This month we celebrate Jamin, Nolan, Alex, Josi and Livie's birthdays. We also celebrate BreZaak's 10th anniversary and our 40th anniversary. AND because Arielle is due in March - we added in a Baby Shower for Elleira. I kept it simple and picked up two party-size lasagnas, had fresh baked sourdough and made a salad. I picked up a baby shower cake and Michael made an ice cream cake for birthdays.
The girls helped me decorate, run errands, set up games, pick up the cake... Allie blew up a lot of balloons, and we had a helium tank for even more ballons.
The boys promptly put a "baby" in their tummies and did their sumo wrestling impersonation.
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We started with a few baby shower games. We played the ever-popular clothespin on the clothes and don't say "baby" game, we cut up pieces of yarn to guess Arielle's waist size and we played a game where you guess the prices of items in a basket. I can't remember who won any of the games.
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Charles takes this game seriously. |
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Jenni has a lot of pins! |
Arielle was a good sport. We checked beforehand to be sure she was o.k. with this game.
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So sweet! |
As the games went on everyone showed up. We were all so happy Carrie, and the girls could make it.
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Josi is 10 days old |
I believe this was the day CoRielle, Nolan, Alex, and BreZaak met Josi.
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Bella is happy for another girl cousin |
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Papa and Josi |
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Annie needs a closer look. |
We ate our mystery dinner...and visited...we sang to Jamin, Nolan, Alex, Josi and Livie. This was the moment a couple of us teared up...because really Josiah should be in this picture, right behind Livie.
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Annie |
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Part of the room |
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Bre and Gideon |
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Jared, Noah, Jamin and Jenni
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It was a fun day...KrUke and the kids were here, Nolan and Alex both made it...I think only Izaak was out - more homework!
Note - many of the photos are from Larissa and Carrie. Thanks, girls!
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