Two special friends of ours came over last night for a "girls night", Mallory and Cassie are so dear to us. The girls made gingerbread houses together (Emma's 2nd one this year!) and made handprint wreaths. It was such a sweet time together. This time of the year is such a reminder of all the wonderful gifts God has given to us. He has blessed us beyond measure!
One of our family traditions is to celebrate the Eve of St. Nicholas on the 5th (A german tradition that Mike's family has practiced). That night, St. Nick comes and leaves a treat in our girls' boots that they leave by the front door. He always leaves a little snow behind too!
He brought Emma a unicorn and Lili a book! (Although, Lili's couldn't fit in her boots)
This is last year's blog post about St. Nick Day!http://cranstonfam.blogspot.com/2007/12/guess-who-came-to-our-house.html Okay, so I just celebrated my 31st birthday and I did something that I've always wanted to do but just never had.........
What an awesome experience! And definitely one that I will not forget! Especially, the part when I opened my eyes and saw this needle sticking through my nose, YIKES!!!! But, it wasn't very painful, just one little tear.
Emma likes it, she told me I looked beautiful :) Hubby really likes it.....a neat little tidbit for you: A little while back, I asked Mike what he would think about me getting my nose pierced, he told me that he was just thinking a few days earlier that I would look good with it pierced! So, that was the fuel that got me seriously thinking about it. I wouldn't have done it if he wasn't for it.
So, I just thought I should blog about it! I blog about everything else, so why not this?
So, here it is!
Our friend Mike sent us a gingerbread house as an early Christmas gift! I was so excited because I have not done this with Emma before. We had alot of fun decorating it. Emma really got into it, she took her time and strategically placed each candy.
Ta Da!
She is completely into her BLING!!! And Chloe doesn't look too happy about that!
We had a great time with you, Chloe, at your 4th birthday party today!
Surprise!
Our dear friends and family that came!
A special friend of ours, Bruce made Michael's birthday cake....chocolate and peanut butter. It tasted just as great as it looks!
Barika made this awesome banner! She means so much to us, we've been so blessed by her friendship. She is in Mike's college class that he leads at church.
I had a "30 Years of Memories" table. I had alot of fun doing this part! I learned things about Mike that I didn't know before.....like he collected stamps! This pictures shows an old cross-stitched piece with Mike's birth date on it, his toy airplane, and his first bible.
His boy scout badges, an old baseball sticker book, and a cigar box filled with stamps!
Yearbook pictures, don't we all love looking at these?!
One of Mike's best friends, Mark Bell. His family has been such a blessing to us both. We treasure their friendship beyond what words can say!
Bruce, cutting the cake!
The Birthday Boy!
Nathan and Taylor (2 of Mike's college students), they are down at Auburn this year. We went to help them move in, it was so much fun! We got to relive our glory days!
All the kiddos enjoying their cake!
