Katelyn's 4th

So I am now getting into planning mode for Katelyn's 4th birthday party. It'll most likely be January 12th this year but please no one save the date just yet. Of course when I asked Katelyn what her theme this year would be (I gave her a few options to choose from) she immediately said Rapunzel! So the Tangled movie is our theme this year. I'm really excited for it and can't wait to see how things will turn out. I love creating the invites each year for the kids and I've got lots of ideas! For the most part this is what I got at Walmart minus the cups. When I showed them to her she got so excited! I had to remind her that her birthday isn't for awhile!!!

The Disney website gives tons and tons of ideas and I'll probably use some of them for decorations. I love getting the chance to be crafty! I'm looking forward to her party this year actually, even though I'm dreading the fact that she'll be four!

Just in case and for family members, we got Katelyn the 3 in 1 Crayola Easel for her birthday... I'm hoping that she loves it! She's becoming an artist since she's started pre-school. It has a dry erase side that comes with markers and magnets as well as a chalk board side that comes with chalk. There is a shelf under that holds everything (smart move Crayola!) and it has an area on each side that can hold paper for coloring...we aren't going to allow painting because we don't want that mess in the house, she can paint at school!

Happy Thanksgiving and Birthday

On Thanksgiving day we went to Kevin and Hillary's who graciously hosted lunch for us, Brad's parents and Hillary's parents and sister. It was such a great day and the kids had so much fun together. Katelyn and Jack were running around the house and then Mitch would be shortly behind also running! We appreciate all of their hard work on the delicious food, man was it good! Katelyn and especially Mitch did a great job eating as well. On a side note, Mitch likes pumkin pie! We want to thank Kevin and Hillary for having us.

Happy birthday to my mom who's birthday happened to fall on Thanksgiving this year. Unfortunately we weren't able to see her on her birthday because we were elsewhere and also because she had to go into work at very early hours. So we celebrated Friday evening, we had a nice dinner and Katelyn spent time using her as a jungle gym!

All in all it has been a very good weekend for our family and we are thankful for everyone that surrounds us - family and friends.