Family Pictures 2013

We recently had family pictures taken in my mom's backyard.

It's always fun when you get 18 kids and adults together, oh ya add 2 dogs into the mix as well, add hot humid weather, and you've just made a recipe for success!

I always enjoy family pictures, capturing growing moments, are what we look back on. Here are just a few of my favorite ones. Oh and by the way, there are so many good ones, it's always hard to chose, but that's what happens when you have a great photographer.

School Pictures 2013

We had Grandon and Madison's school pictures does recently. My have my babies grown so much. Grandon is currently in 2nd grade and Madison is currently in 1st grade.

They are both just great, amazingly, fun, loving, sweet kiddos!

Here are a few pictures from the fun photo-shot they had...

 

They sure are some cute kids, if I do say so myself!

Summer Time and the living is easy...

WOW...I can't believe how quickly this summer just flew by! We were able to enjoy this summer with lots of family and friends. We had Sam for 2 weeks this summer, and I took advantage of it and got family pictures done while he was here, I also did individual and school pictures. Our photographer who has been doing our pictures for the past 3 years now, is amazing, she always captures our family perfectly. So if you're ever in the area book her, Delightful Dimples. I've attached some of my favorite photos.

Goodbye 4 Hello 5!!!

We've had a busy past few weeks, getting ready for Madison's birthday party!!! June 8th was her birthday and she had her party on Saturday June 9th, at her Oma's house.

On her actual birthday she wanted to go out to eat for her birthday, so we went to a local mexican resturant and they came out sang to her and let her were "a big hat". At first she was upset that it wasn't a Cat in the Hat, hat, but then she came around!

Isn't so just so darn cute with that hat on!

 Clayton and I worked together to make these way cute invitations for her birthday, I'm so glad Clayton is always happy and willing to help me out with my craft projects.

They came out way cute, I'm so glad she wanted a ballet birthday!

 We didn't want to spend a ton of money on goodie bags, so we decided to make cute ballet cookies, after much research on pinterest, I found this website that showed us how to make professional type cookies. Okay so maybe ours don't look professional, but for our first go around they didn't come out to bad.

We were only up till 5 in the morning doing them.

 Since we had a 2 o'clock birthday party, I served light snacks, Madison wanted her pink sugar waffers so she had them. The picture doesn't show but we had 12 balloons hanging upside down from the ceiling.

I LOVE the way her cake turned out, my awesome friend Sharon made this way cute tutu cake for Madison, and it tasted super yummy also!!!

 

Here is me with our precious birthday girl!

 Singing happy birthday to our princess, oh and notice her way cute shirt that her daddy had made for her!

Now we have a BIG 5 year old!!! They grow up so fast! Madison is one of the sweetest yet meanest, cutest yet brattiest little girls I know, but she is ours and we wouldn't trade her for anything in the world!

Happy 5th Birthday, sweet girl!!!!