Brooklyn's First Birthday Party

Happy Birthday to Brooklyn

Good Tuesday Morning to you,

So..........How you been??

Hope it is starting to feel a lil more

like Spring,  cause know most of

you are dying for it to get here....

Have to say I am ready....... and I haven't even had 

anything close to the Winter most of you have had.

Course, it has felt like spring weather here the

last few weeks,  and things are starting to pop

out a lil but soon there will be an explosion of

new leaves and flowers.  Love this time of the

year................

This will be another busy week,  a few of you

said you would like to see the pics,  so  figured

today would be a good day to show you pics 

from Brooklyn's lovely First Birthday party. 

 Think I will tell it the way she might........

If she could talk............lol

Well,  here's the front door to  my house, 

 so come on in.....and join us.............

Here I am with my sweet and  beautiful
 Mommy, I love her so much and really 
don't like her to get out of my sight, 
 if I can help it........giggle.....

Can you tell I have a Minnie Mouse
 outfit on??

My Mommy decorated everything with a Minnie 
Mouse theme which I really liked..............

Tip from Grammy:

If you have a Sam's membership I would highly

recommend using them for cakes or cupcakes,
  cause they are really good and much less expensive 
than most bakeries,  and they package them to 
transport amazing well.

 Cupcakes were a great idea for my party....

 much easier for my Mommy since she didn't have
 to cut cake and get everything all messy,  and they
 were sooo easy to eat..............

My High Chair is al lready for me....for some reason.
Don't know what that funny cone thing is......

Here I am with my Grampy.......I just love
this guy..............and I have 2 more Grampy's 
that just love me too death too, I have them
 all wrapped around my finger, they would
 do just about anything for me.....
and I also have 3 Grammy's that adore
 me too!!

Am I blessed girl or what???

Isn't Minnie Mouse just so cute.................
and there was some yummy looking food
on this table too..............too bad I don't get
to eat most of it,  but they keep saying
soon................I can't wait!!

Love this big Minnie mouse balloon on the table.

Ahhh.....the bounce house,  we sure had fun in here,
course, I did need some help from Mommy and Daddy. 
Grammy tried to take a pic of us in here,  but all you
could see was screen...............

 My Mommy Megan and my Great Aunt Susan.

My Aunt DeeAnna and Uncle Jerry
came from Asheville, N.C. to see me.  I also had 2 Uncles,
 an Aunt and cousins who came  from N.C. for my party,
 as well as other relatives from far away too.............

So guess they must think I am pretty special,  huh???.

Mommy opening my gifts,  cause I am not real good

at this yet..............

Oh boy,  what is this????

They call this a shopping cart and it
had these boxes and stuff in it, they
said it was suppose to be fake food, 
whatever that means.
 So this is a box of something......
It looks pretty interesting to me.....

Then Mommy opened this up!!
A baby doll and stroller........think this was 
my favorite. I just love pushing it around, 
cause I can turn in which ever way I want,
and it makes me feel like such a big girl.........

Why are all these people looking at me???? 

Mommy tried to put this funny cone thing on me, 
somebody called it a hat,  but I am tired and I don't like.
Somebody else can wear it...........but not me!!

Not quite sure what all these people are
wanting me to do here..................

They are singing to me....that's funny!!

Sorta tasted it....
 but not sure if I really like it.....

Here is my daddy trying to help me with my
cake,  cause it was sorta hard...........

He decided to just give me a cupcake. It was
much softer and easier to eat.........

Ummm, this stuff is good!!
Love my daddy,  he plays with me!!


Hope you enjoyed coming by 
to see my First Birthday Party.........
Guess it is a really big deal 
or something................

It was one fun day,  but  I was 
pretty worn out afterwards.

Grammy says to tell you Hi for her,
and to come back soon.

Bye Bye Now.......going for a
 ride in my new wheels 
Mommy and Daddy gave me.
My other favorite present!

Hugs and 
Pink Car Blessings,

Brooklyn

Welcome to Thankful Thursday - March 6, 2014

 Teach me your way, LORD, 

that I may rely on your faithfulness;

 give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.

 I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart;

 I will glorify your name forever. 

 For great is your love toward me;

 you have delivered me from the depths,

 from the realm of the dead.

Psalm 86:11-13

Happy, Happy, Happy

Thursday Sweet Friends,

Just had to say that at least once, 

for the fun of it! I am assuming you 

might know where that came from,

 but in case you don't........ it was from

 Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty.

So are you................

 happy, happy, happy this week??

I sure hope so..............

I have to say I do feel happy, happy, happy!!  lol

It has been a good week, and we are preparing for

 more fun this weekend...........which will probably

 make us happy, happy, happy again!  lol

Soooooo.................

I am thankful

#1

for a fun party on Sat. at Scott and Megans

house for the babies birthday.  It really was a

great party and everyone really enjoyed it.

They did a super job............

#2

our lil darling is feeling fine now.  She came down 

with a temp. of 102.5 on Sunday and wasn't feeling

 well,  but was better by Monday.

Thank Heavens.........cause Tuesday, was her real
 birthday and they got to take her to Sea World.

#3
Dee and Jerry made it back home safe and
sound and that Rosie did well staying with her
friend while they were away.

#4

for a do nothing day on Monday, and a long phone

conversation with my sweet daughter.  I needed

 the rest and the fun conversation.  Can't think
of anyone else I would want to be on the phone
that long with............lol

#5

I got my grocery shopping done on Tuesday
 so I can make the Lasagna for hubbies birthday 
on Friday, and that I have a plan for the table, 
not complete in my mind yet,  but partial,  but the
 rest will come once I start working on it.

#6

that I was able to get an appt. on Sat. for both

of our cars to be serviced,  and for them to do 

a recall procedure on our van.  We are overdue.

#7

for the happy and fun mood Brooklyn was in
on Wednesday,  she was funnier than ever!  
and she is practicing her voice a lot these days,
 so babbling a lot.  So cute.............

Thought I heard her say good while she was
eating breakfast this morning, and last week
she said book,  when she picked up a book.


#8
that a dear friend who has had no insurance
for a long time, was finally able to get some
and is going to be able to have a much
 needed surgery, and the timing couldn't
have be any better.

#9
for our new yard trash service,  they are really
great about picking up large branches and
stuff,  which saves us a lot of cutting and time.
They take anything and everything.
Our old service was not quite so easy going.
So the new one is really a blessing.


#10
for nice clean teeth after my hygenist finished
 with me today, and I found out what a sharp
 place was that I have been feeling the last few 
weeks.  I lost part of a filling.  So they will be
 seeing me again soon,  for that and because 
I also have a crown that is leaking.............but
 thankful they found it before it needed a root
canal at least...............and so thankful for 
dental insurance.

#11
that I was able to finish my shopping today for 
hubbies birthday celebration on Sunday, cause 
I want to be home tomorrow in the daytime, 
 to make the Lasagna, and to start on the table, 
 cause we have plans for the evening, for dinner 
and a movie since Friday is his real birthday.
We are gonna try and see the new movie that
just came out "Son of God".  We have seen
trailers and it looks like it is gonna be an
awesome movie.

If you would like to see the trailer
Just click here  or go to utube and type
in "Son Of God" movie trailer

#12
that hubby was my knight in shining armor
 today.  It was raining so I had my lights on, 
but couldn't remember if I turned them off 
or not, and even went back to the car to check
 to make sure they were off,  and the whole 
control panel was black,  so thought that meant 
they were off,  surprise, surprise,  they weren't, 
 so had a nice dead battery when I came out......
So hubby to the rescue, with a neat battery
charger Scott and Megan gave him last year.  
what would I do without him.  Wouldn't even
 want to think too hard about that!! 
and
Happy Birthday
 to you Honey!


Well,  that's a rap as they say!

So happy you came by today, 
 and I would be all the happier
 if you left a comment to say Hello!



Don't forget to stop.......... 

and smell the Flowers!


Love,  Hugs,  and
Happy, Happy, Happy Blessings, 

Nellie

Note:  The first 3 pictures were from Scott's Appalachian 
trail experience about 3 years ago,  and the last 3 pictures 
are of my porch and yard about 3 years ago.  Just thought
they were cheery looking...........and I know some of yall
can use some cheery right now...........lol

Blue and White Birthday Table for my Sister-in-law

Happy Tuesday Sweet Friends,

Hope you all had a good weekend

 and good start into the new week.

Know some of you are having those

frigid temps. again.   Sorry!  Know

you are soooo ready for Spring.....

We had a really fun Saturday celebrating Brooklyn's

First Birthday.  Scott and Megan did a great job on

her party and there were probably 35 -40 people

in attendance...........

Sunday was our usual,  and Monday I did pretty

much nothing as I was pretty whipped from the

previous 4 days..........I did talk on the phone 

with Dee,  cause even tho she was here over

the weekend, we really didn't get much time to

 visit, but they did accomplish all that they came

 here for, so that was good! and it was just

good to see them if only for a short while.

Last Thursday night we had my sister-in-law's

birthday celebration ,  so thought I would 

show you her table today.

Cause I need to get busy today,  cause hubbies

birthday celebration is on Friday........and I haven't

even started yet............

So,  on with it.................

Update:he decided early this afternoon to make

 it for sunday afternoon, so that was fine with me since

it gives me a lil more time.  lol

Finally got to use my new blue glasses.............

A great find from the dollar tree a month or so ago.

Actually think we did use them once when Scott

and Megan were over for pizza.

Here's a new white pitcher I got  back the end of Jan. and 
it had a  small chip broken in the lip, so was gonna take

 it back but could not find the receipt, 

 so it is mine now!!  lol

Already had the roses,  so just stuck them in

and added some things around it.

Had these pretty lil plates for ages,  so drug them

out cause found them as I was shopping the house

for ideas and they seemed to go with the theme
so wound up using them to put candles on.

An overview

Already had the cream pitchers, so added them

in as well..............

Have had these napkins for ages too, but they are still

in good shape.

another overview

Since I always put some candy at each place

setting,  I didn't have any the right color,  so

I just stuck these pretty lil scrapbooking

embellishments on each one so they matched.

Used these heart shaped bowls for butter.

A look down the table.

A look from the opposite end of table.

With a  Lighting affect.

With a Posterized affect

Got this silverware a couple of years ago when we had

Dee and Jerry's reception, not the greatest quality I have

to say, but it was all I could find at the time that I liked.

We found they don't make silverware in the U.S.

 anymore.  I find that very sad!

With a Posterized affect

With a colored pencil affect

This picture and the one below were taken with the 
lights off...................

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Well, glad you could come by
 and hope you enjoyed
 your visit.

Be sure and say Hello..........

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Have a  Rosey Week!!

Hugs and Blessings,
Nellie