Butterfly Birthday

Our Sweet Little Butterfly
4 years old

Poor little broken winged butterfly.

We kept these wings nice for an entire month waiting for her big day.

Then, just before the party, mom made the mistake of saying, "go get your butterfly costume on". My grown up 4 year old got the stool out and got down her wings all by herself....

I think that is just God's way of teaching me that everything is not going to be perfect like we want it to be. And it's OK. Even if she is the only one at her party with her wings broken.Do you know of any sweeter 4 year old?

Face Paint compliments of Dad!Happy Birthday Butterfly!

Surf's UP

Surf's Up Hattie!

Sassy, Sweet, Spunky, Silly Sparkly, Spectacular ........Six!What appears to be a surf party to everyone else, to Hattie is really a

Barbie in a Mermaid Tale Party...

Hattie is Merlea. (Thus the mermaid tail.)

20 friends and all their parents = 40 guests! Surfboard Handmade by Dad!

All the guests took a ride to get a surfing bracelet or surfer dude necklaceSeahorse Pinata!

Little brother who picked up a little stick and wanted to hit the pinata too! Surfing Barbie with Surfboard from the year she was born.

Fun with friends @ the pool! Fun with Dad!

Happy Birthday!

Look Who is One!

One year ago I had a baby boy.

Then two days later we moved to the country and began building a house. My goal was to have his first birthday in the new house.

We recieved our occupancy and moved in on his 1st birthday.

What a year his little life has been! This was a celebration for us all.

A Buzz Lightyear Birthday!

I had made the cake @ 10:00pm the night before and then set up the table first thing on his birthday. We moved all day long and then stopped at 7:oo pm to have a birthday party.
Looking spiffy in his birthday clothes.I think everybody except Leif blew out the candles.LJ is my only child to eat his first piece of birthday cake with a fork. But that's how he wanted it. He wanted a fork and was not about to eat it with his hands. It was so cute.
Feeling satisfied!LJ had lots of help opening gifts. The cutest little smile. "Cheese!" Happy 1st Birthday Baby Boy!

It's all done!

Well, kind of...we still have to put in a yard and landscaping.The hard packed dirt around the house makes a great place to ride bikes for now.Eric did the rock work and stained the front door.
The Garage is definitely one of my favorite parts of the house. Dad helped with the rock on the front of the garage.
Stairs up to the kids bedrooms and commons area @ the top of the stairs. Front entry with "study" on left and guest bedroom on the right and my new yellow Toms in the middle.Entertainment center. Kitchen.Some things are self explanatory.

Master Bath with a glimpse into our bedroom.Our bath tub with a glimpse of the shower, minus the glass shower enclosure...which we now have.Laundry/mud roomView from the top.H1's room, which both girls sleep in for now. Yes...it really is that pink. Sometimes, especially after you have painted an entire house... ceiling, walls, doors, and trim, you have to decide if it's worth painting something over or would a five year old girl love it that color anyways.

LJ's room, one of my favorites...and he has a private deck.

I didn't take a recent pic of H2's room.

But its a light green with a really cool pink butterfly ceiling fan.

Another favorite is the kid's bath between the girls'rooms.

Back of the house...the back porch now has a black porch swing on one side and a lovely set of black metal table and chairs. I love coming home to this view of the mountains, and if you look closely you can see the "lake" or resevoir in the distance right about the roof line.View out our dining room window. That's about all!