Maddie's 9th Birthday and Art Party

It's hard to believe that Maddie is 9 years old!!

We celebrated her with an art party.

She is my spunky, colorful, talented girl.

Mads helped me make the royal icing "paint splats".

We got the aprons at the dollar store.

I was going to put each girl's initial on their apron.

Maddie suggested splatter paint.

{smart kid}

Love the way they turned out!

The morning of the party we stuffed some tissue paper confetti into clear balloons.

So cute!

All the adorable printed frames came from One Charming Party.

Art books!

{checked out from the library}

Homeschool art:)

The balloons.

Cute, right?

A quick project with some old boring mugs and a bottle of black puff paint.

I love having one little corner of party theme prettiness!

Artists at work.

Caity was so serious with her painting.

Self portraits!

Party friends:)

Pretty fruit!

Happy birthday Madsaladsa!

More rainbow fruit.

We spruced up an old pair of Capri's for the party, too!

It was such a fun day, celebrating our Maddie girl:)

A Bridal Shower For Meghan

This weekend we celebrated my sister-in-law to be, Meghan.

Linda and Terri hosted the event to perfection. It was a gorgeous day, an adorable location (Lindon House), amazing food and of course, lovely company.

This place is so cute.  My girls can't stop talking about it.  If you need a place to hold an event, you must check this out.

The guest of honour!!

Meg hugged all her guests when she arrived. 

Not the polite "pat pat" side hug, but a full on "I love you" hug.

She's such a sweetie.

{P.S. adorable dress, right??}

This weekend was extremely busy with the dance show and then the shower but it worked out perfectly that my mom was able to be at both!

We love having Grandma Bev with us for special events AND everyday moments!

So many lovely ladies-in-training.

These girls are so helpful with the babies and a real joy to have along at parties these days.

My gracious Mom-by-marriage Linda went all out and created a really beautiful day to honour and celebrate our sweet Meg.

The girls in the family are quite happy with Brian's choice in a wife, she's the perfect fit for him and a really awesome addition to our family!

Beautiful fresh flowers in mason jars wrapped with lace.

Pretty sugar cookie favours.

Terri made a "sugar-free sugar cookie".

They turned out fantastic!

Adorable lemonade

Adorable caged cousins.

Good food and great company.

Great combo.

Meghan and her Mom and sister.

Awe.

Highlight for Maddie; this dog.

She was obsessed.

Doggie didn't mind being held.

Poor girl wants a pet so badly.

Caty's turn with doggie.

Meg and her sisters/bridesmaids!

Looks like I need to start tanning.

Later that day Mom took us out to dinner to celebrate my birthday.

So nice to have my mommy here for this fun weekend.

I wish we weren't so far apart!!!

Happy New Year 2012!!

We rang in the new year with lots of fun.

We played games

 threw confetti

drank sparkling cider

all by 9m.

{yay for east coast TV!!}

Baby with a glow stick.

Woo hoo, a new year!!

A set up confetti "re-throw".

{because "Mom's always gotta get a picture"}

What are we most thankful for this year?

6 happy healthy kids.

A loving God to trust, lean on and place our hope in.

A marriage that allows us to continue honing our teamwork and communication skills.

An exciting and vibrant chiropractic practice and community.

Family and friends that care for us and our kids.

Feels so good to have a fresh start.

A new year.

We have big hopes and dreams and plans for 2012.

We encourage you to sit down with your family (no matter how young) and write down some of your plans and dreams.  

This is how things get done!!

In the meantime, there's a mess to clean up.

And I've got just the guy for the job:)