Our oldest turned 8 back in February! It was an exciting time for her. Some of our usual birthday traditions include breakfast in bed and a party with family. But since this is a big year for her we decided to give her a fancy party with friends. She wanted a "tea party" type celebration. This is where my mother-in-law played a vital roll. She had all the fancy dishes, napkins, napkin rings, table cloths, dishes, etc. we could possibly need. We got to use real teacups and saucers and the girls were in heaven. She was there to help at the party and it turned out great!
There were 11 girls there, including our two, so we borrowed a few tables from hub's parents and a bunch of chairs to make one long seating area. The roses all came from one big Costco bouquet. Not pictured were a bunch of streamers all hanging from the ceiling and balloons inside and outside.
If you notice in the first picture, there were also cupcakes. We served those to the girls while they were playing a "Cake Walk" game, and saved this cake for the family party on Sunday night. Hubs saved the day on this cake as I must have followed the directions wrong because when I went to put the doll in, the dress came up to her thighs instead of her waist. So hubs suggested using one of our old barbies that had removable legs and I saved the new one I had planned to use and gave it to her later. So this barbie is actually sitting with legs off on top of a toilet paper tube wrapped in plastic wrap. :)
Baptism day was very special. My dad and step-mom flew out for the occasion which made it even better! Someone obviously didn't want to join in the picture-taking fun. ;)
I made this sign to fill the big wall space in our entry way, so anyone visiting our home wouldn't have to question whether we are religious people or not. ;) The font ended up looking bigger than I had wanted, but there is no way I am making another one, so oh well.
There was a little bit of extra space at the bottom, so I added some scroll work. You probably can't see it in the pic above, but the edges of the wood are painted a turquoise-blue, for a little bit of color.
These boys of mine love to pose for the pictures.
This table sits in our entryway and was a garage sale find for 3 dollars. I didn't take a before picture, but the wood was cracked on top and had a nice orange colored wood finish on it. So I fixed it up a bit, and it looks much nicer. The entryway will be receiving a board-and-batten treatment in the future, along with some cute oil-rubbed bronze hooks. But not until we finish the dang kitchen, which I will show pictures of soon.
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