Family VACATION-- "Mario Birthday Party"

Saturday we celebrated Enoch's 6th Birthday! He LOVES Mario and my sister Amy is amazing at throwing fun themed parties... THIS was SO fun!

floating coins on fishing wire... (bing-bing)
Yoshi goody bags


Kevin made this great poster for 'Pin the Mustache on Mario' game... Way to go, Dude!

Amy wanted to make something for all the kids to take home from the party... and WOW... she made everyone MARIO HATS!! SO CUTE... she even made some for the animals...

Dodger...
Chester...
Pepper

Jefferson...
Brinley

Ada
Me, Justin, Brin and Pepper...
Shelly, B and Jefferson
Papa
Em and Panda
Birthday Boy, Enoch and Amy (the master of party planning!!)
Justin...
Grammy
Kevin... the pizza man
Shelly
Papa and Brinners
Em and Sua
Caitlin
Will
Isaac
Micah

FYI...
Red hat- Mario
Green hat- Luigi
Yellow hat- Wario
Purple hat- Waluigi

villein romance...
CAKE--
Prepare yourself to be amazed... Amy, Mama Sue, Shelly and I all took part in creating this awesome master piece Mario cake... (we had so much fun making it, and Enoch there's no doubt that we love you!!) and it was SOOO tasty!

Here's Grammy/Mama Sue working her magic...

***Behold good Sirs and Madams***

The Cake...
SUPER fun, right??

Decorated with mini figurines...



The mushroom on top is made of Rice Krispy Treats and covered in Wilton Butter cream frosting and Marsh mellow Fondant! Click HERE for easy homemade fondant recipe... or watch the YouTube video HERE.
and Click HERE to find out how to make a colorful cake...
"Happy Birthday to you..."
That is one happy little dude!

Family VACATION--Friday

Friday morning i awoke to my sister Amy slaving away making the most delicious 'Rocky Mountain Pancakes" (aka... German Pancakes) You can click HERE to find the recipe.

During breakfast we were able to watch the two cat cousins meet for the first time... instant friends-- Dodger and Chester
That night... I had a invite to check out my bro's band that he plays in... Vacations! Shelly and I headed down to Lancaster to this really cool place... and we were the first ones there! Whooo-hoooo... not only did we get great parking, but the guy at the door couldn't find the hand stamp saying that we paid... so he drew cats on our hands with a sharpie... haha. it was funny.
you can see the cat on Shelly's hand...
I was in love with this light... Here's B setting up... (check out his sweet drum set... made it himself!)

Shelly and Brandon before the show!
VACATIONS.... Rocken' it.

You can check out the band here:
http://www.wearevacations.blogspot.com/

Justin also arrived that night... he worked a half day that morning and then headed to Washington D.C. for a youth baptism trip... Yay, family's all together!

Family VACATION to Grammy and Papa's....

So... where has your favorite blogger been for over a week...you ask?? Beautiful Pennsylvania, of course!
Last Thursday... I packed up the car and traveled north to the Keystone State with 3 kids, one Dog and yes... one CAT! We were SO excited to see Grammy and Papa and our cousins, and Aunts and Uncles!
Pepper was a great travel companion...and Dodger (cat) was a little unsure... and meowed half the trip... but the kids and i took turns meowing back to him to let him know 'everything was going to be OK!' Over the next few days or so... i'm going to post pictures from our PA trip!! Enjoy!

silly...

This post is for the Birthday girl... painting a picture for her what it was like over here when we were on the phone wishing her HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Love ya NANS/MammaT. We are thinking of you today!! HUGS!