At the beginning of May Shanna and Haley turned the big 7! (My favorite number!) It really wasn't weird that they were turning 7. But thinking of them being baptized next year does seem a little weird! For their cakes Shanna requested "Nya" a Lego Ninjago character, and the only girl ninja as far as I know. I stayed up way too late doing their cakes! That night I went to a baby shower which was really fun. I didn't stay long though and came home and kept working on their cakes. For each of the cakes I actually baked two 9x13s. Usually I bake one cake, cut it in half and decorate one-half for each girl. I love leftover cake--which we had!
Haley wanted a butterfly. She liked it, so I guess that's success!
Can you believe it Lois?! I decorated! I saw an easy tutorial on a blog and made the purple and pink backdrop with plastic table cloths...click here for link. It didn't take me very long either. I didn't want mine super long so just left it folded in half like it was already. And I taped it to the frame of the opening-I didn't use push pins.
I was going to type the next morning, but for me it was only a few hours later that the girls were up!
Shanna, with Elden's photo bomb.
Haley.
I love having girls!
Their birthday was quite a busy day, so we let them open some presents before school.
I just noticed as I was putting this picture on the blog that Cal is fastening Haley's necklace for her. How sweet!
I got some great deals on some cute bracelets and lipgloss at the Children's Place. This two pack of lipgloss/chapstick was under two dollars!
Like how my kids eat with measuring spoons?
Some bracelets.
Who wouldn't like getting a $2 bill? The girls enjoyed receiving cards from both sets of grandparents.
I bought them a set of "best friends" necklaces, which they are wearing in the picture. New slippers too!
A random photo of Clark, just for fun.
After school and a quick snack we went to the church so I could help with the final preparations for the ward spaghetti dinner that night. It's a yearly ward activity that the young women are over. Mainly because after the spaghetti dinner there is an auction to raise money for girls camp. People could bid on things like desserts, babysitting, lawn mowing, handmade cards, kitchen towels, etc. Our ward members were so generous! The auction was a success and at least 100 people were there.
The birthday girls seemed to have fun running around with their friends and siblings while I directed and helped the young women. After attending this auction last year, I have since learned that I LOVE auctions! I was looking forward to sitting in on this one, and I loved it yet again. Last year we decided on a few items that we wanted and just bid on them till we got them. This year we had a much lower budget and I brought cash. There were some things that Lee and I decided we'd throw in our play/fun/personal money. Several things got too high so we stopped bidding on those particular items. Amazingly we walked out of there without using any of our personal money, but still won some fun items. Next year we'll have to budget more!
After we arrived home, we enjoyed cake, ice cream and the girls opened more presents.
My friend Sarah gave her daughter a Rapunzel hat for Christmas. I thought my girls would love something like that, so I hired my niece to make me something similar. So cute!
The girls got new robes too--first ones ever actually. I asked Shanna what her favorite presents were (after the friend party too) and she said the robe and slippers. She has been asking about getting those items here and there, and I found some good prices. Here the girls are each holding a tropical bird head that they designed (Haley's design actually) out of fondant.
The next day they had a "friend" party. I rarely do them, but Shanna was persistent and kept asking. I thought of doing more for the party, but with all that I had done the weeks prior with babysitting my brother's kids, traveling to Utah, and the spaghetti dinner I kept it simple. The girls seemed to have a fun time! Haley made a "pin the candle on the birthday cake" game. It was cute. The candle were really little too, ha ha.
I turned on Pandora and the girls enjoyed dancing to some Disney songs...I think this one was from Frozen. So cute.
I made extra fondant on purpose when I made the girls cakes. Each girl decorated a cupcake or two with fondant.
Happy Birthday Shanna and Haley! I was so amazed for months after they were born that I had TWO babies; twins! Now I have to remind myself that they are twins! They are different in looks and personality. We are so blessed to have them in our family. I always wanted a daughter, but I wanted that daughter to have a sister. Somehow I was blessed to have them at the same time!
Haley wanted a butterfly. She liked it, so I guess that's success!
Can you believe it Lois?! I decorated! I saw an easy tutorial on a blog and made the purple and pink backdrop with plastic table cloths...click here for link. It didn't take me very long either. I didn't want mine super long so just left it folded in half like it was already. And I taped it to the frame of the opening-I didn't use push pins.
I was going to type the next morning, but for me it was only a few hours later that the girls were up!
Shanna, with Elden's photo bomb.
Haley.
I love having girls!
Their birthday was quite a busy day, so we let them open some presents before school.
I just noticed as I was putting this picture on the blog that Cal is fastening Haley's necklace for her. How sweet!
I got some great deals on some cute bracelets and lipgloss at the Children's Place. This two pack of lipgloss/chapstick was under two dollars!
Like how my kids eat with measuring spoons?
Some bracelets.
Who wouldn't like getting a $2 bill? The girls enjoyed receiving cards from both sets of grandparents.
I bought them a set of "best friends" necklaces, which they are wearing in the picture. New slippers too!
A random photo of Clark, just for fun.
After school and a quick snack we went to the church so I could help with the final preparations for the ward spaghetti dinner that night. It's a yearly ward activity that the young women are over. Mainly because after the spaghetti dinner there is an auction to raise money for girls camp. People could bid on things like desserts, babysitting, lawn mowing, handmade cards, kitchen towels, etc. Our ward members were so generous! The auction was a success and at least 100 people were there.
The birthday girls seemed to have fun running around with their friends and siblings while I directed and helped the young women. After attending this auction last year, I have since learned that I LOVE auctions! I was looking forward to sitting in on this one, and I loved it yet again. Last year we decided on a few items that we wanted and just bid on them till we got them. This year we had a much lower budget and I brought cash. There were some things that Lee and I decided we'd throw in our play/fun/personal money. Several things got too high so we stopped bidding on those particular items. Amazingly we walked out of there without using any of our personal money, but still won some fun items. Next year we'll have to budget more!
After we arrived home, we enjoyed cake, ice cream and the girls opened more presents.
My friend Sarah gave her daughter a Rapunzel hat for Christmas. I thought my girls would love something like that, so I hired my niece to make me something similar. So cute!
The girls got new robes too--first ones ever actually. I asked Shanna what her favorite presents were (after the friend party too) and she said the robe and slippers. She has been asking about getting those items here and there, and I found some good prices. Here the girls are each holding a tropical bird head that they designed (Haley's design actually) out of fondant.
The next day they had a "friend" party. I rarely do them, but Shanna was persistent and kept asking. I thought of doing more for the party, but with all that I had done the weeks prior with babysitting my brother's kids, traveling to Utah, and the spaghetti dinner I kept it simple. The girls seemed to have a fun time! Haley made a "pin the candle on the birthday cake" game. It was cute. The candle were really little too, ha ha.
I turned on Pandora and the girls enjoyed dancing to some Disney songs...I think this one was from Frozen. So cute.
I made extra fondant on purpose when I made the girls cakes. Each girl decorated a cupcake or two with fondant.
Happy Birthday Shanna and Haley! I was so amazed for months after they were born that I had TWO babies; twins! Now I have to remind myself that they are twins! They are different in looks and personality. We are so blessed to have them in our family. I always wanted a daughter, but I wanted that daughter to have a sister. Somehow I was blessed to have them at the same time!
2 comments:
So much fun! What a blessing that they each have each other.
Again.......the cakes are amazing but I'm IN AWE of the ninja one. The detail (her eyes especially) on them are awesome!!!!!!!!! Holy cow. I love it.
-Melissa
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