Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Happy Birthday Lillian Grace!

We always seem to celebrate family birthdays around here multiple times; which isn't a bad thing!  As I like to say, it's a birthday month, not just a day!  First, we celebrated a little bit of birthday cheer on Father's Day with Papa and Grandma Karen.  We met for lunch at Firebirds and they hand delivered presents since they were going out of town during Lily's birthday weekend.  They also gave Harrison a few cars so he wouldn't feel left out!  Lily loves her new charm bracelet and secret treasure box.

Melissa, Jamie, Lolly and Pops, Grammy and Granddad were able to travel to see us for the party day. Our friends from Greensboro, Chrissy, Dani and Julia also came a little early.  We all had lunch together and opened a few gifts before heading to gymnastics.















Lily had such a fun birthday party this year!  She invited several friends to Sonshine Gymnastics to celebrate.  Justin was able to go out on the floor and get some great pictures.  The kids were able to ride a zip line, go through obstacle courses, jump on the trampolines, go into the foam pit, and Lily got to ride a bungee swing, and try to duck from the foam balls being hurled in her direction by her party guests.  I wasn't sure how she would feel about that, but she loved it and was all smiles!
























 Party guests (front row) Kathryn, Leah, Sophia, Harrison, Katarina 
(back row) Riley, Ellie, Dani, Mara, Sage, Micah, Noelle, Julia, Ava











 Lily passed out the party favors.  Jump ropes for everyone!


The next day, after saying goodbye to our family and friends, Lily requested a birthday dinner at Chili's. Then it was back home to open a few more gifts, and eat her big birthday brownie!




Happiest of birthdays to our sweet, smart, kind, and loving daughter.  God gifted us a truly amazing blessing when He gave us you.  We love you!