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Avengers Assemble!

September 7, 2016

We celebrated Maxwell’s 6th birthday this year with an awesome Avengers party here at the house. He drew the invitations…

invitation

and we emailed them out to all of his old friends plus his new kindergarten class – 33 kids in all! We had a big group but thankfully we also had a beautifully sunny (and hot!) day for them to all play outside, jump in the bounce house, get their face painted, get a balloon made, bust open a piñata, and enjoy cupcakes!

We had the house all decorated…

6th bday party

We had treats for everyone…

6th bday party

And we had a very happy birthday boy!

6th bday party

6th bday party

6th bday party

6th bday party

Of course we couldn’t have pulled it off without the help of GJ!

6th bday party

6th party

The only hitch of the day was when they came to deliver the bounce house and we realized it was too big to fit in the backyard! Uh oh! We moved to Plan B and put it in the driveway and I think that worked out even better. The face painter was Maxwell’s favorite part and the balloon man was the surprise hit of the party! My smartest move of the day was hiring 2 high school girls to be helpers!

face paint

6th bday party

Maxwell had no problem blowing out his candles…

6th bday party

6th bday

6th bday party

and the piñata was a hit! Literally! Even if Robert did have to finish it off to finally get it to bust open!

piñata

piñata

6th bday party

Everyone had a great time and we all loved getting to party with Maxwell!

6th bday party

bday party 6th

bday party

I also have to brag on Maxwell because he had all his thank you notes written in 3 days!

thank you notes

It was a super fun party for a super awesome kid!!

6th bday party

I sure do love celebrating Maxwell!

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Things

September 2, 2016

Catching up on things around here the past week or so…

A huge thank you to Susan for the awesome birthday gifts! Captain America, Hulk, and Cinderella!  🙂

susan presents

Another huge thank you to GJ for making the incredible Avenger masks! The Captain America and Wonder Woman masks were the party favors at Maxwell’s party. The Hulk will be used for Spencer’s part in October and the Wolverine and Iron Man were just for the boys. GJ’s the best!

masks

We loved having all of our favorite people in town last week to celebrate Maxwell!

family

In other good news, Samantha’s teeth are still white!! Woohoo! After the unfortunate fall, I was really worried her front teeth were going to turn gray but, we’re past the 2 week mark and they are still white so we should be in the clear. We went back up to the dentist this week and he was able to get an x-ray and good look at them and said they looked great. Phew!

dentist

In other not so good news, Samantha’s second day of school did not go so well. 🙁  She was having plenty of fun with brother before we left…

red shoes

and she looked awfully cute in her new red shoes…

red shoes

but she just didn’t have a good day. She was crying when I left and the teacher said she was just very clingy to her all day and could never really get happy. She didn’t even eat her lunch! They were worried that she was maybe getting sick but, nope. She was fine by the time we got home. When I picked her up at school, she didn’t even smile when she saw me but actually started crying – it was almost as if she was just overwhelmed with everything and was so relieved to see me that she just couldn’t hold the tears in. Break. my. heart. Oh, sweet baby. I guess the only way to get her to like school is to keep going – so, we’ll be back next week and will be hoping for a better day.

That’s it around here. Have a wonderful long weekend!

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A little more FL

July 15, 2016

Other fun bits of our Florida adventures… Seeing Finding Dory and The Secret Life of Pets – with a large popcorn each time! – jumping in the bounce house, dressing up, making a cake, building obstacle courses, eating ice cream, and getting into every single drawer and cabinet we weren’t supposed to get into! (well, that last one might have just been Baby!) It was the MOST fun and we can’t wait to go back!

naples

naples

naples

A few more pics of my adorable trio…

swim

trio

naples

trio

trio

We miss you already Naples!! See you soon!

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Maskers

July 5, 2016

You might remember that we went to the Maskers Ball in Montgomery back in February. We all had a great time and Maxwell loved being a page. I shared a bunch of the photos I had taken but we also got professional photographer’s pictures a few weeks after the ball. I kind of forgot about them and figured now would be as good a time as any to share! So, let’s go back to February!

Maxwell the proud page…

page

King Ronnie and his family…

maskers

The whole court…

maskers

The pages’ processional…

maskers

William and Harry…

maskers

and the three of us!

maskers

What a fun night!

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Aren’t we lucky?

June 17, 2016

Aren’t we lucky to have this sweet Granddaddy in Arkansas…

granddaddy

This awesome Granddaddy in Alabama….

granddaddy

and this unbeatable Daddo in Florida…

daddy

How did we get so lucky?

Considering we get this guy to top it off…

dad

I’d say we hit the jackpot!

Happy Father’s Day to our favorites!! We love you!

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