Showing posts with label Celebrations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Celebrations. Show all posts

December 24, 2010

Happy Birthday Jesus! Party

Yesterday we had a "Happy Birthday Jesus" party for Jeremiah and his friends, the "two Annas". Our party consisted of a craft, a game, and cookie decorating while we sang "Happy Birthday" to Jesus of course! Here are a few fun pictures from the morning

Craft Supplies (our version of this craft)

Ms. Leslie giving instructions about painting

Little Man's finished product...these turned out so cute!


 Next we played "Put Baby Jesus in the Manger", a spin-off of "Pin the Tail on the Donkey". I used re-positionable contact paper on my kitchen wall for the manger scene. I used my Silhouette to cut out the angel, star, and bean shape for Baby Jesus (below). I cut the manger free-hand.

Our ultra-quick and not particularly accurate "Baby Jesus" wrapped in swaddling clothes of course.

Ms. Nicole blind folded the girls, who definitely enjoyed playing the game...Jeremiah just wanted to watch.



Finally, we had snacks and the kids decorated sugar cookies. So fun!

You may have noticed we had birthday plates, napkins, and even balloons. We wanted it to seem like a real birthday party. It was lots of fun and I hope it becomes an annual tradition!

October 24, 2010

Happy Halloween! Part 2


Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!


Couldn't forget the other side of the family! I think Nana really enjoyed making this.

August 17, 2010

Tristan's Birthday Celebration!

Tristan became a teenager on August 13th! 

Of course we had to do a bit of celebrating, which means we ate!

Jeremiah did some swinging

Popa patiently strung the net on his basketball goal (J's birthday present that we finally got around to putting together at Tristan's birthday celebration)

Jeremiah was so excited about his "BALL!"

It's still a little tall for him, so he asks for help from one of his big cousins.

Tristan & Dale both helped him make baskets over & over again!

Of course, Leroy watched it all :)

July 11, 2010

Grandpa Brannan turns 95!

Grandpa Brannan turned 95 on July 8th. That is definitely something to be celebrated!



Jim and Mom threw a party for him and around 100 people came out!

The family pitched in to serve drinks, cake, and get the food prepared.
 


Grandpa Brannan was like a politician...shaking lots of hands

and taking pictures with pretty ladies.

I think he really enjoyed himself!

It was great to see Grandpa's friends, family, and long-time neighbors like Mrs. Kelly Murray.

This little man sat at the table with Grandpa B and ate 6 plates of food!

Wonder where he got that love of food? ha!

Of course he had to spend some time in Mimi's arms

Snuck in a few moments with Uncle Harry & Granny in the kitchen

This is a troublesome pair!

Uncle Todd had no idea what he had gotten himself into when he started this game...Jeremiah absolutely loved it!

Snapshots of his 95 years

Happy Birthday Grandpa!

June 4, 2010

National Donut Day! 2010

We enjoyed National Donut Day so much last year, that we had to go again!

Jeremiah really LOVES donuts!

Anna joined us this year! Doesn't she look so cute in her little hat??

And once Jeremiah finished his donut, he had a meltdown because I wouldn't get him another one.

Still we had a great time!

June 1, 2010

Memorial Day Weekend

We just finished having 3 days at home and it was glorious! Sadly, I cannot believe I didn't take any pictures. I still wanted to write to remember our 3-day weekend "staycation" since it's pretty unusual to have us all here at home for 3 days in a row. It should be known that Jeremiah woke up at 6am each day! He must have been too excited to play with his daddy than to sleep...bummer for us.

Saturday...J woke up bright & early, we hung out, drank coffee & ate breakfast, then ventured into Winston. We had to stop by Toys-R-Us and Target to do some LEGO scouting. Both boys got some new LEGO. Jeremiah got a Lightening McQueen set and is loving it! Then a quick trip to Costco for necessities...diapers & fruit. :)  Josh was a spray painting king for me. I now have an adorable picture collage wall on the stairwell to the basement - white frames with B&W pictures. Love it! He also spray painted our brass fireplace cover black for me. It looks so much better in our room. I just love little things that make you so much happier with how your house looks! After nap we went over to Nana & Popa's for J to see the "moos" and Leeroy. Our garden is growing so good & we'll have squash to eat Monday night for our Memorial Day cookout!

Sunday...J up bright & early again, we were heathens and didn't go to church but I did go to Walmart and buy a bunch of flowers, as well as bug spray and citronella candles. While J napped, I divvy'd all those plants up into all my pots and planters on the deck, as well as some on the front steps. It looks so good outside with a little color! Sunday evening David, Nicole, Dylan, and Anna came over to grill out. We had hot dogs & deer burgers (which were delicious!), chips, squash patties, and watermelon. Then we had the mac-daddy of all desserts with Nicole's PB Trifle. Yum, yum, yum!! The kids played hard and went to bed late, but it was lots of fun!

Monday...J was up bright & early (again!), but we let Daddy sleep in until 9. Josh was out doing some Craigslist deals while we were at home doing laundry and playing inside since it was raining! Thankfully it cleared off in time for us to cookout with Popa, Nana, Uncle Perry, Dale, Tristan, and Zane. Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Fried Squash, Squash patties, Watermelon, chips, & strawberry pie made for an excellent meal. Jeremiah could not get enough Fried Squash! He ate & ate & ate some more! He also ate a lot of watermelon and was so soaked with the juice I had to strip him down to just his diaper and tennis shoes. He did NOT like it when I sprayed him with bug spray, but I knew those mosquitoes would just love that sticky-sweet watermelon juice he was covered in. We came home, had a bath, and he went to bed!

Thankfully this morning he slept in until his usual 8am...must have known Daddy had to go to work and wouldn't be around to play. We are still in our PJs, just relaxing. J has been playing with his race cars, Lightening McQueen LEGO, and tools all morning with no TV. It's been heavenly!

I guess sometimes it's OK to just enjoy and not worry about the pictures.

May 21, 2010

Happy 5th Anniversary to us!

Five years ago today, Josh & I were married. Mom & Jim hosted an AWESOME party that evening, then we enjoyed a wonderful honeymoon in Jamaica. In the five years since then, we've changed jobs, moved, and had a wonderful little boy. If all that can happen in the first five years, then who knows what the next five and beyond will bring. All I know is that I'm looking forward to all of it with a wonderful husband by my side.



Check out this post from last year to see a few pictures of us through the last 10 years.

Happy Anniversary honey! I'm looking forward to our getaway Saturday night!

May 14, 2010

ConGRADulations Harry!

Harry Marks, ASU Alum


Harry finished up his last semester at ASU and graduated this past weekend, so we celebrated with a family weekend in the mountains. (Oh how I HATE those mountain roads!) It was great to have almost the whole family up there...we were only missing Grandpa Brannan and Josh. It was a fun, relaxing weekend that included some yummy FOOD!

And here is the overload of pictures from the weekend....

Fun times at the condo






Bubble time with G-pa on the deck



Present time!



 

Graduation Ceremony...3 hours long! I can't believe J did so well. Thank God for snacks, family, and especially his "trifecta" of puppy, blanket, and paci!

 

Pictures with the graduate!





And it was Mother's Day! Wish we had gotten a picture with Granny too...would have had all the generations!