Harper's Minnie Mouse Party

 For Harper's 2nd birthday I decided to do a Minnie Mouse themed party.  She LOVES to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse so to make it a little more girly we went with the Minnie theme.  SHE LOVED IT!  She ate up all the decorations of Minnie and Daisy and the Minnie cake and cookies.  It was the sweetest thing ever!  She really enjoyed having everyone's attention throughout her party=)  We had a wonderful time celebrating with our families and close friends!

The BIRTHDAY girl!

Jackson, Jack, and Eden showing their muscles.

My beautiful niece, Lydia.

The Minnie Mouse cake and cookies that I decorated.

A closer picture of the cake.

Harper posing by some of the decorations.

Eden and Harper hanging out with Aunt Lindsay and her new friend, Cord.

Harper eating dinner.  We grilled hotdogs and hamburgers for dinner and had several sides to go with them.

Caden and Lucy eating dinner together.

Jackson, Jack, Eden, and Lydia

Beckett eating his dinner.

Silly boys doing bunny ears to each other so the girls had to do the same;)

Gift opening station.

Harper is all ready to tear into them.

Finding Goofy in the bag from my parents.  She has a special LOVE for GOOFY!

She studied each card very carefully.

And had such pure joy for each and every gift she opened.  It was so much fun watching her!!!!

Showing her friend Molly her new backpack and eventually she just started handing all her gifts to Molly=)

She got some new movies and purses.

Mickey Mouse made his presence and she was excited.

CAKE TIME!

Daddy had to blow them for her.

Family picture.

The Bittle Family.

The Vick Family

Cord and Lindsay

My parents with Harper

And for all those who escaped me taking their pictures you can thank me later;)  There are a bunch of you!

Eden had to have her picture taken.

Harper joined her.

Thanks to all of our wonderful family and friends who came to celebrate Harper's 2nd birthday!  Y'all are each so special and we love you all!  

Lindsay's Surprise 30th Birthday Party

Harper and Lindsay share a birthday, so when her friends were planning her a surprise birthday party we had to make sure their parties didn't overlap and it was so nice of them to consider us and Harper's birthday!  Those chose to have it on Friday evening of September 27th.  I had a friend come and watch Harper until Michael could get off work because he wasn't able to make it.  Eden and I took off after school and drove to Jonesboro and stopped in Searcy to pick up my parents.  The party started at seven and we made it a little early so we could hide the car and get inside.  The party was at a local BBQ restaurant.

Lindsay had no idea and was completely surprised.  Cord, her boyfriend, and several close friends planned the party while she was in Africa for two weeks.  Cord told her that he wanted her to attend a dinner meeting with him that night and she wasn't super thrilled about it=)  They walked in and she was completely shocked!  Cord did such a good job planning the party and he even worked on a video that had some old pictures of her with family and friends and had messages from family and friends that couldn't be at the party.  It was the sweetest thing ever!

Cord had this sign made for the party!

 Her favorite candies and desserts!

 Cheesecake is one of her favorite things!

 Dad and Eden hanging out together waiting for the birthday girl to show up!

 Mimi jumping in to join them.

 The birthday girl!

 Eden and I

 Lindsay getting sung to and blowing out her candles.  She doesn't like having all eyes on her;)

 Dad and Mom with Lindsay

 Lindsay and I

 Lindsay and Cord

Love their tongues stuck out at me;)