2013!

Happy New Year!!!

We had a fun night celebrating the end of 2012 with our super fun friends! The kids had no trouble staying up til midnight, except for Austin! He almost made it, but fell short by about 20 minutes. The kids gathered around him for their New Years Pic, and he didn't even stir! Love those little boy moments!



Shelley

Rock 'n Roll!

Picture this...Pink poodle skirts, black leather jackets, roller skates, and 50's music...Oh My Word, I had so much fun planning Annie and Austin's birthday party this year! We invited our friends and close family to celebrate Annie's 5th birthday and Austin's 3rd birthday at a Fabulous Fifties Rock 'n Roll Party! We rented to local skating rink for the afternoon, and it was SO much fun!!!


warning: you're about to see A LOT of pictures!

Daddy and I and the Birthday Girl on skates!


My man and my big girl! What cuties!

Nana and the Birthday Boy! He was glued to her side all day!

Me and my (getting tired!) Birthday Boy!

We did the Hokey Pokey!

Birthday kids in the GIANT skate! That thing is cool!

Yo Wingman! Nice ride dude!

We limboed!

We skated, and by we, I mean ME! Yeah baby!

And Michelle!


And the birthday kids opened some gifts! This is one of the sweetest pictures ever of Austin and his buddy Bear!

And Grammie and the awesome plane!

And of course! A family pic! What a fun day this was!

Creative Avoidance

Avoidance. That is the name of the game that I'm playing this morning.


Why?


Well...



Yes, that is my kitchen. And yes, that would be Austin crawling through the mayhem.


I have done all sorts of things this morning, none of which involved me setting FOOT inside my kitchen! Note, that even when I took the picture, I was standing outside the kitchen!


The mess is the aftermath of the party we had last night. It was a Backyard BBQ in honor of Annie's 3rd birthday and Austin's 1st birthday. We had a blast with our friends and family! I love parties. I love being with friends, I love watching our kids play nicely together, I love good food, and I love good music. Some things I don't love are the actual work of getting everything ready! Yesterday I actually didn't stress too much, mostly because my mom had the girls, and being that it was an outside party, Jason had to help a bit more!


It really was a great time.

I loved seeing our swing set filled with kids laughing and playing. It was one of those moments that I envisioned when we got it!




I loved seeing our deck filled with friends, another vision I've had!



I love the EASINESS of cupcakes!




I loved seeing Austin tear into his cupcake, that boy is hilarious!




I loved watching Annie play with her buddies!




Ok, so now I must go tend to my kitchen, because my eye is starting to twitch at the thought of Austin crawling on the very dirty floor!