Party..

We had a Birthday Party for my Mom here on Saturday. It was really nice. I had set the table in everything pink I could find (pink fabric, candles, etc.). Then I made a cute pink cake with flower cookies on it. Of course the picture of the cake I took somehow got deleted - it was cute though and yummy. We had about 12 relatives over and our house was pretty full. I had planned on having it somewhat outside but the weather did not cooperate. We had babysitting co-op at the church on Friday night, so we went out to dinner then came home so I could start making all my side dishes, I made potato salad, pasta salad, a layered green salad thing and then a strawberry jello/pretzel salad. Then the cake of course I made on Saturday a.m. It was a fun party and most of all, my Mom loved everything so that was great!

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Fire Pit

My Mom got us this super fun fire pit for watching her dog while she was on vacation. We told her not to get us anything but she insisted so we are not complaining about getting this. Last night we broke it in and the kids roasted marshmellows and everything. It felt like camping but then I got to come inside and sleep in my own bed. Much better. The boys absolutely loved it, Carter was soo excited to be outside that late at night - it was dark by the time we came in and put them to bed at 9:15. I told him that the bats come out about that time (Kevin and I have seen one a bunch of times when we are sitting in the hot tub after the kids are in bed; monitor on of course). Anyhow, he really wanted to see a bat fly by but no luck. Hopefully one of these nights.