Saturday, April 14, 2018

Makayla's Sweet 16 Party

 We had the best, beautiful time celebrating Makayla's Sweet 16!
 It took a village to pull off the party of her dreams and we are so thankful to the small tribe of people who helped us pull it off.  The best decision James and I made for that evening was to hire a photographer. She allowed us to live in every single moment with no phones or cameras in hand and she captured it all for us. She delivered to us, 359 photos from that night!!!
Our friends the Fewell's generously offered up their barn to us. GG altered Makayla's dress for hours on end, because it was way to big but she had to have it! There are so many others that made this night so great for our family, we are so blessed.



 The big things we did that night were a photo booth, a DJ and BBQ for dinner.




Makayla was beyond blessed by everyone's gifts. 

our treat table 

dinner 

the cake 

cupcakes 
 James prayed as the party got started....
 James' friend Jake sang Butterfly Kisses for the Father/Daughter Dance. It was beautiful!!!


 Makayla and her friends......

 



 Singing Happy Birthday and Blowing out her candle....

 Dancing the night away.........

air guitar







 Our DJ was so great, he had multiple generations out there dancing together. It was so fun! James Henry cut a rug all night. Someone said, it was truly his party and Makayla having a birthday was just a formality :)
It was a magical night and one our family will always remember!!!

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Easter 2018

 We are enjoying this beautiful Spring!! Easter time is always a blessing for us and this year was no different.  Makayla had to work all day Saturday of Easter weekend and Christopher was volunteering all day at the zoo's Easter Eggcitment so we took James Henry and David there to enjoy the zoo's festivities.
petting a bunny


getting eggs from the big animals 


playing games





The Easter Bunny
 We got to see Christopher doing his thing at a Zoo-fari cart with our family friend Kenzie and the famous Madagascar Hissing CockRoach.


 Saturday Evening, we dyed Easter eggs. We tried a new way with shaving cream. It was very messy!





 On Sunday morning before church the kids checked their baskets and like last year the big kids received gift cards. They seem to really enjoy them the best.






Easter Sunday 2018 Trinity Baptist Church 


 Easter morning was sooo cold and windy, so James had to improvise on his egg hiding skills and hide them indoors when we got home from church.











 We spent the rest of the day, just the 6 of us enjoying a traditional Easter lunch of Ham and sides and the kids wanted Strawberry Shortcake for dessert. Then we curled up together and watched the new Star Wars Movie.
Earlier in the week David's class went Easter egg hunting at a nursing home. It was so precious.