Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Olivia's Bachelorette Party

For Olivia's bachelorette party, we knew we needed to find a place on the water.  There are very few places she loves to be more than on the lake.  After many failed searches, Alexandria came through with her family friends place about an hour away on Princes Lake.  It was an adorable little cabin with the perfect amount of space for our crew.


Outside it had space for anything we wanted to do: a space in the sun to lay out, space in the shade to hold babies, a fire pit with benches around it, a hot tub, a dock with rafts and a paddle board, etc.







Inside it had a cute little sunroom with a pull-out futon, a cute little retro kitchen, 3 bedrooms, and a family room with a cabin feel.




We started our day with mimosas...why not???  We had a very special person to celebrate!



We spent the rest of the day lounging in the sun and water, holding babies, eating delicious homemade food, playing games, chatting, laughing, and just having some good old girl time.

Bathing beauties

Babies!!!


Awesome lounging raft that fit tons of people!



Paddleboarding



Amanda, the fire whisperer

S'mores!


Pretty ladies...off to lunch at Abuelos

The bride to be and me

Lunching ladies


Sisters

And then beauty prep time...getting our nails done.




The weather couldn't have been more perfect, which was a huge blessing considering all the rain we've had!  It was a wonderful time with wonderful ladies!


Friday, July 17, 2015

Ella's 4th Birthday

Well my little Ella Belle turned four this summer.  And who better to celebrate with than her favorite people...her family!  Mom and Dad so generously offered to let us use their house and pool for the party.  We invited everyone over, had a cook out, hung out in the pool and celebrated with some pool/beach themed games and treats.






I got a kick out of Ella's faces in all these pictures!  She is the queen of crazy faces!
















On her real birthday, we just had a low-key celebration at home.  Some of her cousins came over to play in the morning and she picked a special dinner to celebrate as a family that night.







Happy Birthday to my sweet little girl.  You are silly and spunky and always quick to keep up with big sisters.  We love how you make us laugh!  We love you to the moon and back!!!