Happy Birthday to Me

My husband did an AMAZING job of making my birthday a special day. He was very creative! With a little brainstorming we came up with a plan for him and the girls to make me a homemade ice cream cake. We tried to make it as close to a DQ cake as possible. It turned out amazing and it might just be a new birthday tradition. I'm sure you can tell from the picture it was seriously yummy. They even decorated it with icing. It said MOM on the top.


For my birthday gift Jeremy helped my two little artists make me two original pieces of art. They turned out amazing! I seriously love them. I especially loved how much work he went to to do something creative. Art projects are usually my department. You can see from the pics the girls were very willing helpers. After Titus woke up from his nap we added his foot print to one of the pieces so he would be included too.




Jeremy told me afterwards he was trying to convince the girls to splatter the paint. While doing this Grace took the brush and began painting the canvas telling him, "Dad there is an easier way to do that."

The finished product:

Cody & Erin's Wedding

Cody & Erin's wedding was a very hectic day for our family! But, I was so glad the kids got to be a part of their special day. I was quite surprised that the kids all happily made it down the aisle, without hesitation. They were also fairly cooperative for pictures- yeah! On the drive to the reception they all napped so they ended up having lots of fun coloring, spending time with cousins, and dancing at the reception.

I think the funniest moment of the day was courtesy of Faith. Before the wedding I was helping my sister with pictures. (She was the official photographer for the wedding-and did an amazing job!) Anyway, Josie came and asked me if I had extra clothes for Faith as she had a potty accident. I headed down to the cry room where my dad & Jeremy were watching our children. I walked in and they were chatting away. I asked where Faith was I thought she had an accident. Well, there she was still in her dress with no panties on. They had no idea. Upon further investigation I found Jake cleaning up a wet spot at the front of the church! Apparently the girls had been running out of the cry room back and forth to the hall burning off extra energy. No one knew they were going in the nearby sanctuary. Faith had an accident right about where my brother would stand just hours later. Just mere inches from the brand new white aisle runner all ready to go for the wedding. I didn't know wether to panic or laugh my head off. We got it cleaned up and no one was the wiser...2 funny.

My camera was on loan for the day to Josie so I just have limited pics, but here are a few of my favorites. I was super disappointed I didn't get a family picture or any with just Grace, Faith, & Titus. Erin was a gorgeous bride and my sister got some amazing pictures of her & my brother.

This is the unity candle I made for the wedding:

Even though the day was hectic it was a lot of fun too. I am very excited to have a new sister added to our family.

Wedding Rehearsal

The rehearsal for Cody's wedding went great. Titus loved riding in his wagon and Grace took her job of wheeling him down the aisle very seriously. Her biggest concern was him stealing her flower petals from her basket that sat in front of him. We walked through everything a couple times and I was hopeful that they would do it again the next day for the wedding. I was excited we got a new family picture as I had picked out coordinating outfits for us to wear.
The girls had new outfits from Papa & Gramy to wear and they were excited to match Uncle Cody with his purple shirt & tie. They were also excited about their gifts matching bags that said flower girl with wedding themed coloring & story books.

Uncle Cody & Aunt Erin,

Thank you for including us in your big day. We loved having a special job!

Love,

Grace, Faith & Titus