It's Halloween!

This year, our church did their "Fall Festival" on Sunday morning instead of during the children's service. It worked out well, and both of my kids had a blast! We went simple for costumes. Elijah wanted to be a Transformer, and Shaylin wanted to be a Punk Rocker. Eli's was an easy purchase this year, but Shay's costume was a bit more creative. There were 80's rocker outfits to purchase as well, but to put it nicely, not too many of them were age appropriate for my 8 year old!! So we turned to her closet and came up with a masterpiece!!  

Both of them were very happy at how everything turned out, and so was I!! I love it when things come together with little or no stress!! It's great!                     HAPPY FALL YA'LL!!

Shay's 8th Birthday

So it seems the last few weeks have just flown by for our family. We have been catching ourselves coming and going. I like being busy, don't get me wrong, but I think its about time for a break!!

A couple of weekends ago, October 14th and 15th to be exact, we had Shaylin's birthday party sleepover. It was great. She chose a "spa" theme, and we ran with it. We handed out invites that looked like salon gift certificates. They turned out cute if I do say so myself. Shay invited a few of her closest friends and we planned dinner, manicures, pedicures, and facials. Not to mention all of the fun and giggles that were unplanned. : ) The night went well and I think all of the girls had a really good time. Here are a few of our pictures!!

The Birthday Girl with her cake. She wanted lime green and zebra stripes!!

This was the center piece that Shay made for the table. She made the flowers out of coffee filters and plastic straws. So creative!

We ate pizza for dinner!! Shaylin had the table already set before the girls got there.

The name of our "Spa"!

Aunt D and her "almost professional" manicures!!

Gabbie getting a facial!

Chara getting a facial.

Giving Maggie and Teja their pedicures.

The Gang - Maggie, Teja, Gabbie, Chara, and Shaylin

 All in all it was a fun night. A great group of friends and a good time.