Family-Get-Together-Night

Grandma Joan hosted at her house. I came up with the game: Giant Twister played on the grass. I just used spray paint colors I already had at home. Not so classic twister colors, but it worked out the same. We had a very fun time. We finally called a tie to Maria and Kenzie as the winners. They have some pretty good Twister skills. We also had a nice time singing Happy Birthday to Grandma Joan (suprising her) and enjoyed cake that Aunt Shelly had made. Mostly, we enjoy each other monthly.

Grandma Barbara Schulthies with Ely and Sheree

Grandma Joan has a nice deck which served nicely to allow us to enjoy the last of the nice fall weather.

Ashley and Evelynne enjoying some tasty potluck food. Evelynne has a silly grin on her face.

I think this photo is co cute, but I guess it is always that way when it isn't your child. Brooklyn was drawn to the cat food. She is so cute!

We were glad that Brandon Talbot could join us. It is always fun to have him join us when he can.

Cake for Grandma Joan's Birthday

Everyone that played was pretty darn good and we had to start getting creative, like right elbow on red, so that some of them would fall out.

We finally called a tie to Maria and Kenzie as the winners. They have some pretty good Twister skills.

My favorite is listening to the adults talk and reminisce. I love how our family loves to visit.

Another fun Family Get Together. See you next month!

Grandpa Rushton Picasso

Howie colored this picture of Grandpa Rushton. I thought it was so cute and pretty accurate (well the hair). If you know Clyde Rushton, then I will bet you will agree, it is pretty good. Love you Grandpa Rushton.

Happy Birthday Olivia!

Our baby girl is no longer a baby. She is a big girl now, a big three year old. It is amazing how different boys and girls are. She definitely is all girl, glitz and glam and brings a lot of drama to the house. We nicknamed her 'drama momma'. She is also super sweet and has the most infectious laugh and little crooked half smile that melts us. We had a lady bug party for her that was super fun to do. Lots of black red and poka dots made this a birthday to remember.

Olivia was so excited for her Ladybug birthday party. We made cute little pop up ladybug invitations that livy was so fond of, we had to keep one for her.

Livy sporting her new crochet ladybug hat. She liked it, especially the pom poms.

I wanted her cupcakes to be cute, classy and simple. I had about 12 different ideas and finally narrowed it down to this one. Simple, but still cute and chic. Chocolate chip bug spots and a junior mint for the head sans antennas (couldn't figure out how to make they look nice on the cupcake without ruining the cupcake, so we left them off).

Ladybug appetizers, cherry tomatoes and olives on cream cheese and ritz crackers=yum!

I LOVED how the individual ladybug cupcake pedestals turned out.

Our family loving on Livy!

Cousin Fun! Wouldn't be a wonderful party without the cousins.

I hired my fabulous friend to crochet her shoes and her hat (seen earlier) and loved how they turned out. Thanks Breanna.

Had to sneak this one in here because we love her little crooked smile so.

CHEESE! I'm now 3!

Blowing out her cupcake candle.

Tommy, you look buggy and sweet. Red is a good color for you.

Crayton, Evelynne, and Olivia excited to play Don't Eat Lady.

We played the game Don't Eat Lady (ladybug version of Don't Eat Pete). It was the perfect level for these toddlers. Simple, silly, and candy. They loved it and we played many rounds until everyone had their turn.

Happy Birthday Livy. Love you sweet girl, don't grow up too quickly!

Johnny Appleseed's Birthday: Apple Tribute

I helped out in Howie's class. It was Johnny Appleseed's Birthday. So we celebrated with apples. I made pie dough and the filling to go on the apples and with the teacher's help bringing sliced apples, we had a blast helping the kids make their own apple pies.

My neighbor, Dub Jones, makes the most wonderful fresh homemade applesauce ever! It is so good. He doesn't can it or preserve it or make a lot, just small batches of fresh applesauce. It is amazing. He made some for the class to try. They all loved it. We also served apple juice.

Howie with his baked apple pie.

This day also happens to be Livy's birthday. After school we were heading to grandma Schulthies' house to have her party (her Birthday blog post coming soon). On the drive there, Howie told me that he was going to give his pie to Livy for her birthday. Ahhh, so sweet. I just love these photos. Another sweet moment. Short lived, but sweet indeed.

Happy Birthday Johnny Appleseed. We sure do love apples.