Kate's 5th Birthday Tea Party

Hillary, Elise, Caroline, Brinkley, and Faith were the special birthday guests!

Mrs. Allison....Queen Mum!

Daddy was the "Butler!"

Keekee, Kate, and Mommy

Kate and Nani

Keekee, Kate, and Nani

Mrs. Laurie kindly allowed us to have Kate's fifth birthday party at her beautiful home! Keekee, Aunt Janie, and I went the night before to decorate. I had so much fun using Mrs. Laurie's beautiful decor to make the table into a "tea party." Kate loved every minute. She wore a dress of Nani's that was from England. I wore this dress when Kate was an infant and we took two week old pics of her. It was so much fun dressing up for the party! Aunt Janie made the petitfoures (need to look this up, sp?) that were yummy. We used pink gerber daisy's to decorate the table along with Nani's beautiful table cloth, also from England. When each of Kate's friends arrived, they were pampered by Nani and Keekee with a little make-up. We served grapes, cheese squares, mini turkey and PB sandwiches, and enjoyed tea (well really it was gingerale). My special friend, Mrs. Allison (when Kate was born, she brought us a yummy dinner with a menu that read "Kate's Place") was the special guest, "Queen Mum." She arrived and helped everyone with their manners as she spoke in British to the girls. We decorated a frame and placed a pic of Kate and each friend in the frames for each girl. The party favors consisted of a pearl necklace in a mini tea cup and saucer.

Christmas Ornament Pajama Party 2009

Sweet Mrs. Laurie got all the kids some fun little goodies!

This is just such a highlight of our Christmas Season! We love and look forward to getting together with our special friends, showing up in our Christmas PJ's, making ornaments..."picturized" which will be on our tree FOREVER, eating a yummy meal, and just having fun together!

Sweet Caroline....dum, dum, dum

Love our Precious Melissa!

Fun Times with Miss Em!

Those of us older than 25....:)

Group Pic of all the Kids or I should say those under the age of 25!

The Girls!The Boys!

Sweet Caroline and Kate. They just love one another!

Foster's 2nd Birthday...Cowboy Style

Pops Bull-Riding back in the day!

We had a wonderful 2nd Birthday Party for Foster! We are grateful to our special friends, Laurie and Gary Edmonds for allowing us to have his party at their home. It enabled us to fit all of our family and a few friends. The theme was Cowboy and after we celebrated, we all went to the Texas Stampede Rodeo! It was a lot of fun! Sweet Laurie got Foster a beautiful "Cowboy" Cake and we decorated with Pops Bull Riding Rope that he used long ago when he rode bulls. And while I'm on that note, I remember when Foster was born and had to be in the NICU, Pops told me he whispered in Foster's one-day-old ears, "Foster, you better cowboy up, we have some elk meat to eat!" I just love that! Those that celebrated with us were, The Petty's, Edmonds', Wade's, Nani, Poppy, Keekee, Pops, Aunt Kristan, Uncle Steve, Aunt Christie, Uncle Michiel, Capshaw cousins, and Foster's wonderful babysitter, Letha and daughter Laura.

July 2009...still backtracking

Cindy's Wedding in SA...Kate had so much fun dancing with all the little girls!

Daddy and Kate

Lydia, Kate, and Zoe at Cindy's beautiful wedding!

We spent our summer in the the pool for sure especially during the month of July! Kate and Foster took swim lessons from Mrs. Brenda and WOW that sweet lady can teach swimming! Kate became a fish and Foster did great too! They both jumped off the diving board.

Backtracking...Summer 2009

Kate is posing in her swim gear!

Fos playing in the dog water at the Edmonds!

Sweet Caroline, Emily, and Melissa! We love those precious girls!

I need to learn how to go back and post so that I play catch up and post pics in the correct order especially since I will be using this as a scrapbook. I am trying that now, but not sure if this will work or not so here we go.

Nani...Pre-Chemo Party...April 2009

This pic above was from a very neat friend of the family, Kimberly. She had a wonderful idea to make a precious video for Nani's "Pre-Chemo Blessing Party"which I will be posting on my blog. Friends were invited, many of which Nani hadn't seen in quite some time. Each guest was asked to bring a blessing for Carolyn. It was a very special gathering for the family! Now, Carolyn only has two chemo treatments left and she is doing great with the exception of being sick after each treatment.
Our sweet Nani!!! We love her!

Easter Weekend in the Bluebonnets

Ummm....yep, just now posting these pictures from this past Easter which was in March and this is June. That should describe my last few months of this past school year! One word...BUSY! I love this little picture with Fos' tongue!

Sweet and Precious to me!

End of K3 School Year, Dallas Christian 2009

Friends....Mrs. Conner made them all precious shirts with each child's handprint! I love it!
Obviously I have been or was SUPER BUSY this past spring as I was seeing that 500 Seniors graduated and coordinated the Honors Program for those seniors...whew..lots of fun, but lots of work. So...I am about to catch up on our past three months all at once!!! Our Sweet Mrs. Conner who definitely made her mark on our little Kate!

Last time for "circle time" with Mrs. Conner! She had each child come up and get the small figurine which represented their future career path. Guess what she predicts Kate will become...a Teacher! Imagine that! She sent them home with many great memories and lots of love and songs written on their little hearts. We are so grateful for this past year! We love Dallas Christian.