Lily turns "UNO"

This last week we had a blast partying almost each day! It started with my mom and Grandma Archibald flying into town. The kids were thrilled to see them. We celebrated Lily's first birthday on Wednesday. Her theme was UNO! I made mer birthday outfit and it was fun watching her as she dove into her mini cake! We had friends over for Hamburgers and enjoyed the celebration. Lily was so cute and has such a fun personality. It shows in her pictures. She smiles a lot and loves to give hugs and kisses! She is such a wonderful child and I am so happy to have her in our family. There is always something about a first birthday party which is a right of passage and with each of my children they didn't start walking until after the celebration which is also the case with Lily. She finally started standing and walks with you holding onto her hands. This is a pretty big step seeing that she just started crawling a few weeks ago :) After the celebration we took the Grandma's to the American Girl Store where we browsed and had a Tea Party in their Bistro. It was such a darling opportunity and I was glad I could share the joy with my 3 sweet girls and very well-mannered little prince. He knew this was a special occasion and so as we walked in the store he had his arms folded and was very polite. After saying good-bye to the grandma's we went back to our normal routine. Life isn't all fun! I posted the mounds of laundry which I had to do and YES that is a weekly occurrence. You experienced mothers well know, but I didn't know that with four kids came monumental amounts of Laundry!!! On Saturday we took Jon to Lake View Farms and picked strawberries and raspberries. We ate as many as we picked and the kids loved eating the yummy fresh fruit. Dean especially loves them and was so fun to watch chomping on the berries. Lily loved sitting in the fields with us and it was pure bliss being together on a farm. Loved it! Then later that day was Craig school's end of year carnival. We went and jumped on bounce toys got snow cones and cotton candy and the kid's face's painted! Then after a very hot day we jumped in the now opened pool to cool off. It was another very busy and eventful week, but it was certainly full of joy! We are so blessed to have these experiences.