John Hall Celebrates 2 Street Style!

John Hall celebrated his second birthday in Sesame Street style. I had lots of fun making decorations for his special day. I made the cakepop stand (the actual cake pops I ordered from Etsy), napkin rings, mason jar cups, water bottles, J's and 2's, table centerpieces, and even the t-shirt I wore! What was left, I mainly found online. My mom was sweet to make the awesome banner that tied everything together and Jason's mom made John's amazing "smash" cake. They, along with my dad, helped with the party set-up. I don't know what I would have done without them!

It took a while for John Hall to blow out his candles since his mouth was full of pizza. He took his sweet time, but finally got the job done! (I should mention that he was sick during his party which is why he looks so puny in all his pictures. That makes it two years in a row! Hopefully his third birthday won't follow the same trend!)

Here are some of John Hall's party guests. I think everyone had a wonderful time at John Hall's second birthday party!

Opening all the wonderful presents from friends and family!

John Hall woke up the morning of his big day to a new table and chairs from Muddie and Pop. Muddie also made JH special birthday muffins to start off his big day.

John Hall says thanks to everyone who helped make his second birthday so special!

Easter 2011

This year, we spent Easter in Hot Springs. John Hall dyed eggs with cousin Sam (and they were some mighty fine looking eggs!). Sam got a little frustrated with JH because he couldn't understand why John Hall was breaking all of his eggs!

The next morning, the Easter bunny came and the boys hunted all the eggs they made! We then went onto church, then to eat with the rest of my family, and on to an "easter" party at cousin, James' house.

I found these cute little carrots at Hobby Lobby this year and thought they made a fun Easter display along with the rabbit I've had for several years now.

I also changed out the arrangement I've had on our dining room table and got rid of our good ol' ficus tree we've had our entire marriage....

Empower Me...A Girl's Day Camp

I was the chair for a new project called "Empower Me" which is a girl's day camp for girls in the 5th and 6th grades. We had six different stations: inner beauty, "stranger danger," a bracelet craft, a headband craft, body care/image,and nutrition/getting active. If you can take a moment, check out the video above. I think it sums up the point of the entire camp which is that we should focus on inner beauty rather than outer..