Avery's Sweet Shop

The party was a huge success and I somehow found the time and energy to make everything that I wanted to for her "Sweet Shop" spread and then some. I was so happy with how everything turned out.

It started with an idea to do something with cupcakes and took off from there. As Travis says, I have a tendancy to go a little nuts when it comes to party planning, but what can I say - I love every minute of it. I am by far my own worst enemy.
Every detail was account for from the tablescape to the homemade treats. I even had a dress made for Avery, a better picture of that to come later.

All in all, it was a great way to celebrate Avery's first birthday. I think she'll enjoy these pictures in the years to come.

The cupcake tower is a great find, I was so excited to finally find it after seeing it on someone's blog. I lined it with scrapbook paper and ribbon and added Avery's tutu to the bottom of it. Expect to see this at the all the parties to come, it is so versatile and I can change out the ribbon and paper each time.

Mini sugared strawberry and vanilla cupcakes

Me and the birthday girl. Also, cupcake lollipops - thanks to Bakerella for the great recipe, www.bakerella.com

Avery's smash cake

The birthday girl and Momo

The birthday girl taking a breather before the guest arrive in her special birthday dress.

The birthday girl in her new favorite chair - a gift from Momo and Papa

She was so cute and methodically ate the icing on the cake without making too big of a mess of course.

Homemade treats - candy coated pretzel rods for all the grown-up party guests.

Goodies for all the kiddies - metal tins from Target's Easter stuff, cupcake magnets, stickers, candy watches and BUBBLES

I'll post the video of Avery eating her smash cake soon.

Happy 1st Birthday Avery

As many of you know, we celebrated Avery's birthday a week late since her birthday was the same day as Dave and Ashley's wedding (May 30th). It was a fun day and Travis and I joked that it will be hard to live up to the party Reid and Sharon Conklin threw her for her first birthday.

Here are a few of the photos I took from the wedding, I didn't take any and am relying on everyone else for some great shots. I failed miserably and didn't even get one of the four of us all dressed up. Everyone had a great time. Brock was in all his glory the whole weekend as the center of attention - sorry Dave and Ashley. He was such a good little ring bear and made it down the aisle, we were so proud of him.

This is from her actual birthday, we let her dig into a cake that morning. She got scared when she touch the candle and bent her head down (as she does when she gets mad) and lit her hat on fire. Great way to start the birthday and wedding day.

The rehearsal dinner was great and we heard tons of good speeches. I was happy that everyone liked the video I had worked months on. Brock got so tired that around 11, he said he must lay down, see below.

The Bogan cousins.

The bride and bridesmaid earlier that day at the bridesmaid luncheon.

I don't have any pictures really from wedding even though I was a bridesmaid and Brock was the ring bear. Here are a few that we took that day.

Bathing Beauty

Lake Time

It's finally time to enjoy the lake again. You forget how much you miss the watersports and pool during the winter. Here in Georgia, we're lucky to begin enjoying summer activities the beginning of May through the end of October sometimes. We went to the lake this past weekend and enjoyed our first of the season boating and watersports.

Brock took his first tubing ride and loved it. Avery was able to get in and enjoy the pool, she is already a water bug. Are you at all surprised? Anyway, we look foward to a long summer with lots of weekends at the lake lounging by the pool and enjoying the lake.

A Sad Day...

Friday night we decided it was time to say goodbye to the "bebe" (otherwise known as the pacifier). We went to the grocery store and pick out some balloons, Mickey of course, so we could tie the bebe to it and send them to the babies that needed them in heaven. Brock tied them on himself and we went outside to say goodbye. He did great until the balloons actually went away. You'll see that the pacificers were too heavy so we had to cut the string, but he's none the wiser. We've gone almost 48 hours without one and he's doing great. He's even found Avery's a few times and handed them to her or us. Below is the drama from Friday night...

If you ask him, he says he's a big boy and doesn't need it. He'll scream "NO BEBE."

Miss my family

I can't wait to get home tomorrow to see my kids and Travis. I've been gone since last Wednesday. Being gone makes me greatly appreciate my family, I had a great time in Harbour Island and am currently in Orlando at a production shoot, but so ready to be home. Once I get home tomorrow I've got to get ready to host Ashley's bridal shower at my place on Saturday. Never a dull moment in my life - I always run at 90 MPH. I've got so much to post from Easter and the 5 days in the Bahamas with Ashley and Lindsey - here a preview of both.

Pre-Easter Activities

I figured I had to get this post up before my actual Easter post. It's sad that I start this post early last week, but am just now getting to it. I just can't seem to get out of the weeds the past few months, I have way too much going on. Two Saturdays ago we took the kids to the park near our house for their annual Easter egg hunt. A few of our friends met us there and it was lots of fun. Brock surprisingly remembered how to hunt eggs and racked up if you ask me.

Here he is with his little girlfriend Kailey, they have a love/hate relationship, but for the most part it is ALL LOVE.

This was by far the tallest Easter bunny I'd ever seen. We all joked that it had to be hard to find a bunny suit to fit this guy. Avery is checking him out - not sure....