A Camping Weekend!

The kids' schools were closed last Friday for a service day so it was a big "camping" weekend.  We joined friends who were camping for the weekend on Friday for day camping.  The kids swam...

Rode bikes and scooters...

Played baseball...

And did a lot of laughing...

This is how my little fashionista chose to dress for the day- superman socks and all...

As for the adults, the day began with mimosas and ended with limencello!

The the next day, Gary and Ella went on an overnight camping trip with some of her besties from school...

 While the girls were camping, Everett and Colt had dinner together...

More Fall Birthdays!

Emma and Kristina's horse back riding party...

They learned about horses, got to brush their horse and clean the hooves and then ride...including trotting!  Ella wouldn't do it at first, but she did it!

And then Haley's Shopkins paint party!

Ella's RAINBOW 7th Birthday Party!

My baby girl is SEVEN!  She wanted a rainbow pool party so I got to making the rainbow happy birthday banners and 112 (!!) tassels for rainbow tassel banners (I'm clearly insane)...

The sweets table...

I made the 6 layer rainbow cake...

And of course cookies!

Favors...

I even made rainbow candy dots!

The hot dog and chip cart...

The only pictures we got of the inside of the cake- I was so happy with how vibrant the colors turned out!!

And somehow the night ended with the girls "making it rain"??!! Who taught them that??!!

Tiller Days!

On the first weekend of October every year, they always hold the local carnival that benefits the schools- the kids love it!