Pure Wonders: Birthday wrap up

So there have been a lot of birthday celebrations over the past few months. So here they are all in a nutshell. My sister's husband Daryl had his birthday on the 3rd of February, but they had the party on a weekend we couldn't make it into town. Then my cousin Mandy and her husband Gregg asked my parents to host their daughter Lily's first birthday at their house because it was a central location for all their family, and they live out of state. So we had a big birthday bash for her. Lily's great Grandma Frances also celebrated her birthday that same week.

That dress Lily is wearing is the same dress Mandy wore for her First Birthday party...Mandy was tall!

The next day was the super bowl, and the day after that was my birthday. Since we were in town for Lily's party we got to celebrate my birthday with my parents and watch the super bowl together. It was a jammed packed weekend!

Check out all that smoke! And since I was turning 28, we decided on 2+8=10 candles so we wouldn't burn the house down ;)

After over a year of Micah promising me a lap desk, I finally got one!

And I wanted everyone to know where my true alliances were, even though we were rooting for the Colts ;)

After my birthday was my sister Hilary's birthday on Valentines Day. Following that my father had his birthday on the 18th. We couldn't be with them on their birthdays, but we did give them great gifts!

On March 15th my sister Lauren celebrated her birthday. She moved out of state earlier last year and was finally getting settled into an apartment of her own. My parents planned a trip to go visit, and my sister Hilary surprised her by flying out for a long weekend while my parents were there. I was sad that I wasn't able to make the trip as well, but there was no way to afford to go while we prepare for our move, and traveling to look for housing etc. Anyway, I made cupcakes with the boys and their friends and dedicated one of them to Lauren on her birthday :)

Then our good friend Gracie turned the big 1! Ben and Laura had a small party for her at their house to celebrate. Devin wasted no time in helping Grace open her presents by promptly opening up the gift we gave her as soon as I set it down with the other gifts. No joke...just ripped the whole thing open before we realized what he was doing! The Devinator strikes again. Luckily Gracie didn't seem to mind and enjoyed opening up all her other gifts with the help of her siblings. I didn't have my camera with me, so I took these photos from Laura's blog.

And finally to wrap up the celebrations, Micah turned 29 on the 28th, and his parents threw him a small get together at their place. Micah didn't want a cake, but asked for gluten free brownies and strawberry shortcake instead. The guys all ate the brownies before we sang-and I didn't get one :( So they attempted to use a tea light candle for him to blow out...but it was already burned down and kept going out. Oh well, he still made his wish!