Our little fairy world

I have been planning Kennedy's 3rd birthday party for months. Seriously. Months. Yes. I am. Insane. I know it. My husband knows it. And luckily he is okay with it. So here is her party in way too many pictures!

The oh-so-happy 3 year old! (Sitting on the toadstools I made out of wire spools I swiped from someone's trash...)

Some of the food pre-party. Forgot to tell my mom to take pictures after it was all set-up. Snail sandwishes, flower pbjs, string cheese and grape tomato toadstools.

Floating lanterns and tissue paper flowers to make it magical :)

Started the party off with bubble dancing!

The bubbles were a BIG hit! So worth the $8 on an automatic bubble blower :)

Reagan loved showing off her dancing acrobatic fairy wanding skills!

She was in awe all day, I'm so glad the day was magical for her!

One of our littlest fairy friends - Gracie and her mommy.

Isn't that a precious sight??

Searching for magic rocks for our craft

Kennedy and her cousin, Kalli

Helping the fairies fly with the help of some sling shots

Sipping her flower nectar out of her flower cup

Some of the fairy friends.

Yes, I did put candles on a sandwich. Couldn't put one in a cake pop...

Craft time! Building some fairy homes. Look how determined Mason is!
I love how creative the kids were! Darby Doo and Skyler

Kennedy, Reagan, Mallory and Kalli

Autumn, Emma, Brigitte, Noah and Preston
Still soooooo happy!
Little Fairy Savannah

Little Fairy Marissa

Hayden proudly showing his masterpiece!

And then present time!

Loving her new fairy scrapbook Aunt Pat made just for her!

Love her face!

Whew! I can relax now! And it was totally worth it! My sweet baby girl had her special fairy day and it was magical! I love this girl! I love everything about her! Especially when she calls for me before she falls asleep at night just to say she needed a snuggle. Or when I ask her what she wants, anything at all, for her birthday breakfast and she says, "Lucky charms. Because I know Reagan likes them!" And when she prays and asks for daddy's knee to feel better and for Grandpa's body to work normal. Or how she loves fairies and dinosaurs, equally. I love her super tight hugs and her big pouty lips. I love her dimple. I love her. I love her. I love her.

EASTER!

I love Easter! The beginning of nice weather, the flowers popping up in our yard, going outside, sunshine, and of course celebrating the resurrection of our Savior. It seemed extra special this year, as the girls really seemed to understand it more. We did all of the easter bunny type activities saturday, easter baskets, egg hunts, making eggs. Then on Sunday we focused on the real reason we celebrate easter. We read the scriptures with the girls and learned all about the events leading up to Christ's crucifixion and then his resurrection. We focused on his atonement in the Garden of Gethsemane and helped them understand that we repent so we won't have to suffer as He did. Then we celebrated that Christ overcame death and was risen! The girls (especially Reagan) were very happy to know that Jesus is alive and not dead. They were really distraught when we discussed what the people said and did to Jesus. It really helped me to realize just how VERY important Easter is. At lunch Reagan volunteered to pray, and it was so sweet. I wrote down some of the things she said because I didn't want to forget.
"Heavenly Father, Bless us that we won't suffer. Bless us that we will repent. Bless us that we won't sin. Bless (she frequently says bless instead of thankful) Jesus that he was resurrected after he died." Then she blessed normal things. But it made me really happy to know that she had listened and that hours later she was still thinking about what we had discussed. Anyways, so we had a wonderful sabbath day - great lessons at church, happy little girls, good food and family time. Now onto the pictures :)

My girlies in their matching cuteness!

Easter egg hunt at the Stumps. Always fun!

Finding the billions of eggs that Grandma and Grandpa brought!

Their new super hero capes that I ordered cheap from one of those daily deal sites!

Showing their superhero stuff!

Easter basket stuff. Nothing big, just lots of little things I found on clearance throughout the year. My little ponies, angelina ballerina, mini lalaloopsies, barbie movies, bath poofs and capes. They got plenty of candy from everyone else :)

Making rice krispie treat easter eggs!

And they got new spring nightgowns for easter, with matching scrunchies for their hair :)

They love nightgowns! (Because they are dresses you can sleep in)

And the rice krispie easter eggs! I think they turned out great :)

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter!

my old man

Rick turned 30. Yep the big 3-0. He played the part well, hobbling around with his cane. We couldn't really plan anything elaborate and we couldn't do any of his favorite things since he still can't walk very well. So we invited some of our close friends from church and had an adults night out! We went to a fun Japanese Steakhouse, where I forgot to take my camera...

I only did a few decorations, just to remind him just how old he is :) I hung the numbers one through thirty across our living/dining room so he could visualize how many years he has completed here. And the simple banner. Just in case he forgot :)

Rick's family came over for lunch and dessert and games before our night out. It was fun and as always we had too much food :)

I didn't make Rick a cake since his dessert of choice is homemade oreos. But his nice co-workers brought in two cakes on friday. One to eat with him and one to send home. So we used that cake for the candles. Reagan and Kennedy were more than happy to help him blow out his candles now that he is getting so old ;)

We played loaded questions when we were done with our nice dinner. It was hilarious. Some may have cried, some may have peed...

Steve and Lara (above) Ben and Aubree (below)

Scott and Julie

Rick and his new Depends

Alan demonstrating how to use them

The Whole Shebang

Ah, that looks more normal! (Cindy, why do you always copy me? j/k)

And then there was mafia. Cindy was awesome at calling people out. hilarious.

Thanks for making Rick's birthday so awesome! Love you guys!

p.s. check me out, two posts in one week!!