Back to School Breakfast!

A couple of weeks ago, I hosted a Back to School Breakfast for the YW....I love me a good reason to have a party!!

These were the invites....the girls all ate the apples...ha ha!

 I thought they turned out pretty cute!

 Of course I forgot to take pictures when the girls were actually here and of all the place settings....but, I did remember to take a picture of an empty place setting once everyone was gone...ha ha!

I found most everything at the dollar store...love that place!

 I found the water bottle labels online for free! 

 I got these little chalkboard buckets in the Target dollar bin....I'm excited for these little babies because I can use them for all sorts of parties!  At each place setting the girls had ABC coloring sheets that they colored while waiting for the breakfast to start...we also gave them a Back to School trivia sheet to work on...they did pretty well too!

 The counselors and I all made some yummy breakfast goodies...we had these Cinnamon roll ups...new recipe for me and they turned out awesome!!  Definitely making these for the fam again!  We also had muffins, fruit and a tator tot sausage casserole. I love to use the ONE piece of polish pottery that I bought in Germany...haha!  Someone from the church commissioned these and they actually made them...how cool is that?

 

 Close up of the chalkboard bucket/

Each of us taught a "school subject" My first counselor taught social studies (making good friends), and P.E. (praying earnestly), the second counselor had Creative Writing (journal keeping) and English (no gossiping or cursing!) and I had Fashion Merchandising(dressing modestly...but cute...ha ha!)

I gave each girl this cute hand out at the end of the party.  I think everyone had a really good time and I really love bonding with these wonderful girls...I so enjoy my calling!

Summer Roundup!

Wow!  Time sure does fly when you're having fun!!  Or in this case....busy! (and fun)

We've had a fabulous summer and just as I predicted it was over in a blink of an eye!  It seems I would get one project or event done just to focus on the next project and before I was ready for it...it was back to school time!  I've added a few of the highlights from our summer...I'm ready for fall (just wished the weather would cooperate!) Unfortunately, with Fall comes College Football...haha!  But, I do have fun with my hubby and all his seriousness about his beloved Bama!  Hope they have a good season....cause I'll have a happy husband!!

A few weeks ago, Saul gave Jade a surprise ticket to come and visit us!  I was so excited!  I'm so thankful that I have such a great and thoughtful son-in-law!  We had such a good weekend....I miss my girl and I had so much fun rubbing her tummy!  She is glowing and I'm so excited to see this little boy!  I wonder if I will finally get my red headed boy I've always dreamed about!

 Sunday Pictures!

 4 out of 5 with smiles....not too bad!

 Love my family so much!

 I can't believe how excited I am to see and smooch on this little boy....I'm not bugged one bit about being a granny!

 We celebrated Kyle and Joel's birthdays in August....the "in and out hamburger cake" has become a tradition for Kyle...he's had it for three years now and the first year, we convinced him that it actually came from In-and-Out!  He loves the frosting and it's perfect with the In-and-Out burgers we get every year for his birthday!

 17 candles.....

 Bodie was excited to see him blow out his candles!

 Yay for 17!

 Bodie's favorite part!  Kyle got an ipod and was very excited to get music back since his other ipod broke several weeks before his birthday!

 Bodie loves wearing these ear muffs...even when it's 100 degrees out!!  He cracks us up every.single.day!  We love this kid...he comes up with the craziest stuff....his favorite thing to say these days is:  "hey, what's the idea?"  I have no idea where he got this, so funny!

 Daddy decided that the ear muffs were his style too....bahahahaha!

 Such a good daddy!

 This last Sunday I tried to get the family to do some Sunday pics...and it was an epic fail....no one really seemed up for it....so, this was the best I got!  I love Bodie's outfit!

 The one picture that Joel was cooperating...ha!

 Bodie loves these goggles too!  He looks like a little monkey in this picture!  The other day, he had these goggles on AND his ear muffs and would NOT take them off when we went to the grocery store...I'm sure we were quite the talk of the store!!! 

 We picked Saige up after her month of being in Farmington and it was so funny that all three of them wore orange! 

 Sooooo glad to have her home!

 One of my all time favorite pictures!

 So, the big guy turned a whopping 42!  Man, he's getting old...ha ha!  We had a nice little party for him and I think he liked his gifts!  I enjoyed wrapping them...ha ha! 

So, another summer has come and gone...this year we have early morning seminary, car pools for after school band practice, football games, marching band parades, etc, etc, etc!!  Even though life never seems to slow down....I sure am thankful for our little life! 

Nine is Fine!

July 3rd marked NINE years of wedded togetherness for Joelee and I....ahhhh!

"From this day forward.....

 You shall not walk alone.....

 My heart will be your shelter......

 And my arms will be your home....."

 Look what love gave us!!!  The cutest boy ever......

Happy Anniversary Lovie!!

Bodie's Mickey Mouse Birthday Party!

Little Bodie Booth turned 3 years old and we gave him a party to remember....ha ha!  The first little show that Bodie really got into was Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and I thought it would be a fun party to put together, so this was the result of lots of crazy ideas that run through my head once I get an idea!  I love party planning and I love focusing on all the little details that make a party great!  I'm glad it's over, but it was worth it!  He may not remember it, but we always will and I count my blessings every day for this sweet boy that I received three years ago....my life was forever changed that day and I'm so thankful that Heavenly Father trusted me with this little soul!

I love the way the mantle turned out!  I made the paper fans and the banner out of wrapping paper....I had the yellow and the red and only had to buy the black polka dot paper....I love it!  I just might keep it up for a while!

 This banner came as a bonus with a purchase on etsy...I bought the water bottle labels and she threw this in!  Super cute and really long!

 Joel once again put up this balloon feature!  He's so handy at this type of stuff and it's a perfect line....something I would never be able to do...ha ha! 

 I used a lot of the sayings from the show for the party....I made the party hats with Mickey ears and had the sign made...I also made the mickey ear cutouts for the "pin the ears on Bodie" game!

 I had this picture of Bodie blown up for the game....I thought it turned out sooooo stinking cute!

 I used the wrapping paper again to make this Mickey silhouette for the photo booth area!

 Cute goody bags that were filled with all things Mickey!  I just used black lunch sacks and prettied them up with ribbon....and of course the cute, personalized tag!

 Bodie's favorite part of the show is the Hot Dog dance...so how cute is this?????  The old fashioned hot dog roller was perfect and the kids loved putting the hot dogs on the rollers and watching them spin!  I saw this idea on another blog and had to do it too!

 The "sweets" table!  I made the Mickey cupcakes and everything else and this was probably my favorite part of the party!  I love coordinating the food with the theme and I just loved how everything turned out!  It was time consuming, but worth it!

 Three different types of cupcakes!

 Gotta have popcorn!

 Mickey Marshmallow pops!  I made all the tags with scrapbook paper...super easy!

 I knew I wanted to add black and red foods to the table.... I found these huge gumballs at Party City.  I also had the red polka dot bowls and then found all the black and white bowls while out shopping...I've been collecting them for a while...ha ha!

 By far, my most favorite treat!  Mickey Mouse Oreo pops!  I dipped the Oreo in red candy melts and then added chocolate melts for the ears and then used white smarties for the buttons....so stinking cute!  I used foam blocks covered in coordinating tissue to stick the pops in for display...super easy!

 A shot of the food area....a little dark, but you get the idea!

 Love!

 I found a package of Mickey vinyl cutouts at target and used them for the "cake walk" game....I played Mickey Mouse songs while the kids walked around and then whoever landed on the character I called out got a prize...the kids loved this game!

 Anything that was black and white and polka dotted was used...ha ha!  These little cups were so cute and I used them for little fruit cups.

 I hung the paper lanterns from the ceiling over the table and then added some Mickey ears to three of them....I loved this simple little detail too!

 My obsession with tiny bottles continues!!!  I put ice in this huge bowl and it was a perfect fit for the bottles!

 Before the guests arrived we tried to get Bodie to take a few pictures in front of the Mickey fan and he was not having any of it...he had just seen the pinata and wanted the bat!  Luckily the doorbell rang and he forgot all about the bat...ha ha!

 We got a little smile out of him for this one!

 :o)

 The "pin the ears on Bodie" game was so fun!  The kids loved it!

 So cute!

 Look at all of those ears!

 My two little helpers for the party....Saige and Cara!  Saige was the official photo taker and she did a pretty good job!

 Bodie didn't know what to think of present time...once he opened the first gift he was satisfied!!!  We had to coax him to open the rest...ha ha!  But, he LOVED all the great gifts and has been playing with them all! 

 I made the Mickey Pinata out of an old diaper box and crepe paper!  The kids loved this too and I think I made it just strong enough for most of the kids to get a whack before it broke!

 The Birthday Boy got the first swing!

 The mad dash for the candy!!!

 The photo booth idea turned out great and I love that we have pictures of all the kids that came to his party!

 My sweet Birthday boy!

I loved everything about this party and love everything about my boy!  I can't believe he is three already, I don't take any day for granted....I KNOW how fast they grow up and I don't want to ever have any regrets.  These memories are precious and I can't say enough how much my family means to me.  I love you Bodie Boy!  Happy Birthday!