After a fun filled morning full of little girls and rainbows, we spent the afternoon Saturday resting. We all took a late nap and woke up ready to go. We decided to go play putt putt and get some ice cream. Funny thing...as we were driving, we saw Greg and Valerie and flagged them down. They were headed to a local outdoor mall just to walk along, so we invited them to come with us. Sometimes the best plans happen when they are "unplanned" :)
All 7 of us went to play putt putt (Nate just sat in the stroller until the end). This was Hannah's first time playing putt putt...and she did a Great Job! The best way to show you is probably through pictures:)
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| Hannah, practicing her skilz |
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| Look at her sweet little face! |
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| Nicole, working hard on the green |
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| Me and my Big Big girl. |
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| Daddy doing a little coaching |
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| Nate was supervising |
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| Nice form Nicole! hehe. Hannah watching the break of the ball for her putt. |
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| She's just cute. |
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| Break time |
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| Seriously...these two love each other |
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| These two love each other too!!! |
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| Daddy teaching Nate how to golf too |
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| He's a natural! |
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| The family |
Today, for Nicole's actual birthday, we spent the morning at church...which she was really excited about. She loves Sundays and loves to go to church! So, to her, this was a great place to be on her birthday...love it!
She got to watch a movie with daddy "The Orca whale and his boy" (to us laymen that's "Free Willy" :)
Then, we had pizza and cake with Papa, Grammy, Gramps, Uncle Justin, Aunt Erica and their friends Brennan and Christy.
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| Aunt Erica, Nicole and Uncle Justin. We are excited they are back in town |
We came back and she got to open her gifts.
Nicole was a bit disappointed when she opened this box.
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| Why did you get me diapers? She asked |
She just couldn't understand why we got her diapers.
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| I don't need diapers...only Nathan needs diapers. |
Can you see the disappointment?
Finally, we talked her into looking in the box and she discovered....
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| What???? |
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| A sewing machine! |
A sewing machine!
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| Trying out the foot pedal |
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| She is excited to start learning |
She has been asking me to teach her to sew for a while. She really wanted one of those colorful children's sewing machines that she sees at the fabric store. However, after doing just a little research, I realized how terribly made they are and figured it would just frustrate her. So...I found a really nice sewing maching on Craigslist for a great price. I bought it for her (and for me). We plan on spending at least two days a week learning how to use the machine, and how to sew.
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| Our sewing "curriculum" |
Grammy and Gramps got her a few sewing supplies and materials too.
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| And $5 for the 5 year old |
My mom was out of town this weekend, but Papa brought a special surprise for Nicole.
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| Campfire marshmallows |
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| Filled up daddy's mouth |
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| Chubby Bunny |
They are going to have their own birthday night later this week.
All in all...this was a great 5th birthday for Nicole (and for me...it was tough). She woke up this morning and told me that she looked like she was five.
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| Nicole's tie Dye shirt from her birthday party. | | Obviously this is for bedtime. |
She is a special blessing in our lives. We love and adore this little girl. She loves Jesus and says she wants to be a missionary when she grows up. What an honor that would be if the Lord calls her to that! Until then, we pray that she would grow in the wisdom and knowledge of the Lord. We are so proud of her and love her dearly.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY SWEET NICOLE!
4 comments:
Wow what fun birthday celebrations! I think it is so special that she wants to learn to sew, so young! This will be a great time of learning and bonding and learning patience!
Especially if she is going to be a missionary sewing would be a great skill to learn!
Aww love it!
Yay for Nicole! She looks so grown up and beautiful sitting there in her sweater dress with her sewing machine I love her gold sandals, too! Stylin. I agree with Jennifer too about the missionary sewing skills. Hehehe. Our friends' little boy wants to be a missionary and so whenever they have food he doesn't care for, they call it "missionary training," since he will come across foods he probably doesn't like much as a missionary. LOL but hopefully it doesn't make him change his mind. :) Happy birthday, Nicole!
It looks like you all had an awesome time and lots of fun for Nicole's 5th birthday. I love looking at the pictures and how Hannah was really looking at the putt-putt ball....and of course Nathan being ready to try. :o))
Nicole I love your sewing machine. You can make all sorts of neat stuff now. Remember, Jesus Loves you!! We love you also and miss you very much. God Bless!! (((HUGS))) from Ohio.
So wish we could have been there. Also, please apologize to Nicole for us not giving her a b-day call. We were gone from morning till night on Sunday with pretty much no time to chat! (and these past 2 days we've been a bit preoccupied with Seth being sick!) We've been talking about her and thiking of her though! Love her and hope it was a special day-looks like it!
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