thing is we leave with wonderful songs in our heads and love in our hearts!!!  AWESOME!!!!!

Thursday, March 22, 2012

It's all ok!!

I know that the following statements are all 100% true.

It's ok to be a little person in a big chair
  

It's ok to be weird and laugh about it.


It's ok to daydream.... even about book characters


It's ok to go fly a kite (and tell people to do that...literally, it's fun) 



It's ok to find a productive outlet to a 12 hour boring car ride......


Sunrise is lovely.


Sunsets are amazing to watch.














Go ahead...strike a pose for that  picture!


Finding beauty in all things.



Always realize family is one of God's best gifts.




We really cherished the time we got to spend together.  It was a fantastic week!!!

Destin Hibachi

This was Mikayla's second time she went to a restaurant with a hibachi grill.  The first time the fire scared the you know what out of her.  She FLIPPED.... but I knew she'd love it now.  I wish I could have captured her expression when she saw the man banging the utensils on the counter and flipping them all around and catching them.  I kid you not, her jaw hit the table!  It was awesome!









She loved the onion volcano.


It was the perfect ending to a perfect vacation!!!