Madison's Birthday Party was a Hoot!

Madison's birthday is July 16, and we had her party on July 23. I'm a bit behind on blogging (we have been traveling), but here are all the photos from it. I'm posting a lot of images so the family that wasn't able to make it can get the full picture. So, here it goes:

Our birthday girl turned three!!

Maddie is really into owls, so we had an owl-themed birthday party. I made this sign to decorate, and now it's in her room.

Here's the drink table.

The kids started out with "owl art". They each drew their best owl! It was cute to see all the different looking owls on our porch :)

Josh had a little help from his mom, so it was an amazing owl!

After that, the kids (and adults :) made owl pins.

Sarahi wearing her pin!

Maddie and Savannah were so excited to have Aunt Melissa, Charis, and Emma all the way from Arizona at the party!

We were also thrilled to have GiGi fly in from ABQ for the weekend. We had a delightful time together. Gale helped me tremendously preparing for the party. I couldn't have had it all ready to go without her!

We all had fun chatting...

Here's more owl decor on the dinner table.

We had meatballs, strawberry spinach salad, plums from a friend's tree, and chips for dinner.

Owl pinata time! Go Emma!

Savannah was trying her hardest to pull a ribbon out!

Abby pulled the right string and the candy came pouring out!

The ladies looking on!

Abby and Maddie are such sweet friends!

Time for the owl cupcakes!

I was sad that the butterscotch candies melted on these owl cupcakes. They still tasted good. My sister helped me decotare all of these the night before the party. Thank you Melissa- I had fun with you!!

"Happy Birthday to you..."

Mads doing her crazy dance.

Some of the cute kids enjoying dessert.

We opened a few of the presents that night. Thank you everyone for the thoughtful gifts!

Here's the owl party favors.

We had a fun day celebrating God's gift to us in Madison. It is such a joy to be her mom and watch her grow up. My prayer every day is that she would grow into a woman that fears and loves our Lord.

Cousins Visit

We just had a wonderful time with the cousins! Our days were filled with Knott's, pool, beach, pretend, horses, tea parties, and more. It's a joy to watch these little girls together. I'm so thankful for these times! May the Lord work in their hearts and draw them to Himself at an early age. That is my prayer.

Maddie kept saying, "Riding on the Range!"

Savannah is 8 Months!

When I walked in Savannah's room this morning I was surprised to see her STANDING in her crib! This girl is a fast learner. I can tell she wants to keep up with the big kids (especially Maddie). She army crawls so fast and uses her toes to push that she has bled on her big toes!

She's sitting pretty!

Savannah loves to learn from Madison- here Maddie is teaching her to write!

Savannah was happy to have GiGi visit!

It's hard to see, but she has two teeth on the bottom, and a few more moving in!

Knott's Berry Farm

We had a fun-filled day at Knott's Berry Farm on Tuesday!

Jesse and Maddie weren't very interested in the Snoopy Show...ha!

What made the day even better was having Papa, Mimi, Aunt Melissa, Charis and Emma there!

Maddie went on the Log Jammer with Jesse- my little adventurer!

Papa went with the other girls too.

All the ladies.

Savannah is my sweetie- she was so good all day even though it was hot and she had a cold. What a little trooper.

Here we are on the steam engine.

Madison called the bandits who came on the train "band aids"! They said they weren't even going to bother robbing us because we had too many kids to have money!

Then we rode the stagecoach.

This was so funny...my mom got scared on this one!

They are just so cute :)

Smooches

Daddy and Maddie riding another train.

OK, they were adorable on this one.

I love how Emma is just calmly smiling at Maddie while she has her mouth opened wide screaming!

I hope watching this didn't make you feel sick!

Melissa was a bit terrified by the Farris wheel, but Emma and Charis held her hand.

The Mexican Hats spun so fast! Madison asked to go on them twice!

Savannah was still going strong on the carousel at 9pm!

It was a long day- we got there at 10:30am and stayed until 9:30pm. It was so much fun to watch these little girls scream and play throughout the day!