Cupcakes & Princesses!

A lot of Molly's friends seem to have birthdays in the fall or in February!  So we've been to a few birthday parties lately - here are a few snapshots from the fun!!

Vivian's FROZEN Party!

Ellie's ART Party!

Ellie & Molly

❤️

Me & Kalyn

Madelyn's FROZEN Party!

Caroline's BELLE Party!

Kindergarten Round-Up!

Molly was so excited for Kindergarten Round-Up this morning at Cure' of Ars! Filling out all of the paperwork, I cannot believe how mature she seems all of the sudden! She had so much fun - they made monkey bread and puppets and played games . . . starting a new chapter, as my Mama says - ❤️

Molly's Art . . .

"A House in Colorado"

"A Beautiful Sunny Day"

Winter Days.

Cure' of Ars School Auction

Mike and I are loving being in the Cure' of Ars Parish where many of our friends are! We miss St. Agnes for sure and it will always be special to us - as that is where we got married, baptized our daughters and within walking distance from our first home together . . . 

However, since joining the parish in October it has felt like we are HOME. Truly it has. Last night we went to their school auction with some of our friends and it was a great night.

A very quick pix on our way out the door taken by our babysitter! 

The girls wanted to go "to the ball" as well!

It felt weird to be out after such a tough week,

 but my Mom was always close to my heart and thoughts -

 

Shannon & Me

Cousin Time . . .

We got to babysit my cousins sweet little 1 year old, Haley the other day - the girls had so much playing together - 

This is 41.

I had the best birthday on Sunday with the family making me feel loved all day long!  I awoke to breakfast in bed made by Mike and the girls - then they had me come check out the decorations in the family room that Molly had designed . . .

Here's the list that Molly had made for Mike of what she wanted to make for me for breakfast-

The card Molly made me totally on her own - she had asked me for paper and string a few days ago but wouldn't let me see what she made - I LOVED it!         

I went to an awesome yoga class - and when I got home, they had these chocolate peanut butter energy balls from one of my favorite health juice bars, T. Loft waiting for me!

I had to grab the camera again, as look at my view - 

pretty awesome, huh? 

We went to mass in the evening after opening a couple sweet gifts - then dinner out with the girls! It was a day filled with love and I'm so thankful to be 41 years young!

St. Valentine's ❤️ Day!!

We had the best Family Valentine's Celebration on Saturday - we always celebrate with a cozy dinner at home and home-made Valentine's to each other, but with February 14th falling on a Saturday this year we got to celebrate all day long! Daddy surprised all of us when we awoke to flowers (and ring-pops for Molly & Kate). And for me - the most beautiful hot pink tulips . . .

We are sending LOVE from our family to yours!!  ❤️

Making our Valentines . . .

Molly helped me set the fancy table . . . 

Dinner Menu

Caesur Salad

Sourdough Bread

Baked Ziti

Molton Chocolate Cake (New Favorite Recipe)

Vanilla Ice-Cream

While we were waiting on dinner to bake - Daddy took a few silly pix of us . . .

After Dinner, we got a pix with Daddy too!

- xoxo -