Happy Valentine's Day

Papa Murphy's pizza tradition...

Shirley Temple

Rest in peace.  Thank you for all the memories...

and inspiration. 

Olympic Birthday

With her 7th birthday falling on the same day as the Opening Ceremonies, of course Bix had to have an Olympics-themed party.

Chocolate-coin medals for everyone

A little gold to take home

Olympic rings decor

All-American paper goods...U-S-A!

Easy decorating with the new Olympic pictograms

I LOVE these!

Flag banner

Simple snacks

Hockey puck ding-dong anyone?

When the kids arrived, the each decorated their own flag (and mom glued a dowel to them for later)

The red, white, and blue Gatorade was a big hit with all the little olympians

After all the games and cake, we had medal presentations and a Parade of Nations (led by the birthday girl)

Then, of course, we had a snowball (marshmallow) fight!

The best part about the whole thing?  Wonderful friends...

 

And this guy...at the middle of it all:)

 

Bix said the party was "AWE-some!"

We had a lovely dinner, but this photo says it all...exhausted.