Jacobus Five

Friday, August 6, 2010

Brooke turned 4!

I'm finally getting around to blogging about Brooke's 4th birthday. You may have seen it over at That Village House but for those of you who haven't...here ya go!

We had a Carnival themed party (thanks to a friend who loaned me her decor & ideas!). I had a great time planning it all and getting the front yard all set up. George helped me get the signs up and once the kids came he managed a lot of the little activities. My mom was a huge help and made sure all the refreshments were kept filled and helped find so many of the decorations. I couldn't have pulled this off without them!

We had several "booths" for the kids to play... Can Knock Down, Bowling, Pin the tail on the donkey, ring toss, beanbag toss, duck pond & a photo banner.

I made the banner & the cupcake toppers to coordinate with the carnival theme.

These cute boxes were found at Oriental Trading and I filled them with homemade chocolate covered pretzels, playdoh, stickers & fruit snacks.

We had the party on a Sunday night so it was a little late for George's family to make the trip...but we were glad to be able to spend Friday with them swimming and celebrating Brooke's birthday in Dallas while we were there for a wedding.

It's obvious Hudson & Hallie enjoyed ring pops, huh? We kept Brooke from doing that so she wouldn't have a blue or red mouth for the pictures I wanted to take of her opening presents. She was SOOO patient!

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

8" to spare!

We finally made it!! Brooke has been growing her hair out to donate to Pantene Beautiful Lengths. Unlike Locks of Love they only require an 8" minimum. A friend of mine asked some people earlier this year to consider joining her in her quest to have 6 people commit to do this. It takes 6 ponytails to make one wig. I volunteered to do it (and still have quite a bit to go). When she was one person short I volunteered Brooke. Her hair was long already and I thought it was a neat learning experience for her. She's known for a while that we'd be doing this and donating it to little girls who don't have beautiful hair like hers. I don't know how much of that makes sense in a 4 year old mind...but it means a lot to me. Today was the big day to chop it all off!!

BEFORE

DURING

AFTER

All packaged up and ready to go!

Monday, July 19, 2010

Random Videos

Our little "angels"

Why we think we are done with having more kids....

Monday, July 12, 2010

Visit from George's family

Over the July 4th Weekend, George's family came down for a visit. They wanted to hear George preach and it coincided with a long weekend. We had a great time with them and were really glad George's Granny got to come too.

Hallie, cousin Jack, and Hudson {Jack is 10 months younger than H&H}

Our attempt at getting all the kids with the grandparents wasn't as easy as we'd like... Can you tell YaYa is trying really hard to keep Hallie in the shot? She wouldn't cooperate!

She wanted her "own" picture I guess. Since we RARELY capture a smile of hers on 'film' I just love this picture!

Now a Cousins shot...this time it's Hudson's turn to act up.

Finally... {notice who is NOT smiling!}

Friday, July 9, 2010

July 4th Celebration

We got together with some of our friends over the July 4th weekend. The kids had fun swimming in kiddie pools and Ben was nice enough to grill hot dogs & hamburgers for 6 families and their 15 kids!! Obviously it was never a dull moment...but we loved every minute of it!

Oh and let me just also mention as you can tell from the pictures below... 12 of the 15 kids are GIRLS... wow! Hudson's future wife I am sure is in the bunch...now if only my friends would take care of Hallie & Brooke I'd be happy. :)

Hallie didn't enjoy the inflatable pool...so no picture of her. And I had all 5 of us coordinated in Red/White & Blue and we didn't get a family picture. Just imagine it... and then imagine us looking even better & that's what it would have looked like. Haha