Party Party!

This weekend was full of fun parties with our families. My Grandmother's 80th birthday is this next week and we had a surprise party for her Saturday evening. She truly was surprised too! We even had family from out of state! She of coursed cried some tears along with rest of us when she walked into her party with all of her family (minus two of my cousins). We had dinner in a well known old beautiful historic house. It was so much fun to see everyone. And what an awesome memory for grandma!

We also celebrated Kennedy's birthday with the family this past weekend too! Boy was she ever excited. Daddy and I weren't so sure she would even make it to her party w/o busting at the seams. Mommy made her cakes. Her one request was a butterfly cake. Which was labor intensive but turned out fairly cute. She did not lack for gifts. She got so many awesome things. Gentry was just as happy with all of the wrapping paper! So thanks to all the family who made it so special for her!

Happy 3rd Birthday Kennedy!!!

Thursday was Kennedy's 3rd birthday! Hard to believe our first born is three years old already. Time is just going so fast. She started off her day with a birthday present waiting for her in the living room. She was very excited about her "own" rocking chair! Daddy put some work into it. Then it was off to school for another day of learning and of course a birthday party! She got to take ice cream cup cakes for her treats and boy was she ever excited! Mommy personalized party bags with goodies for all her classmates to take home so they would feel special too! And boy were they excited! Daddy took the day off from work for her birthday. So she got dropped off and picked up from school by her whole family. We then headed into Wichita for lunch and a trip to Build a Bear at the Mall. We let her pick where she wanted to eat lunch and of course her choice was........SONIC! Her favorite. Grilled cheese Wacky Pack with fries and chocolate milk. Our trip to Build a Bear was so much fun. She picked a pink bear w/ white hearts. She got to kiss her heart and put it in her after she was stuffed and then they sewed her up! She selected a Hanna Montana stylin' outfit and of course a pair of undies! But the best part was that she selected the shoes for her bear before she ever selected the bear or outfit. They are bright red sparkly Dorothy shoes straight from the Wizard of OZ! So then it was on to the birth certificate and Kennedy chose to name her Stephanie (after one of the elephants at the Sedgewick Co. Zoo)! It was an awesome day for her and us. Despite the cold windy weather.

An afternoon of leaves in the sun!

Sorry it has been soooo long since we have posted. So now we are playing catch up. These pictures were actually taken about two weeks ago in our front yard. I let Kennedy postpone her nap one afternoon for a little while to play in the leaves in the yard. Gentry was napping so mommy got some pretty good pics of Kennedy. And later that evening the neighbor's grandkids joined her for some more fun in the leaves. Now the trees are pretty much bare and ugly. And the beautiful leaves are now mulched into the yard.

Halloween

Well, Halloween went fairly well here considering the circumstances (almost 3 yr old and 9 month old in costumes past their bedtime forcing them to look cute). They had fun though and the weather could not have been more perfect. Kennedy was a ladybug and Gentry was a cat. Our neighbor boy and his family trick or treated with us. He was a little horsey.
Some of us girls at the salon dressed up. It was quite the crack up. We had a nun, a hippie, a butterfly and Cleopatra (me!) We had a great time and even got a picture of us together!!!