Valentines

This year I was trying to come up with something cute but easy for Ethan to hand out at school for Valentines day. I remembered seeing some of these a while ago, and decided to give it a shot.

(Miss Porter, Thanks for "Beeing" my teacher! Happy Valentines Day!)

They turned out really cute and they were pretty easy to do.


When Ethan got home, he had to show everyone his haul. Lincoln and Jade were all sorts of excited to get in on that excitement.

Mart was a sweetheart and brought home some beautiful flowers. Love him!

Mart's card for me. Some of the pictures are sideways, I'll fix them later. :)

Mart made the kids some cute cards and we left them a balloon and a treat outside their door. Ethan kept reminding us for days leading up to Valentines that we did that last year.

We weren't able to get out and do anything, but cute Dee volunteered to take my kiddos for a few hours so we could at least hang out childless for a couple hours. We decided to have an at home date instead! I made steak and salmon and we ate way too much.

After we ate, we rented a movie and hung out until it was time to get our kidlets

Happy valentines day!

Ethan turned 7!

This post has been a long time coming! In January, my big little man turned 7 years old. 7! He has been on a Willy Wonka kick and we decided on a Willy Wonka themed party, and what better way to do that then to have golden ticket invitations!

The boys were so beyond excited to have their very own golden ticket

After making big wonka bars, then we made tiny ones for the party

Lincoln helped me make chocolate cake!

We had a minor mishap while running errands for more ingredients and I accidentally shut poor Lincoln's fingers in the car door. I felt horrible!

My finished cupcake creations. Very chocolate factory-esque.

Fizzy lifting drinks

And a chocolate factory (complete with chocolate fountain!) birthday cake!

We decided to have two different parties this year, one on Friday for family and then a friend party on Saturday. Friday we went to the Fun Park and played lots of games and then everyone came back for baked potatoes and cupcakes. Then the next day, a bunch of Ethan's neighborhood friends came over and went on a major sugar rush! I think one of the little boys even said it was the best party he had ever been too. I'm sure his parents were thrilled when he went home all hopped up on sugar. :) 

There was a lot going on, but Ethan seemed to have a blast!

It's hard to believe that seven years ago we were welcoming our first little member of our family, and now he's a year away from getting baptized! I love him like crazy and I'm glad he's ours. Happy birthday little man!