Max's 4th Birthday Party

We had Max's 4th birthday party over the weekend.  Just a few family and friends...very low key (just the way I like it!).  The theme Max finally settled on was "cowboys", because he wanted to wear a hat.  :-)  The party was during lunch time, so we served cowboy-type food (BBQ pork sliders & baked beans). 

I bought little adhesive mustaches for the kids to wear, and made cardstock mustaches for the adults.  A little impromptu photo shoot with the mustaches was required.  :-)

The kids played several games of "There's a Snake in My Boot!"...every snake hitting the target won them a piece of candy.  Even the teenagers stepped up for a turn.

The cake was made by the King of Cakes (a teen boy from our church) who always does a great job.

 I decided to do something different for party favors...and made themed cookies.  I didn't have cookie cutters for the horse head and cowboy boot, so I made a template and cut them out with a knife.  Once I began decorating them I realized I didn't have the right colors on hand, so I did the best I could with what I had.  Overall though, I was pleased with the end result...and have plans for more cookies in the future. :-)  Thanks to my friend, Christina, for the inspiration to give these a try!

SIX PEOPLE / TWELVE TIMES - Number 2

This isn't exactly what I had planned to do for our February "6 people" shot, but since this snow was a record-breaker I decided to take our pic today.   After all, it isn't every day that we get 23" of snow. 

SIX PEOPLE / TWELVE TIMES - Number 1

Tara Whitney (photographer extraordinaire) came up with a fabulous idea last year of taking a photo of her family once a month.  Thus the idea of 6 people 12 times.  Her blog link is http://tarawhitney.com/justbeblogged/

I am going to do my best to follow Tara's lead.  We are also a family of 6, and we rarely have more than one photo a year with all of us in it at once.  We haven't had professional photos taken since...well, I can't remember when!  For our Christmas cards, we always just set the timer on the camera and race to sit down.  Even though I truly dislike seeing photos with *me* in them, I'm moving forward with this project anyway...hopefully, the kids will appreciate this someday! lol 

So, here's our first "6 People" shot of the year.  This is actually one of my pics from my project 365 photo blog, but I'm also using it here anyway.  Yes, it was taken using the timer again, but we're ALL in it!