Birthday Celebrations!

We celebrated Natalie's 1st birthday and Ben's 30th on Saturday. Ben's birthday isn't actually until October, but his little brother is getting married then and we wanted the family to be able to come up and celebrate with us so we just combined the parties. Natalie was in a great mood earlier in the day, but I think was a little overwhelmed later in the evening after I had to wake her up from a very late nap and when all the guests arrived! We had some great food. We had barbecued pulled pork sandwiches, potato casserole, green beans, veggies and dip, spice cupcakes, pumpkin gingerbread trifle and s'mores! It turned out to a great night for a fire. The rain stopped and cleared off right about dusk.The guys had a great time in Ben's new "mancave". It's coming along nicely. The bar he has been working on is looking great, and he now has a drum set in the basement too! We had a great time and made some fun memories.



Opening her first gift!

Me and my mother-in-law Vicki

Natalie's friend Charlotte.

Ben with his bar! :-)

Mamaw took Natalie for a walk in her new car. She loves it!

Natalie, Mamaw, Pepaw

There's no bathroom in our basement!

She likes her new shopping cart.

Laughing at her balloons

My favorite pic of the birthday girl!

Enjoying her s'more!

This is when she was not in a good mood! She would NOT sit her in highchair!

I finally got her to eat her cake after everyone went outside for s'mores.