camouflaged cupcakes and a birthday party

I love, let me repeat LOVE, to plan a party. And I feel like I’m pretty good at it…

… well at least I FELT like I was, that was until Jamie. Now that she’s came along, I KNOW I’m not very good at all, haha. Because who can compete with the best?!?!? Let me back up and introduce Jamie. Jamie is my brother Jonathan’s girlfriend. (Pictured below, and I know I’m bias, but aren’t they cute together?)  Wow this girl can plan a party. And still she looked beautiful that night…I need to work on that part: plan, execute and look good for the event. Beside everything else I need to learn from this fantastic woman=)

All I had to do was make the cupcakes…with Victoria’s help, of course. We made camouflage cupcakes…inspired by this (they looked so much better than ours, oh well we tried…and we had fun-which is the most important part! Right?!?!?) Mom snapped some pictures of us. And yes we don’t wear aprons…I only think to wear one when I start cooking in the morning. We made these late Friday night, so no aprons it was….if you spill something, you’re changing in a few anyways=) We made the icing together the following morning and we got covered with powdered sugar…again no aprons. And you’d think we would have learned our lesson…wrong…haha.

The theme she picked, was perfect for this family, camouflage…for JT’s seventh birthday party=) We have enough of this colored clothing between us all, to probably cloth our entire neighborhood, not that we would of course…haha…we don’t part with our camo very easy. Jamie brought all the decorations (I could so get used to this!…did I mention that she’s amazing…no well I’ll do it now, she’s REALLY amazing) I worked late that night, jogging horses, so I only made it to the party…but that’s the Best Part. Most of JT’s gifts…were, you guessed it, camo=) Jamie’s decorating his room in camo...so he got a lot of stuff along those lines. Seeing my, now, seven year old nephew opening these kind of gifts and truly appreciating them was something=) My favorite moment of the night was when he opened this coat, Jamie bought for him. He got so excited he jumped down. from the chair he was standing on, and ran over and hugged her tight around the waist. My heart melted, too adorable!

A lot of camo…huh?!?!?!

My family is the best! I’ve always happiest when I’m with them. Most of the time it’s just so I don’t miss out on any of the drama…it’s never fun to hear about it second hand=)

I’m just loving this cold weather…scarves and boots are my favorite=)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Father’s day…the games etc. Part 2/2

Now for the games on Father’s Day…they were so much fun!

First we played a handprint ID game…we all drew around our hands on a paper plate and put our name on the opposite side. Then dad had to guess which kid’s hand shape it was. All the left handed kids were spotted rather quickly=)

Then I did something for the little guys. I had my nephews JT and Max shave their dad and another one of my brothers (my brothers weren’t too thrilled about this=) but once JT caught wind of what was going on, he begged his dad and the contest was on). they used butter knifes to scrap the shaving cream off with. Of course JT won, he’s the oldest. But Max was by far the best to watch. First he takes his hand full of shaving cream and just loads it onto Samuel’s face. eyes and all were covered. Then he lost focus messing with the shaving cream on his hands=)

After the “trust me” or  “blind fold” game we had a sack race! Funniest thing you every saw. Watching them going down the yard hopping with all their might was too hilarious=) sometimes I think I come up with these games just to see what all I can get my siblings do. And of course I have to head up the games so I rarely participate. Besides I’m taking pictures=)

I took JT and Max to see the horses with Isaac….which, of course, turn into a scavenger hunt for horseshoes. They both found one! Its not like their not all over out in this pasture, where just horses have been kept for years. We all got muddy, me more than the rest – I had to carry JT over the creek aaaannnnd yeah, I slipped just a bit and but enough to splashed mud all over myself.

All in all Father’s day was a very eventful joyous day for our family! Enjoy the photos=)

We all have a particular Atherton trait to our hand shape…pretty cool seeing them all laid out – definitely siblings=)a very intense IsaacI <3 this picture of Samuel=)And the race is on!!!!!!Careful JonOkay he’s going down….yep…but if his hands touch the ground he’s outSo he didn’t use his hands…lol that had to hurtMeanwhile Samuel crosses the finish line=) And we have a winner!Christina just stopped! haha Look at that face, beat all of his brothers, and that’s actually quite a feat…....and your not a winner without all the HIGH FIVES=)awe <3Isaac, gotta love that face=)I believe she might have broke a nail, hahaboth uncle and nephew have their fingers in their mouth, they’ll love this photo one day=)all then of us with a gift from our dad, for father’s day – definitely the worlds greatest dad=)Business shirts from mom, dad loved them – he’s been wearing them ever sinceHappy ‘lil boy!we had to try some raspberries…it never ceases to amaze me how much one berry can do to a child’s face/ haha

What did you all do on Father’s Day? now that you know what ours was like…=)

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!!!