~The Princesses Birthday~

Aylah has been wanting a princess birthday party for the last 6 months.  She wanted to have a party with Gracie too, which worked out beautifully and made it a lot easier on momma!  Mike and I always have such a great time planning and getting things ready for their birthday!  I'm thankful to everyone who came for making it such a special time!  

The Castle Cake

Grace and Aylah's Cake

Grace was displayed on the table from birth to one year on these cute little crowns.

Aylah and her ballerina friends riding on the "throne".

Princess Tiffany

What would a party be without crafts.

A little coloring

Grace is reaching for her lil' cousin, Gabriella.

Mom and dad jousting.

Aylah getting ready for her jousting competition.

The sweetest little thing!

Looking for the princess dress up clothes that she thought were in the basket.

Grace had a great 1st birthday, she was passed around one by one and then crawled around all over the gym floor for the rest of the party.

Aylah said her favorite thing about the party was the dress up game.  This picture totally captures how much she loved it!

Princess dress up, yes I know, these aren't the most beautiful princess shoes, but they are the only heels I have.

Go Aylah!

Blowing out the candles.

Grace really enjoyed her cake.  She never got messy, just ate one bit at a time.  The icing on her hands eventually started bugging her, but she just tried to feed it to her momma!

Aylah passing out the castle suckers to all the kids.

I love this pic of Gracie reading her animal book from the Fredericks.

Gracie playing with her puzzle.

Aylah was totally pumped about the presents, she waited so patiently to open them.

Happy 1st Birthday Grace!

Happy 4th Birthday Aylah!

We love you both so very much!

~Aylah Trick or Treating~

Aylah had such a fantastic time Trick or Treating.  While we were eating dinner, she wanted to practice what she was going to say when she got to the neighbor's door.  Trick or treating must have been a huge accomplishment for her, because after she got candy from each house, she ran away yelling "I DID IT"!

~Trick or Treat~

We went trick or treating in our neighborhood last night.  Aylah ran from house to house, and Grace watched her from the wagon.  Grace was completely content the entire time.

I think the sun is making her face so red.

It got a little chilly outside and I thought these little mittens were so cute on Grace's sweet little hands.  Notice Grace's feet, she sits like that all the time, especially when she sits in her chair to eat.  

~Trick or Treating at the Library~

Our library had a Trick or Treat story and activity time and we love the children's librarian, so we headed out in Halloween style.

Ms. Courtney got the toy box out for Grace to play with.

Grace was pumped to see her favorite ball in the box.

Aylah is making a jack o lantern bag, notice the sucker hanging out her mouth.

Grace is listening to the story.

Aylah is acting out the story for Mr. Courtney, I think she is being a bat in this picture.

The box of toys.  We play with this box every Wednesday after story time, so Grace is very familiar with it and totally pumped when she saw Ms. Courtney get it out.

Grace is loving to take things off, so this activity was right up her alley!

~IHBC Fall Festival~

We had our church fall festival out in the beautiful country, and it was so fun, and did I mention so beautiful!

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Cody and Bill trying to count the candy corn.

~IUK Trick or Treating~

IUK had a trick or treat at the campus Friday night, so we ventured out to get an early start on candy!

Quite possibly the cutest duck I've ever seen!

Grace doesn't like to wear things on her head.  She did pretty good though, considering.

Painting a pumpkin

Loving on daddy, while Aylah gets some candy.

Aylah and one of her friends Kelsey.

I thought this was pretty cool, so I took a pic.