Elliott's 1st

Last Sunday, was Elliott' s 1st Birthday, wow how time flies!!!

We had a farm theme (surprise, surprise), mostly because

I have so much farm stuff already to use.

Here is some of the party decor....

I was excited to use my red peacock tablecloth

I did a banner of pictures of Elliott from birth to 12 M

Pinwheel party favors

This was a Happy Birthday banner using French

Vintage Alphabet cards, thanks risten

The kid snacks

Our house was full with lots of kids

Balloon Wreath, thanks Lidia for the great idea!

The grown-ups snuck outside for some peace and quiet.

We were blessed to have my Dad and Arlene join us for this special day.

Our garden was beautiful that day,

the azaleas were at peak for his party

Audrey had more fun at Elliott's party than he did

Sweet Audrey admiring the sweets

Cow, pig, chick and lamb cupcakes-

Thanks Arlene for laboring with me!

Shiloh turned 1 two weeks before

You might be wondering where the pictures of the birthday boy.

Well, he was a birthday boy grump... later we learned that he wasn't feeling well.

He had fevers the following three days and then broke out in a rash on Thursday, I guess he ended up having roseola.

This was the best picture we got that day.

I love this birthday boy!

This was what he looked like most of the evening

He wasn't really sure about his cupcake,

but had more fun playing with it than eating it

At presents time, he was a mess!

Audrey was excited to help out opening presents.

He gave up all interest and we

postponed the rest of present opening.

The next day he (with Audrey's help, of course) opened up the rest! He was only slightly more interested in them. Later, we he was feeling better, he got to really enjoy his presents.

Here is his rash that showed up Thursday

Easter '11

This Easter we were blessed to have my mom and Larry visit us. Saturday, we went to a community Easter Egg Hunt.

She made this fabulous Easter bonnet there

We went to church with my Mom and Larry and had an

Easter lunch at church after the service.

Here are some pictures of our church,

it is a beautiful old building

Next, we went to Eric's mom's house

(our home for 8 months when we first moved).

We had Easter dinner, more egg hunts and lots of fun.

The girls admiring their Easter treasures

Grandpa Larry entertaining Elliott

Hunting

Ben and Didi (Eric's former co-worker's but current friends' kids) joined us for the day.

Didi looked gorgeous in her Easter best

Elliott not liking the hug from his sister

But loving some Easter egg treats, he got O's and raisins!

My handsome boys

We had a fabulous day! I hope your Easter was great as well!

Cherry Blossoms 2011

Although life has been busy, we did get to sneak a quick trip to DC to see the Cherry Blossoms. We missed the peak and most of the blooms were starting to fall and the branches starting to leaf, but it was still very beautiful. Here are our pictures...