Adam's Birthday Adventure...a few weeks ago

We went away for 24 hours for Adam's birthday and this is one of the places we went. Isn't it beautiful? These colors don't last long in Utah...and as we speak they have faded into yellow, then grey.

Baby's #1!

I had so much fun getting ready for Lucy's birthday. I made the "happy birthday" banner from templates from (who else?) Martha...I saw this same banner on Etsy for $25...and I think mine is much cuter!
Also, the little butterfly templates are on Martha too. I just love them. The girls loved helping me cut out all sorts of butterflies...Sophie said, "It was the best day of her life." Good to know. Wish I was so easily impressed.We also celebrated my Dads birthday and I must say he didn't need very much encouragement to wear the buggy headband. So funny! What a good sport he was!

And of course Lucy LOVED her ladybug cake. She didn't need much encouragment to get in there...she got the idea pretty quickly. I'm so glad we went through all the effort for a fun day. She'll only turn 1 once and we're so glad she's our baby bug!

Twirly Skirts and Hermit Crabs

Well, it happened. Our six-year-old Sophie is now SEVEN.

She celebrated with a hermit crab named HERMAN and...

an exceptionally twirly TWIRLY skirt.

What more do you need in life?

Summer Birthdays:

Oh my, we had so much fun with birthdays this summer. Spence finally got Guitar Hero...and he was a happy boy. I made Spence and Lincoln a guitar cake for their birthdays. What cute boys they are...and of course some pics of Lucy...8mo on the 7th!

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