Eliza Turns Two...

Minnie Party

Well wouldn't you have it...

A minnie mouse party in the midst of everything else going on with the holidays? Yup.

My little peanut had a 2 year old birthday party this week. Did I have time to throw a birthday bash?

Nope.

Did we make it happen?

You bet.

Little girls like this just don't come along quite often enough.

She deserved a party in behalf of her favorite person on earth, wouldn't ya say?

My cousin Jeanette made the darling cupcakes, my friend Jamie made all the stickers and cupcake toppers. She's amazing. See what she does here and here. I would recommend her for anything. She can design a house, make a craft, do some web design, dabble in card making, and pretty much everything else you could ever want in life. Love her. We borrowed the tule and drapery panels from a friend who had just thrown her grandkids a tea party. What a gem! I put together a plethora of other homemade goods, including cake pops for the first time which were not easy, despite what others said! Goods were baked, favors made, games played, love shared here there and everywhere in between.

A "minnie party" with all things mini for my miniature doll herself.

Love her like the day is long.

I love you Eliza Ann.

You make the stars sparkle and the moon shine.

And every day with you, is the best day of mine.

xoxo

Halloween Night

Well, as I mentioned, Halloween night turned out to be quite the party! What with a catwalk in our own home open to complete strangers and all? (well my i

n-laws home anyway) We had so much fun! Take a peek

ahhhhh

I love Halloween. Almost as much as Christmas.

I'm weird like that.

Halloween Fun!!

For sure I'll write another post about this, because we have a plethora of photos that need to be documented regarding Halloween...

pumpkin patches, ward parties, block parties, trick-0r-treating, a photo shoot extravaganza in our costume (well, ellie's costume anyway).

I was really thinking Halloween was going to be a flop this year, and boy was I wrong. Since it fell on a Sunday

(and we don't participate in wiley activities on the sabbath as part of our religion ;-) )

I was a little concerned staying home to pass out candy would be a bit...well...anticlimactic, if you will. BUT, proved wronged to the utmost was I. We opened both front doors at the Johnson residence and made every living soul who entered (almost 1,000 in their neighborhood!!!!) walk in and strut their stuff before they got a treat. We were rolling on the floor with laughter and Eliza absolutely

positively

never ever in this life

could have been happier about a single thing.

She passed that candy out like a pro and to no avail, we did give in a little and let her go to the neighbors house to drop some candy in her bucket ;-)

I leave you with these jewels for now. We had so many festivities this year it was only necessary she had two outfits, right? Both of which were borrowed from a dear friend. Thank you Efa!

We'll catch up again soon..