A Party, A Hayride, Family

Weekends are busy in this house. This past weekend involved a birthday party, a hayride, and family.

A Party

Ellen's friend, Emily, is turning 18. Her party was on Saturday afternoon. It's always wonderful to be with this group of friends and their fabulous moms.

They decorated bags with stickers.

They had so much fun and were very creative. It was easy to see their interests....each bag said "me".

We ate lunch -

The very pretty Birthday Girl!

Yummy grilled hot dogs....these girls love them!

Games -

Working together :)

Two moms join the fun.

The blindfolded friend tries to identify the 'oink'! These girls were very good at this!

Maureen prepares the next game.

They fill their containers with mini marshmallows using chopsticks!

Time for gifts!

Candy....always a hit!

Emily reads the card.

Emily LOVES dogs!

A tiny puppy!

She reads the card from Ellen

It's a puppy hooded bathrobe and puppy socks :)

Cake!

We sing:

Happy Birthday to you, Dear Emily!

Blow, Emily, blow!

Oh so good!

Dancing!

What fun!!

Posing for a group picture :)

Thank you, Emily, for inviting us to your party. We had a blast!

(Elizabeth and Terry, you were missed!)

A Hayride

Saturday evening was our church's hayride. It was cold!! I almost didn't go. Sitting by the fire is where I stayed....no hayride for me!

Roasted hot dogs over a fire....yum!

We have the nicest little grove behind our church. There's a pavilion and a fire pit...actually three fire pits. There were others that stayed behind too. I had great company!

Baking

My helpers to make a cake Sunday afternoon :). Aren't they the cutest?