A Few Random Pictures ...

I have a few pictures I wanted to make sure and post. 

This first one is of Hailey and her Aunt Kylie.  LIke I mentioned in an earlier post, Hailey and Kylie have a special earring bond and when we met Kylie at the mall to get Hailey's ears pierced, I totally forgot to get a picture of the two of them together.  So when Kylie, Jedd, and Libby were down for Nana's birthday, I had to snap a quick picture of them together.  Don't mind half of Tate's arm to the side, he was sure he was in the picture too!  Hailey sure loves her Aunt Kylie!

This second one is of the kids at Nana and Papa's house for the final summer get together.  It's been a great summer full of fun activities and they were all sad that it was the last time.  But Nana had fun school bags for them to fill with school supplies to celebrate the upcoming school year.  Even Tate and Libby (who wasn't quite in the mood to hold still for a picture) got one.  Afterwards we headed to the store where each of the kids got to pick out a special school shirt (or in most cases 2 shirts) for school.  They each loved the ones they got and they were so grateful to Nana and Papa for the special school things!

We love you Nana and Papa!

Nana's Birthday Party

Guess what Nana had a birthday! So we invited her down on her special day and planned some fun things to do.  The kids wanted to make it special, so we tried to think of some things that would make her smile.  First of all, we had some surprises outside.

There was a special parking sign...

 ... and some signs for the kids to hold.  Here's Tate's:

Hailey's:

And Zach's:

It's a little blurry, so here's a close-up:

The kids thought it was so fun to direct them into the driveway to park and to hold up their signs.  Nana was a good sport and I think she thought they were funny.  This one was my favorite (yes somehow 60 = 16, how cool is that?):

 

We also decorated the house with a Happy Birthday sign, balloons, and streamers.  The kids would not let me get away with anything less than we do for their birthdays - they were really worried that she would have a fun birthday.

We had cake and ice cream where we sang to her and she had to blow out a candle - we didn't do 60 because Zach said he was afraid we'd light the house on fire (I know it sounds funny, but it is a real concern since we did actually have a kitchen fire not too long ago - long story).

We also gave her a fun present.  She wanted some money to busy some things she wanted, so we found an idea on pinterest about putting a dollar bill in each balloon then giving her a big box filled with the balloons.  I don't know if she or the kids had more fun throwing the balloons in the air and around the room.  The popping was a lot of fun for most of the kids, although I don't think Libby enjoyed it too much - sorry about that Libs!

The best part was when Nana put on her birthday crown and all the kids put on party hats - we took a quick picture while everyone was looking.  Unfortunately, Jedd, Kylie, and Libby weren't there yet when we took this.  We had plans to do another when they got there, but Libby wanted nothing to do with the party hat, so we never got around to it.

I didn't get as many pictures as I was planning to, so it's a little sparse, but we think Nana had a fun time and that's all that mattered to us.  Happy Birthday Nana - WE LOVE YOU!