(All pictures taken (stolen?) from Jackie. Seriously so great.)
Did I mention we bought a minivan? Yep. We went from a (super small and squishy) hatchback to a minivan. Let me tell you, the difference it palpable. Wow. Talk about leg room. So needless to say, we were excited to try out the new (to us) van on a trip to Blanding this last weekend. And let me tell you, it was a party.
Five of the seven siblings were able to be there, which meant there was plenty of chaos to go around. Saturday's big event was a Birthday Bash for Raymond (who turns one tomorrow)
and Chloe (who turned one yesterday).
Cansas made some darling Cookie Monster cupcakes
And Debbie made it a kid friendly party with some to-die-for homemade mac and cheese, corn on the cob, watermelon, and party hats for everyone. Raymond ate (devoured?) his whole cupcake minus the marshmallows.
But the real star of the weekend was this sweet fellow:
Meet Mr. Hudson Cole (it was my first time meeting him! I could have gobbled him up). He officially had his name put on the records of the church...
Jackie (Hud's mom, Jeremy's sister) sure does know how to keep her guests happy. The weather was ideal and the food table contained grilled chicken and pork kabobs, strawberries, pineapple, mangoes, grapes, veggies, shrimp, rolls, and Debbie's divine key-lime-with-mango-frosting cupcakes. Wowsa.
Since Raymond had liked his Cookie Monster cupcake so much, I decided to see if he could handle the key lime...
I think he's still trying to recover from the sugar rush (particularly since I try really hard to not give him much sugar most the time. He was in heaven.) Tomorrow's birthday agenda includes Grandma Ts famous banana cake with cream cheese frosting... I'm hoping he likes it as much as the cupcakes from last weekend!
All in all, it was a wonderful little weekend getaway. We sure do love Blanding.
5 comments:
I love it! you are so pretty, i love your red curly hair. You have to love a great weekend surrounded by good company and food :)
Congrats on a new car! I love my minivan and the room it provides to everyone. Looks like a very fun birthday bash too. I hope Raymond enjoys his big day this week!!!
Yeah for all the fun and fabulous pictures!! Good thing for family huh :) Oh, I am glad it was a good weekend. I love the Chloe and Raymond got to share blessing days and now got to share their first birthday too. Very fun. Happy Birthday tomorrow Raymond. We have been thinking about you all week long. Tell your mother to Pleeeeeeease take a picture with your birthday crown on. I am begging nicely. I sure do love you Carly Jane. And love that cute little family of yours. Glad last weekend was great...cannot wait to hear the details of tomorrow. Small and simple and fun!! So fun!! Happy 1st Birthday Raymond.
That looks like such a great weekend with family! And I'm jealous that you got to eat all that amazing looking food! Congrats on the minivan too. They really are just the most wonderful cars on the planet when you have kids. Hope Raymond enjoys his big day!
What a fun weekend! I'm glad the drive out was heavenly and the trip a blast. What great pictures! I can't believe Raymond is one tomorrow! I hope he enjoys his day!!!! Loves to you all.
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