Weekend Fun

Now that we have a fairly scheduled week, the weekends have brought on a whole new meaning. A time when we can sleep in (HA!), stay in our jammies and go nowhere all day long! And man have we been taking advantage of these last couple lazy Saturdays. We've spent a lot of time playing forts, coloring, painting, and playing outside in the blow-up pool. We were fortunate to snag a couple hours with Hubby before he went to work one Saturday and we set up the little pool and put a bucket of water balloons out for some simple fun. 

I love this picture where you can see Son's balloon exploding...lol

 And him laughing here

Ready...

Aim...

Fire!! As Son is mourning the last balloon... ;)

One last summer evening...

Just a week or so before school started we enjoyed one last late summer afternoon/evening with friends running in the sprinklers. Those are things I hope my kids recall from their childhood.

Beach Trip

I planned to take my kids to the beach on a particular day, then found out an out of town friend would be in town, so then I started asking around to see who wanted to join us and what luck, it was exactly how one of Daughter's BFF's wanted to spend her birthday! So They planned a little beach birthday and a whole group of us ended up going. It was a lovely day and the kids had such a great time!

Enjoying the scenery

Baby really wanted nothing to do with the water, but was happy as can be playing in the sand.

Eating her sandwich...thanks for the smiles, little lady. ;)

And yah, ever notice how I very rarely have pics of Son looking sweetly into the camera? Well it's because he NEVER stops. So this is what I get. 

Until I shove some food in that kid's face, then I get a face, some food, and no looking at me and smiling. 

Birthday girl was so sweet and brought cupcakes for everyone!

Yeah, that's how you do it

NOW she smiles? :/

"Son, it's easier if you take off the wrapper. You get more cupcake!" 

"Ohh, I see. It's not the cake you're after." ;)

And the lovely birthday girl! Such a fun trip!! Thanks for letting us share your special day :)

Rachelle's Summer Soiree

My friend Rachelle just had a sweet little baby girl. In June, my friend Jessica and I threw her a baby shower. We had a lot of fun planning this party. We knew we wanted tie in summer and citrus (she always craves citrus during pregnancy) and I definitely wanted to have the shower in the evening. I imagined a lovely summer dinner on the patio with candles and flowers everywhere. Jessica had so many fabulous ideas and added her magical party touch everywhere, it was really fabulous.

Here are the invitations

I had seen a lemon wreath on a blog somewhere and naturally, did not save it. So when it came time to make one for the party I could not find the tutorial anywhere! I winged it and this is what I came up with, a little different than the one I had seen, but cute nonetheless. 

One of the games was to guess how many fruits were in this stand.

Kati made these adorable cookies.

We set all the tables outside with plates, silverware rolls and the party favors, which were individual flower plants wrapped in summery fabric.

I picked up ice from Sonic for the party, because not only is it simply the BEST ice, it is one of the cheapest too! AND I don't have to get out of my car. ;)

Jessica and I

 Maria was so kind to make the cute cake and desserts

Maria, Rachelle, Jessica and myself

We pulled out a toy chest to put the gifts in

One of the other games was a water balloon toss and it was so funny to watch how competitive the ladies got trying to keep it from 'popping!'

As the sun started to set we lit all the candles

And did one more game, the name game, and the gifts around the fire pit. Note: fire pits on grass WILL burn a spot on your grass. lol

Carlie modeling the apron she won

A few of us went in and bought a stroller for Rachelle. She seemed to have a great time. :)

Congratulations Rachelle, it was so fun doing this for you!