Friday night we celebrated Kate's 9th birthday!
Here are a few pictures of our evening - with a little commentary in captions - wish you all could have been here!
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Emma helped me make cherry jello with mandarin oranges and frozen sweet cherries |
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baby Wesley with his Uncle Jeremy |
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Jacob - the cutest two year old boy we know |
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Kate with Nanny |
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some of the food: hash brown casserole, caesar salad, deviled eggs, jello, fruit salad, roasted cauliflower |
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grilled pork tenderloin |
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the Pioneer Woman's drip beef for sandwiches |
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Jeremy, Wesley, Aunt Connie and Uncle Bill |
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Nicole with her little buddy, Jacob |
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Angie with her little cutie, Natalie (the cutest two year old girl we know) |
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baby Wesley - love his mommy's eyes! |
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Kate in her birthday dress and bling |
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Josh and his biggest fan, Jacob |
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Emma |
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the best neighbors around! |
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in order: Travis, Jeremy, Jacob, Nicole, Wesley, Angie |
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Kate gets very excited! |
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Emma kept sneaking away to try on all of Kate's new clothing - these were pajamas |
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Kate giving her thank-you hugs (my Dad) |
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Emma and Natalie playing airport |
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in order: my Mom, Uncle Bill, Kate and me |
We enjoyed ice cream cake, homemade "twix bars", chocolate-covered strawberries and shortbread cookies for dessert. We had such a fun time and it was great to all be together - I think Kate felt very special!
Kate looks gorgeous in the bling shot. It looks like everyone had a fantastic time and frankly I love those pyjamas!
ReplyDeleteI'm coming to your next family birthday party...it all looks wonderful.
I don't know what to think about the neighbor comment... lol
ReplyDeleteI guess I'll let it slide! I hope Kate had a wonderful day!
Twix not Trix!! Come on, Kirs!! And sorry Amanda...too funny!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun party for our precious little Kate...so thankful for her life...and Jacob is, too!!
PS- Fun side note- Jer and I started dating on the afternoon that Kate was born- I'm always impressed he remembers, but he has something pretty major to associate it with :) 9 years, crazy!!
Kirs-thanks for that great post-It's great to see all the kiddos (and the rest of the fam)-to bad P & P were out of the country; I'm sure they were sorry they missed such a special celebration. I LOVE the excited pic of Kate-were those earrings that she was so excited about? The food looks awesome! You should have had a pic of the dessert table! Has it been warm enough for the rhubarb to start to leaf out yet? I just walked thru my patch tonite-no signs of life yet-we actually had a blanket of snow this AM!
ReplyDeleteI look forward to your posts-helps make the time between visits shorter!!
Aunt Jean