Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday Aunt Granny.
Happy birthday to you!
Love,
Kate
I know it is a couple hours early but I know I won't have time tomorrow morning before you check the blog :)
We love you! Enjoy your birthday!
Sunday, July 19, 2009
"Girls Only" Weekend
Kate and I had a "girls only" weekend and it was a blast! Ryan left Friday night to play in the Ern Open, which is a golf tournament hosted by Jon Nodine. So while he was away playing, Kate and I played ourselves. This is what we accomplished from the time Daddy left (6:30 Friday) until he arrived back at the house (3:00 Sunday):Friday
1) Watch our friends Ann and Jack Sherman play in their weekly kickball game. Even though Grant was at his YaYa's, we still had fun playing at the park.
Saturday
2) Weekly walk to the creek
3) Shopping for Maddox's birthday gift
4) Maddox's 2nd birthday party
5) Church with April and her parents
6) St. Agnes Church Picnic...our first church picnic and I am sure there will be many more in our future.
Sunday
7) Zoo
8) Fun with April making Baby Girl Clements baby shower gift...details to come after her shower in 2 weeks :)
It was a great weekend...but exhausting! I guess that is the life of a 3 year old!
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Happy 3rd Birthday Cameron!
Happy 3rd Birthday Cam! We enjoyed your party at Kid's Place!!! What a great and stress-free place to have a party :)I can't believe Cam and Kate are already 3. Where does the time go? Everyone said it would go fast...it is just hard to believe that it is this fast. We are so lucky that Kate and her cousins get along so well. It always makes me happy when we are all together. There are a couple of pictures of Kate and Ryan, which are hysterical. Again...like father like daughter!
A special thank you goes out to Aunt Granny and Uncle Pal for watching Kate Saturday after Cam's party! She had a blast and was nice and exhausted by Sunday morning when we picked her up. With Kate being in good hands, Ryan and I ventured out to Winchester to stay with Erica and Sean Obrien. One of Ryan's friends from college, and whom we get all Kate's clothes from, was signing at a benefit that night. It was great because the majority of our friends from Ryan's college days were there so it was a great opportunity to catch up on everyone!
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Spurlock Family Reunion
On Sunday, we all made the trip to Clay County to visit some of Ryan's moms family at the Spurlock Family reunion. We arrived a little late due to the breakfast with my family but still had the chance to meet up with some of the family. Ryan's cousin Scott and his family (Michelle, Will, and Sam) were in visiting from Charlotte. We always have a blast hanging out with them. This was the first opportunity for our kids to meet and they ended up playing very well together, which made for a wonderful afternoon of visiting. We stayed around for most of the afternoon and enjoyed Aunt Jacquie's incredible spaghetti and meatballs. It was well worth the road trip!!!
We can't wait to see everyone again soon.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Kate's 3rd Birthday
I am not sure if there is anything better than the excitement in a 3 year old on her big day. We planned a big pool party with 9 of Kate's best friends but unfortunately, the weather didn't want to cooperate. It rained ALL day. The rain; however, did not seem to deter several of them from still swimming. Kate, Ava, Sawyer, Cameron, Tripp (maybe) all got in...thanks to Uncle Chad...and swam despite the rain falling on their heads.So instead of swimming the day away, we had a big party in the new house/playroom. The boys orchastrated a Dora parade through the living room and they all ran at least 50 laps through the house (through the living room, down the stairs through the kitchen, the length of the basement, up the back steps and back through the living room). If they didn't sleep well that night, there is no hope! Everyone being inside made for a little more chaos that I would have liked but it was a blast for the kids. And as always, it is so good to catch up with all my family and local friends.
The cake was a huge hit. I LOVE the way it turned out. Plehn's does it up every year and they never disappoint. The detail, including the little girl's bikini's and toe nail polish, was just precious. The pictures don't do it justice. I thought Kate would get scared with everyone singing to her but she was a champ.
Thanks to the Barber family, we even had a spectacular fireworks show at 9:30 that night. The neighbors said tonight that they were pretty impressed with the show. I figured we may get a letter in our mailbox today saying we were kicked out of the new neighborhood. Turns out that others even liked it! I wonder at what age will we have to tell Kate that the yearly fireworks show is not actually for her birthday?
Kate topped the night off with a sleep over with her cousins. She keep talking about how Sawyer patted her back until she fell asleep. Is that cute or what? The next morning my Dad came up for a wonderful breakfast at Austin's. Whew...it was glorious Saturday!!!
Thank you to EVERYONE who came over to help us celebrate Kate's big day. Everyone was too generous with the gifts as usual. We played with all the new pool toys this afternoon after work and Kate can't stop talking about how much fun she had on her big day. I know it may have been overwhelming for many of the adults but it was worth every bit of planning and effort as the kids had a blast. Now we are looking forward to celebrating another birthday next Saturday...Cameron's 3rd!
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