Hello Kitty Birthday Party

My seven year old LOVES Hello Kitty.

Her fasination started with Hello Kitty about two years ago.

I am surprised it as lasted this long.

We had a small family party this year.

Breakfast at the park, spent the afternoon swimming, crab legs and salmon for dinner (HER REQUEST!) and then cupcakes and presents to end the day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLEE!



Woody's Round Up Birthday Party

My Little Griffin Man turned THREE!

I love how excited he was to hear everyone singing to him!

Making his wish and blowing out the candles.

He is to cute for words!

There's A Snake In My Boot!

Happy Birthday Griffin. 

Mommy loves you more than ever.



Basketball Baby Shower

For Justine and Little Dickey!

Justine and Dwayne are having a baby boy! 

 They can't decide on a name so they have nicknamed him

LITTLE DICKEY!

Basketball Centerpieces

The tables for the guests were set up on an outside basketball court.

What better place for a B-ball shower than on the court?

Of course the water, with labels.

The Food - oh yummy!

Thanks for Coming! Table

Our little thank you's.

Jealin had a great idea to leave the envelopes out for the guests to write their name and address on.  At the end of the party we gave Justine the envelopes with the cards, this way her "Thank You Cards" are all addressed and she doesn't have to hunt down address!  BRILLIANT!

Jealin, Me and Kellie - The party planners!

Justine "Mama to Be!" Jealin, Me and Kellie

(Don't mind that my boobs look lopsided...dang stripes!)



Over the Hill

This is nothing spectacular by any means, but it was fun.

I threw an impromptu 60th birthday party for my mom. We are talking from a thought to the event in 24 hours! We had missed her birthday the week before because she was still very weak from the bad case of walking pneumonia she has had for what seems like the entire month of January. She was feeling better and my aunt let me know she was taking her out to dinner. I decided we would decorate my aunt's house while they were gone and have a dessert bar after their dinner. I only had 24 hours to pull this baby off and so the decoration are not stellar, but at least we surprised my mother and celebrated her momentous birthday. 60 is a big deal and I couldn't just let it slip by without telling her she was special. Most of my time was used up calling people and baking cupcakes. It was mostly just family and a few neighbor friends, very small and casual. I think if it had been planned longer, someone would have blown the surprise.

We had chocolate cupcakes with a simple buttercream frosting and silver sprinkles and also a salted caramel cupcakes (from Joy's Hope, you can find the recipe HERE), YUM. Mom has recently been through a lot and I didn't want to really focus on the "you're older than dirt" aspect and make everything black. We added a little bit of color and tried to put some silver in it to make it a little more festive.

We also gave her a portrait of the Salt Lake Temple that I made from Poppyseed Projects. I have to say thank you to my hubby for "helping". I had run out of time to do everything and asked him to take the ribbon and make a bow to put on the picture. Men just do things differently as you can see in the photo.

We also watched a short (5 min) video of pictures of mom. It was a super casual and informal party. Probably what mom would have wanted if she had been able to plan her own party. She hates the spotlight. LOVE you Mom. Happy Birthday.

Cupcakes & Ice Cream Party

Cupcakes & Ice Cream Birthday Party!

My little girl turned six and here are some fun pictures from her party.

The Entry to "The Sweet Shoppe"

The Sweet Shoppe Wreath.... It's A Party!

The Cupcake & Ice Cream Table

Filled with everything a little girl would need to dress her icecream.

Fancy Ice Cream Bowls & Sundae Cups

Aaahhh... The Cupcakes.  Tropical Punch of course!

The Birthday Girl - Charlee

Just A Little Thank You

Charlee and I made all the little guests Pink and Black aprons as a thank you for coming to her party!

How Tweet... Baby Shower!

I have a super cute friend.  Her name is Holly.  She is having a baby boy in September!  I am so excited for her and even more excited to see this precious, cute, angel of a baby! 

If you know me, you know I love to plan parties and get plenty of girls together to do what we do best - TALK, VISIT, CATCH UP, GOSSIP (only wholesome gossip...you know!), EAT, open PRESENTS.... Are you catching on?  Yeah, I thought you were.

Back to the topic at hand...Holly is having a baby.  And that means BABY SHOWER!!! I was SO happy to throw Holly a shower and I hope she and all the guests had a good time.  A big THANKS to all who came to support Holly and her soon to be Little Man.

 " How Tweet Baby Shower "

Photography by Kellie Stilson - she is AMAZING!  Check out her blog here!