Valentines 2013

February is a whirlwind to me.  It seems I go from one party to the next.  Since all my decorations are in Utah I am once again forced to be more creative than I would normally be.  Here are some of my creations for Valentines.  Isabelle is also always the creator, and she made some decorations for Valentines as well.  I made these "Love Letters"  out of some cardboard and ribbon I had.

 I made this heart banner, the poof balls and the hearts on the family wall.




Isabelle and Austin made the hearts over the back door, These hearts on the table, and the ones all over the house.

 

 I had hearts hanging in the kids doorways when they woke up.   Then I had Valentine's waiting for them on the island.  I made notes for them with conversation hearts and chocolates.

Rob wrote knock knock jokes for everyone in the whole family.  They turned out so cute!

 I gave Rob a Reeses heart, a note,

 And a rose made out of bacon.

 I made pink, heart shaped pancakes and strawberries.

 I did Isabelle and Talia's hair with heart do's, but apparently I didn't take a pick of Isabelle's.

 Robert was sad that he wouldn't have a classroom full of people to give him Valentines, so I invited a homeschool family over to exchange Valentines with and have a party.  We had lunch, played a couple games, and had cookies. :)

 For dinner I made this salad with veggie hearts in it (cucumbers, carrots, and red peppers).

 I made these tissue paper heart doilies.

 This was Austin's Valentine box; a giant lego.

 These are dinner's main course, heart pizza pockets.

 For dessert I made chocolate cherry bombs.  I think they really did bomb, they weren't very good.  I got them from pinterest, but I think it was a pintrocity. :)

 Isabelle was super sweet and embroidered this heart for Rob and I for Valentines.  She is very thoughtful.

 Rob got me these beautiful flowers and some chocolates.

Talia's 3rd birthday party

 Talia's favorite color is pink.  Her favorite princess is Cinderella.  So, I had to do a pink princess party for her.  I tried out making tissue paper pom poms.

 Rob printed off princess pics for the cupcakes.

 I made little crowns out of toilet paper rolls and the girls glued jewels to them.  We played "find the slipper", walk and run, and musical chairs.

 I also made pink punch.

 Talia said her favorite part was opening presents.  I made her a special princess chair (by tying a balloon to it.)  She wanted to sit in it almost the whole party.

 Sara

 Isabelle, and Robert wanted to be helpers for her party.  They were so great, but it's also a reminder that my kids are growing up!

 Amelia

 Robert

 Savannah

 Kahlan

 Austin was so cute.  He wanted to join in with the girls, so he dressed like a "knight."

 Brooklyn.

Fun cousin visit

We were so lucky to have my cousin O.J. and his family over to visit.  They were with us on Talia's B-day.   Here are some fun pics...
 

 We had some french silk pie to celebrate Talia's actual birthday.

 


 

 Isabelle and Cassy are so much alike!  They got along so well!  They are both shy, love to make things fancy, and so imaginative!

 
 Cassy was so happy that Talia just ended up loving her. :)

We got to see Thomas and his wife that night.

Groundhog's Day

I think it is just because of our family's love of the movie, but we always celebrate Groundhog's day.  I found this fun party idea on Pinterest, all based on the movie.  So, here is our Groundhog's day, with movie quotes and all.

 Austin is ready to take on any groundhog if he makes any trouble.

 This is suppose to say "People like blood sausage, people are morons."

 Austin made this cute groundhog at school.  The kids helped me make these groundhog pudding cups.

 If you can't read the sign it says, "Sweet Vermouth on the rocks with a twist please."  We had my non alcoholic version.

 It actually wasn't a very healthy dinner, but it sure was fun!