Thursday, October 28, 2010

Sunflowers for Trisha

Last week was super busy packed with preparing for my very own sister's bridal shower. Yeah, my lil sis is getting married in less than a month now...SOOO crazy!! So we had to spoil her silly and give her a day just for her. She loves sunflowers, brown is her main color at her wedding, and guests were asked to bring a gift in a basket, so we incorporated all of those things in one beautiful yellow and brown, sunflower, basket bridal shower ;)



It was so fun to have so many of our family out to celebrate Trisha!



Aunt Char, making Trisha's bow bouquet - Trisha only "broke" 3 strings....hmmmm



Yum...chocolate...and it went perfectly with the color theme.





Ok, so I have to say that I'm really pleased with how all the decor turned out! Thank you to mom for making it all happen!!!!


We made this cute emblem piece that read, "TLC" which stood for "Trisha Loves Chris" and we put it on everything



We gave away these cute little baskets with a little TLC for them to take home.

This was a prize basket for one of our games we played.








Saturday, October 16, 2010

Fun at Bates!

We had a wonderful morning today at Bates Nut Farm with our family! Abigail had such a great time walking around with all her grandparents!





What a cutie pumpkin pie!! Ok, funny story though ...right after taking pictures, I'm holding Daniel and I felt a little wetness in my hand and realized that I smelled something too, and literally right after that thought, I heard a couple wet release bubbles in his pants and suddenly realized that he had blown out the back of his diaper and was still going. I pulled up his shirt on his back and not only had a mess already, but (I'm sorry for being graphic) he was having Mt. Saint Helens going in his pants as bubbles and wetness were oozing out the top of his diaper. We had to quick stop the liquid and then find a spot to change the poor boy out of his dirty clothes. We grabbed our wheel barrow that was carrying pumpkins and we cleared it to create a make shift changing table and dressing room. Luckily I always am prepared with extra clothes, but what a mess. While we were changing him, we had a lady walk by and say, "Oh, that's what those are used for! Much easier than using our stroller." What an experience...oh, and did I mention that this blow out also preceded a major urp up on the front of me and him?! The kind that really smell bad too... babies are oh so much fun though, right?!! ;)

Abby would not cooperate with us with photos today - she just wanted to be a two year old!! So this was the best that I could get with the two of them together...


Happy daddy and his lil' pumpkin!

I love this photo of Daniel's hand...he has some HUGE hands!

Abby loved getting to go in the petting corral. The thing that Robbie and I commented on about her is that we are really impressed with her fearlessness. She isn't nervous or wimpy when it comes to trying new things. She just seems to go into it with trust that we've encouraged her to go, so it must be ok. She did this with the animals and with the pony ride. No fear - love it!



So precious - uh oh though - I think we may be asked to get a bunny rabbit soon!

So proud on her little pony "Charlie"



See if you can notice the difference in the next two photos...haha



Abby loves her "little boy Daniel" as she calls him.

Ewww....pumpkin guts!!

Happy Halloween! (Yikes, it's here soon - still have to round up the costumes... ;)

Thursday, October 7, 2010

KC's Baby Shower

Last weekend I had such a lovely opportunity to spoil my sister in love and I had a blast working with Misty to put together the cutest little baby shower. We went with a beach/surfer theme and it really turned out wonderfully.

Here's KC with her handmade encouragement necklace.



The party planners and the guest of honor...



The two most beautiful ladies in attendance ;)



Misty demonstrating the encouragement necklace...





KC with Anna, who won the bubble gum baby game...


The other honorable mentions...

Check out this adorable cake made by a friend of Misty's...




And the decoration details...


KC's special chair - The "Big Kahuna" chair ;)





My attempt at a candy bar... ;) "The Sugar Shack"