A non-family birthday party

Today Lil Miss C had her first birthday party that she went to that was not a family member or a family friend. It was a girl in her preschool class. I met some of the other mom's of her classmates and she had a blast!

V's Birthday Party

We went to V's birthday party yesterday. It was a whole lot of Frozen fun!

Happy 4th of July

I worked on the 4th of July but our friends and semi-close neighbors were having their big 4th of July fireworks show this year on the 5th, so I got to enjoy the show with everyone!

Congrats J&B S!

Yesterday we went to a bbq at Mama & Papa S's house to celebrate JS, brother J marriage to B. They got married back in April and just wanted a backyard bbq to celebrate. My mom watched the girls for us,so it was nice to be able to visit with friends.

J&J Tie the Knot

Yesterday was J&J's wedding. It was a beautiful ceremony and celebration of their love.

I accompanied Mr. C before the wedding to Momma & Papa S's house to help the groomsmen get ready.

 The groom & his best men

Sadly not many of my pictures from the ceremony actually turned out, but it was a unique and wonderful ceremony. Truly a reflection of their personailites and love for each other.
 

 Mr. C & I after the ceremony

Mr. JS

CH & I

Mrs. JS!

Such a fun evening celebrating with them!! Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. S and thanks for having us a part of their special day!!

J&J's Bachelor & Bachelorette Parties

Yesterday we had J&J's bachelor & bachelorette parties!! It was a fun filled day at the winery & then ended the evening at Mustang Sally's.

The Bride-to-Be! 

 

The bus ride back from the winery.

It was a wonderful day & night to celebrate the future Mrs. S!!

Visit with Baby M

This morning before heading into work, i stopped by to meet Baby M and visit with his momma. It was great to visit with her and talk about motherhood and her questions and get some cuddles in with her handsome little boy! So happy for them.

Baby CB's arrival

Congrats to MB & JB on the arrival of CB! Mr. CB had a rough start into this world but he is a strong fighter just like his momma and pulled through. I got word from TH that MB's water had broke and that they were at the hospital on December 2. I was super excited because i was off that day to take Lil Miss to C to her 3 yr dr's apt and i was hopeful that i would be able to go and visit in the afternoon before picking up the girls. I still hadn't heard any news when i went to bed that evening. In the morning i checked my phone and found out that CB did arrive around 9:00P on December 2, i texted MB to tell her congrats and by mid-morning i still hadn't heard anything back from her. I started to get worried and did some checking and found out that there were some complications. She lost a lot of blood, he had to be suctioned out was in the special care nursery. Lots and lots of prayers were being said for this lil guy. We went and visited them at the hospital that evening, he was so tiny and so precious. He kept getting better lil by lil and by Friday they were able to come home. Today i was able to go out to their house and visit with them and hold him. I am so happy for them and that he is a strong lil boy!

Pampers

this evening i had to capture some pictures of Littlest C in a Pampers robe for my friend. She won a package from Pampers and had to post about it on her blog. We were helping her out by being a model.

Baby M's Baby Shower

This afternoon the girls and I went to Baby M's baby shower. It was decorated super cute and they had crafty activities for all of the guests to do. We could decorate a onsie for Baby M and paint letters. They have not announced his name, so it was a fun game for everyone to be creative and guess what letter the name will start with. I am beyond excited for this girl to have her lil bundle of joy arrive safely. They were pregnant in 2012 and lost their precious baby boy around 27 weeks due to preterm labor. She has been taking every precaution including have a surgery to put a stitch in her cervix. Continuing to say lots of prayers for them and loved seeing her today! 

Dirty Thirty party

Welcome to the Dirty Thirty Club, Tobes!! Tonight we went out and celebrated her dirty thirty. JR came over and watched the girls for a few hours for us, so Mr. C and I went and visited one of his friend's first and then went out to the party for a few hours. It was great visiting with friends and having some beers! 

MB's Baby Shower

Today was my good friend MB's baby shower. Her sister through the shower at MB"s shouse. She had a super cute antler, pinecone, country theme. MB's has decorated CTs room with a rustic country theme. 

Here is the cake table, Tobes made the frame to hang in CT's room.  

The momma to be!!

Only a little over a month left to go for her!!

C Country Craze

Yesterday was our annual C Country Craze. This year we moved the kiddos C Country Craze to the morning. We invited about 30 of our family and friends with kiddos and we had about 20 kids make it. We got their hayride started around 10:00AM.

But first Mr. C handed out stickers to each of them, explaining that they would need to hold onto their sticker until we got to the pumpkin patch and they would find the pumpkin with the matching sticker on it.

Waiting for the hayride to start.

Having fun throughin the hay off the wagon. 

Everyone looking for the pumpkin with it's sticker. 

Lil Miss C found her pumpkin. 

KBug with her pumpkin. 

We let everyone have free range to pick another pumpkin and this is what Lil Miss C picks out. 

Littlest C with her pumpkin. Thanks to JR for coming and pretty much taking care of her during the festivites so i could snap pictures and play hostess. 

The kiddos and their pumpkins. 

Grandpa stopped by to visit and eat some chili. 

Lil Miss C had to catch a chicken for G to hold. 

KoBo & JoKo came later and picked their pumpkins cause he had a soccer game in the morning. 

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After everyone left about 1:00PM, we put the girls down for their naps and relaxed for a little bit ourselves and then finished preparing for the evening festivities. My mom came and picked up the girls around 5:00P. She watched them for us overnight and had a blast with them spoiling them with a hotel with a spa bath tub for the night. 

Everyone started showing up around 6ish... 

We had a smaller crowd for the evening this year, but everyone still had a great time. We only took one hay wagon out for the evening ride. 

We had a beautiful day with excellent weather this year!