Gracie loves the movie Brave. So for her 10th birthday that was our theme. She also told her teacher at school she wanted long hair...I think because of her affection for Brave. I had this idea to make her a Brave wig for her party and she loved it. We ate her favorite foods and she requested pudding for her dessert. 
We played bingo and had light sticks.
I bought butter cookies and we always try to eat them into as small a ring without it breaking...Rachel won.
Jesse did pretty well we thought .....
Until he displayed this :) 
Our guard dogs, Sadie, Emma and Willy. This is how I find them taking naps sometimes when the front door is open.
Willy is the old man of the group at 12 yrs ...We actually delivered him along with 12 other puppies. We had the momma for just a week . She belonged to another man who could only have one dog in his apartment ...He was recently divorced. The momma had been brought to the vet where our daughter, Laura Jeane worked at to get her spayed...She was too far along and we stepped in to have her stay during her whelping and raising the pups till they were 8 wks. old. Willy was the alpha male of the litter...but now he is deaf and aging quickly. The last 2 winters we think he might not make it thru but always seems to. He has seen alot of children come into our family.
This is Sadie and Emma our pups...2 yr old. If you remember we got them for the kids at Christmas....It was a great decision and we certainly love our dogs. 
These were the cups I bought for Selah and Sari's party...we will use them many times for lots of celebrations.
This was the bird's nest treat we made last week when we studied birds....
I love the colors of this pic of the girls decorated table.
Joseph turned 23...Love this guy so much. He is out eat with us at the Outback...He loves his steak.
They could not believe Joseph was that " old " :) 
