Saturday, June 25, 2011

SHOWERS

Recently I got to do a baby shower for my sis in law Anna, and a bridal shower for my little sister Lauren. In between these showers we also had Daxon and Mason’s birthdays. Needless to say it’s been pretty busy around here!

The first shower was for Anna. Her and my brother Ryan are expecting their first baby in a few weeks! They are having a little boy and naming him Easton Ryan. If you know Ryan and Anna then you know they are very into baseball. I tried gearing the shower towards baseball without actually using a baseball theme. I decided to go with red, white, and blue for an all American look and think it turned out so cute! We had the shower at 10:30 so decided to do a brunch. It was complete with a breakfast casserole, muffins, donuts, pastries, fruit and juice.

Isn’t she such cute prego lady? I think so!

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I love this flower arrangement. I took a clear vase and wrapped it with jute. Then arranged it with an assortment of white flowers. Super cute and easy!

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I used the things that I bought her to decorate by hanging them from a rope with clothespins! Such a cute, cheap way to add some color in the room!

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This is Anna and her sister holding up the baseball bedding that Anna’s mom MADE for her. It was adorable to say the least!

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Next was Lauren’s shower. This one was so much fun to do because my sister Julie and sil Anna helped with it and so I felt like with all of us working on it, we could go a little crazy! We decided to go with Lauren’s wedding colors which were orange, lime green, and a bright sea blue. It was so fun and summery (is that even a word?)!

We stopped our frantic assembly of everything for a quick shot of the hostesses.

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We bought vases and plates from the DI, spray painted them blue and glued the plates to the vases to make different leveled serving platters. I also spray painted the bucket that the water bottles in to match. (It was from Anna’s shower … used to be red)

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This shower was in the afternoon so we served finger foods like fruit and veggie trays, pinwheels, mini chicken salad sami’s, mini cupcakes, cream puffs, and an assortment of truffles.

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We also got frames form the DI, spray painted them white, put a cute piece of scrapbook paper inside and then cut out a vinyl saying to put on the glass. Julie and Anna did these and they turned out so cute! We used them to adorn the gift table as well as other random places in the room.

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Lauren had a great turn out and ended up with tons of great gifts. I think after all of her showers she ended up with 4 or 5 crockpots!

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We didn’t get many shots of the guests but of coarse managed to squeeze on in of the beautiful little girl! She loved being at the party and quickly became the center of attention.

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I of coarse had to embarrass her a little . . . it’s hard to tell from the picture but she was bright red. We practically had to make her pull it out of the bag!

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Friday, June 24, 2011

Griff’s Graduation

Griffin had his preschool graduation at the end of May. They had it at the high school so there would be room for all of the families to come watch. Doesn’t he look so grown up … and cute handsome!

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The kids put on a program to show all that they learned throughout the year. It was so cute top see him with his classmates. They worked really hard and did a great job!

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After the program they did the graduation walk where they got their diplomas and hats. Griffin was so proud and loved that we had a night focused just on him! (After graduation he got to pick where he wanted to go for dinner …. McDonalds! )

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Here he is with Miss Laura (the kids usually called her teacher Laura). She was a great teacher and we are excited to be going back to her again in the fall!

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End of Year Field Trips

Mason got to go to the Zoo this year on his fieldtrip. He begged me to go with him and thanks to Cheryl and Jackie watching the other kiddos I was able to go! It was so fun to see Mase in his element with his buddies from school.  They had a blast and so did I! Mase opted to ride with me in the car instead of on the bus with his class. Here he is showing off his lost tooth!

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We of coarse had to ride the train. I love that my little guy still wanted to sit by his mom … and isn’t this the best shot of us? I may be biased …

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From left to right in the first picture: Bosten, Jack, Mason, Sutton (and Sutton’s little brother in green)

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Got to get the elephant shot! And then Mason and Bosten waiting to load onto the bus to head home after a gorgeous day at the zoo!

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Griffin’s preschool class did a end of year carnival. They had it at the park and lucked out with good weather! The kids got to go around to different stations and play games for little prizes. Dax loved that he got to tag along with his big brother. IMG_20110512_113855

Their favorite station was the face painting. Who knew they would love it so much? I think by the end Dax had one on each cheek and his forehead. At the end of the carnival they each got to have a few turn on the water slide. They weren’t to sure about it at first but I could hardly peel them away by the end!

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Thursday, June 2, 2011

Look who’s 7!

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Mason turned seven on May 18. The thought of having a seven year old is making me feel OLD! He had such a fun day and was so excited that it fell on a school day. (Because he got to bring sugar cookies to class!) The morning started off pretty rough when I woke up to find that his cake that I had stayed up until 2 am the night before was broken in half. Yep that’s right. There was no repair possible. I thought to myself, there is no way in hell that I will be able to make him a birthday breakfast, repair remake his cake and get the house cleaned and decorated for a party while also taking care of the three little kids. I really wanted to cry. But Mason beat me to it and it broke my heart, so I had to hold it together and told him I would do the best I could to make it a perfect day. So I made him his birthday breakfast (rollers) and brought him to school. He was so cute when I dropped him off. He told me “Mom it’s ok of you don’t have time to make another cake, we can eat the left over cookies.” I knew he was just trying to make me feel better. Long story short, it was a crazy hectic day but I got it done and he was SOOO excited!

As soon as Mase got home from school we headed over to the fun center for some bouncing, glo in the dark golfing, and bowling.

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The crew : Griffin, Madden, Bosten, Mason, and Daxon

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After the fun center we headed home for cake and ice cream. When we opened the garage door Mason spotted his 4 wheeler and about flew out of his seat. He was so excited and you couldn’t wipe the smile off his face!

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He of coarse had to take it out for a joyride an didn’t even mind getting soaked in the process!

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Once we got him inside it was time for cake and ice cream and a few presents. Oh and don’t forget Chinese for dinner. This is currently his favorite!

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The boys loved wearing their pirate attire complete with bandanas, eye patches, swords, and even a few tattoos!

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Mason got spoiled as usual. He had such a great day and I was just happy to make him happy! I love my little guy and can hardly believe that my first born is seven! He is the most loving, affectionate, smart little boy! He loves school (and is in fact sad that it will soon be over), soccer, baseball, riding his 4 wheeler, star wars, the Wii and playing with his friends. 

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