valentine's day 2010

this past valentine's day {oh yes, i'm just beginning to play KETCHUP} we invited a few of ava's friends over for a 'queen of hearts' party!

of course, we started things off right & had some lunch first ;)

pizza, fruit, juice, goldfish - the basics were covered

love this pic of sweet kaden, but i put it on here so you could see a little of the decor i had - i forgot to take pics of it the day of!

after the kids ate, we let them all go play while us ladies 'lunched'.

i am so thankful to have a such a good group of ladies that are always such fun to be with ;)

after we were done gabbing 'lunching' we let the kids decorate some cupcakes!

tutu : future bakerette

ava's final creation! i honestly didn't think she had enough sprinkles on it, but hey - it wasn't my cupcake...

after we decorated and ate the cupcakes, we had a little valentine exchange!

what a wonderful kind of chaos!!!

carden, rylie, ava, molly, kaden, corenne, owen, and ella claire

'queen of hearts' valentine's day party : 2010

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and we can't leave out ava's first school valentine's day party!! they had a small party during their regular 'snack time' and got to decorate cookies & have fruit, cheese cubes, & punch :)

she said that she didn't like the icing, so that's why there's only a little bit on it ;)

i asked for a dna test to make sure we were related...

this is ava's dear little friend abbie - they played so well together all year!

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and last, but not least - dad had to get her a little something, too!!

some purple tulips, tinker belle candies, and valentine's m&m's - he loves that girl!!

and... just a little RANDOM APRIL FACT ::

on our first valentine's day were were together, d. showed up at my house at 5:30am with hardee's breakfast, his sr. shirt {at my request}, a pink crystal angel {to represent me, no less - bahahah!}, and a dozen purple tulips with three hot pink roses.

it was quite obvious i was head over heels for him since i did not have a conniption fit when i was awoken out of a deep slumber around 5:30am.... ;)