Bon Appetit!

Last Friday night, we went over to the McMillan's for a fun Julia Child's themed dinner party. Each of us was tasked with bringing a dish that complemented Julia's style of cooking. Clark and I brought her signature ceasar salad and I thought it turned out pretty well.

Larkin did an outstanding job with the decor. She had a tables arranged in a square and sat different patterns of china all around it. Every other chair was adorned with a white apron for the ladies and a chef hat for the guys. It was a great night spent with friends.

Chefs hats with fresh Hydrangea

How cute are these centerpieces!?

aprons on the backs of the chairs

Larkin trying out the fondue

the boeuf!!

Ed and Clark

Denise and Larkin

Our Fabulous Hosts--the McMillans

Haddy and Ed

Lacey and Chris

The Bensons

The Semples

Easter was wonderful. The A/C at our Church went out the night before because of the horrible wind we had. Luckily the head of facilities for TCU is a member and they were able to pull some strings and relocate us into the ballroom. That also meant no child care. All was good though, harper loved the singing and talking during prayer. I took her out to the lobby about halfway through the sermon to run around and play. After church we went to Lambert's for brunch! It was a great day!

Harper posing with my hydrangeas

Not the best but after 10 takes with the self timer, we gave up

Early Easter Fun!

Today we took Harper to the TCU Easter egg hunt. We have had wonderful weather this entire weekend and it was so nice to get outside and do something as a family. I was pretty sure that Harper would have no idea what was going on but much to my surprise, as soon as they sounded the air horn, she thought about it for a second and then was off, putting eggs in her basket one by one. Then once she was happy with her selection of eggs, she sat down and began to play with her colorful findings. And her dad ate all her candy.

Costumes make me happy!

Yay! For those that know me well, you know I love a good theme party and you know I have a costume box for such occasions. Thank goodness that Ben was turning 30 and that his lovely wife Abbi decided on an 80's bash.

The guys. Who is that guy in the leotard??

Stacey and I

Lisa and I

Here is a picture of our sweet girl with her baby blues...

I also wanted to give credit to Sabrina Gebhardt Photography for the amazing family pictures she took last weekend. I will post more of those this weekend but she took the new blog photo at the top of the page.

Swinging into Spring!

Harper is loving her new swing that she got from her Granny last week!

Ravioli and steamed broccoli, yum!

The dogs love when Harper eats...one for you, one for me...

Happy girl playing with her new blocks in her room!

Harper's Butterfly Birthday Brunch!

Last Saturday morning we celebrated Harper's first birthday with a fabulous birthday brunch! We had our families in town and close friends over at our house to help Harper turn 1! Wouldn't you know it, come the Thursday night before, I began to come down with something. On Friday, I was out for the count, running a fever and feeling terrible. I had visions of watching Harper's birthday from our bedroom window. It was very sad... Friday evening, Clark's mom and my mom both teamed up and fully executed my party vision. I went to bed and cannot take credit for anything that happened. I was totally blown away by the end result and so thankful that they allowed me the time to rest up so that I could be somewhat present on Saturday morning. Harper loved her party; she cried during the cake, but I think she just didn't like all of the attention towards her...not sure where she gets that.

On the menu for the party we had: a bloody mary bar, mimosas, mini ham and parmesan frittatas, sausage cheese bites, almond rolls, croissants, donut holes, fruit salad and breakfast tacos!

Anyway, below are some pictures. The first set of collages highlight some of the decor. The second collage is the evolution of the birthday cake. The rest are just other pictures :) Enjoy and thanks to those that celebrated with us!

Happy Birthday Harper!

Happy Harper this morning at school!


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