Jane Lauren is 3!

 JL has been asking for an egg hunt for her party ever since a friend had an Easter egg hunt bday party back in the spring.

 

so, of course, we had a turkey egg hunt.

(another misty day, just like last year)

 

 

 

 

 my sister, mattie, was so kind to take pictures for us!

 

I speckled some eggs with brown paint to make them look a little more turkey like

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I hid 4 golden eggs in more difficult places for the bigger kids to find. They spent a looong time looking and it turned out to be one of my fav party moments when all 4 were finally found

 

 jl in girly girl heaven. annette and set were very helpful with all of the opening

 

 

 

 

 we are so beyond grateful for this little girl.

I've said since she was born, she was and is like this special little present from God to me.

I have failed in keeping her a baby, so I will rejoice in watching her grow in each cute and new stage.

 

 

annette turns 8

we had 4 little friends over for annette's 8th birthday

party prep, fill the balloons with surprise activities... graham cracker candy houses, baking cakes, act out a play, watch a movie...  these balloons were a hit

my lovely mother watched the boys, but jl got to hang with the girls

we split up into threes, i was the third on the GAM squad, to bake some cakes. this is Annette's most favorite recent thing to do,,, bake.

                                               using her new camera for her bday

annette wrote a play for the girls to perform 

two of the gals spent the night with us, the other two headed home after watching a movie

ike made his kid-favorite waffles in the morning before we left for church 

one of our best birthdays yet.  annette is growing in so many ways and we are crazy in love with her!