On Saturday, we had a very special three-in-one birthday party!
Michael turned five, Jack turned three, and Gabe is one!
Technically, Michael's birthday is tomorrow, Jack's on Wednesday, and Gabe's was a month ago but we wanted to throw a special, welcome back to the USA party, and celebrate with all of our friends and family!
We had almost 40 merry-makers come to celebrate and the boys (and I hope the guests!) had a wonderful time!
Enjoy the pictures below!
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| putting together invites |
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| making pendant banners |
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| adding the stamped denim |
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| final result! |
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| i enlisted some help for some painting |
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| final result! |
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| sweet one-year-old's handprint flag tee |
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| more pendant prep |
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| done! |
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| michael has been waiting ages to be 5 years old because then "he gets GUM!" so i had to make him a very special painted wooden box, just to keep his precious gum safe ;) |
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| the night before the party, we celebrated with g-ma and poppy! |
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| and the morning of, we opened nanny, paw paw, and gaumy's presents! |
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| gum! |
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| we always do m&m pancakes with candles on the birthday morning |
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| it's a tradition that on each 1st birthday, the boys get a giant stuffed animal. gabe's was a longhorn since this is our only child (so far!) born in Texas! a true Texan! |
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| a kids' camera! |
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| a huge dumptruck |
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| the first soccer game of the season was that morning as well |
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| mike was the coach! |
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| alex came to visit! |
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| handsome boys :) |
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| making the surprise-inside cake! |
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| dessert table |
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| michael, gaumy, and i |
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| maw maw and her third great-grandson! |
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| wrestling with uncle day day |
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| g-ma and jack jack |
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| singing! |
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| possibly the ugliest cake i've ever done. but he didn't care! |
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| it worked! usa flag inside! |
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| gift time! |
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| it ended up being a beautiful evening! |
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| maw maw with all three great-grandbabies! |
It was a little crazy of course with all our friends and family but we wouldn't have it any other way!
Can't wait for next year!
