We love you to the Moon and back Tatum Ann, have a most wonderful birthday!!!!
Monday, November 28, 2011
Happy 3rd Birthday Tatum Ann!!!
Our beautiful baby girl Tatum Ann is 3 years old today. Since the day she was born she has been so amazing. Tatum really is the most wonderful daughter and we are so incredibly blessed to have her in our family. She is so full of spirit and happiness and love. Tatum is so gorgeous on the inside and out and she fills us up with love every single day.
Tatum's Family Birthday Party
Tatum is going to be 3 (oh my gosh, I can't believe it) on Thursday, so on Sunday we had the family over for a little birthday dinner for her. She wanted hot dogs for her special birthday dinner. So Gramma and Grampa got a bunch at Costco and Matt grilled them up for everyone {we also had hamburgers and chips & dip, not the birthday girls request, but figured we needed to round out the menu a bit ;)}.
Tatum decided she wanted a strawberry cake with green frosting. We took her to the store and told her she could pick out any kind of cake she wanted and she said strawberry was her favorite. So we went with it. The cake turned out yummy. It looked a bit odd being pink and green but Tatum loved it. I am just glad she picked out strawberry cake and not anything that was too odd!!
Tatum got so super spoiled with her presents. She got some great toys, a radio, a princess clock, Minnie Mouse pots and pans for her kitchen, an ice cream maker set, her very own digital camera, a v-reader, 2 princess dolls (she slept with both of them last night) and a big girl bike. She was so adorable riding her bike. She is going to be cruising off in no time. Tatum loves each and every one of her presents and has already played with all of them. Lucky, lucky girl!!!!
Tatum decided she wanted a strawberry cake with green frosting. We took her to the store and told her she could pick out any kind of cake she wanted and she said strawberry was her favorite. So we went with it. The cake turned out yummy. It looked a bit odd being pink and green but Tatum loved it. I am just glad she picked out strawberry cake and not anything that was too odd!!
Tatum got so super spoiled with her presents. She got some great toys, a radio, a princess clock, Minnie Mouse pots and pans for her kitchen, an ice cream maker set, her very own digital camera, a v-reader, 2 princess dolls (she slept with both of them last night) and a big girl bike. She was so adorable riding her bike. She is going to be cruising off in no time. Tatum loves each and every one of her presents and has already played with all of them. Lucky, lucky girl!!!!
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| Baking her birthday cake |
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| Time to mix |
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| Camdyn likes strawberry :) |
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| Tatum decorated this cake all by herself!! |
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| Yay!! |
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| Cutest sisters ever!! |
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| Present time!! |
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| Such great gifts!! |
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| Happy girl!! |
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| New bike!! |
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| Strawberry cake with green frosting |
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| Happy birthday song |
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| Make a wish |
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| Riding her new bike!! |
Christmas with Gramma and Grampa
On Saturday we got to celebrate Christmas with Gramma and Grampa out at there house. They will be in Missouri for Christmas so we got to celebrate with them early. It was so much fun. Tatum opened EVERY single gift. She was "helping" she said. She is definitely a pro un-wrapper now :).
The girls got some great new books, dvd's and puzzles. Both of the girls LOVE puzzles. One of Tatum's puzzles is a 10 foot long alphabet train, she and Grampa had a fun time putting that together!! The girls also got some cute matching jammies and outfits. Matt and I were of course spoiled too. The most exciting thing for me was my new CAMERA!! I am so super excited about the new camera. Taking soooo many pics with it already. Got it just in time for Disneyland so I can't wait to go crazy with it!! :)
We are so lucky that we got to spend the day with Gramma and Grampa and have such a nice dinner at their house. It really is about the together time and we loved our special day!!
The girls got some great new books, dvd's and puzzles. Both of the girls LOVE puzzles. One of Tatum's puzzles is a 10 foot long alphabet train, she and Grampa had a fun time putting that together!! The girls also got some cute matching jammies and outfits. Matt and I were of course spoiled too. The most exciting thing for me was my new CAMERA!! I am so super excited about the new camera. Taking soooo many pics with it already. Got it just in time for Disneyland so I can't wait to go crazy with it!! :)
We are so lucky that we got to spend the day with Gramma and Grampa and have such a nice dinner at their house. It really is about the together time and we loved our special day!!
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| Opening presents |
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| New dress |
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| Let me open it!! :) |
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| Cute girls |
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| For our Mickey Kitchen |
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| "Helping" Daddy |
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| Grampa and his new ASU Trailer hitch |
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| Reading a new book |
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| Mommy and Tatum |
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| The girls with Gramma and Grampa |
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| Puzzle time |
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| So cute!! |
Friday, November 25, 2011
Thanksgiving!!
We had such a wonderful Thanksgiving day this year. So very much to be thankful for and we are so incredibly blessed to have such a loving home and a fantastic family!!
Gramma and Grampa flew in Wednesday night from Nashville to spend the holiday weekend with us. The airport was a mad house trying to pick them up. But eventually we got there and the girls were so excited to see both of them in person and not just on our weekly video calls.
We got up Thursday morning and we went for a run. We figured a 4 mile run would get the day started off right. It was pretty cold out (for us), but we bundled up the girls and off we went. We felt really good after we finished. Matt went over to his parents to watch the Packers win while the girls and I stayed home and played with Gramma and Grampa and made some food. It was a nice morning. We all went over to Matt's parents house for our Thanksgiving feast and had such a great time. It was so fun having the family together to enjoy the special day and share in such yummy food. Camdyn definitely enjoyed her first Thanksgiving. Her favorite of course being the sweet potatoes!! Tatum had so much fun playing with everyone, especially Katie and Casey. They were both so wonderful to her and she had a blast!! We didn't do the black Friday shopping with the rest of the fam but I did hit up Michael's with Lindsey and Katie and got a steal on some ribbon (upcoming project for the girls). Very excited about our finds there!! All in all it was a successful day!! And we are so very thankful for everything we have, especially our beautiful girls Tatum and Camdyn!!
We got up this morning and took the girls to the zoo with Gramma and Grampa. Was so nice to get out and enjoy the beautiful day!!
Gramma and Grampa flew in Wednesday night from Nashville to spend the holiday weekend with us. The airport was a mad house trying to pick them up. But eventually we got there and the girls were so excited to see both of them in person and not just on our weekly video calls.
We got up Thursday morning and we went for a run. We figured a 4 mile run would get the day started off right. It was pretty cold out (for us), but we bundled up the girls and off we went. We felt really good after we finished. Matt went over to his parents to watch the Packers win while the girls and I stayed home and played with Gramma and Grampa and made some food. It was a nice morning. We all went over to Matt's parents house for our Thanksgiving feast and had such a great time. It was so fun having the family together to enjoy the special day and share in such yummy food. Camdyn definitely enjoyed her first Thanksgiving. Her favorite of course being the sweet potatoes!! Tatum had so much fun playing with everyone, especially Katie and Casey. They were both so wonderful to her and she had a blast!! We didn't do the black Friday shopping with the rest of the fam but I did hit up Michael's with Lindsey and Katie and got a steal on some ribbon (upcoming project for the girls). Very excited about our finds there!! All in all it was a successful day!! And we are so very thankful for everything we have, especially our beautiful girls Tatum and Camdyn!!
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| Happy Thanksgiving |
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| Tatum showing off the shirt we made |
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| Camdyn's first Thanksgiving!! |
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| Gramma and Tatum at dinner |
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| Camdyn chowing down |
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| YUMMMMM!!!! |
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| Our little pearls :) |
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| Tatum on the Elephant. |
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| Tatum and Grampa looking at monkeys. |
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| Tatum and Gramma being silly.
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Now it is off to the ASU game. Christmas decorating tomorrow morning and Christmas dinner with Gramma and Grampa at their house tomorrow. Sunday evening is Tatum's family bday dinner and then its time for DISNEYLAND and Tatum's 3rd Birthday!! Sooooo excited for our week ahead!!
Monday, November 21, 2011
Pinterest Projects
This weekend we decided to get crafty and do a few of the projects I had pinned on Pinterest. Just thought I would share because we love everything that we made!!
First we made Christmas tree and heart crayons. This was fun to do because all of us could help get the crayons ready (taking off the cover and cutting up). We got the cheap crayons from Target and the Christmas Tree mold was in the dollar bin there. We just had to put the crayon pieces in the oven and voila cute crayons for the girls to use!!
Then we made an ornament shadow box. The ornaments were also in the dollar bin at Target and the shadow box was 60% off at Michael's. All we did was take off the ends of the ornaments and hot glued them in!! This can be used as either a tray or a wall hanging. We will see what we feel like doing with it once our Christmas decorations are up!!
I think the next one that we did is my favorite. My brother helped me put this one together. It is a Christmas card holder wreath. So simple and so cute. All we used was a wood circle, some clothes pins, a few cans of spray paint (green and glitter green), hot glue and some super cute ribbon!! Hope we get a lot of Christmas cards this year to put up on our "wreath".
Today I finished one last project. For this one I just bought a plain glass jar ($3 at Michaels), got some rubberbands from work, put the rubberbands around the jar, sprayed it with some frosted spray paint and we had an instant display jar. I put a candle in it and it looked great, I think I will use this all year and just change what is on the inside of it [ornaments at Christmas, hearts at Valentines Day - you get the idea :)]
We had a lot of fun doing these projects and everything was so easy and cheap!! Definitely let me know what you think and if any of you try any of these projects!!
First we made Christmas tree and heart crayons. This was fun to do because all of us could help get the crayons ready (taking off the cover and cutting up). We got the cheap crayons from Target and the Christmas Tree mold was in the dollar bin there. We just had to put the crayon pieces in the oven and voila cute crayons for the girls to use!!
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| Box of crayons :) |
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| Remove all the wrapping |
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| Tatum cutting up the crayons |
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| Put crayon pieces into the silicon mold |
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| Bake at 230 degrees for about 20-30 minutes |
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| Christmas Tree Crayons!! |
Then we made an ornament shadow box. The ornaments were also in the dollar bin at Target and the shadow box was 60% off at Michael's. All we did was take off the ends of the ornaments and hot glued them in!! This can be used as either a tray or a wall hanging. We will see what we feel like doing with it once our Christmas decorations are up!!
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| Ornament Shadow Box |
I think the next one that we did is my favorite. My brother helped me put this one together. It is a Christmas card holder wreath. So simple and so cute. All we used was a wood circle, some clothes pins, a few cans of spray paint (green and glitter green), hot glue and some super cute ribbon!! Hope we get a lot of Christmas cards this year to put up on our "wreath".
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| Christmas Card Wreath |
Today I finished one last project. For this one I just bought a plain glass jar ($3 at Michaels), got some rubberbands from work, put the rubberbands around the jar, sprayed it with some frosted spray paint and we had an instant display jar. I put a candle in it and it looked great, I think I will use this all year and just change what is on the inside of it [ornaments at Christmas, hearts at Valentines Day - you get the idea :)]
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| Glass Jar |
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| With an LED candle inside. |
We had a lot of fun doing these projects and everything was so easy and cheap!! Definitely let me know what you think and if any of you try any of these projects!!
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