Everett's Construction Truck & Tool Party

Everett loves tools and trucks, so of course we had to do a construction party for his 3rd birthday!  I made his invitations...

I made a wreath for the front door with extension cord...

 And put caution tape on all the windows...

Cones up the walkway...

And my dad made this AMAZING crane and wrecking ball...the ball is a pinata!!!!

I made the whole family matching shirts...mine, Gary's and Ella's said "crew" on the back, but Everett's said, "foreman". ;)

Gary made this adorable kid size "work table" with mini saw horses for legs, and we cut up a bunch of wood scraps to make blocks for the kids to build with...

The kids loved it!

I made coloring books and set up a coloring table with tools stickers and crayons in a tool box of course!

The coloring books had pages like this...

The sweets table...

I made cookies in put them in Gary's drill case...

We had this huge digger bounce house in the corner...

Everett and his two BFFs from school...

Cupcakes!

Pinata time!

The favors...they said "Hope you had tons of fun!"

I have to say, I think this was my favorite party to plan so far!  And despite the on and off rain for an outdoor party, I think everyone had a great time. :)

Lately...

I realized I haven't posted for a while!  As usual, it's been busy.

The day after Halloween, there was a beautiful rainbow...perfect for Dorothy!  Somewhere over the rainbow...

How awesome is that?!

We celebrated grandpa's birthday on November 1st...

We've of course had a few more Frozen parties...

And of course a bunch of bounce house parties!  This one was for one of Everett's BFFs from school...

We had Ella's last soccer game, where Gary coached against his old college roommate!  It was great!

And finally, my new mantra...

Holiday Card Preview

It's time again for our holiday card photo outtakes.  You may recall that last year, I posted a bunch of photos of Everett screaming, crying, tantruming from our disaster of a beach photo shoot.  This year was quite different.

It involved me getting the giggles, uncontrollably, and having to stop mid-shoot to wipe tears away...

An impromtu jump party...

And a sibling wrestling match...

I just ordered our cards so stayed tuned to see if we got anything decent!