Birthday Party Photos

Fun decorations aren't so fun if you don't have any friends and family to share them with!

Lilley and Grace in their mermaid dresses:

Before Grace changed into her bathing suit!

It was amazing how much that one large pink bucket full of water kept them busy! They also had a beach ball sprinkler to play in and Aunt Chris gave Grace a Dora sprinkler too, and it made its way out of the package fast! :)

Sweet Miss Maggie

Owen with Aunt Bridge and little "boy" peanut ;) {yay for friends having babies!}

Time for presents! Grandaddy made Grace this rack to hang all of her costumes and dress-up clothes. She got lots of new costumes for her birthday too!

Finger painting!

Time for Cupcakes!

Happy THIRD Birthday baby girl! XOXO

Mermaid Birthday Party

I can't believe I still haven't posted photos from Grace's birthday. Here's a few photos of her mermaid birthday decorations! :)

This year I did simple cupcakes instead of a big cake! Plus if you know me you know I have a thing for cupcakes! :)

We had a "fish making" station outside, where kids could make a fish out of colored paper plates.

We had a finger painting station too! Here kids could use their handprint to make a fish.

Presents for our guests!

Beverages! Tea and Punch. Although my Dad wasn't a fan of the punch, Scott was. I thought it was very refreshing too. All I did was mix one gallon of lemonade that I mixed and one jug of blue store bought Hawaiian Punch.

Happy Mother's Day!

Three years ago on Mother's Day I received the best present of all. Grace. Although she was born on the Friday before Mother's Day, that Sunday we loaded her in the car and took her home.

28 and a half years ago I received another present. When I was born God blessed me with this beautiful, caring, amazing Mother, and I couldn't have picked a better Mom myself!

Thankful that God chose this woman as my Mother and thankful she's also my best friend!

I saw the following poem below on Pinterest and found it very fitting for Mother's Day!

Thank you Mom, for EVERYTHING! xoxo

And I'm blessed to be the Mommy of this precious little thing...

Awesome.

This video is awesome, go check it out...

The Amazing Story of Ian and Larissa from believe836 on GodTube.

THREE

Today, Grace turned 3 years old. I have lots to share about her birthday celebrations. Yes, celebrationS. :) but for now I leave you with this sweet image just before we lit her candle for her to blow out...

Tis' The Season

I'm use to not be a fan of eating soft shells. Just recently have I begun to eat them (like last year). I happened to get some last week and was going to fry them up for dinner as soon as Scott cleaned them for me. However, Scott wasn't able to so, so I dove in and with the help of my Dad talking me through the first one, I cleaned my first 12 dozen soft shells and then fried them for supper, and boy were they good! :)

Before:


After:


After I cleaned them, all I did was roll them around in milk, bread them with seafood breader (mixed with a little Old Bay), and fry them!

Soft shell crab is a term for crabs that have recently molted their old exoskeleton and are still soft.
A Beginners Guide to Soft Shell Crabs

Here are some soft shell recipes I've found online:
Sauteed Soft Shell Crabs with Garlic and Butter
Panko Crusted Soft Shells with Ginger Sauce

Easter Bunny

Looks like the Easter Bunny did decide to visit this year.

Some things that were in Grace's Easter basket were:

Dora Bat & Ball

Playdoh Eggs

Bathing Suit & Cover Up

Tale of Peter Rabbit Movie

The Story of Easter Book

Strawberry Shortcake Book

Mini Barbie

Dora Bubbles

Starburst Jelly Beans Egg

Thanks Easter Bunny!