Tuesday, October 21, 2008

THE POST...

....you have all been waiting for Ü.
This first picture I took after setting up my decorations. I was iffy about the banner I made...and almost threw it out because Party City had a cute birthday balloon banner. But I didn't and went with it...and once it was hung up, it didn't look to shabby. I have to give props, though....I got the idea from Maya*made...it's made from newspaper, painted by Bella and myself.

Now onto the GOOD pictures!! A big THANK YOU to Missy for these wonderful pictures! She shot a ton, getting great angles and using some beautiful light. She hand-delivered me 142 wonderful pictures! Here are a ton of my favorites.....
The birthday girls:


A bounce house is one of the best party investments out there...this one was from Becca's Bouncers and you can bet we will be using her again next year. The bouncer we rented was just the right size for the youngun's...though poor James was stuck inside of it for awhile b/c it didnt have a step for the kids to get onto the slide!




Thanks for being such a good sport James!



I love this picture! I put my girls in jeans (gasp) and they were too darn cute!

My banner....

My other form of decoration was helium balloons....my hopes were for every kid to take one home.

The mens....
Sweet little Fynn...

Present time....the girls made out like bandits....
Barbies, dressup, coloring, chalk, play-do! They are in heaven!

The princess cake! Mmmm....thank you Costco.

Our little family. I love the way the girls look...they sooooo don't want to be there! I'm excited to get our fall family pictures taken, but it's not gonna be an easy afternoon!!

My absolute favorite picture of Aube!

And these are just the icing on the cake. I can't wait to scrapbook the rest! Missy took beautiful pictures of alot of the children separately, if I'm on my game, I'll send some emails out (just remember if you use them, to give her some credit!).
I LOVE PICTURES! They capture so many moments I wasn't around to witness and now they are frozen in time, always ready to be looked back on.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

What an awesome looking party!!

Shannon said...

The pictures turned out great (of course) and the party was super fun! You do an excellent job hosting and throwing them!

Jenny said...

I love how in your adorable family picture, Stevie's head is just bobbing in the background! Grunnnnnnnnnndberggggg!!!

Simply Sarah *K* said...

He just knows he is going to be part of the family some day!! Making his presence known!

Anonymous said...

ooh so fun!!! I wish I could have been there. :o) You seem to be, like shannon said, an awesome party thrower. It looked like the adults had a good time too. and I love all those pictures, they make me smile!

Krista said...

You are totally an awesome party thrower!! Love the pics!!!

Bittles said...

Happy birthday Bella & Aubrey, I am so sad we missed it, (and sorry I didn't rsvp sarah!!) Sam had strep and was not feeling well, but it looks like it was super fun!

Colton Anne said...

Looks like a lot of fun...I want someone to rent a bounce house for my birthday!! :)

Hannah said...

Hey Colton Anne - maybe we can get a family reunion going next summer and have TONS of bounce houses!! These were really beautiful pictures. Your friend has an awesome talent there!! I love the great smile on your face in your family picture Sarah! You look so happy and that warms my heart!